Publications by authors named "T Yagi"
Background: Anemia in patients with cancer negatively affects their quality of life and cancer outcomes. However, most patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) are not appropriately evaluated or treated, and the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in CIA remains unclear.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the electronic records of patients with gynecological cancer in two tertiary hospitals, between March 2023 and July 2023, and evaluated their anemia status.
A 75-year-old male, hospitalized with back pain, remained hospitalized for tests for unexplained colitis, which was diagnosed as inflammatory bowel disease unclassified and treated with antibiotics and prednisolone, resulting in Clostridioides difficile colitis. Therefore, antibiotics were discontinued, and oral metronidazole treatment was initiated; however, as the patient's fever persisted, blood cultures were performed. An anaerobic bottle of blood culture turned positive the following day.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute pancreatitis (AP) severity is correlated with systemic infection incidence in the acute phase, and it is important to assess inflammation during the disease course and to recognize infection at an early stage. As in sepsis, inflammation in AP impairs tissue oxygen metabolism and disrupts microcirculation. We performed a vascular occlusion test (VOT) via near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), which noninvasively monitors local oxygen in peripheral tissues, to evaluate tissue oxygen metabolism and blood circulation during the acute AP phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreviously, we developed a dynamic magnetic field (DMF) device using neodymium magnets that induced c-fos expression in cortical neurons, while activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) remained unaffected. The precise signal transduction pathway for c-fos induction under DMF was unclear. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of immediate early gene (IEG) induction using calcium channel blockers (CCBs).
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- Aerobic exercise habits have shown promise in reducing inflammation and may help suppress atherosclerosis progression by increasing the albumin-globulin ratio (AGR), which is a key immune-inflammatory indicator.
- A study involving 8,381 participants found that those who engaged in regular aerobic exercise had a significantly higher AGR and lower levels of certain immune-inflammatory markers compared to those who did not exercise.
- The research suggests that the beneficial effects of aerobic exercise on AGR might be mediated by a reduction in immune-inflammatory markers, potentially lowering the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.