Publications by authors named "Tadashi Shinomoto"
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- The study focused on children under 24 months with minor head trauma who had repeated imaging to assess the need for follow-up after an initial CT scan, following PECARN guidelines.
- Out of 741 enrolled children, 36 had additional intracranial injuries noted on MRI, even after being classified as having isolated skull fractures (SF) in their initial CT scans.
- Findings showed that certain factors, like subcutaneous hematoma and the nature of skull fractures, were linked to new intracranial injuries, suggesting that some kids with SF may not need surgery if there's no active intracranial injury on the first CT scan.
Purpose: Although morphological renal abnormalities in children with febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI) have been showed a predictive factor for recurrent infection, there are no available data on recurrence regarding sonographic renal enlargement at first fUTI episode, especially focusing on whether renal enlargement is temporary or not.
Materials And Methods: This cohort study reviewed the medical records of children who underwent renal ultrasound during their first fUTI during 2005-2013 and who were aged <15 years at diagnosis. We defined a kidney as temporary enlarged when the kidney length was ≥2 standard deviation above normal renal length for that age on sonography or a difference of ≥1 cm in sonographic length between the right and left kidneys, following normal renal length after antibiotic treatment.
Background: Neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) on therapeutic hypothermia (TH) therapy may show persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). In Japan, the reported mortality rate is lower than in the US, possibly due to treatment differences of newborns with moderate to severe HIE and PPHN. This study aimed to determine the feasibility and long-term outcomes of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and TH therapy in newborns with moderate to severe HIE and PPHN.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContinuous negative extrathoracic pressure (CNEP) might be beneficial for children with severe respiratory tract infections. However, there are no available data on the predictors of its failure among individuals with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Here, we conducted a retrospective cohort study between October 1, 2015 and October 31, 2018 in hospitalized children with moderate to severe symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections.
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