Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome Caused by a Fixation Device: A Case Report.

Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) is characterized by abdominal wall neuralgia. We report an 85-year-old woman with ACNES caused by a fixation device during the bipolar hip arthroplasty. To prevent ACNES as a perioperative peripheral nerve injury, it is important to maintain patients in the appropriate position during the operation.

Effects of treatment with corticosteroids on human rhinovirus-induced asthma exacerbations in pediatric inpatients: a prospective observational study.

Background: Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) infection is a common cause of exacerbations in pediatric patients with asthma. However, the effects of corticosteroids on HRV-induced exacerbations in pediatric asthma are unknown. We conducted a prospective observational study to determine the viral pathogens in school-age pediatric inpatients with asthma exacerbations.

Possible association between early formula and reduced risk of cow's milk allergy: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.

Background: Despite evidence for the protective effects of early regular exposure to peanut and egg proteins against allergies, the optimal timing of cow's milk (CM) protein exposure is unknown.

Objective: We aimed to determine when during the first year of life CM-based formula consumption becomes associated with lower CM allergy (CMA) risk.

Methods: We used the data set of the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS), a nationwide birth cohort involving over 100 000 mother-child pairs.

Annual changes in the prevalence of asthma may be related to air pollution in Fukuoka: 29 years of observation.

The relationship between the annual changes of the prevalence of bronchial asthma (BA) and that of concentrations of air pollutants has not been reported. We studied the annual prevalence of BA, remission of BA, and wheeze in children at the same five elementary schools in Fukuoka city, Japan, in October to November from 1988 to 2016 by the same methods using the same questionnaire. Annual changes in the prevalence of asthma among boys were related to changes in the air concentrations of NO (r=0.

Risk prediction of severe reaction to oral challenge test of cow's milk.

Cow's milk is one of the most common food allergens among children. Oral food challenge tests determine the threshold dose of allergens, but have not been standardized. To reduce the severe reactions, we developed a practical model of the test.

Clinical characteristics of urethral prolapse in Japanese children.

Background: Urethral prolapse (UP) in children is a rare condition and has commonly been reported in black girls. The aim of this study was to clarify the status of medical management for UP in Japanese children.

Methods: A secondary data analysis was conducted in Japanese children ≤15 years old with UP.

Development of Kawasaki disease in a patient with PFAPA.

Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis syndrome (PFAPA) is one of the autoinflammatory diseases of unknown etiology characterized by regularly recurrent fever episodes with attacks lasting 3-6 days every 3-8 weeks associated with at least one of the three cardinal clinical signs: aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited systemic vasculitis that occurs predominantly in infants and young children. In most KD patients, i.