Supplementation of Colostrum and Breast Milk Enhances Weight Gain and Metabolic Responses Associated with Microbiota Establishment in Very-Preterm Infants.

Background: Postnatal growth restriction in very-preterm infants (VPIs) may have long-lasting effects. Recent evidence suggests that developmental problems in VPIs are related to abnormalities in intestinal microbial communities.

Objective: To investigate the effect on growth outcomes in VPIs of supplementation with along with mother's colostrum and breast milk.

[Continuous Subcutaneous Injection Therapy in End-of-Life Symptoms of Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients].

The significance of continuous subcutaneous injection(CSI)therapy was assessed in end-of-life symptoms of cancer and non-cancer home hospice patients. In a retrospective analysis of 106 advanced cancer patients who underwent opioid CSI therapy, the most frequent symptom was pain(65%), followed by dyspnea(46%), seizure(8%), ileus(8%), and other uncontrolled end-of-life symptoms(23%). The median oral morphine equivalent daily opioid dose was 90 mg(2.

[Cancer Disease Trajectory and the Contribution of Artistic Outreach Activity to Palliative Care].

The purpose of this article is to show some unintentional aspects of palliative supports offered by the community. The activities of the Opera Ehime, an amateur opera group, play an important role in palliative and grief care. This community is also committed to providing supportive care for home hospice cancer patients through an outreach music program that offers patients connection with others and reduces isolation.

Transumbilical arterial embolization of a large dural arteriovenous fistula in a low-birth-weight neonate with congestive heart failure.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report transumbilical arterial embolization of a large dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in a low-birth-weight neonate with congestive heart failure (CHF).

Case Presentation: A female neonate was delivered by cesarean section at 31 weeks of gestation. Her birth weight was 1538 g and Apgar scores were 6 at both 1 and 5 min.

[Effective methods of organizing complex information in advanced cancer patients].

Advanced cancer patients often present with variable clinical information documenting widespread lesions and treatment histories. For health care providers, organizing and managing this information is crucial. In our ambulatory and home palliative/ hospice care practice, two visual tools are used: 1 ) a one-page line diagram which shows the Edmonton Labeled Visual Information System (ELVIS) and a schematic demarcation of dermatomes shown as distinct segments, and 2 ) a one-page summary report containing various graphs displaying the transition of clinical variables which appear to be predictive of survival.

[Support for cancer caregivers during the palliative, hospice, and bereavement phases: the role of family physicians].

The family caregivers of cancer patients are at an increased risk of physical and mental morbidity. The purpose of this study is to capture the needs of the caregivers before and during the years after the loss of the patient. A survey was conducted among 229 consecutive advanced cancer patients in our family clinic.

Alveolar epithelial cells: differentiation and lung injury.

Re-epithelialization of alveolar epithelial cells is one of the important repair processes in many types of lung injury. The major functions of alveolar type II cells are synthesis and secretion of surfactant, hyperplasia in reaction to alveolar epithelial injury, and serving as progenitor cells for alveolar type I cells. The authors have examined the effects of several soluble factors on cultured alveolar type II cells in vitro, and also examined the histopathology and gene expression of surfactant proteins in the rat lungs with LPS, bleomycin and/or treated with keratinocyte growth factor.

Role of surgery in the patients with stage I and II primary gastric lymphoma.

Background/aims: Primary gastric lymphoma is a relatively rare disease. As the concept of MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma has been acknowledged, a relation between primary gastric lymphoma and Helicobacter pylori infection seems apparent, appropriate treatment, including surgical resection, and/or chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy has remained controversial.

Methodology: Between 1974 and 1996, we treated 85 Japanese patients with histologically proven primary gastric lymphomas (stage I and II according to modified Ann Arbor staging) with surgery, and/or adjuvant chemotherapy.