Publications by authors named "Tokiko Nakagawa"
Objective: To investigate skeletal muscle indices influencing the anaerobic threshold (AT) measured by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX).
Methods: This study included 125 consecutive men (median age: 66.0 years) diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction who underwent CPX before discharge.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the use of facial imaging technology, specifically FieldAnalyst software, as a method to estimate the age of cadavers instead of relying on human forensic practitioners.
- Testing on living subjects showed that the software could estimate ages accurately, with 93% of subjects falling within ±10 years of their actual ages when images were taken at a specific angle and with eyes closed.
- However, when applied to 61 cadavers, only 39.3% had estimated ages within the same accuracy range, indicating that the technology is not yet reliable enough for forensic age estimation, necessitating human experts for accurate evaluations.
Autopsy of a patient with alcoholic suffering from cardiopulmonary arrest at the hospital.
Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi
June 2016
A 48-year-old Japanese woman with >10 years history of alcoholic had been falling repeatedly during 1 week before her death. She complained of nausea and did not eat or drink for 2 days. Thereafter, she became drowsy and she was transferred to the hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of fatal salt poisoning in a 55-year-old woman who suffered from depression and drank a large quantity of shoyu (Japanese soy sauce). She presented with the highest ever documented serum sodium level of 187 mmol/L. This was associated with symptoms of cerebral damage which developed within hours after drinking the soy sauce.
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