Publications by authors named "Y Saika"
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- * An 88-year-old woman experienced hemodynamic collapse and worsened mitral regurgitation right after her valve implantation, and treatment involved negative inotropes to manage her condition.
- * Although her condition improved over time, she suffered a cardiac arrest possibly due to excessive negative inotropic effects; this highlights the need for careful monitoring when using these medications to prevent further complications.
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- The study aimed to investigate the impact of low-protein diets (LPD) on kidney function and overall health in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 4 and 5.
- It involved 325 patients, categorized into four groups based on their daily protein intake, and monitored outcomes such as the initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) and mortality over an average follow-up of 4.1 years.
- Results indicated that a non-supplemented LPD of 0.5 g/kg/day or less was associated with a lower risk of needing RRT and reduced all-cause mortality in these patients.
A man in his 60s visited the emergency department because of epigastric pain and vomiting. Noncontrast helical abdominal CT revealed a lipomatous mass on the right side of the lower esophagus. Caudal slices showed that the mass appeared to displace the gastric antrum causing gastric outlet obstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a regulator of phosphate and vitamin D homeostasis that carries out primary bone- and mineral-related physiological functions to increase renal phosphate excretion and reduce 1α-hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. In a negative endocrine feedback loop, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D also stimulates FGF23 secretion. Previous studies have assessed the correlation between vitamin D receptor activator therapy and FGF23 concentrations, and to our knowledge, none has assessed the correlation between intravenous (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Primary localized amyloidosis presenting as an isolated mediastinal mass is extremely rare, especially in the thymus. Sclerosing thymoma is also an extremely rare anterior mediastinal tumor, pathologically characterized by extensive sclerotic lesions with hyalinization and calcification. Only 14 cases of sclerosing thymoma and five cases of thymic amyloidosis have been reported to date.
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