Parental Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Helicobacter Pylori Screening in Adolescents: A School-Based Questionnaire Study Among Guardians of Junior High School Students in Yokosuka City, Japan.

Purpose: Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection, a risk factor for gastric cancer, is prevalent in Japan. Consequently, some municipalities across Japan are implementing HP screening and treatment programs for adolescents. However, little is known about parents' attitudes and awareness regarding HP screening for their children.

A Case of Exacerbation of Subclinical Hyperthyroidism after First Administration of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine.

COVID-19 vaccines are the most critical measure for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic; however, we have little information on their complications. We experienced a case of a patient who developed hyperthyroidism complicated with atrial fibrillation and heart failure on the sixth day after the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination. This case report shows the importance of considering hyperthyroidism as a possible complication after COVID-19 vaccination.

Helicobacter pylori Infection Mass Screening for Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies.

Purpose: Population-based Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) screening and eradication for adults in areas with a high incidence of gastric cancer have been shown to be effective. The current status of H.

Difficulty in diagnosing mild cases of COVID-19 without respiratory symptoms during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic: Careful monitoring needed for patients with persistent upper gastrointestinal symptoms.

Gastrointestinal symptoms have been reported to occur with COVID infection, and clinicians in COVID-19-endemic areas should suspect COVID-19 infection in patients even if they have no noticeable respiratory symptoms and only gastrointestinal symptoms.

Mid-career changes in the occupation or specialty among general surgeons, from youth to middle age, have accelerated the shortage of general surgeons in Japan.

Purposes: Concerns have been raised regarding an apparent shortage of general surgeons in Japan, but the actual situation is actually not altogether clear. To clarify the trends in the number of general surgeons in Japan, we studied the number of doctors by specialty over time.

Methods: This study investigated the covered trends in the number of doctors over time, a comparison of work formats (employment in hospitals versus clinics), and the trends in the ratio of female doctors.

Portal vein thrombosis and pulmonary artery thromboembolism after laparoscopic colectomy.

Portal vein thrombosis is a rare and potentially lethal complication of laparoscopic colectomy. In this paper, we present a case of portal vein thrombosis and pulmonary artery thromboembolism on the 11(th) day after laparoscopic colectomy without an evident congenital thrombotic disorder. Laparoscopic surgeons and their patients should be aware of such events, because the patients are usually discharged before the symptoms begin.

Structural problems of medical news reports in newspapers: a verification of news reports on an incident of mass nosocomial Serratia infection.

It is unclear how changes in the content and number of news reports over time affect the impressions made in the minds of newspaper readers. This study targeted news reports in major newspapers regarding an incident of mass nosocomial Serratia infection that occurred at one clinic. The trends in the total number of articles and total number of characters contained in the articles were congruent, with a peak on the day after the incident was disclosed and a rapid decrease thereafter.

Brief psychotic disorder mimicking the symptoms of cerebrovascular attack evoked by symptoms that symbolized death in a patient with terminal stage stomach cancer: case report and review of the literature.

Objective: We report here a terminally ill patient with stomach cancer who developed a brief psychotic disorder mimicking cerebrovascular attack after a short episode of nasal bleeding. Close examination of the patient revealed that nasal bleeding was an event that symbolized deterioration of the general condition leading to death for the patient.

Methods: A 77-year-old male, who was diagnosed as having stomach cancer and was receiving palliative care, presented with tremor and insomnia just after a short episode of nasal bleeding and showed reduced response to stimuli mimicking cerebrovascular attack.

Spouse caregivers of terminally-ill cancer patients as cancer patients: a pilot study in a palliative care unit.

Objective: It is known that families of terminally-ill cancer patients show levels of emotional and functional disruption and are called "second order patients," however, little is actually known about the health problems of family members, especially in terms of cancer.

Methods: This study reviewed the family histories of terminally-ill cancer patients in a palliative care unit and investigated cancer related health problems of the spouses of terminally-ill cancer patients.

Results: We investigated the past medical history of 125 spouses of terminally-ill cancer patients and found that five spouses had a past medical history of cancer.

Conversion disorder with convulsion and motor deficit mimicking the adverse effects of high-dose Ara-C treatment in a posttransplant acute myeloid leukemia patient: a case report and review of the literature.

In this communication, we report an acute leukemia patient who developed conversion disorder mimicking the adverse effects of high-dose cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) treatment after the patient received high-dose Ara-C treatment. A 21-year-old woman, with acute recurrent leukemia after bone marrow transplantation, received high-dose Ara-C treatment and 10 days later was referred for psychiatric consultation because of an abrupt onset of convulsion. On neurologic examination, she showed convulsion of all the limbs without loss of consciousness.

Victims of physical abuse among patients with cancer referred to psychiatric clinic in a cancer center hospital: a pilot study.

Objective: Physical abuse is one of the most important public health problems, but little is known about physical abuse of cancer patients. The objects of this study are (1) to identify whether cancer patients have sustained physical abuse; (2) to explore clinical characteristics of the abused patients.

Methods: We reviewed 584 cancer patients referred to our psychiatry clinic by a cancer center hospital and investigated whether there were victims of physical abuse among these patients.

Brief psychotic disorder associated with bereavement in a patient with terminal-stage uterine cervical cancer: a case report and review of the literature.

We report here a terminally ill patient with uterine cervical cancer who developed a brief psychotic disorder after bereavement following the loss of three close friends also suffering from gynecological cancer. A 49-year-old housewife, who was diagnosed as having uterine cervical cancer and was receiving palliative care was referred for psychiatric consultation because of an abrupt onset of delusions, bizarre behavior, disorganized speech, and catatonic behavior. On psychiatric examination, she showed delusional thought and catatonic behavior.

Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with suspected lung cancer and bereavement: 4-year follow-up and review of the literature.

We report here a patient who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being given a diagnosis of suspected lung cancer. The symptoms of PTSD continued even after it had been confirmed that the lesion was benign after all. A 73-year-old man was referred to our psychiatric outpatient clinic for depressed mood, appetite loss and difficulty in sleeping.