Publications by authors named "Yurika Nishikawa"
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- Intestinal Behçet disease causes severe ulcers in the intestines and can lead to significant health issues; this study investigates the effectiveness of intestinal ultrasound as a monitoring tool compared to endoscopic findings and tissue samples.* -
- The study analyzed ultrasound parameters like bowel wall thickness and vascularity in relation to the severity of ulcers discovered through endoscopy and pathological examinations, finding significant correlations between increased measurements and active ulcer stages.* -
- Results suggest that intestinal ultrasound is a reliable method for assessing ulcer activity in Behçet disease, with specific metrics like a bowel wall thickness over 5.5 mm being indicative of active lesions.*
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- Acute exacerbation (AE) of interstitial pneumonia (IP) has a poor prognosis due to severe lung damage combined with existing fibrosis.
- A study compared clinical data from 66 patients with AE of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) and 19 patients with collagen vascular disease-associated interstitial pneumonia (CVD-IP), focusing on factors like age, health status (Charlson Comorbidity Index score), blood biomarkers, treatment, and mortality.
- Findings revealed that the Charlson Comorbidity Index score and serum lactate dehydrogenase levels were significant predictors of 3-month mortality, indicating that these metrics may be more crucial indicators of patient outcomes than the specific type of interstitial pneumonia.
Empagliflozin is a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor widely used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and heart failure. Our case study involved a 68-year-old patient who was admitted to the hospital because of a cerebral infarction. The patient was simultaneously diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and heart failure, for which empagliflozin was initiated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) measurement is widely used to assess disease activity or prognosis in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). However, the clinical differences between high and low serum KL-6 levels at the time of acute exacerbation (AE) of ILD are not well known.
Methods: Clinical parameters including age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index score (CCIS), blood biomarkers, high-resolution CT findings, and disease mortality were retrospectively compared between high and low KL-6 (cutoff value: 1000 U/mL) patients at the time of diagnosis of AE of ILDs.
Background: The purpose of this retrospective study was to clarify whether the presence of honeycombing on computed tomography (CT) can affect the prognosis of patients with acute exacerbations (AEs) of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs).
Methods: Clinical parameters including age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index Score (CCIS), blood biomarkers, and 3-month mortality were retrospectively compared between the CT honeycombing present and absent groups at the diagnosis of AEs of ILDs.
Results: Ninety-five patients who were on corticosteroid pulse therapy were assessed.