Unhealthy oral status contributes to the older patients with cognitive frailty: an analysis based on a 5-year database.

Background: Oral health is associated with the onset and deterioration of cognitive function and physical frailty, which can be improved with appropriate interventions. However, far too little attention has been paid to oral health status of elderly with cognitive frailty. The objective of this study was to investigate the oral health status and potential risk factors of elderly hospitalized patients aged 60 years or older with cognitive frailty.

Early-phase vascular involvement is associated with acute pancreatitis severity: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

Background: Although a number of studies have reported on the vascular abnormalities detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with late-phase acute pancreatitis (AP), few have studied those occurring in the early phase of the disease. The aim of this research was to investigate the MRI findings of early vascular abnormalities in AP and to analyze the correlation of the prevalence of vascular involvement with the severity of AP based on the MR severity index (MRSI) and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of 301 consecutive AP patients who were admitted to our institution between March 2013 and June 2019.

Current concepts for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis by multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging.

Acute pancreatitis is classically characterized by acute chemical inflammation of the pancreatic gland itself, peripancreatic tissues, and even remote organs. The newly revised Atlanta Classification 2012 redefined the patterns of pancreatic necrosis and local complications in acute pancreatitis. The Atlanta Classification's novelty was in emphasizing that extrapancreatic fat necrosis, which leads to walled-off necrosis, is associated with poor prognosis.

Differentiating pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas by the "Duct-Road Sign": A preliminary magnetic resonance imaging study.

To assess the duct-road sign and tumor-to-duct ratio (TDR) in MRI for differentiating pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) from pancreatic ductal-adenocarcinomas (PDACs).Retrospectively reviewed MRI characteristics of 78 pancreatic masses (histopathology-proven 25 PNETs and 53 PDACs). Receiver operating characteristics with TDR and diagnostic performance of the duct-road sign for differential diagnosis were performed.