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Intern Med
January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Japan.
Whether or not pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer (PC) is unclear. We present a case of metachronous PC with PBM diagnosed after cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer, in which follow-up imaging was possible until PC onset. A 63-year-old man who had been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and had undergone cholecystectomy 5 years earlier developed pancreatitis.
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January 2025
Division of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan.
Asthma is characterized by chronic airway inflammation as its primary pathological condition, which leads to various respiratory symptoms due to airway narrowing, with type 2 inflammation playing a central role. Asthma treatment, primarily centered on inhaled corticosteroids, aims to suppress type 2 inflammation and improve airway narrowing. However, severe asthma that cannot be controlled with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids or other asthma medications remains a clinical issue.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, is widely used for treating heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD). While its renoprotective effects are well established, concerns remain regarding its impact on muscle mass and function, especially in elderly patients.
Objective: To assess the effects of dapagliflozin on renal function, body composition, and muscle strength in elderly CKD patients.
Cureus
December 2024
Surgical Gastroenterology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JPN.
Purpose Owing to the shortage of surgeons and the decrease in medical staff in regional medical care, reducing unnecessary tests can limit the burden on the staff. In this study, we aimed to examine the predictors of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), such as D-dimer levels in patients who underwent surgery at our hospital, and determine the feasibility of screening in these patients. Knowledge of D-dimer levels can indicate the risk of DVT in patients about to undergo surgery.
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January 2025
Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Clinical Immunology, Hyogo Medical University School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
Rituximab (RTX) has been reported to effectively maintain remission in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV). In this multicenter study involving 57 patients who achieved remission after 24 weeks, we evaluated the effectiveness of RTX in maintaining remission in patients with AAV. Patients were divided into three groups based on RTX administration: continuous, induction phase-only, and maintenance phase-only groups.
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