10 results match your criteria: "Department of General Internal Medicine St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan.[Affiliation]"

Background: Multi-institutional faculty development programs for chief residents were lacking in Japan. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the program for enhancing the knowledge and behaviors of chief residents at the national level.

Methods: Six participants completed self-assessment questionnaires at three points: before, immediately after, and 6 months post-program.

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  • A study was conducted to see if soccer-related public health campaigns affect men more than women, specifically looking at rubella antibody testing at a football event in Japan.
  • The study found that easy access to free testing was the main factor motivating people to get tested, with healthcare professional input and athlete endorsement also being significant.
  • Men were more influenced by celebrity athletes in their decision to get tested compared to women, suggesting that celebrity appeal could be a powerful tool for raising health awareness among male soccer fans.
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Female participants had a higher incidence of headache, nausea, myalgia, arthralgia, redness, pruritus, and inoculation site redness and pruritus (p 0.05). Low grade fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and inoculation site induration and heat were associated with age group (p 0.

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Catheterization of the right side of the heart shows an elevated right ventricular pressure, a prominent "y" descent, known as Friedreich's sign, and a dip-and-plateau configuration.

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Aim: Awake prone positioning (PP) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can improve oxygenation. However, evidence showing that it can prevent intubation is lacking. This study investigated the efficacy of awake PP in patients with COVID-19 who received remdesivir, dexamethasone, and anticoagulant therapy.

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This manuscript presents a case report of transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions which might be triggered by the fear of getting infected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this article is to facilitate the clinicians in understanding that an increasing number of patients with transient global amnesia have been reported during the COVID-19 global outbreak.

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