Association Between Sleep Duration and Cardiovascular Disease Among Asian Americans.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence varies widely among Asian American adults. The American Heart Association added healthy sleep to its metrics to define ideal cardiovascular health. Little is known about the association between sleep and CVD prevalence among Asian subgroups.

Participation of medical students in the medical team of sports events.

Including medical student volunteers in the medical team for the triathlon strengthens the medical team structure, and encourages medical students to involve in sports medicine. Family physicians who play a role in the medical team for sports events can adopt medical students as a member and can educate them.

Analysis of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions for COVID-19 in Japan.

Number of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions per month for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan from January 2020 to November 2021. The blue bars show the monthly number of chloroquine prescriptions for COVID-19 among patients in the Medical Data Vision database, which includes data on approximately 20% of acute care hospitals in Japan. The gray line shows the national number of COVID-19 notifications in Japan by month over the same period.

Concurrent hypereosinophilic syndrome and deep vein thrombosis after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.

Herein, we report a case of eosinophilia syndrome and deep vein thrombosis presenting concurrently after the administration of the BNT162b2 mRNA-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. It is extremely rare to have both hypereosinophilic syndrome and deep vein thrombosis simultaneously. Both are serious diseases and should be treated with caution.

Rare presentation of emphysematous pyelonephritis due to faulty catheter insertion.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a severe necrotizing infection that occurs predominately among individuals with diabetes mellitus. The mortality rate is >10% only medical therapy. We report a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by , precipitated by faulty catheter insertion.

Analysis of diagnostic error cases among Japanese residents using diagnosis error evaluation and research taxonomy.

The process of diagnostic errors among Japanese residents has not been previously studied. This descriptive study was conducted in June 2019 on junior residents at a single-center educational hospital in Japan. Diagnosis Error Evaluation and Research taxonomy was used to measure the process of diagnostic error in the most memorable error cases.