Prophylactic effect of compression stockings for elevated D-dimer levels following endoscopic submucosal dissection.

Objectives: A relationship between endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and deep vein thrombosis has been recognized. We previously reported that a high corrected midazolam dose (total midazolam dose/initial dose of midazolam used to induce sedation) is related to elevated D-dimer levels after ESD. In this study, the effect of compression stockings (CSs) in preventing thrombosis following ESD under sedation was evaluated by measuring D-dimer levels before and after ESD.

Integrated GWAS and mRNA Microarray Analysis Identified IFNG and CD40L as the Central Upstream Regulators in Primary Biliary Cholangitis.

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in European and East Asian populations have identified more than 40 disease-susceptibility genes in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The aim of this study is to computationally identify disease pathways, upstream regulators, and therapeutic targets in PBC through integrated GWAS and messenger RNA (mRNA) microarray analysis. Disease pathways and upstream regulators were analyzed with ingenuity pathway analysis in data set 1 for GWASs (1,920 patients with PBC and 1,770 controls), which included 261 annotated genes derived from 6,760 single-nucleotide polymorphisms ( < 0.

Anti-interleukin 5 antibody is effective for not only severe asthma and eosinophilic pneumonia but also eosinophilic bronchiolitis.

A 60-year-old female with severe bronchial asthma developed persistent dyspnoea and an abnormal lung shadow. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) demonstrated patchy ground-glass opacities and diffuse, small nodular shadows. Elevated percentages of eosinophils were observed in the blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Daclatasvir and asunaprevir improves health-related quality of life in Japanese patients infected with hepatitis C virus.

Aims: Interferon-free direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) regimens for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients have improved their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Currently, there are no published data assessing the impact of DAAs regimens without sofosbuvir on HRQOL. The aim of this study was to investigate the improvement of HRQOL in Japanese HCV patients treated with a protease inhibitor and a nonstructural protein 5A inhibitor.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with autoimmune hepatitis.

Background And Aim: The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing all over the world. NAFLD develops in patients with liver disease, including patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). NAFLD and AIH have some similar laboratory and histological findings.

A case of pulmonary cyst and pneumothorax after bronchial thermoplasty.

Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic treatment for severe asthma using thermal energy to reduce smooth muscle in the bronchial wall. A 47-year-old man underwent BT for uncontrolled severe asthma despite maximal pharmacological treatment. After a third procedure, he experienced hypoxaemia because of complete bilateral upper lobe atelectasis.