Antigen avoidance in people with hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A scoping review.

Background: Antigen avoidance (AA) is essential for people with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). An intervention programme to promote continuous AA in people with HP will be the focus of future research.

Objectives: We systematically analysed the AA behaviour of people with HP, interventions of health-care providers to promote AA behaviour, clinical outcomes after AA, and evaluation methods after AA.

A survey of accuracy of nurses' clinical judgement of cutaneous graft-versus-host disease in Japan.

Aim: We examined accuracy of nurses' clinical judgement of graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) symptoms and related factors using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) for patients who developed chronic cutaneous GVHD after haematopoietic stem cell transplants.

Design: Cross-sectional design using nationwide survey.

Methods: A questionnaire survey based on Tanner's clinical judgement model to assess patients with chronic cutaneous GVHD using CTCAE was used.

Nurses' educational needs when dealing with aggression from patients and their families: a mixed-methods study.

Objectives: To explore the type of education needed for nurses when dealing with aggression from patients and their families.

Design: A two-phase sequential mixed-methods study.

Setting: This study was conducted in Japan, with phase I from March to November 2016 and phase II in November 2018.

Validity and Reliability of the Japanese Version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.

The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale is a clinically relevant tool used to evaluate medication adherence. In the current study, the validity and reliability of a Japanese version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale and factors related to low adherence were investigated in patients with ulcerative colitis. The original English version was translated into Japanese and then 3 institutions in Japan administered that Japanese version to 428 patients taking medication.

Advance care planning and advance directive awareness among East Asian older adults: Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

Aim: Population aging is a global phenomenon, and East Asian countries are no exception. However, the use of advance care planning (ACP) and advance directives (ADs) are not widespread in East Asia. This study aimed to examine the awareness of ACP/ADs and its related factors among community-dwelling older persons in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

Comparison of progression of care-need levels among long-term care recipients with and without advanced care management in a rural municipality of Japan: A population-based observational study.

Background: Little is known about the association between advanced care management and patient outcomes in home settings. In 2009, the Japanese government introduced a financial incentive scheme for advanced care management by long-term care agencies with at least one advanced care manager. However, it remains unclear whether advanced care management in rural areas is associated with improved outcomes for recipients.

The experiences of foreign-educated nurses in Japan: a systematic review.

Aim: To conduct a systematic review to understand the experiences of foreign-educated nurses in Japan.

Background: The experiences of foreign nurses in host countries, and the challenges they face, have been widely investigated around the world. However, no systematic review has focused on the experience of foreign-educated nurses in Japan.

The association between workplace social capital and authentic leadership, structural empowerment and forms of communication as antecedent factors in hospital nurses: A cross-sectional multilevel approach.

Aim: To identify the effects of authentic leadership, structural empowerment and forms of communication as antecedent factors of workplace social capital in nursing.

Background: Enhancing workplace social capital for nurses by management requires identifying antecedent factors of workplace social capital focusing on work environment and relationships between members.

Methods: In 2019, self-administered questionnaires were sent to all nurses working on the general wards of two university hospitals in Japan.

Correction to: Reply to the letter: N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate-Lipiodol Mixture for Endovascular Purpose: Polymerization Kinetics Differences Between In Vitro and In Vivo Experiments.

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Glycation of HDL Polymerizes Apolipoprotein M and Attenuates Its Capacity to Bind to Sphingosine 1-Phosphate.

Aim: Recently, it has been established that most of the pleiotropic effects of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) are attributed to sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), which rides on HDL via apolipoprotein M (ApoM). In subjects with diabetes mellitus, both the pleiotropic effects of HDL and its role in reverse cholesterol transport are reported to be impaired. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the impaired pleiotropic effects of HDL in subjects with diabetes, from the aspects of S1P and ApoM.

Effect of cholecalciferol on serum hepcidin and parameters of anaemia and CKD-MBD among haemodialysis patients: a randomized clinical trial.

In this multicentre double-blind randomized clinical trial, we investigated the effects of oral cholecalciferol supplementation on serum hepcidin and parameters related to anaemia and CKD-MBD among haemodialysis patients. Participants were assigned in a 2:2:1:1 ratio to either (1) thrice-weekly 3,000-IU cholecalciferol, (2) once-monthly cholecalciferol (equivalent to 9,000 IU/week), (3) thrice-weekly placebo, or (4) once-monthly placebo. We also examined the effect modifications by selected single nucleotide polymorphisms in vitamin D-related genes.

Advantage of fat-derived CD73 positive cells from multiple human tissues, prospective isolated mesenchymal stromal cells.

Somatic stem cells have been isolated from multiple human tissues for their potential usefulness in cell therapy. Currently, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are prepared after several passages requiring a few months of cell culture. In this study, we used a prospective isolation method of somatic stem cells from gestational or fat tissues, which were identified using CD73 antibody.

Association among kidney function, frailty, and oral function in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) involves many factors that can cause frailty and oral hypofunction. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of frailty and oral hypofunction and to examine the associations among kidney function, frailty, and oral function in adults with CKD in Japan.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at two institutions.

Serum phosphate levels modify the impact of parathyroid hormone levels on renal outcomes in kidney transplant recipients.

Separate assessment of mineral bone disorder (MBD) parameters including calcium, phosphate, parathyroid hormone (PTH), fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D) predict renal outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), with conflicting results. To date, data simultaneously evaluating these parameters and interwoven relations on renal outcomes are scarce. We conducted a prospective long-term follow-up cohort study included 263 KTRs with grafts functioning at least 1 year after transplantation.

Understanding and measuring nurses' professionalism: Development and validation of the Nurses' Professionalism Inventory.

Aims: To develop a self-report assessment inventory to evaluate nurses' professionalism and test its validity and reliability.

Background: Professionalism is essential for nurses' development. To promote professionalism, evaluation indices must be developed.

Nurses' perceptions of medical procedures and nursing practices for older patients with non-cancer long-term illness and do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders: A vignette study.

Aim: To elucidate influence of a do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) order on nurses' perceptions of the medical procedures and nursing practices for non-cancer older patients.

Design: A vignette-based questionnaire study.

Methods: A questionnaire survey asking nurses their perceptions of clinical practices for the following three vignettes was performed in a community hospital in Japan (120): the control vignettes with an older patient with repeated heart failure who was living alone and the other two with either an absence of relatives or a diagnosis of dementia.

Reliability and validity of the Multidimensional Measure of Leader-Member Exchange Japanese version for staff nurses.

Aim: To verify the reliability and validity of Multidimensional Measure of Leader-Member Exchange Japanese version (LMX-MDM-J) for staff nurses.

Background: Staff nurses who have a high-quality relationship with nurse managers tend to have low turnover intention. However, the validity and reliability of LMX-MDM Japanese version have not been confirmed.

Development of type I/II oligodendrocytes regulated by teneurin-4 in the murine spinal cord.

In the spinal cord, the axonal tracts with various caliber sizes are myelinated by oligodendrocytes and function as high-velocity ways for motor and sensory nerve signals. In some neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, demyelination of small caliber axons is observed in the spinal cord. While type I/II oligodendrocytes among the four types are known to myelinate small diameter axons, their characteristics including identification of regulating molecules have not been understood yet.

Characterization of a novel compound that promotes myogenesis via Akt and transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) in mouse C2C12 cells.

Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) plays versatile roles in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. TAZ activity changes in response to the cellular environment such as mechanic and nutritional stimuli, osmolarity, and hypoxia. To understand the physiological roles of TAZ, chemical compounds that activate TAZ in cells are useful as experimental reagents.