4 results match your criteria: "Niigata Tokamachi Hospital.[Affiliation]"
Development of Quality Indicators of Stroke Centers and Feasibility of Their Measurement Using a Nationwide Insurance Claims Database in Japan ― J-ASPECT Study ―.
Circ J
October 2019
Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.
Article Synopsis
- * A systematic review and the modified Delphi method were used to create 29 QIs, and we found that measuring adherence to 6 of these QIs was feasible based on data from over 396,000 stroke patients.
- * The study revealed significant variation in adherence rates among hospitals, indicating that the DPC database can efficiently collect data for evaluating stroke care quality at a lower cost.
Rational arrangement of measuring shear wave speed in the liver.
World J Gastroenterol
May 2019
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8122, Japan.
Background: Shear wave speed has been widely applied to quantify a degree of liver fibrosis. However, there is no standardized procedure, which makes it difficult to utilize the speed universally.
Aim: To provide procedural standardization of shear wave speed measurement.
Corticosteroid might reduce serum levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in fulminant hepatitis: A case series.
Hepatol Res
January 2018
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Aim: There are no beneficial therapies except for emergency liver transplantation for acute liver failure (ALF). However, in Japan, which has a serious problem in the shortage of donor livers, therapies other than transplantation must be further investigated for patients with ALF. Pro-inflammatory cytokines promoting tissue destruction are predominant at an early phase of ALF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Response in a case of inoperable bile duct cancer treated by combined chemotherapy of S-1 and gemcitabine].
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho
August 2010
Dept. of Internal Medicene, Niigata Tokamachi Hospital.
A 60-year-old male patient was diagnosed as bile duct cancer with left neck and abdominal para-aortic lymph node metastasis. He was treated by combined chemotherapy of S-1 and gemcitabine(GEM). S-1 (120 mg/day) was administered 14 days followed by 14 days rest as one course.
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