Traumatic internal carotid artery aneurysm distant from facial bone fractures treated with a flow diverter stent: A case report.

Background: Traumatic intracranial aneurysms (TICAs) can be fatal if ruptured. We report a case of a TICA, distant from facial bone fractures, successfully treated with flow diverter (FD) before rupture.

Case Presentation: A 20-year-old woman was admitted following a car accident.

Adequacy of hand positioning by medical personnel during chest compression in a simulation study.

Aim: During chest compressions (CCs), the hand position at the lower half of the sternum is not strictly maintained, unlike depth or rate. This study was conducted to determine whether medical staff could adequately push at a marked location on the lower half of the sternum, identify where the inappropriate hand position was shifted to, and correct the inappropriate hand position.

Methods: This simulation-based, prospective single-center study enrolled 44 medical personnel.

Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer in a patient with a double inferior vena cava.

Introduction: A double inferior vena cava is a rare anomaly with an incidence ranging from 0.3% to 3.0%.

Verifying the Japanese version of the Preschool Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (psCAM-ICU).

Aim: Pediatric delirium has been well investigated and its prevalence is reported to be from 20% to 44%. For pediatric intensive care settings, several validated assessment tools for diagnosing delirium, including the Preschool Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (psCAM-ICU), are available in English. However, validated assessment tools for identifying pediatric delirium are unavailable in Japanese.

Development of the Japanese version of the State Behavioral Scale for critically ill children.

Aims: The State Behavioral Scale (SBS) was developed to assess sedation states, including agitation, in pediatric patients on mechanical ventilation. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a back-translated Japanese version of the SBS.

Methods: Translation was done by the back-translation method followed by a prospective study in a Japanese intensive care unit.

Development of the Japanese version of the Preschool Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU.

Aim: Delirium is associated with various negative clinical outcomes, such as decline in cognitive ability, increased length of hospital stay, and higher mortality. For these reasons, early diagnosis of delirium is critical. Unfortunately, there are no reliable diagnostic criteria or tool of delirium for infants and preschool-aged children in Japan.

Development of the Japanese version of the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium.

Aim: Delirium is a form of acute cerebral dysfunction and is associated with increased length of hospital stay, mortality, and health-care costs for adult patients in intensive care. However, in Japan, there are currently no reliable criteria or tools for diagnosing delirium in critically ill pediatric patients. The purpose of this study was to translate the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD)-a screening tool for pediatric delirium-from English to Japanese for use in the diagnosis of delirium for pediatric patients in pediatric intensive care units.