Department of Pharmacy, Kochi Medical School Hospital, 185-1 Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan Department of Biomedical Science, Kochi Medical Graduate School, 185-1 Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan Kochi Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, 3992-3 Nunoshida, Kochi, Kochi 781-5101, Japan Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University, 200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Jap...

conclusions the results demonstrated that the mortality rate was higher in cf patients with a positive family history, a consanguineous marriage, and residence in a rural area. therefore, demographic factors play an important role in the outcome of cystic fibrosis. unfortunately, these parameters, which can be managed easily and with low cost, have been overlooked. patients and methods this was...

PURPOSE To determine what proportion of patients visiting a tertiary knee clinic had pre-obtained knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to assess the impact of pre-obtained knee MRI on the selection of treatment plans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six hundred and eighty patients were enrolled from patients who visited our knee clinic during a 6-month period. The proportion of patients with pre-o...

OBJECTIVE Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in the general population. However, long-term mortality and major kidney events in patients with new-onset POAG remain unclear. METHODS Using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database between 1997 and 2011, 15 185 patients with a new diagnosis of POAG were enrolled and propensity score ma...

In this dyadic study, we examined diabetes distress experienced by male and female patients and their spouses (N = 185 couples), and its association with depressive symptoms using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Diabetes-related distress reported by both patients and spouses was associated with each partner’s own depressive symptoms (actor effects) but generally was not associated with...

Clostridium welchii has been demonstrated in approximately 20% of contact plates taken from the antecubital fossa of 185 inpatients and outpatients and healthy staff. The highest incidence was in a group of 40 very ill patients. The isolation of the organism from blood cultures is not always of clinical significance. Skin preparation as at present practised is often inadequate to remove the spo...

Methods The SAGE cohort includes 109 children with allergistdiagnosed atopic asthma (AA), 38 non-atopic asthmatics (NAA) and 185 control patients at the age of 11-13 years. Information on asthma symptoms and home environment was obtained from questionnaires. Anthropometric measurements and blood pressures were obtained. Spirometry was performed and cholesterol, LDL, HDL were measured. Statistic...

Introduction The global pandemic caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has been promoting major challenges and unprecedented clinical decisions in medical scenario. Currently, according to World Health Organization, disease affects over 185 countries, with 12 million people infected nearly 500 thousand deaths. Among most serious manifestations of syndrome, high prevalence thromboembolic even...