Chan, Daniel Tai-Leung Bhatia, Inderjeet Lam, Simon Chi-Cheung Au, Timmy Wing-Kuk
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Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
The AtriClip device enables the safe and reproducible epicardial clipping of the left atrial appendage. Transapical off-pump beating heart mitral valve repair using NeoChord DS100 Artificial Chordae Delivery System has matured and become more standardized. We aim to evaluate the feasibility of combining NeoChord repair and left atrial appendage exc...
Hadano, Hiroki Kamio, Tadashi Fukaguchi, Kiyomitsu Sato, Mizuki Tsunano, Yumiko Koyama, Hiroshi
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Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
Although adverse events related to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation have been reported, epidemiological data on life-threatening events are insufficient to study the causes of such adverse events. Data from the Japan Council for Quality Health Care database were retrospectively analyzed. The adverse events extracted from this national database i...
Fukuda, Makoto
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Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
Hollow fiber membrane is incorporated into an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO), and the function of the membrane determines the ECMO's functions, such as gas transfer rate, biocompatibility, and durability. In Japan, the membrane oxygenator to assist circulation and ventilation is approved for ECMO support. However, in all cases, the maxim...
Liu, Jianghong Ji, Xiaopeng Pitt, Susannah Wang, Guanghai Rovit, Elizabeth Lipman, Terri Jiang, Fan
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World journal of pediatrics : WJP
Sleep problems in children have been increasingly recognized as a major public health issue. Previous research has extensively studied and presented many risk factors and potential mechanisms for children's sleep problems. In this paper, we aimed to identify and summarize the consequences and implications of child sleep problems. A comprehensive se...
Terakawa, Kanako Niikura, Takahito Katagiri, Daisuke Sugita, Akiho Kikuchi, Tatsuya Hayashi, Ayaka Suzuki, Minami Takano, Hideki
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CEN case reports
Although mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 are highly beneficial and are recommended for patients with kidney disease, adverse reactions in some patients after vaccination have been problematic. Various vasculitis and renal disorders have been reported after vaccination; however, a causal relationship has not yet been identified. In this report, we descri...
Liu, Jianghong Ji, Xiaopeng Rovit, Elizabeth Pitt, Susannah Lipman, Terri
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World journal of pediatrics : WJP
Sleep problem is a highly prevalent health issue among pediatric populations across the world. In this review, we aimed to identify risk factors contributing to sleep deficiency and poor sleep hygiene in children. Potential biological, psychosocial, and environmental mechanisms as well as research gaps in the literature are also discussed. A compre...
Dai, Ying Liu, Jianghong
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World journal of pediatrics : WJP
Environmental factors may contribute to short sleep duration and irregular bedtime in children. Neighborhood factors and children's sleep duration and bedtime regularity remain a less investigated area. The aim of this study was to investigate the national and state-level proportions of children with short sleep duration and irregular bedtime and t...
Motevasseli, Safa Nazarpour, Ali Dalili Kajan, Zahra Yousefi, Zahra Khosravifard, Negar Kashi, Faezeh Roudbari, Niousha
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Oral radiology
Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection that usually affects patients with immunocompromised conditions. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following corticosteroid therapy, mucormycosis prevalence has increased. The situation may be more complicated with some underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus. In addition, due to the ...
Bemquerer, Larissa Marques Oliveira, Sicília Rezende de Arruda, José Alcides Almeida Costa, Fernanda Pereira Delgado Miguita, Lucyene Bemquerer, Ana Luisa Marques de Sena, Ana Carolina Velasco Pondé de Souza, Alessandra Figueiredo Mendes, Daniel Fajardo Schneider, Ayda Henriques
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Odontology
Periodontitis and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) share risk factors and activate similar immunopathological pathways, intensifying systemic inflammation. This study investigated the clinical, immunological and microbiological parameters in individuals with COVID-19 and controls, exploring whether periodontitis-driven inflammation contributes to wor...
Mainzer, Gur Zucker-Toledano, Merav Hanna, Moneera Bar-Yoseph, Ronen Kodesh, Einat
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World journal of pediatrics : WJP
Myocarditis is one of the presentations of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although the reported short-term prognosis is good, data regarding medium-term functional capacity and limitations are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate exercise capacity as well as possible cardiac an...
