- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Travel-related health issues
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
2019-2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has placed a great burden on critical care services worldwide. Data regarding critically ill COVID-19 patients and their demand of outside initial epicenters are lacking. This study described clinical characteristics outcomes the capacity COVID-19-dedicated intensive unit (ICU) in Kobe, Japan. retrospective observational included admitted to 14-bed ICU Kobe between March 3, 2020 June 21, 2020. Clinical daily occupancy data were obtained from electrical...
Despite various reports on the incidence of adverse events related to in-hospital transport critically ill patients, there is little verification correlation between occurrence and use checklists. The risk factors for during based checklists have not been well studied. Understanding them can contribute making patient safer.We aimed investigate frequency patients in a hospital that uses checklist transporting patients.This single-center, prospective, observational study was conducted February...
Apart from saving the lives of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients on mechanical ventilation (MV), recovery sequelae prolonged MV (PMV) is an emerging issue.c METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study among consecutive adult COVID-19 admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) in Kobe, Japan, between March 3, 2020, and January 31, 2021, received invasive MV. Clinical outcomes included in-hospital mortality survivors regarding organ dysfunction, respiratory symptoms, functional status at...
A 74-year-old Japanese man who was taking antacids presented with profuse diarrhea. Stool culture revealed Vibrio cholerae O1 strain, serogroup Ogawa, biotype El tor. He recalled he had consumed some sashimi but denied any history of travelling abroad, and another cholera case almost the same strain reported at time in a remote prefecture Kanto area. This is rare travel-unrelated Japan, it illustrates importance suspecting all patients presenting large volumes watery diarrhea especially...