Inoue Y, Fujino Y, Onodera M, Kikuchi S, Shozushima T, Ogino N, Mori K, Oikawa H, Koeda Y, Ueda H, Takahashi T, Terui K, Nakadate T, Aoki H, Endo S.SourceDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru19-1, Morioka, Iwate 020-8505, Japan. yinoue@iwate-med.ac.jp
Journal of anesthesia.J Anesth.2012 Apr;26(2):246-9. doi: 10.1007/s00540-011-1273-6. Epub 2011 Nov 6.
We encountered three cases of lung disorders caused by drowning in the recent large tsunami that struck following the Great East Japan Earthquake. All three were females, and two of them were old elderly. All segments of both lungs were involved in all the three patients, necessitating ICU admission
[Anesthetic management for a patient with Huntington disease].
Saeki H, Shirasawa Y, Nagamizo D, Morimoto Y, Matsumoto M, Sakabe T.SourceDepartment of Anesthesiology-Resuscitology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube 755-8505.
Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology.Masui.2007 Nov;56(11):1358-61.
A 41-year-old man (169 cm, 48 kg), having a 10 year history of Huntington disease, was presented for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy because of repeated aspiration episodes. He had suffered from choreiform movements, misswallowing and progressive mental deterioration. Midazolam 2 mg i.v. was giv
[Initial efficacy of intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A against cervical dystonia and general muscular hypertonia in persons with severe motor and intellectual disabilities].
Adachi M, Saura R.SourceDepartment of Pediatrics and Rehabilitation, Kobe Medical Center for Persons with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities, Kobe, Hyogo. ama-p@rc4.so-net.ne.jp
No to hattatsu. Brain and development.No To Hattatsu.2006 Nov;38(6):425-30.
We introduced an intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (hereafter, BTX-A) in 5 cases of cervical dystonia (CD) with generalized muscular hypertonia (GMH). The patients all had severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID). The initial injections (first and second) of BTX-A exerted a