A case of spontaneous hemoarthrosis after a total knee arthroplasty

A 63-year-old woman with osteoarthritis had undergone right total knee arthroplasty. Nineteen months later, the patient presented with a recurrent hemoarthrosis. Open arthrotomy revealed hypertrophic synovium with small clots in the suprapatellar pouch, but entrapment of synovial tissues could not be observed. Histological examination of the extirpated specimen showed fibrous hypertrophy of synovium. The patient has no symptoms 51 months after surgery.     

Ventricular fibrillation in a patient with prominent j wave in the inferior and lateral electrocardiographic leads after gastrostomy

We describe the case of a 39-year-old man who experienced a ventricular fibrillation storm related to a prominent J wave in the inferior and lateral electrocardiographic leads on the day after gastrostomy. The J wave slowly decreased after amiodarone therapy (400 mg/day) was started, and ventricular fibrillation disappeared.     

Traditional Chinese medicine and Kampo: a review from the distant past for the future

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a complete system of healing that developed in China about 3000 years ago, and includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and massage, etc. In recent decades the use of TCM has become more popular in China and throughout the world. Traditional Japanese medicine has been used for 1500 years and includes Kampo-yaku (herbal medicine), acupuncture and acupressure. Kampo is now widely practised in Japan and is fully integrated into the modern health-care system. Kampo is based on TCM but has been adapted to Japanese culture. In this paper we review the history and characteristics of TCM and traditional Japanese medicine, i.e. the selection of traditional Chinese herbal medicine treatments based on differential diagnosis, and treatment formulations specific for the 'Sho' (the patient's symptoms at a given moment) of Japanese Kampo--and look at the prospects for these forms of medicine.     

Hepatic IRS1 and ß-catenin expression is associated with histological progression and overt diabetes emergence in NAFLD patients

Journal of Gastroenterology - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between NAFLD and impaired glucose...     

Helicobacter pylori infection and liver diseases: Epidemiology and insights into pathogenesis

Both Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori) infection and liver diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD), viral hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC), have high prevalences worldwide, and the relationship between H. pylori infection and liver disease has been discussed for many years. Although positive correlations between H. pylori and NAFLD have been identified in some clinical and experimental studies, nega-tive correlations have also been obtained in high-quality clinical studies. Associations between H. pylori and the pathogenesis of chronic viral hepatitis, mainly disease progression with fibrosis, have also been suggested in some clinical studies. Concerning HCC, a possible role for H. pylori in hepatocarcinogenesis has been identified since H. pylori genes have frequently been detected in resected HCC specimens. However, no study hasrevealed the direct involvement of H. pylori in promoting the development of HCC. Although findings regarding the correlations between H. pylori and liver disease pathogenesis have been accumulating, the existing data do not completely lead to an unequivocal conclusion. Further high-quality clinical and experimental analyses are necessary to evaluate the efficacy of H. pylori eradication in ameliorating the histopathological changes observed in each liver disease.     

Early,rapidly progressive enteral nutrition promotes growth of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants

Aim: This study describes the effects of a quality improvement program to promote improved postnatal nutrition on the growth of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.

Methods: Daily data regarding nutrition and growth were collected from the medical record of VLBW infants born during 1995–2010. The infants were grouped by year of birth in order to compare infants from before, during and after the policy change. Evaluation of growth included age in days at a return to birth weight and the proportion of infants with weight below the 10th percentile at discharge.

Results: The caloric and protein intake improved significantly. The age at a return to birth weight fell (p?p?p?Conclusion: Increasing awareness led to increase in caloric and protein intake in VLBW infants. Aggressive EF was associated with more rapid weight gain. However, the provision of protein and calories during the first 2 weeks of life still falls short of the latest European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition recommendations.     

Minor fetal sonographic findings in autism spectrum disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more prevalent in the population than ever before. It is debatable whether this is a real increase in incidence, a change in the diagnostic criteria, or both. The diagnosis is usually made by age 3 years; therefore, obstetricians and fetal-maternal specialists generally display limited awareness of the disorder. Unlike fetuses with chromosomal diseases, which have distinctive physical anomalies, some fetuses that eventually will develop ASD have minor physical anomalies. This is even truer in pregnant women who already have a child with ASD. Those fetuses have a 20 times higher risk of developing ASD than the general population. The more frequent minor physical changes that may be potentially detected by ultrasound are as follows: changes in head circumference (that become more noticeable after 6 months of age), the ratio between the second and the fourth digits, left handedness, and palatal changes. Target Audience: Obstetricians, Maternal - Fetal Medicine specialists, Pediatricians, Sonographers Learning Objectives: After completing this CME activity, physicians should better able to classify the increasing prevalence of this disorder, and to assess the minor physical changes in fetuses that some may be seen on ultrasound during pregnancy.