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We report a case of right ventricular rupture caused by sternal bone fracture following chest compression at cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A 68-year-old man presented with syncope and was referred to our hospital in an ambulance. Ventricular fibrillation was confirmed by electrocardiography(ECG), and CPR was performed with chest compression. He was resuscitated and his ECG showed ST elevation. He immediately underwent percutaneous coronary intervention to the right coronary #1 which was subtotally occluded. Thereafter, massive cardiac tamponade was noted by echocardiography, and coronary injury or left ventricle( LV) rupture was suspected. Emergency exploratory surgery was performed through median sternotomy. Laceration of the right ventricle corresponding to the sternal bone fracture was found intraoperatively. We repaired the injury and he was discharged without complication. The possibility of iatrogenic cardiac tamponade should be considered when a resuscitated patient by chest compression develops hypotension.A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed 2 nodules in the right upper and middle lobes of the lung and swelling of an upper mediastinal lymph node (#2R) in a 77-year-old male. Positron emission tomography (PET)/CT showed abnormal uptake only in the right middle lobe nodule, so we suspected a double primary lung cancer (cT1bN0M0, stage ⅠA), and performed a right upper and middle lobectomy with ND2a-2 dissection. Pathological investigation revealed that the lung nodules were adenocarcinomas and the lymph node swelling #2R was a metastasis of thyroid cancer. After surgery, careful examination was done for thyroid but the primary lesion was not found. Careful observation for an occult thyroid cancer is continuing at the outpatient.We report a case of giant solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of pleura metastatising contralateral lung following 2 times of surgery for ipsilateral pleural disseminations. A 70-year-old woman was carried to our hospital by ambulance because of hypoglycemic attack. A chest X-ray film showed a huge mass in the right lung field. A computed tomography guided biopsy revealed a SFT producing IGF-Ⅱ, which caused hypoglycemic attack. After surgery, she was relieved of hypoglycemic attack and discharged from the hospital 14 days following the surgery. SFT repeatedly relapsed in the ipsilateral pleura. In the follow-up period, 2 times of resection of disseminated nodules were carried out. Finally, SFT developed ipsilateral pleural disseminations and contralateral pulmonary metastases, accompanying hypoglycemic attack. She died 76 months after the initial surgery.We report a case of a simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax (buffalo chest). A 75-year-old man who had undergone resection of an esophageal carcinoma had difficulty in breathing and lost consciousness. He was transported to our hospital and diagnosed as a simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax. He underwent bilateral chest drainages, and was hospitalized. Because of the continued air leak, an operation was performed. First, thoracoscopic bullectomy was performed from the left side. Changing the position, the water poured in the left thoracic cavity to test for air leaks flowed out to the right drain in large quantities;thus, a communication between both sides of the thoracic cavity became clear, although we could not find a pleural defect between the thoracic cavities.Unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) has been reported as a re-expansion pulmonary edema that occurs following rapid re-expansion of a collapsed lung in a patient with pneumothorax or large volume of pleural fluid. Recently, UPE after minimally invasive cardiac surgery through right-sided thoracotomy has received considerable attention because of its increasing morbidity and mortality. However, development of UPE in patients undergoing cardiac surgery through median sternotomy has not generally been recognized. Herein, we present our experience of UPE of the right lung after aortic valve replacement through median sternotomy. UPE may reflect ventilation-induced lung injury in concomitant systemic inflammation by cardiopulmonary bypass. Heterogeneity of lung collapse and wide pleural opening, which induced lung overdistension during recruitement, were considered to be associated with the occurrence of UPE in this case. Preventive measures should be considered for patients with multiple risk factors, and a meticulous recruitment maneuver is required for lung re-expansion during cardiac surgery.A 51-year-old male arrived at our hospital by ambulance, presenting with a sudden onset of chest pain. Computed tomography (CT) revealed Stanford type A acute aortic dissection. Although emergency hemi-arch replacement was successfully performed, the blood pressure decreased and anemia acutely progressed. As chest X-ray revealed right lung opacity, a chest drain was inserted and 3,000 ml of bloody effusion was drawn over a period of 2 hours. Enhanced CT revealed hemothorax and extravasation of the right lung. Since the preoperative CT showed an abnormally dilated right bronchial artery, the branch vessels of the bronchial artery were considered to be the source of hemorrhage. Bronchial artery coil embolization was first performed, which decreased the bronchial artery flow, stabilizing the hemodynamics. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was then performed, and the bleeding site at the surface of the lung was electrocauterized. Finally, the hemorrhage was controlled. This case suggests that the combination of coil embolization and VATS is an effective procedure.Computed tomography(CT) is indispensable for diagnostic imaging. During preoperative assessment for cardioaortic surgery, a CT examination is performed not only for diagnostic purposes but also to decide the surgical strategy. In some cases, CT demonstrates a small abnormal mass in the adipose tissue of the anterior mediastinum. Sometimes radiologists diagnose the image and send the diagnostic report to cardiologists or cardiovascular surgeons. However, they tend to limit their focus to their field of specialty. Thus, they might overlook or underestimate an abnormal mass. Anterior mediastinal masses, though small, may include malignant tumors. Thus, we reviewed 12 cases in which anterior mediastinal masses were found on preoperative CT. Two of these patients were finally diagnosed with malignant tumors. We should pay attention to not only cardiovascular assessment but also mediastinal masses on preoperative CT. In some cases, concomitant surgery for cardioaortic disease and an anterior mediastinal tumor is effective.We evaluated postoperative pain intensity using the PainVision system for quantitative pain analysis and assessed the correlation with numerical rating scale( NRS) for subjective pain evaluation. Twelve patients were evaluated for both pain intensity by PainVision and values by NRS at 6, 24 and 48 hours following after thoracic surgery. The correlation coefficient between pain intensity and NRS values was 0.20, which suggested that degrees of pain measured by subjective and quantitative pain scales were not necessarily consistent. Assessing pains with both conventional subjective pain evaluation and quantitative pain intensity evaluation by PainVision is possibly useful in providing optimal postoperative pain management.Background Accidents and injuries are the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to investigate the incidences of different causes of accidents in children under 6 years old. Cyclophosphamide Methods This population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in one year (2016-2017) on a sample of 6000 children in Southern Iran with a multistage sampling method using a standard checklist for comprehensive child health monitoring. Results The annual incidence rate of accidents was 16% and the mean age of accident victims was 2.5±1.5 years. Of these, 17.3% and 14.8% were male and female, respectively. 25% of the children suffered from more than one accident. The most common causes of accidents were burns (16%), falls (14%), and accidents involving objects (10%). In multivariate analysis, a higher number of male children in the family and lower child age significantly increased the likelihood of accidents (p less than 0.05). Conclusions This study was a direct survey of the population, and showed that the incidence rate of accidents in children in southern Iran was in line with that of other regions of Iran, but less than the world average. There was no significant difference in accident etiology and only trends in etiology were found compared to studies using existing data.Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) belongs to the genus, Deltaretrovirus of the family, Retroviridae and it is the causative agent of enzootic bovine leukosis. The prevalence of BLV in three provinces in the Red River Delta Region in the North of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vinhphuc and Bacninh was studied from April 2017 to June 2018. A total of 275 blood samples collected from cattle were used for serum isolation and DNA extraction. Of these samples, 266 sera were subjected to ELISA test for detecting antibody against BLV gp51 protein and 152 DNA samples were used to detect the 444 bp fragment corresponding to a part of the gp51 region of the env by nested PCR. The results showed that 16.5% (n=44) and 21.1% (n=32) of samples were positive for BLV gp51 antibody and BLV proviral DNA, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial (423 bp) and complete (913 bp) BLV env-gp51 gene indicated that Vietnamese strains were clustered into genotypes 1, 6 and 10 (G1, G6 and G10). Of those genotypes, G1 genotype was dominant; G6 strains were designated as G6e and G6f subgenotypes; the existence of genotype 10 was confirmed for the first time in Vietnam. The present study provides important information regarding the prevalence of BLV infection and genetic characteristics of BLV strains identified in Vietnam, contributing to promote the establishment of disease control and eradication strategies in Vietnam.The errors in the following list appeared in the article titled "Characteristics of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Anticentriole Autoantibodies" by Hisataka Maki, Kana Kubota, Masaru Hatano, Shun Minatsuki, Eisuke Amiya, Ayumi Yoshizaki, Yoshihide Asano, Hiroyuki Morita, Shinichi Sato, Issei Komuro (Vol 61, No.2, 413-418, 2020).Influenza (flu) is a prominent infectious disease that worsens the general prognosis of older adults. We herein report a case of a clinically odd and rare reaction on an instant diagnostic kit for influenza. An 81-year-old man with a fever and rhinorrhea consulted our hospital. He had a history of dementia of Alzheimer's type and rheumatoid arthritis and had been treated with oral prednisolone (10 mg/day). Instant diagnostic test kit A using exudation from the upper pharynx showed positivity for antigen of flu A virus, and computed tomography indicated acute pneumonia. Immediately after the diagnosis, 150 mg/day of oseltamivir was started for 5 days. However, a high fever over 38.0°C persisted, and flu A antigen from the upper pharynx was repeatedly detected using test kit A. Despite subsequent oral treatment with 100 mg/day of amantadine and single venous infusion of 300 mg/day of peramivir, the high fever continued, and the detection of C-reactive protein in the serum as well as flu A antigen in the upper pharynx persisted.
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