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  1. Quantifying the Quality of Corrective Actions in Medical Safety Incident Reports Using a Hybrid Rule-Based and Large-Language-Model Classification System: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Feasibility Analysis of 11,507 Japanese National Reports (2010, Interim)
  2. Predictors of Specialty Training Program Selection After Two-Year Legally Mandated Initial Clinical Training in Japan: A 10-Year Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study
  3. Disseminated Nocardiosis in Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia: A Rare Case and Literature Review
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  5. Routine Laboratory Tests Predict 72‐h Fatality in Patients With D‐Dimer Levels ≥ 2 μg/mL: A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Statistical and Machine Learning Models
  6. Misunderstandings of “do not attempt resuscitation” orders among physicians and nurses' perceptions: A questionnaire survey in Japan
  7. Predicting 72-Hour Fatality in Severe Hyperphosphatemia: A Comparative Analysis of Multivariate Logistic Regression and Machine Learning Models in a Single-Center Study
  8. Successful Treatment of TAFRO (Thrombocytopenia, Anasarca, Fever, Renal Insufficiency, and Organomegaly) Syndrome With Triple Combination Therapy of Corticosteroid, Tocilizumab, and Cyclosporine: A Case Report
  9. Intracranial tuberculoma as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a man with AIDS, tuberculous meningitis, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  10. Lack of an association between spleen volume and risk of pneumococcal infection in cancer patients: a nested case-control study
  11. Chronic Mpox Infection
  12. Effectiveness of initiating advance care planning among older outpatients through intervention by physicians trained in a model discussion video: A randomized controlled trial
  13. Wearing masks is easy but taking them off is difficult – A situation in Japan during COVID-19 pandemic and after
  14. Combination of cytoplasmic and nuclear patterns on Hep-2 antinuclear antibody is useful as a screening test for anti-synthetase syndrome
  15. A risk stratification model for high-flow nasal cannula use in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Japan: A single-center retrospective observational cohort study
  16. Fukuchi-Manabe Score for Infection Control Measures During the Very Early COVID-19 Pandemic Period When Access to Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing Was Poor in Japan: A Single-Center Observational Prospective Cohort Study
  17. Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense infection with anti-interferon-gamma autoantibodies
  18. A risk stratification model for high-flow nasal cannula use in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Japan: a single-center retrospective observational cohort study
  19. Extensive chronic perianal pyoderma associated with persistent inflammation caused by wearing the same unwashed underwear for more than ten years
  20. Recurrent bicycle falls by an elderly man who developed multiple intramuscular abscesses associated with urine leakage secondary to posterior urethral injury caused by pelvic ring disruption
  21. Whole Blood Spermine/Spermidine Ratio as a New Indicator of Sarcopenia Status in Older Adults
  22. Positive Correlation between Relative Concentration of Spermine to Spermidine in Whole Blood and Skeletal Muscle Mass Index: A Possible Indicator of Sarcopenia and Prognosis of Hemodialysis Patients
  23. Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm Mimicking Erythema Nodosum: A Case Report
  24. Malignancy-related Hypercalcemia Caused by Metameric Cutaneous Metastasis of Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein-producing Bladder Carcinoma with Squamous Cell Differentiation: An Autopsy Case of Cobb Syndrome
  25. Appearance of a sore throat caused by the SARS‐CoV ‐2 Omicron variant
  26. Cerebral venous thrombosis: MRI for cerebral infarctions that cannot be diagnosed without doubt
  27. Correlation between the 72-hour fatality ratios and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ratios in patients with extremely high outlier values of 57 laboratory test items: A single-center retrospective inception cohort study
  28. Malar rash with pancytopenia
  29. Trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 anti-S IgG levels following transfusion and a third dose of BNT162b2 vaccine in a patient with massive postoperative bleeding: A case report
  30. Subcutaneous Chest Abscess Caused by Candida albicans Infection Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
  31. Abdominal Muscle Fasciculations and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Diagnosis in a Patient Unable to Perform Sit-Ups
  32. Intensive or standard blood pressure control in patients with a history of ischemic stroke: RESPECT post hoc analysis
  33. A case of acute longus colli tendinitis: an inflammatory disease that causes sudden neck pain and backward neck bending difficulty
  34. Application of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scanning for the Diagnosis of Perianal Abscess
  35. “Comb and Target signs” in abdominal CT in patients with purpura
  36. An Autopsy Case of Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia with Bilateral Renal Artery Vasoconstriction
  37. Endocarditis Caused by Zoonotic Pathogens and Antiphospholipid Syndrome Are Possible Differential Diagnoses
  38. Multidrug Antibiotic Therapy for a Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient With Clarithromycin-Resistant Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease
  39. Comprehensive infection control measures prevent hospital-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: A single-center prospective cohort study and seroprevalence survey
  40. A Case of Wernicke Encephalopathy with Frozen Eyes
  41. Egg‐shaped aortic thrombi associated with COVID‐19
  42. Prolapse of the Urinary Bladder into the Groin: a Case of Inguinal Bladder Hernia
  43. Native mitral valve infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus warneri: A case‐based review
  44. Prediction of 72-hour mortality in patients with extremely high serum C-reactive protein levels using a novel weighted average of risk scores
  45. Anticoagulant Therapy for Frail Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
  46. Predicting 72-h mortality in patients with extremely high random plasma glucose levels
  47. A retrospective cross-sectional study for predicting 72-h mortality in patients with serum aspartate aminotransferase levels ≥ 3000 U/L
  48. Spontaneous Pyogenic Spondylitis and Possible Infective Endocarditis Caused by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
  49. Chronic urticaria with inflammation
  50. Additional Bacteriological Examinations Might be Required for the Correct Identification of Staphylococcus warneri
  51. A woman with adult‐onset Still's disease and acute intestinal pseudo‐obstruction
  52. Adrenal crisis precipitated by influenza A led to the diagnosis of Sheehan's syndrome 18 years after postpartum hemorrhage
  53. “Tree‐in‐bud” opacities with false‐positive Gaffky score and diffuse aspiration bronchiolitis
  54. Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
  55. The effectiveness of transcutaneous cervical ultrasonography for diagnosing peritonsillar abscess in a patient complaining of sore throat
  56. Presence of anti-transcriptional intermediary factor-1 gamma antibodies in a dermatomyositis patient with retroperitoneal cancer of unknown primary site
  57. Refractory aphthae in the epiglottis and supraglottic area due to Crohn's disease
  58. Verrucous lupus erythematosus localized to the oral mucosa and fingers rapidly progressed to systemic lupus erythematosus followed by fatal invasive aspergillosis
  59. Sternal osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis after old trivial chest trauma in untreated diabetes mellitus: A case report
  60. Giant cell arteritis manifested by chronic dry cough
  61. At-a-glance diagnosis of postherpetic abdominal pseudohernia
  62. Were Additional Treatments Affecting the Pharmacokinetics Administered after Raltegravir Overdosing?
  63. Importance of actively suspecting intracranial hypotension with diagnostic imaging prior to lumbar puncture
  64. Fat ring sign and tumoral pseudocapsule sign in idiopathic mesenteric panniculitis complicated by protein‐losing enteropathy
  65. Praziquantel Could Be the Appropriate Choice for the Diagnostic Treatment of Schistosomiasis
  66. Early Operation and Establishment of an Endocarditis Team
  67. Initial Narrow- or Broad-Spectrum Treatment for Meningoencephalitis
  68. Rapid Progression of Cardiobacterium Endocarditis
  69. Why Did the Patient not Show any Neurological Symptoms on the Day of the Higher Serum Concentration of Ceftriaxone?
  70. Did Acute Kidney Injury and/or Tuberculosis Kill the Patients?
  71. Imported Brucellosis In The Era Of Dramatically Increasing Immigrants And Foreign Travelers From Endemic Areas: Occupational Hazards Of Secondary Infection Among Laboratory Technicians In A Nonendemic Country
  72. Should Less Invasive Treatment Options, Such as Vitrectomy, Be Considered for Endogenous Bacterial Endophthalmitis?
  73. Infection of Helicobacter cinaedi Should Be Treated for an Adequate Duration with Combined Antibiotic Therapy
  74. Both Macro and Micro Filarial Treatment May Be Necessary to Treat Hydrocele Due to a Wuchereria bancrofti Infection
  75. The Addition of Prophylactic Antibiotics Can Achieve a Favorable Outcome
  76. Acute splenic infarction presenting as an unusual manifestation of essential thrombocythaemia with normal platelet count
  77. Unclassified Vasculitis with Episcleritis, Thrombophlebitis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Vasculitis, and Intracranial Vasculitis: An Autopsy Case Report
  78. Rapid Progression of Lung Cancer Following Emergency Caesarean Section Led to Postpartum Acute Respiratory Failure
  79. Dysosmia and dysgeusia associated with duloxetine
  80. Anaphylactoid Purpura Associated with Streptococcal Cellulitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
  81. D‐shaped Left Ventricle in a Smoker with Fatal Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
  82. Nocardia Intramuscular Abscess in an Elderly Patient
  83. Aortic Intimal Sarcoma Contributes to Atherosclerotic Renovascular Hypertension: An Autopsy Case Report and Review of the Literature
  84. Is May and Thurner's Original Article Appropriate for Characterizing the Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome?
  85. Regarding the Ambiguity of the Medical Terms "Biologics" and "Biological Agents"
  86. Successful Tocilizumab Therapy for Macrophage Activation Syndrome Associated with Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: A Case-Based Review
  87. Candidemia from an Upper Urinary Tract Infection Complicated by Candida Endophthalmitis
  88. Involvement of cAMP/EPAC/TRPM2 Activation in Glucose- and Incretin-Induced Insulin Secretion
  89. Coxsackie A16 Virus-associated Atypical Hand-foot-and-mouth Disease
  90. Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Initially Suspected of Being Orthopedic Diseases in a Primary Care Setting: A Case Report
  91. A community-based cross-sectional and longitudinal study uncovered asymptomatic proteinuria in Japanese adults with low body weight
  92. Hypercalcemia and Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma-Type Lymphoproliferative Disorder Associated With Methotrexate in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
  93. Value of Prostate-Specific Antigen Elevated in Transudative Pleural Effusion for Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer-Induced Paramalignant Pleural Effusion
  94. An Elderly Patient who Developed Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma during Warfarin Therapy
  95. Co-infection with Group A Streptococci and Epstein-Barr Virus Presenting with Acute Glomerulonephritis and Acute Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  96. Latent associations of low serum amylase with decreased plasma insulin levels and insulin resistance in asymptomatic middle-aged adults
  97. Circulating osteocalcin is increased in early-stage diabetes
  98. Voltage-dependent metabolic regulation of Kv2.1 channels in pancreatic β-cells
  99. Regulation of voltage-gated K+channels by glucose metabolism in pancreatic β-cells
  100. Fatal Hemoperitoneum Preceded by Cranial Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis in a Patient with ANCA-Positive Microscopic Polyangitis
  101. Nocturnal Epilepsy Associated with Sleep Apnea Syndrome
  102. An Incidentally Found Case of Multiple Localized Segmented Painless Dissections of the Descending Aorta Like Gnarled Tree
  103. Protein-losing Enteropathy Associated with Immune Complex-mediated Vasculopathy in a Case of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
  104. Churg-Strauss Syndrome Associated with Hypersensitivity to Acetaminophen
  105. Atypical varicella mimicking hand-foot-mouth disease in an adult patient with malignant lymphoma during chemotherapy
  106. Genetic evidence for involvement of type 1,type 2and type 3inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in signal transduction through the B-cell antigen receptor
  107. CD45 Modulates Phosphorylation of Both Autophosphorylation and Negative Regulatory Tyrosines of Lyn in B Cells
  108. Antioxidant Effects of Calcium Antagonists on Rat Myocardial Membrane Lipid Peroxidation.
  109. Absence of antioxidant effects of nifedipine and diltiazem on myocardial membrane lipid peroxidation in contrast with those of nisoldipine and propranolol
  110. Comparison of 24-hour ambulatory ECG findings with hemodynamic and echocardiographic parameters in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.