著者
Shinya Yamamoto Ken Wells Keisuke Morita Katsuya Tanigaki Koji Muro Minami Matsumoto Hirotsugu Nakai Yasuyuki Arai Shuji Akizuki Ken Takahashi Sachiko Minamiguchi Shingo Fukuma Motoko Yanagita
出版者
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.1178-22, (Released:2023-02-01)
参考文献数
26
被引用文献数
3

Finding the ideal balance between efficacy and safety of immunosuppression is challenging, particularly in cases of severe TAFRO syndrome. We herein report a 60-year-old man diagnosed with grade 5 TAFRO syndrome mimicking hepatorenal syndrome that was successfully treated by glucocorticoid, tocilizumab, and cyclosporin despite virus infection. Furthermore, by examining 14 peer-reviewed remission cases, we revealed that the recovery periods among inflammation, renal dysfunction, and thrombocytopenia were quite different, with recovery from thrombocytopenia notably slow. All patients requiring dialysis were successfully withdrawn from dialysis, and the reversibility from kidney injury was good. This clinical information will help clinicians plan treatments and tailor the intensity of immunosuppression.
著者
Keisuke MORITA Emiko KANEKO
出版者
(社)日本分析化学会
雑誌
Analytical Sciences (ISSN:09106340)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.22, no.8, pp.1085-1089, 2006 (Released:2006-08-09)
参考文献数
37
被引用文献数
22 48

In this study, a simple and sensitive method for the determination of arsenic in water samples was developed. The method is based on the formation of micro particles of Ethyl Violet and molybdoarsenate, which gives an apparently homogeneous blue color to the solution. The absorption of the excess dye gradually decreases due to its conversion to a colorless carbinol species under strongly acidic conditions. Consequently, the sufficiently low reagent blank enables the spectrophotometric determination of arsenic with the detection limit of 4 µg l-1. The coefficient of variation for the spectrophotometry at 50 µg l-1 was 3.5% (n = 5). Furthermore, it is possible to detect concentrations as low as 10 µg l-1 of arsenic visually. Our method will be useful as a simple, rapid, and cost-effective field test of arsenic, requiring no complex apparatus or skilled laboratory support.