ISSN 2436-018X

JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL GENERAL MEDICINE

SEPTEMBER 2022 Volume 4-5

Original article

Baloxavir marboxil for uncomplicated influenza in children:
a multicenter, randomized, non-inferiority trial・・・・・・・ Takeshi Goda   204

Clinical differentiation of bacterial and viral enterocolitis:
a Japanese, single center, post hoc analysis・・・・・・・・Yosuke Sasaki   214
Factors related to prednisolone-free remission in patients
with polymyalgia rheumatica ・・・・・・・・・・・・Harutaka Yamaguchi   221

Case report

A case of severe myositis after COVID-19 vaccination ・・・・Kazuo Eguchi  228
Delayed Diagnosis of a Complication in a Patient
with a Positive COVID-19 Test ・・・・・・・・・・・・・Hidehiro Someko  234

Prolonged steroid therapy effectively treats
long COVID-19 pneumonia・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ・IMegumi Shimada  238

A case of IgG4-related disease with periaortitis/periarteritis
that progressed to unstable angina pectoris
during multidisciplinary treatment・・・・・・・・・・・・・・Toru Suzuki   243

Brief report

Low excess mortality rate during
the COVID-19 pandemic waves in Japan ・・・・・・・・・・Hirotake Mori   251

Pancreatitis secondary to ceftriaxone-associated
pseudolithiasis・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ・Shota Nakayama  253

Immunogenicity and Safety of a Two-Dose Regimen
of the BNT162b2 Vaccine in Dialysis Patients ・・・・・・・・・・Kenji Ina   257

A case of rectus sheath hematoma
of a left-handed high school volleyball club member
during spike practice・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・Shimon Takada   262

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Common foundations of hospital general medicine
and family medicine in Japan:harmonizing and merging・・・Masaki Tago   264

JHGM 2022:4(5):204-213

Original article

Baloxavir marboxil for uncomplicated influenza
in children:a multicenter, randomized,
non-inferiority trial

Takeshi Goda 1)*  Masaya Suematsu 1)2)*  Hisato Ito 1)  Go Horiguchi 3)
Ryo Ikushima 1)  Utsuki Matsumura 1)  Kohei Mitsuno 1)  Takashi Morita 1)
Seiji Tanaka 1)  Toshihiro Tomii 1)  Kitaro Kosaka 4)  Yoshiki Katsumi 4)
Sachiko Goto 4)  Fumihiro Matsui 5)  Akemi Sato 6)   Tomoko Iehara 2)※

contributed equally as co-first authors

1) Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Chubu Medical Center
2) Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
3) Department of Biostatistics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
4) Department of Pediatrics, Saiseikai Kyoto Hospital
5) Matsui Pediatric Clinic
6) Sato Clinic

Key Words:adverse drug reactions, baloxavir marboxil, influenza, neuraminidase inhibitors

JHGM 2022:4(5):214-220

Original article

Clinical differentiation of bacterial and viral enterocolitis:
a Japanese, single center, post hoc analysis

Yosuke Sasaki   Hitoshi Nakajima  Tadashi Maeda  Urita Yoshihis

Department of General Medicine and Emergency Care, Toho University School of Medicine

Key Words:colitis, diarrhea, dysentery, infectious diarrhea, ischemic colitis

JHGM 2022:4(5):221-227

Original article

Factors related to prednisolone-free remission
in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica

Harutaka Yamaguchi1)  Yoshihiro Okura2)  Ryo Tabata1)
Yoshinori Nakanishi 2)   Keisuke Kawahito 1)   Kenji Tani 2)※
1) Department of General Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
2) General Medicine and Primary Care, Tokushima University Hospital

Key Words:polymyalgia rheumatica, prednisolone, remission, CRP

JHGM 2022:4(5):228-233

Case report

A case of severe myositis after COVID-19 vaccination

Kazuo Eguchi1)※  Tomotaka Nishizawa2)  Kanto Toriumi3)
Masanobu Horikoshi 3)   Youhei Koushima 4)
1) Department of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital
2) Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital
3) Department of Rheumatology, Saitama Red Cross Hospital
4) Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Department, Saitama Red Cross Hospital

Key Words:COVID-19 vaccination, fever of unknown origin, myositis.

JHGM 2022:4(5):234-237

Case report

Delayed Diagnosis of a Complication in a Patient
with a Positive COVID-19 Test

Hidehiro Someko   Toshiaki Shiojiri
Department of general internal medicine, Asahi general hospital

Key Words:diagnostic error, covid-19, lateral medullary infarction

JHGM 2022:4(5):238-242

Case report

Prolonged steroid therapy effectively treats
long COVID-19 pneumonia

Megumi Shimada1)※  Eriko Goto1)   Hideki Ozawa2)
1) Department of General Internal Medicine, Tokai University Oiso Hospital
2) Department of General Internal Medicine, Tokai University

Key Words:COVID-19, steroid, oxygen therapy

JHGM 2022:4(5):243-250

Case report

A case of IgG4-related disease with periaortitis/
periarteritis that progressed to unstable angina
pectoris during multidisciplinary treatment

Toru Suzuki 1)2)※   Kazuyoshi Kaneko 3)   Wataru Katawaki3)
Kenji Takahashi 1)  Masato Hoshikawa 4)   Ohtake Hiroya 5)
1) Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Yamagata City Hospital SAISEIKAN
2) Suzuki Yu Clinic
3) Department of Cardiology, Yamagata City Hospital SAISEIKAN
4) Department of Nephrology, Yamagata City Hospital SAISEIKAN
5) Department of Pathological Diagnosis, Yamagata City Hospital SAISEIKAN

Key Words:IgG4-related disease, periaortitis, periarteritis

JHGM 2022:4(5):251-252

Brief report

Low excess mortality rate during
the COVID-19 pandemic waves in Japan

Hirotake Mori 1)   Akira Komori 1)2)  Toshio Naito 1)※
1) Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
2) Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital

Key Words:COVID-19, excess mortality rate, Japan, Asia

JHGM 2022:4(5):253-256

Brief report

Pancreatitis secondary to ceftriaxone-associated
pseudolithiasis

Shota Nakayama1)※  Takashi Sugioka 2)   Akihiko Ogushi 3)
1) Department of Support of Rural Medicine, Yamaguchi Prefectural Grand Medical Center
2) Department of General Medicine, Saga Municipal Fuji Yamato Onsen Hospital
3) Sakai Clinic

Key Words:ceftriaxone, pseudolithiasis, pancreatitis

JHGM 2022:4(5):257-261

Brief report

Immunogenicity and Safety of a Two-Dose Regimen
of the BNT162b2 Vaccine in Dialysis Patients

Kenji Ina 1)※  Yoshiteru Tanaka 2)  Asuka Ito 3)  Yukie Kato 4)
Munetaka Fujiwara 4)  Kengo Nanya 4)  Satoshi Kayukawa 4)  Shinji Hasegawa 4)
Megumi Kabeya 4)  Yuka Okada 2)  Toshimitsu Koga 5)  Yoshihiro Ota 5)
1) Department of Geriatric Medicine, Shinseikai Daiichi Hospital
2) Department of Pharmacy, Shinseikai Daiichi Hospital
3) Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinseikai Daiichi Hospital
4) Nagoya Memorial Hospital
5) Department of Internal Medicine, Shinseikai Daiichi Hospital

Key Words:SARS-CoV-2, hemodialysis, BNT162b2 vaccine

JHGM 2022:4(5):262-263

Brief report

A case of rectus sheath hematoma
of a left-handed high school volleyball club member
during spike practice

Shimon Takada 1)※  Kiyoshi Takemoto 2)  Yasuharu Tokuda 3)
1) Division of General Internal Medicine, Hikosaka Hospital
2) Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nara Prefecture General Medical Center
3) Muribushi Okinawa Center for Teaching Hospitals and Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research

Key Words:rectus sheath hematoma, RSH, Carnett’s sign

JHGM 2022:4(5):264-265

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Common foundations of hospital general medicine
and family medicine in Japan:
harmonizing and merging

Masaki Tago 1)※  Risa Hirata 1)   Kiyoshi Shikino 2)   Takashi Watari 3)
Yosuke Sasaki 4)  Hiromizu Takahashi 5)  Takuya Nakamura 6)  Miho Kiyota 7)
Taku Yabuki 8)  Kenya Ie 9)  Taro Shimizu 10)
1) Department of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital
2) Department of General Medicine, Chiba University Hospital
3) General Medicine Center, Shimane University Hospital
4) Department of General Medicine and Emergency Care, Toho University School of Medicine
5) Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University
6) Shiga Center for Family Medicine, Yuge Medical clinic
7) Centre for Family Medicine Development / Asao clinic
8) Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Tochigi Medical Center
9) Department of General Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
10) Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University