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The Prognostic Nutritional Index is useful for predicting surgical risk and overall survival based on preoperative immunological and nutritional status in patients undergoing digestive organ cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the Prognostic Nutritional Index and dental status in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy.
Methods
This retrospective case?control study included 73 patients who underwent resection of esophageal cancer (69 males, 4 females; age 36?83). General and dental status were evaluated. The Prognostic Nutritional Index was calculated based on the serum albumin concentration and the total lymphocyte count, and subjects were divided into two groups based on index scores: a higher group, characterized by scores ??45 (n?=?54); and a lower group, characterized by scores Results
Total protein, C-reactive protein, the number of sound and total decayed, missing and filled teeth, and the rate of patients with poor dental occlusal support showed significant differences between the lower and higher Prognostic Nutritional Index groups (p? Conclusion
Dental status, especially dental occlusal support and the number of sound teeth, showed a positive relationship with the Prognostic Nutritional Index in esophageal cancer patients who underwent esophagectomy. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Yamanaka-KohnoReiko en-aut-sei=Yamanaka-Kohno en-aut-mei=Reiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShirakawaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Shirakawa en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=Inoue-MinakuchiMami en-aut-sei=Inoue-Minakuchi en-aut-mei=Mami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=YokoiAya en-aut-sei=Yokoi en-aut-mei=Aya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MuroMisato en-aut-sei=Muro en-aut-mei=Misato kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=KosakiHirotaka en-aut-sei=Kosaki en-aut-mei=Hirotaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= 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74-year-old male patient with tongue laceration after convulsive seizures under intensive care. The tongue showed severe swelling, and the right ventral surface had been lacerated by his isolated and pointed right lower canine. Our university hospital has established a perioperative management center, and is promoting interprofessional collaboration, including dentists, in perioperative management. Dentists collaborating in the perioperative management center took dental impressions, with the support of anesthesiologists who opened the patient?s jaw under propofol sedation, to produce a mouth protector. By raising the patient?s bite, the completed mouth protector prevented the isolated tooth from contacting the tongue and protected the lacerated wound. Use of the mouth protector prevented the lacerated tongue from coming into contact with the pointed tooth, and the tongue healed gradually. These findings underscore that interprofessional collaboration including dentists can improve the quality of medical care. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamanakaReiko en-aut-sei=Yamanaka en-aut-mei=Reiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SogaYoshihiko en-aut-sei=Soga en-aut-mei=Yoshihiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MoriyaYoshie en-aut-sei=Moriya en-aut-mei=Yoshie kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkuiAkemi en-aut-sei=Okui en-aut-mei=Akemi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakeuchiTetsuo en-aut-sei=Takeuchi en-aut-mei=Tetsuo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SatoKenji en-aut-sei=Sato en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorimatsuHiroshi en-aut-sei=Morimatsu en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=MoritaManabu en-aut-sei=Morita en-aut-mei=Manabu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Dental Laboratory, Medical Support Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital en-keyword=mouth protector kn-keyword=mouth protector en-keyword=tongue laceration kn-keyword=tongue laceration END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=54 cd-vols= no-issue=14 article-no= start-page=1809 end-page=1814 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2015 dt-pub=20150715 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Detection of Identical Isolates of Enterococcus faecalis from the Blood and Oral Mucosa in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The detection of infective endocarditis (IE) of oral origin has been previously discussed. However, there are few reports confirming this infection using molecular biological techniques. We herein describe the case of a 67-year-old man who developed IE. Blood culture samples and strains obtained from the gingival and buccal mucosa showed 100% identity to Enterococcus faecalis JCM 5803 on sequencing of 16S rRNA gene fragments. A random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis showed the same pattern for these samples, thus confirming the identity of E. faecalis isolates in the blood and oral mucosa. Our observations provide novel information regarding the level of identity between IE pathogens and oral bacteria. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OkuiAkemi en-aut-sei=Okui en-aut-mei=Akemi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SogaYoshihiko en-aut-sei=Soga en-aut-mei=Yoshihiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KokeguchiSusumu en-aut-sei=Kokeguchi en-aut-mei=Susumu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NoseMotoko en-aut-sei=Nose en-aut-mei=Motoko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamanakaReiko en-aut-sei=Yamanaka en-aut-mei=Reiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=KusanoNobuchika en-aut-sei=Kusano en-aut-mei=Nobuchika kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=MoritaManabu en-aut-sei=Morita en-aut-mei=Manabu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Microbiology, Division of Social and Environmental Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Clinical Laboratory, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=４Department of Infectious Diseases, Okayama University Hospital affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=１Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital, Japan, ２Department of Microbiology, Division of Social and Environmental Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences en-keyword=causative pathogen kn-keyword=causative pathogen en-keyword=identity kn-keyword=identity en-keyword=infective endocarditis kn-keyword=infective endocarditis en-keyword=oral bacteria kn-keyword=oral bacteria END