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| Kenji OhshigeSummaryAffiliation: Yokohama City University Country: Japan Publications
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A contingent valuation study of the appropriate user price for ambulance serviceKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Acad Emerg Med 12:932-40. 2005..In Japan, anyone can use an ambulance free of charge, but this policy may encourage unnecessary ambulance use...- Evaluation of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with resuscitative drugs: a prospective comparative study in JapanKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama 236 0004, Japan
Resuscitation 66:53-61. 2005.... - Willingness to pay for a public health checkup program: assessment by the travel cost methodKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama 236 0004, Japan
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 51:938-44. 2004..This study aimed to evaluate one health checkup program provided by a municipal government by measuring the public's willingness to pay (WTP) for maintaining the program... 
Evaluation of an algorithm for estimating a patient's life threat risk from an ambulance callKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama, Japan
BMC Emerg Med 9:21. 2009..If the estimated life threat risk was higher than 10%, the probability that a patient faced a risk of dying was recognized as very high and categorized as category A+. The present study aimed to review the accuracy of the algorithm...
Reduction in ambulance transports during a public awareness campaign for appropriate ambulance useKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Acad Emerg Med 15:289-93. 2008..This study also investigated whether the number of ambulance transports for individuals with nonserious conditions decreased separately from the decrease in ambulance transports for individuals with serious conditions...- Influence of weather on emergency transport events coded as stroke: population-based study in JapanKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, 236 0004, Yokohama, Japan
Int J Biometeorol 50:305-11. 2006..001). Dry weather and cool weather were likely to shift the circadian curve of the incidence upward. Thus, occurrence of emergency transport due to events coded as stroke is likely to be associated with weather conditions... - Seasonal influence on blood pressure in elderly normotensive subjectsTomohito Hayashi
Department of Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Hypertens Res 31:569-74. 2008..e., autumn and winter. There appears to be a large fluctuation in wake-up-time in the colder seasons. Low ambient temperature likely induces this large fluctuation... 
Influence of socioeconomic factors on medically unnecessary ambulance callsChihiro Kawakami
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama, Japan
BMC Health Serv Res 7:120. 2007..We investigated the possible relations between socioeconomic factors and medically unnecessary ambulance calls, and we estimated the incremental demand for unnecessary ambulance use produced by socioeconomic factors...- Influence of mental stress on the plasma homocysteine level and blood pressure change in young menAsuka Sawai
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Clin Exp Hypertens 30:233-41. 2008..It was shown that mental stress elevates heart rate, blood pressure, sympathovagal activity, and the plasma total homocysteine level in young men... - Exclusion of influence of physical activity on ambulatory blood pressureTomohito Hayashi
The Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Clin Exp Hypertens 29:23-30. 2007..The purpose of this study was to estimate the influence of physical activity on BP and determine daytime BP adjusted for activity as measured by ABPM... - Relation between nocturnal arterial oxygen desaturation and morning blood pressureAya Kishimoto
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Clin Exp Hypertens 29:51-60. 2007.... - The increasing use of pediatric emergency facilities in the eveningTaka Matsumura
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:142-7. 2007..In Japan, the demand for pediatric emergency medicine has been increasing, especially in the evening. The purpose of this study was to identify the reasons for overcrowding of pediatric emergency facilities in the evening... - [Quantitative analysis of the demand for emergency medicine in Yokohama City, Japan]Kenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine
Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 50:879-89. 2003..CONCLUSION: The demand for emergency medicine will increase dramatically in Yokohama city as the society ages, Regional emergency medical systems should be improved accordingly... - Circadian variation in cardiovascular emergencies among the elderlyChihiro Kawakami
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Clin Exp Hypertens 30:23-31. 2008..In conclusion, there was a prominent peak in the morning in the occurrence of emergency events such as cardiovascular disease, CPA, and heat stroke events among the elderly... - Influence of mental stress on cardiovascular function as evaluated by changes in energy expenditureAsuka Sawai
Department of Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Hypertens Res 30:1019-27. 2007..The influence of mental stress on cardiovascular function likely differs according to a subject's environmental conditions. Our study implied that high salt intake increases the sensitivity of cardiovascular functions to mental stress... - [Seasonal variation in blood pressure]Kenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine
Nippon Rinsho 64:79-84. 2006 - Ring-shaped pulse oximeter and its application: measurement of SpO2 and blood pressure during sleep and during flightAya Kishimoto
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Clin Exp Hypertens 27:279-88. 2005..The wireless ring-shaped pulse oximeter was useful for investigating changes in SpO2 and its effect on BP in daily life during sleep and during air travel... - Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Japanese version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)Takako Miyamae
Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawaku, Yokohama 236 0004, Japan
Mod Rheumatol 18:336-43. 2008..Functional ability, as assessed by the CHAQ, may not be the main consideration of sJIA patients' parents when assessing their child's status... - Left ventricular geometry, risk factors, and outcomes of hospitalized patients with diastolic heart failure in JapanKazuaki Uchino
Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama 236 0004, Japan
J Cardiol 54:101-7. 2009..Studies of the characteristics, risk factors, prognostic factors, and outcomes of diastolic heart failure (DHF) have yielded inconsistent findings. Moreover, few epidemiological studies of DHF have been performed in Japan... - Neither the presence of metabolic syndrome as defined by the IDF guideline nor an increased waist circumference increased the risk of microvascular or macrovascular complications in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetesTomoyuki Iwasaki
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama 236 0004, Japan
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 79:427-32. 2008.... - [A review of methods for controlling medical costs from the point of view of cost-effectiveness]Kenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine
Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 49:613-9. 2002..One is establishing a system so that physicians can act as perfect agencies for their patients. The other is encouraging academic research on the effectiveness of medical services... - Circadian pattern of ambulance use for children in a Japanese cityKenji Ohshige
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Acad Emerg Med 11:316-8. 2004..This study aimed at verifying periodic fluctuation in ambulance use for children in Yokohama, Japan, and determining whether the periodic pattern differs between holidays and ordinary days... - High serum alanine aminotransferase levels for the first three successive years can predict very high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with Child Stage A HCV-associated liver cirrhosisKaoru Miyakawa
Department of Gastroenterology, Kanagawa Cancer Center Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Scand J Gastroenterol 44:1340-8. 2009..Prospective trials using therapeutic approaches aimed at decreasing ALAT levels are necessary in order to confirm a positive impact of ALAT reduction on the incidence of HCC in patients with HCV-LC... - Development of wristwatch-type heart rate recorder with acceleration-pickup sensor and its applicationAsuka Sawai
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Clin Exp Hypertens 27:203-13. 2005..These results suggest that ACT and deltaHR are useful for evaluating mental and physical activity of daily life. The WH-HR tachometer will be useful for assessment of mental and physical activity in daily life... - Accuracy and applicability of the Terumo ES-H55 double-cuff sphygmomanometer for hospital useOsamu Tochikubo
Department of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3 9 Fukuura, Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama 236 0004, Japan
Blood Press Monit 8:203-9. 2003..We have developed a new blood pressure (BP)-measuring device with a double-cuff, and evaluated its accuracy and applicability for practical use... - Randomized controlled trial of sour milk on blood pressure in borderline hypertensive menShunsaku Mizushima
International Research Center for Medical Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Am J Hypertens 17:701-6. 2004..A double-blind randomized controlled trial was carried out to assess the effect of sour milk, containing two tripeptides (valine-proline-proline and isoleucine-proline-proline), on blood pressure (BP)...