Geriatric Medicine

Outline
As a unique class specializing in elder care in Hokuriku district, we provide medical care for the elderly, study geriatric conditions and aging, and develop human resources with expert knowledge and skills.
The population of the elderly will increase and the world will be a high-aged society, so it is expected that geriatric conditions and diversification will correspondingly increase. There is no doubt that elder care will become more necessary.
Our class engages in daily care, education, and study for this eventuality.
e-mail: gerontol@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
Faculty
Professor and Chair
Professor(Adjunct)
Professor(Additional Post)
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Research Doctor
KODERA Kumie
Research Achievements
Hamada Kazu, Shimode Yuzo, Hata Yoshiyuki, Kunou Hiroaki, Kobayashi Rika, Matsunaga Kazuhiro, Kawaura Ken,
Mukai Tsuyoshi, Kitakata Hidekazu, Itoh Tohru, Okuro Masashi, Yamada Sohsuke.
A Case of multiple solitary neurofibromas located in the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus.
DEN Open, 3:1, 2022.
Toshihiro Higashikawa, Tomohiko Ito, Takuro Mizuno, Keiichirou Ishigami, Kengo Kuroki, Naoto Maekawa, Daisuke Usuda,
Shinichiro Nakao, Kazu Hamada, Susumu Takagi, Nao Terada, Kento Takeshima, Shinya Yamada, Ryusho Sangen,
Toshihide Izumida, Jun Kiyosawa, Atsushi Saito, Masaharu Iguchi, Hiroyuki Wato, Takeshi Nakahashi, Yuji Kasamaki,
Akihiro Fukuda, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Masashi Okuro.
A new predictive tool consolidating CURB-65 with procalcitonin and albumin to assess short-term mortality in hospitalized elderly patients with infectious disease: A retrospective study of a patient cohort.
Medicine, 101: e31614, 2022.
Toshihiro Higashikawa, Tomohiko Ito, Takurou Mizuno, Keiichiro Ishigami, Masaru Kohori, Kunihiro Mae,
Daisuke Usuda, Kazu Hamada, Takuro Morita, Kento Takeshima, Susumu Takagi, Toshihide Izumida, Kengo Kuroki,
Ryusho Sangen, Atsushi Saito, Masaharu Iguchi, Yuji Kasamaki, Takeshi Nakahashi, Akihiro Fukuda, Tsugiyasu Kanda,
Masashi Okuro.
The 12-Month Administration of Tofogliflozin for Glycemic Control with Monitoring Electrolytes, Renal and Cardiac
Function in Japanese Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
International Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 5: 1-8, 2021.
Toshihiro Higashikawa, Tomohiko Ito, Takurou Mizuno, Keiichirou Ishigami, Kengo Kuroki, Naoto Maekawa,
Daisuke Usuda, Takuro Morita, Kazu Hamada, Susumu Takagi, Kento Takeshima, Shinya Yamada, Ryusho Sangen,
Toshihide Izumida, Hideyuki Mori, Jun Kiyosawa, Atsushi Saito, Masaharu Iguchi, Takeshi Nakahashi, Yuji Kasamaki,
Akihiro Fukuda, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Masashi Okuro.
Effects of tofogliflozin on adrenocorticotropic hormone, renin and aldosterone, and cortisol levels in elderly patients with
diabetes mellitus: A retrospective study of a patient cohort.
Medicine, 100: 45: e27638, 2021.
Kazu Hamada, Junnosuke Tateishi, Shigeru Sugiki,Taishi Ishisaka, Yuta Igarashi, Kumie Kodera, Tazuo Okuno,
Takuro Morita, Tarou Himeno,Hiroshi Yano, Toshihiro Higashikawa, Osamu Iritani, Kunimitsu Iwai,Shigeto Morimoto,
Masashi Okuro.
Transient obstruction of the transverse colon caused by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: A case report.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 21: 865-866, 2021.
External Research Funding
2021 Japan Society for the Promotion Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C
Elucidation of the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia in the elderly sleep apnea syndrome.
2016 Comprehensive Research Project on Measures against Dementia, Health Labour Sciences Research Grant
A study to perform a nationwide information registration of people with dementia and monitoring with the aim of appropriate and timely treatment.
2013 Comprehensive Research Project on Measures against Dementia, Health Labour Sciences Research Grant
A study regarding a search for the factors promoting onset of dementia and the inhibition factors by a large-scaled epidemiologic survey.
2012 MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities
Creation of the life innovation in graying remote rural areas.
2011 Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant, Comprehensive Research on Aging and Health
Development of “guidelines for the first steps and emergency triage to manage elderly evacuees” project.