Changing pattern of presentation in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance: a single-center experience with 1400 patients.

abstract：:A method to perform exercise testing for patients with hemiplegia is unavailable though over half of them have cardio-pulmonary disorders. We aimed to assess the reliability and validity of using a stepper in cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in this population.14 stroke patients with hemiplegia who failed to ri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang SC,Hsu CC,Fu TC,Chen CP,Liao MF,Hsu YH,Wang JS

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Woven coronary artery is an extremely unusual congenital anomaly with unknown etiology. Because of normal flow after anomalous segment, this anomaly is considered to be benign. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with exertional dyspnea that he had experienced for half a year. Wov...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xing Z,Tang L,Huang J,Hu X

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the control of morning blood pressure (MBP) reflects the control of blood pressure (BP) in other periods (daytime, nighttime and 24-hour) and to assess whether morning BP displays a closer association with subclinical target organ damage (TOD) than the BP measured in other periods.One thousand o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu K,Xu Y,Gong S,Li J,Li X,Ye R,Liao H,Chen X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most serious complications of the central nervous system that occur after venomous snake bite are intracranial hemorrhage and ischemic stroke.We present a rarely seen central nervous system complication, acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, after a treated Deinagkistrodon's viper bite.On April 5, 2015, a 50-year...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu A,Shan R,Huang D,Zhou J,Keenoo A,Qin J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Labor pain is one of the most intense pains experienced by women, which leads to an increase in the number of women opting to undergo a cesarean delivery. Pharmacological and nonpharmacological analgesia methods are used to control labor pain. Epidural analgesia is the most commonly used pharmacological anal...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Traverzim MADS,Makabe S,Silva DFT,Pavani C,Bussadori SK,Fernandes KSP,Motta LJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and drug resistance studies worldwide have focused almost exclusively on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). As a result, there is limited information on ART and drug resistance in HIV-2 patients. In Ghana, the HIV epidemic is characterized by the domination of HIV-1, with cocircu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Abana CZ,Sagoe KWC,Bonney EY,Maina EK,Aziati ID,Agbosu E,Mawuli G,Styer LM,Ishikawa K,Brandful JAM,Ampofo WK

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy and safety of oral tranexamic acid (TXA) remain controversial because of the small number of clinical studies. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy and safety of oral TXA with intravenous TXA in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty in a syste...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sun C,Zhang X,Chen L,Deng J,Ma Q,Cai X,Yang H

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:High occupational stress and burnout among physicians can lead to sleep problems, anxiety, depression, and even suicide. Even so, the actual risk for these behavioral health problems in health care-seeking physicians has been seldom explored. The aim of this study was to determine whether physicians have higher odds o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang CL,Weng SF,Wang JJ,Hsu YW,Wu MP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A rigid video-stylet intubation device provides safe and accurate access to the trachea by enabling visualization of the airway structures during tracheal intubation. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of glycopyrrolate premedication on tracheal intubation with a rigid video-stylet....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cho EA,Hwang SH,Lee SH,Ryu KH,Kim YH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant changes in body composition are known to occur with aging. The aim of the present study was to provide a normative reference of body composition and to investigate age and sex-related differences in healthy subjects by multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analyzer (BIA).A cross-sectional study was conduc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He X,Li Z,Tang X,Zhang L,Wang L,He Y,Jin T,Yuan D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is an episodic, multifocal neuropathy, with a typical clinical presentation of recurrent transient pressure palsies, which is induced by a PMP22 deletion. Another neuropathy caused by a PMP22 duplication is Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Niu B,Wang X,Hu H,Cao B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with spinal fusion often have opioid tolerance and chronic pain, which makes it difficult to control postoperative pain. In this double-blind, randomized, prospective study, we assessed the safety and efficacy of intravenous low-dose ketamine for the treatment of pain in patients undergoing the lumb...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang H,Ma L,Chen Y

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the value of serum levels of CA125, platelet count (PLT), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and modified CA125 markers CA125a and CA125b in predicting pelvic dense adhesion (PDA) associated with adenomyosis, CA125a = lg(CA125 × PLT × 10), CA125b = lg(CA125 × NLR).This retrospective study included 304 patie...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang C,Liu C,Guo J,Chen L,Luo N,Qu X,Yang W,Ren Q,Cheng Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic drug widely used to reduce blood loss during joint replacements, including total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA). However, there is no final consensus regarding the composition of an optimal administration of TXA regime between topical and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen Y,Chen Z,Cui S,Li Z,Yuan Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To find out whether the intramedullary fixations are superior to the extramedullary fixations in treating unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures (UFIFs). METHODS:The meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted by searching the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases to evalu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sun D,Wang C,Chen Y,Liu X,Zhao P,Zhang H,Zhou H,Qin C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Acute cerebral infarction after snake bites is rare. The underlying mechanism causing the thrombotic process remains complex and unknown. PATIENT CONCERNS:We herein describe a 49-year-old female who was bitten by a Trimeresurus stejnegeri. After 4 days of biting, she developed acute ischemic infarct. DIAGNO...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zeng X,Hu J,Liang X,Wu Y,Yan M,Zhu M,Fu Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Arterial occlusion, a rare condition after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), may cause fatal outcomes if not treated on time. We report a case of arterial occlusion after undergoing navigated TKA with no tourniquet use, in a patient at high risk of postoperative arterial occlusion due to the patient's ipsilatera...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cho MR,Kim KT,Choi WK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the published literature there are controversial data to the biomechanical stability of monocortical comparing to the bicortical fixation of metacarpal fractures. The aim of this study was to compare the biomechanical stability of monocortical and bicortical locking osteosynthesis in quasi-static and dynamic 4-poin...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liodaki E,Wendlandt R,Waizner K,Schopp BE,Mailänder P,Stang F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hypertrophic scars are a common disease in plastic surgery, which is the reaction of skin connective tissue to trauma beyond the normal range. Although scholars around the world have explored the tissue structure and formation mechanism of HS for decades, they are not satisfactory the result of. No effecti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu YH,Xiang J,Han PP,Yang C,Wang YZ,Wang W,Zhang PA

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the features and function of gut microbiota in necrotizing enterocolitis patients over 28 gestational age weeks through a case-control study. METHODS:Fecal samples from patients with NEC over 28 gestational week age and matched control cases were collected. DNA of the fecal samples was extracted ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Feng J,He Y,Liu D,Li L,Chen J,Yu J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to compare the clinical and surgical characteristics of pregnant and nonpregnant women with surgically verified ovarian torsion, as well as the differences among 3 trimesters during pregnancy.We conducted a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with surgically proven ovarian torsion in our...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu WF,Wang ZH,Xiu YL,Xie X,Pan M

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the correlation of long noncoding RNA zinc finger antisense 1 (lncRNA ZFAS1) expression with disease risk, disease severity and inflammatory cytokines levels in lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) patients.83 LDD patients underwent surgery and 28 traumatized, non-LDD patients underwent lumba...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Deng RY,Hong T,Li CY,Shi CL,Liu C,Jiang FY,Li J,Fan XM,Feng SB,Wang YF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With advancements in our understanding of meniscal function, treatment options for meniscal injuries have evolved considerably over the past few decades. The aim of the current study was to compare the all-inside and inside-out techniques with regard to retear rate, functional outcomes, and perioperative com...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin Y,Zhao J,Qiu H,Huang Y

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) following long instrumented posterior spinal fusion, and to search for predictable risk factors for the progression of junctional kyphosis.In total 98 DLS patients with a minimum 2-year fol...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang H,Ma L,Yang D,Wang T,Yang S,Wang Y,Wang Q,Zhang F,Ding W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with classical heat stroke are different in many ways from those with exertional injury; contrasts included difference in demographic factors, prior general health, in-hospital complications and laboratory abnormalities (lactate, liver enzymes, pH, electrolytes). Severe hyperkalemia, acute renal failure, rhab...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hart GR,Anderson RJ,Crumpler CP,Shulkin A,Reed G,Knochel JP

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores information relating to female adolescents knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Carriacou. The authors aimed at finding out whether adolescent females in Carriacou receive adequate information about HIV and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Patrice-Coy C,Johnson EJ,Boodram CAS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure (CHF), the final phase of various heart diseases, is a serious public health problem resulting in high hospitalization rates, mortality, and increasing health care costs. Nuanxin capsule (NXC), a Chinese herbal formula, has been widely used in the treatment of CHF. However, the safety a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Zhang Y,Yuan T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmenopausal women are at a higher risk of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In a previous trial, electroacupuncture (EA) was shown to be an effective treatment for women with SUI. Here we present a secondary analysis to investigate the specific factors associated with response to acupuncture therapy among postmeno...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiao R,Liu Y,Liu B,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocalcin (OC) is an endocrine hormone that regulates glucose metabolism.The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum OC levels and glucose metabolism after trauma.This was a retrospective study of trauma patients admitted to the Department of Emergency Medicine between October 2017 and Ap...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang Y,Zhong W,Huang J,Geng L,Feng Q

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding is the most frequent complication of anticoagulant therapy, responsible for a number of hospitalizations or deaths. However, studies describing the management and prognosis factors of extra-cerebral anticoagulant-related bleedings in intensive care unit (ICU) are lacking.Retrospective observational study in a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hauguel M,Boelle P,Pichereau C,Bourcier S,Bigé N,Baudel JL,Maury E,Guidet B,Ait-Oufella H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00