Severity of systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in African Americans.

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) disease may be transmitted to close contacts of index cases, causing physical illness. No studies have investigated the risk of developing depressive disorder among TB contacts in a TB-endemic area.Adult participants with a new diagnosis of TB contact (ICD-9-CM codes V01.1 plus chest radiographic ord...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pan SW,Yen YF,Feng JY,Su VY,Kou YR,Su WJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vedolizumab is an anti-inflammatory monoclonal antibody that exclusively targets the α4β7 integrin. We aimed to systematically review the efficacy and safety of vedolizumab for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched up to May 2014. Randomized controlled...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang MC,Zhang LY,Han W,Shao Y,Chen M,Ni R,Wang GN,Wei FX,Zhang YW,Xu XD,Zhang YC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the mental health of nurses and to find the post responsibility and psychological status of clinical nurses.A total of 447 nursing staff at different levels in a teaching hospital was assessed by nursing post responsibility scale and mental symptom checklist (SCL-90) then compared with each other. The study ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Du ML,Deng WX,Sun W,Chien CW,Tung TH,Zou XC

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the chest wall is extremely rare. A majority of the pleural lymphomas develop in patients with chronic tuberculous pyothorax. The underlying mechanism might be attributed to the sustained stimulation of chronic inflammation. Surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy ca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Ju Y,Qu T,Wang T,Liu X

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contributions of micro RNAs (miRNAs) to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are beginning to be uncovered during the last decade. Many studies in efforts to use miRNAs as biomarkers in disease diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are ongoing.We conducted a systematic literature review to reveal the role of miRNAs in the path...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen XM,Huang QC,Yang SL,Chu YL,Yan YH,Han L,Huang Y,Huang RY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebrovascular imaging is the gold standard for diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms. Rupture of intracranial aneurysm is rare in cerebrovascular angiography, especially in unruptured intracranial aneurysm. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 74-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for sudden onset of left eyelid p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo S,Wu X

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain in glossodynia may be severe; it may prevent patients from working, interfere with daily life activities, and necessitate a patient's visit to a medical institution for consultation and treatment. The pain may be described as persistent and burning (tingling, tingling) or stinging. Patients may complain...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ayuse T,Okayasu I,Tachi-Yoshida M,Sato J,Saisu H,Shimada M,Yamazaki Y,Imura H,Hosogaya N,Nakashima S

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Interleukin(IL)-22 plays an important role in promoting liver regeneration and repair, but its role in chronic HBV-related liver diseasesis not clear. The goal of this study was to evaluate associations between eight IL22 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the development of chronic HBV cirrhosis and HBV-r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao YH,Li QQ,Wang CG,Sun J,Wang XM,Li YJ,He XT,Xu HQ,Niu JQ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002998.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors：

更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The frailty represents a key determinant of elderly clinical assessment, especially because it allows the identification of risk factors potentially modifiable by clinical and therapeutic interventions. The frailty assessment in elderly patients usually is made by using of Fried criteria. However, to assess the frailt...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Federico A,Caprio GG,Dalise AM,Barbieri M,Dallio M,Loguercio C,Paolisso G,Rizzo MR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous literature on epidural pneumatosis (pneumorrhachis, or air in epidural cavity) associated with forceful vomiting in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has consisted of individual case reports without comprehensive syndrome characterization due to syndromic rarity, with the largest previous l...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gill I,Edhi AI,Cappell MS

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The health effects of short-term exposure to air pollutants on respiratory deaths and its modifiers such as meteorological indexes have been widely investigated. However, most of the previous studies are limited to single pollutants or total respiratory deaths, and their findings are inconsistent.To comprehensively ex...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Song WM,Liu Y,Liu JY,Tao NN,Li YF,Liu Y,Wang LX,Li HC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Insignifificant, asymmetrical or lack of labial tubercle often occurs after cleft lip surgery due to improper treatment of vermilion tissue. Especially in the cases of bilateral cleft lip, because of short front lip and insuffificient vermilion tissue, the median vermilion depression often occurs after surger...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liang Y,Yang Y,Wu Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002189.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors：

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation may cause diaphragm weakness an effect termed ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD). The prevalence of VIDD among patients receiving mechanical ventilation is very high, with the degree of diaphragmatic atrophy being associated with the length of mechanical ventilation. Theophylline is...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu TJ,Liu YC,Chu CM,Hu HC,Kao KC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low back pain and pelvic girth pain are common in pregnancy and women commonly utilize complementary manual therapies such as massage, spinal manipulation, chiropractic, and osteopathy to manage their symptoms. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this systematically review was to critically appraise and synthesize the bes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hall H,Cramer H,Sundberg T,Ward L,Adams J,Moore C,Sibbritt D,Lauche R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. It appears as patches, plaques, and tumors depending on the stage of the disease, which presents a chronic progressive course. Compared to CD4/CD8 MF, CD4/CD8 dual-positive MF is an uncommon immune phenotype. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 36-year-old ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ding X,Chen J,Kuai L,Xing M,Ru Y,Luo Y,Luo Y,Zhou M,Li B,Li X

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Young children with olfactory disturbance are sometimes encountered in ENT clinics. We investigated the clinical applicability of olfactory testing to the pediatric population in China.One hundred and ninety-three healthy children aged 6 to 17 years were enrolled. All participants were asked for demographic informatio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen G,Pan H,Li L,Wang J,Zhang D,Wu Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted the present study to determine whether subclinical macrovascular atherosclerotic disease was present in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) without clinical history of cardiovascular disease. We also sought to establish whether demographic or clinical features of the disease may influence the develo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gonzalez-Juanatey C,Vazquez-Rodriguez TR,Miranda-Filloy JA,Dierssen T,Vaqueiro I,Blanco R,Martin J,Llorca J,Gonzalez-Gay MA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infection (BSI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). To evaluate the causative bacteria and identify risk factors for BSI associated mortality in febrile neutropenia patients undergoing HSCT, we collected the clinical and mi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Wang Y,Fan X,Tang W,Hu J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease involing spine and enthesis. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the autonomic nervous system (ANS) function and the association between ANS and the functional status or disease activity in AS.The study included 42 AS patients, all fulfilling th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei CY,Kung WM,Chou YS,Wang YC,Tai HC,Wei JC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction and monitoring of fetal growth restriction (FGR) fetuses has become with the use of ultrasound. However, these tools lack the fundamental evidence for the growth of fetus with FGR excluding pathogenic factors.Amniotic fluid samples were obtained from pregnant women for fetal karyotyping and genetic diag...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cho HY,Cho Y,Shin YJ,Park J,Shim S,Jung Y,Shim S,Cha D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative evaluation of the curability of gastric and cardia cancer is important to avoid risks of unnecessary surgery. Our previous study has reported several clinical parameters associated with incurable gastric surgery. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the correlation between CA125 and the curability of gastr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luo T,Chen W,Wang L,Zhao H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is often complicated with chronic renal failure. Though the total parathyroidectomy (TPTX) with forearm autotransplantation (FAT) has been commonly used to treatment refractory renal SHPT, the recurrence of SHPT is not infrequent, resulting from hyperplastic autograft, rem...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Dong MJ,Yang J,Tian D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterprise stent has been widespread used in wide-necked intracranial aneurysms and good efficacy has been achieved, but there are few reports on its applications in very small ruptured intracranial aneurysms in literatures. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Enterprise stent-assisted coiling embo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qin F,Li Z,Fang X,Zhao X,Liu J,Wu D,Lai N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Penile metastasis in rectal cancer is very rare and often originates from prostatic or bladder cancer. The prognosis of penile metastasis is poor and its treatments are more often palliative than curative due to association with disseminated metastases. Pathologic complete response (pCR) in rectal cancer with...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee TG,Son SM,Kim MJ,Lee SJ

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common and genetically heterozygous inflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by new bone formation, ankylosis and inflammation of hip, sacroiliac joints and spine. Until now, there is no method for early diagnosis of AS and the effective treatment available for AS patients remain l...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Wong SH,Shen J,Chan MTV,Wu WKK

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Multiple primary central nervous system lymphoma (MPCNSL) is a rare disease with differential diagnosis and treatment. As the underlying pathogenesis is not yet clarified, the early-stage clinical manifestations are occult and atypical. Also, the imaging manifestations are not specific, which is challenging f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen G,Xu M,Wang X,Gao Y,He C,Chang M,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) at presentation, in a wide cohort of Spanish patients, and to analyze the impact of the vasculitis type, ANCA specificity, prognostic factors, and treatments administered at diagnosis, in the outcome.A total of 450...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Solans-Laqué R,Fraile G,Rodriguez-Carballeira M,Caminal L,Castillo MJ,Martínez-Valle F,Sáez L,Rios JJ,Solanich X,Oristrell J,Pasquau F,Fonseca E,Zamora M,Callejas JL,Frutos B,Abdilla M,Fanlo P,García-Sánchez I,López-D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Well-developed coronary collateral circulation usually results in fewer infarct size, improved cardiac function, and fewer mortality. Traditional coronary risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, and smoking) have some effects on coronary collateral circulation. However, the association between these risk facto...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xing Z,Pei J,Tang L,Hu X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00