Utility of PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：:To explore the safety and efficacy of the selective 5-serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor duloxetine hydrochloride and alpha-adrenergic receptor blocker (alpha-blocker) doxazosin mesylate-controlled tablets in the treatment of pain disorder in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).In a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang M,Li H,Ji Z,Dong D,Yan S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Substantial advances in cardiac pacing technology have been developed in the past decades. However, efforts to improve pacing technology to achieve physiological electrical activity, such as with cardiac resynchronization therapy, are underway. Permanent His bundle pacing, which directly stimulates the His...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang D,Huang X

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluate the correlation of clinical staging on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) and pathologic staging and the prognostic value of PET-CT after induction chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We analyzed 42 cases of clinical stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim SH,Lee JH,Lee GJ,Jeong S,Kwak YK,Kim HK,Cho DG,Park YH,Yu M,Yoon SC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively compared accelerated hypofractionation (AHF) with conventional fractionation (CF) in the radiation therapy (RT) for early-stage breast cancer patients.Three hundred seventy-nine early-stage (pT1-2 and pN0-1a) breast cancer patients who received RT with AHF after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) were ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee SW,Kim YJ,Shin KH,Kim K,Chie EK,Han W,Im SA,Jung SY,Lee KS,Lee ES

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental endocrine disruptor that has been associated with cardiovascular outcomes in previous observational studies. We aimed to examine the relationships of urinary BPA levels with hypertension and early macrovascular diseases.This is a cross-sectional study. From June through August 200...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang T,Xu M,Xu Y,Lu J,Li M,Chen Y,Wang W,Lai S,Bi Y,Ning G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study is a prospective, assessor-blinded, parallel-group, randomized controlled pilot trial to explore the effectiveness of 12-week adjuvant moxibustion therapy for arthralgia in menopausal females at stage I to III breast cancer on aromatase inhibitor (AI) administration, compared with those receivin...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shin S,Jang BH,Park SH,Lee JW,Chae MS,Kim N,Suh HS,Han S,Min SY,Baek SK,Lim YJ,Hwang DS

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia can occur among patients receiving medical care despite having no history of neurologic disease. The current study aimed to investigate factors contributing to airway invasion among non-neurologically ill patients with dysphagia.This retrospective study included 52 non-neurologically ill patients who complai...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim KL,Park GY,Kwon DR,Kwon DY,Kwak SG,Cho HK

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Ramsay Hunt syndrome in conjunction with cranial polyneuritis is not extensively documented, and is very easily misdiagnosed. PATIENT CONCERNS:A case of a 53-year-old male with Ramsay Hunt syndrome in conjunction with cranial polyneuritis is presented with early symptoms of vertigo, cephalalgia, and facial p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng RW,Liu D,Eric TE,Ning YZ,Chen LL,Hu H,Ren Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant activation of the immune system has been reported in asymptomatic hyperuricemia (HUA) patients. However, very few studies have elucidated the role of natural killer (NK) cells in this disease. METHODS:In this study, we evaluated the relationship between NK cells and HUA in 16 control subjects and 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao L,Jiang Y,Wang Y,Qu X,Li L,Lou X,Wang Y,Guo H,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expiratory central airway collapse is defined by excessive inward bulging of either tracheobronchial posterior membrane or cartilage. The former is called excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC), and the latter, depending on the site of collapse, tracheomalacia, bronchomalacia or tracheobronchomalacia. Du...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Janowiak P,Rogoza K,Siemińska A,Jassem E

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is an acute febrile illness that may be mistaken for an infectious pneumonia. Patients are often young and otherwise healthy. Clues to considering this disorder in a differential diagnosis include the acuity and severity of the clinical presentation and an initial chest X-...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pope-Harman AL,Davis WB,Allen ED,Christoforidis AJ,Allen JN

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on the association between serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and premature ejaculation (PE) have led to inconsistent results. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to examine whether 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is associated with PE susceptibility.All eligible st...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ye N,Huang Y,Zhao H,Li G

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Osteopetrosis is a rare disease that predominantly occurs in descendants of inbreeding families. In the case of fractures happen in patients with osteopetrosis, the choice between operative or conservative treatment is still controversial. Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a conventional treatmen...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang J,Pan J,Xu M,Xu S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum calcium concentration (Ca) plays an essential role in a vascular muscle tone and myocardial contractility. Previously, we showed that acutely lowering Ca by hemodialysis reduced arterial stiffness. Cinacalcet is a calcimimetic that lowers Ca and parathyroid hormone (PTH). The aim of the present study w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Poulin A,Bellemare PL,Fortier C,Mac-Way F,Desmeules S,Marquis K,Gaudreault V,Lebel M,Agharazii M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 121 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), of whom 119 were complement typed. Both black and white patients with SLE were more likely than racially matched controls to have a C4A null allotype. Patients with homozygous C4A deficiency had less proteinuria than other patients (p = 0.02) and both ho...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Petri M,Watson R,Winkelstein JA,McLean RH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of montelukast combined budesonide (MCB) treatment for children with chronic cough-variant asthma (CCVA).In total, 82 cases of children with CCVA, aged 4 to 11 years were included in this study. All cases received either MCB or budesonide alone between May 2015 and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang XP,Yang LD,Zhou JF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder among women of reproductive age. PCOS not only affects female fertility, but is also associated with a variety of metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Microecological preparations include probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics, an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang H,Wen W,Shen J,Wei L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After successful introduction of anti-Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) serotype b vaccination program in Poland, invasive non-b or nontypeable H. influenzae infections have been reported more frequently alike in other countries all over the world. In this paper, we report 2 cases of H. influenzae serotype f (Hif) meningiti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Golebiewska A,Kuch A,Gawrońska A,Albrecht P,Skoczyńska A,Radzikowski A,Kutylowska E,Feleszko W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of the Notch signaling pathway has been shown to play an important role in diabetic nephropathy (DN) development. Besides, Notch-1 is a target gene in miR-34a. However, the regulation of the podocyte lesions involved in DN by miR-34a has not been identified. METHODS:This study utilized miR-34...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang X,Song S,Luo H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To review the reported evidence on the therapeutic management of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) in clinical practice.A systematic search of the literature was conducted. The primary outcome measured was the rate of efficacy of first-line therapeutic approaches. Secondary outcomes measured included the rate of disease ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Brito-Zerón P,Kostov B,Bosch X,Acar-Denizli N,Ramos-Casals M,Stone JH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perimenopausal insomnia (PI) is one of the most common complaints in women. Acupuncture is used to treat PI increasingly considering its less side effect. The subject of this study is to explore the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for PI. METHODS:All the randomized controlled trials(RCT) literatures...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo T,Jia M,Jin Y,Xu N,Peng T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to explore the influence of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) polymorphisms (rs12778366 and rs3758391) on diabetic foot (DF) susceptibility and severity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).This case-control study recruited 142 patients with DF, 148 patients with T2DM, and 148 healthy controls. SIR...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Peng Y,Zhang G,Tang H,Dong L,Gao C,Yang X,Peng Y,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Traumatic bilateral facet dislocation in the lumbar (L) spine has rarely been reported. All reported cases were presented with acute facet dislocation. However, we present the first case of delayed bilateral facet dislocation at L4-5. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 34-year-old woman presented with back pain after a head...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park HY,Ha KY,Kim YH,Kim SI,Min HK,Oh IS,Seo JY,Chang DG,Alhazmi MA,Cho JH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies about serum IgG4 for the diagnosis of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) have been reported. However, these studies had relatively small sample sizes and the diagnostic accuracy values varied much between them.The aim of this study was to perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum IgG4 ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hao M,Liu M,Fan G,Yang X,Li J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have reported an association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4 gene (CTLA4) polymorphism and susceptibility to asthma, in different populations, but the results have been inconsistent. We performed a meta-analysis of 19 published case-control studies to obtain a reasonably ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng Y,Wang H,Luo L,Liao L,You L,Wang J,Li Q

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to investigate the incidence and risk factors for oral candidiasis in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, and to determine the influence of topical steroid therapy on the development of oral candidiasis.We conducted a retrospective study of 300 patients receiving radio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kawashita Y,Funahara M,Yoshimatsu M,Nakao N,Soutome S,Saito T,Umeda M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients exhibit an increased incidence of peptic ulcer disease. Helicobacter pylori plays a central role in the development of peptic ulcers. The effect of early H pylori eradication on the recurrence of complicated peptic ulcer disease in ESRD patients remains unclear. The aim of the p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang SS,Hu HY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and to analyze patient's comorbidities, procedures, and in-hospital outcomes.We identified patients hospitalized with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and others ILD such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, cryptogenic orga...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pedraza-Serrano F,Jiménez-García R,López-de-Andrés A,Hernández-Barrera V,Sánchez-Muñoz G,Puente-Maestu L,de-Miguel-Díez J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Bronchial foreign body aspiration is a critical condition that jeopardizes the respiratory function of children. Prompt diagnosis and removal of the foreign body can reduce occurrence of foreign body complications and mortality. Aspiration of spherical plastic beads is rare, and the bead is difficult to retri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Zhang L,Li D,Li C,Wang Y,Gao M,Liang H,Meng F

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several studies have investigated the role of psychological factors in atrial fibrillation (AF), the results are still under debate. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to examine the relationship between psychological factors and the risk of incident AF. METHODS:We systematically searched the ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fu Y,He W,Ma J,Wei B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00