Mast Cells Comprise the Major of Interleukin 17-Producing Cells and Predict a Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:TNF-like cytokine 1A (TL1A) is a subgroup of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily that exerts pleiotropic effects on cell proliferation, inflammation, activation, and differentiation of immune cells. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the clinical significance of TL1A expression in coronary ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen X,Guo Y,Lai L,Zhang S,Li Z

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of lung (HAL) is a rare malignant tumor, which can be defined as a primary alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing lung carcinoma. The majority of hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) expressed AFP in tumor cells, but AFP expression is not required for its diagnosis according to the modified diagno...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang K,Jiang H,Li Q

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary relapse (EMR) rarely occurs after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in leukemia. This study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of EMR.We retrospectively investigated 316 consecutive patients undergoing HSCT for acute leukemia or chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) at 2 in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xie N,Zhou J,Zhang Y,Yu F,Song Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although there are various therapeutic methods for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, each has its advantages and shortcomings, and a definitive treatment method is yet to be determined. This pilot study is designed to obtain basic data for a further large-scale trial as well as provide information abou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jun P,Han CH,Yang CS,Kim MJ,Kim JS,Lee CI,Lee JH,Park CA,Lee YJ,Lee HJ

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggest that dietary habits are associated with poor academic performance. However, few studies have evaluated these relations after adjusting for numerous confounding factors. This study evaluated the frequency of various diet items (fruit, soft drinks, fast foods, instant noodles, confections, vegeta...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim SY,Sim S,Park B,Kong IG,Kim JH,Choi HG

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily sleep duration is known to be associated with obesity and dyslipidemia.This study was performed to examine the interactions between daily sleep duration and the risks of obesity and dyslipidemia according to dietary macronutrient consumption in 14,680 Korean adults using the 5th Korean National Health and Nutrit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Doo H,Chun H,Doo M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) requires a multidisciplinary approach to maximize function and reduce fracture incidence. The aim of this case report was to discuss an alternative surgical approach to stabilize a corrective osteotomy using the Fassier Duval (FD) system in an OI patient. PATIENT...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin TY,Yang CY,Liu SC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brachial plexus block (BPB) for upper extremity surgery provides superior analgesia, but this advantage is limited by the pharmacological duration of local anesthetics. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) as a local anesthetics adjuvant for BPB has been utilized to prolong the duration of the nerve block in some randomize...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ping Y,Ye Q,Wang W,Ye P,You Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sepsis is a complex and life-threatening systemic disease. A positive blood culture is the criterion standard of diagnosis for sepsis; however, it does not produce results for 24 to 72 hours. Besides, the clinical manifestations of sepsis are variable and nonspecific. Therefore, a new diagnostic biomarker fo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li XJ,Tan EL,Zhao CP,Yan J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Infertile male carrying balanced translocations can be broadly divided into two types: pregestational and gestational infertility. Chromosome and breakpoints involved translocation should be considered in genetic counselling for these patients. To date, > 100 cases have been described with carrying balanced t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang H,Wang R,Li L,Jiang Y,Zhang H,Liu R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The lower rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a rare entity and warrants special attentions because of the considerations of preserving of anal and urinal functions. Neoadjuvant therapy with imatinib mesylate (IM) has achieved great success in GIST, which potentially extends the applications of fu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu Q,Zhong G,Zhou W,Lin G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD) with anti-depressant drugs is partly practical. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) offers the potential for a novel treatment modality for adult patients with PSD. In this study, we will assess the efficacy and safety of tACS for treating PSD and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang H,Zhang W,Zhao W,Wang K,Wang Z,Wang L,Peng M,Xue Q,Leng H,Ding W,Liu Y,Li N,Dong K,Zhang Q,Huang X,Xie Y,Chu C,Xue S,Huang L,Yao H,Ding J,Zhan S,Min B,Fan C,Zhou A,Sun Z,Yin L,Ma Q,Baskys A,

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis can mirror the status of the internal organ, but evidence is lacking regarding the accuracy of tongue diagnosis to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This study was to investigate the association between GERD and tongue manifestation, and whether tongue imaging could ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu TC,Lu CN,Hu WL,Wu KL,Chiang JY,Sheen JM,Hung YC

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a major public health concern. Efficient screening requires criteria that are economical, easily accessible, and applicable for all populations. We aimed to compare the discriminating ability of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) for the diagn...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang H,Xin Z,Feng JP,Yang JK

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apnea test is an essential examination for the determination of brain death; however, hypotension, hypoxemia, and other complications during the apnea test can affect the stability of brain-dead patients, as well as organ function for recipients. Therefore, it is necessary to establish standard guidelines for apne...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park J,Lee YJ,Hong KS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis is a chronically progressive and potentially fatal disease. Patients with multiple giant alveolar echinococcosis have a poor prognosis when radical resection cannot be achieved, but curative resection can be limited by low future remnant liver volumes. In these cases, 2-stage liver resection ma...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shen HD,Chen KF,Li B,Zhang HZ,Yang KM,Chen Y,Li JX,Chen ZY,Meng T,Ma Z,Li HZ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the pathogenesis of somatic solid cancer-related cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).A total of 174 patients with CVST were recruited from the hospital between January 2006 and December 2017 and divided into two groups: (1) somatic cancer-related CVST group, defined as active somatic solid cancer pa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xian Z,Chen Y,Chen L,Lu Q,Huang G,Qin Q,Zeng J,Liang Z

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the optimal treatment for femur shaft fracture is intramedullary nailing fixation, nonunion still occurs. We determined the oligotrophic nonunion rate among femur fractures managed operatively and identified risk factors for reoperation. This was a retrospective clinical study. The data of the patients betwee...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu KJ,Li SH,Yeh KT,Chen IH,Lee RP,Yu TC,Peng CH,Liu KL,Yao TK,Wang JH,Wu WT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between falls and obesity using Asian body mass index (BMI) classifications. Using the data from the Korean community health survey in 2011, a total of 229,226 participants ranging from 19 to 106 years old were included in this study. The BMI groups were clas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim SY,Kim MS,Sim S,Park B,Choi HG

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the psychological distress and associated risk factors for distress among patients with gastric epithelial neoplasm undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).A total of 91 patients treated with ESD for gastric epithelial neoplasm between May 2015 and June 2016 were prospectively en...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee S,Oh ST,Lee H,Lee JS,Pak H,Choi WJ,Jeon HH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical-site infection (SSI) is a common complication in orthopedic surgery; however, SSI after surgically managed distal femur fractures was not well studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of SSI and identify some modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors.The patients' electronic medical rec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai Y,Zhang X,Tian Y,Tian D,Zhang B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotracheal tube (ETT) should be placed at the optimal level to avoid single lung ventilation or accidental extubation. This study was performed to estimate the mid-tracheal level by using surface anatomical landmarks in adult patients.Neck computed tomography images of 329 adult patients between the ages of 16 and 7...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jang YE,Kim EH,Song IK,Lee JH,Ryu HG,Kim HS,Kim JT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Glasgow-Blatchford scores (GBS) and Rockall scores (RS) are commonly used for stratifying patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (NVUGIH). Although predictive value of these scoring methods has been extensively validated, their clinical effectiveness remains unclear. The following study evalua...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu M,Sun G,Huang H,Zhang X,Xu Y,Chen S,Song Y,Li X,Lv B,Ren J,Chen X,Zhang H,Mo C,Wang Y,Yang Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to estimate motor recovery in the early phase after stroke. Many studies have demonstrated that both diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) and motor-evoked potentials (MEP) are valuable predictors of motor recovery, but these modalities do not directly reflect the status of the injured gray matter. We re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim DH,Kyeong S,Cho Y,Jung TM,Ahn SJ,Park YG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive blood transfusion (MBT) is a relatively common complication of cardiac surgery, which is independently associated with severe postoperative adverse events. However, the value of using rapid thrombotomography (r-TEG) to predict MBT in perioperative period of cardiac surgery has not been explored. This study aim...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin C,Fu Y,Huang S,Zhou S,Shen C

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor (PMT) is a new tumor entity of soft tissue and bone tumor recently accepted by the World Health Organization, which typically causes the paraneoplastic syndrome of tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO). The majority of PMTs follow a benign clinical course and local recurrence occurs ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qiu S,Cao LL,Qiu Y,Yan P,Li ZX,Du J,Sun LM,Zhang QF

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Poststroke depression is a serious and common complication of stroke, especially the ischemic poststroke depression. Antidepressants are used in poststroke depression, and acupuncture may be an alternative approach. However, the efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture for poststroke depression has not been c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu H,Li M,Zhang B,Ren X,Meng L,Bai W,Wang L,Wang Z,Ding S,Gan Y,Zhang Z,Li P,Wang L,Meng Z,Zhao H,Wang F,Zhang C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is characterized by the presence of muscle paralysis, hypokalemia, and hyperthyroidism. We report the case of a young man with paralysis of the lower extremities, severe hypokalemia, and concurrent hyperthyroidism. TPP was suspected; therefore, treatment consisting of judicious pota...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai MH,Lin SH,Leu JG,Fang YW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several points can be made from analysis of the published cases of cutaneous mycobacteriosis and those in our series: 1) mycobacterial cutaneous infections are probably more common than is reported-we collected 34 cases over a 10-year period; 2) most patients with cutaneous infections caused by nontuberculous mycobact...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Beyt BE Jr,Ortbals DW,Santa Cruz DJ,Kobayashi GS,Eisen AZ,Medoff G

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital auricular deformities (CAD) are prevalent worldwide. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and safety of ear molding for children with CAD at their early days. METHODS:One hundred and nighty children (under 3 days) with CAD will be included in the study. Participants wil...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zou K,Fan Y,Jiang L,Huang J,Miao Y,Yang C,Yang M,Zhao L

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00