Cetuximab concurrent with IMRT versus cisplatin concurrent with IMRT in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A retrospective matched case-control study.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Injection laryngoplasty is a common procedure for patients with vocal fold dysfunction, but the literature on its benefits has been mainly focused on those related to structural lesions or laryngeal nerve involvement. Stroke patients may be at increased risk of aspiration due to insufficient vocal fold mot...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han YJ,Jang YJ,Park GY,Joo YH,Im S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the utility of blood pressure variability (BPV) calculated using previously published and newly introduced indices using the variables falls and age as comparators.While postural hypotension has long been considered a risk factor for falls, there is currently no documented evidence on the relationship betw...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Goh CH,Ng SC,Kamaruzzaman SB,Chin AV,Poi PJH,Chee KH,Imran ZA,Tan MP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection over a 10-year period in terms of population-level trends, we established hypothetical birth cohorts that represented each 10-year interval age group.We used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted between 1998 to 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park B,Jung KW,Oh CM,Choi KS,Suh M,Jun JK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease in childhood, leading to a great burden to the healthcare system worldwide. Despite the medication treatment, physiotherapy is now applied for asthmatic children aiming to improve their lung function and life quality. However, the effectiveness of physiotherapy ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang W,Liu L,Yang W,Liu H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:A characteristic metabolic finding of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) correlates with morphologic features on CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). PATIENT CONCERNS:A young man from an endemic area was admitted to our hospital due to right...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shen G,Kou Y,Kuang A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a challenge. Recently, [TIMP-2]·[IGFBP7], which is a combination of urine tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP-2) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein 7 (IGFBP7), has been identified as a potential biomarker of AKI. We performed ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu C,Lu X,Mao Z,Kang H,Liu H,Pan L,Hu J,Wang L,Zhou F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid complications resulting from excess iodide such as thyrotoxicosis, thyroiditis, sialadenitis, or hypothyroidism are much rarer after iodine supplementation with Lipiodol than with KI. They do not militate against its widespread use in endemic goiter populations, especially in pregnant women. However, patients ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wolff J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor (CPMT) is a rare benign tumor arising from the lungs. Although CPMT is a benign tumor, it is characterized by rapid growth, and is easily misdiagnosed during the prenatal period when the symptoms are nonspecific. The authors present a rare case of CPMT in a premature in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia B,Yu G,Hong C,Zhang L,Tang J,Liu C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare the differences between the measurements performed manually to those obtained using a digital model scanner of patients with orthodontic treatment.A cross-sectional study was performed in a sample of 30 study models from patients with permanent dentition who attended a univer...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiménez-Gayosso SI,Lara-Carrillo E,López-González S,Medina-Solís CE,Scougall-Vilchis RJ,Hernández-Martínez CT,Colomé-Ruiz GE,Escoffié-Ramirez M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess whether breast cancer subtype (BCS) as determined by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 can predict the axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. Patients who received breast conserving surgery or mastectomy and axillary...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He ZY,Wu SG,Yang Q,Sun JY,Li FY,Lin Q,Lin HX

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intraocular manifestation of hematopoietic tumors is rare and often difficult to distinguish from inflammation. We report a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who developed intraocular infiltration during the remission period. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 40-year-old man presented with hypopyon in his rig...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hiraoka M,Ohguro H,Ikeda H,Furuya D,Takahashi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) targeting CD19 have shown great potential for treatment of B-cell malignancies. For those patients who can not achieve complete remission (CR) or suffer from relapse after CAR-T therapy, further therapeutic strategies still remain elusive. Whether existing CAR-T ce...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liang Z,Zhang H,Shao M,Cui Q,Wu Z,Xiao L,Huang H,Hu Y

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) associated congenital anomalies are present in about 25%. Congenital short esophagus (CSE) is a relatively rare condition. Both CDH and congenital intrathoracic stomach caused by CSE can be diagnosed in utero. However, CSE can be easily misdiagnosed in utero. PATIENT CON...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia B,Hong C,Tang J,Liu C,Yu G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[In the article "Uncompromised Treatment Efficacy in Elderly Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score Analysis", which appeared in Volume 93, Issue 28 of Medicine, one of the authors' affiliations, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, was omitted. The article has since be...

journal_title：Medicine

authors：

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) on total diffusion volume of bone cement in percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). This study was a retrospective review of prospectively collected data of consecutive patients with A1.2 thoracolumbar compression fractures treat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu J,Liu Z,Luo J,Gong L,Cui Y,Song Q,Xiao PF,Zhou Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the effect of dexmedetomidine added to ropivaccaine on the onset and duration of sensory block, as well as postoperative analgesia during caudal anesthesia in patients undergoing hemorrhoidectomy. METHODS:Fifty adult patients scheduled for hemorrhoidectomy were divided into 2 groups. The group R r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu D,Xiu M,Zhang X,Zhu P,Tian L,Feng J,Wu Y,Zhao Z,Luan H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine transporter (DAT) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of alcohol dependence (AD) and major depression (MD), and males have more risk factors for the development of AD. However, imaging studies on brain DAT availability in males with AD comorbid with MD (AD/MD) are limited, and the association of DAT ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yen CH,Shih MC,Cheng CY,Ma KH,Lu RB,Huang SY

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is recognized as being a life-threatening event. Both microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH) have been recognized as poor prognostic factors in myocardial infarct (MI) since they adversely affect left ventricular remodeling. MVO refers to small vessels ch...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma M,Diao KY,Yang ZG,Zhu Y,Guo YK,Yang MX,Zhang Y,He Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disease. Compared to unicentric CD, multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) displays poorer prognosis and great variance to different therapies. Though chemotherapy, immunization therapy, and glucocorticoids have been used in the treatment of MCD, its optima...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cai S,Zhong Z,Li X,Wang HX,Wang L,Zhang M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma (PSP) is a rare benign tumor of the lung, mostly presented in Asian middle-aged women. Initially, it was considered as a vascular origin tumor, but then research evidence showed that it was derived from natural epithelial tissue. On imaging, this tumor may be found as a solit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Le HY,Pham DP,Nguyen KT,Hoang VA,Trinh TS,Do Q

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety between once daily (OD) and twice daily (BD) regime dosing of mesalazine for mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS:PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane library, and Web of Science from 1990 to November 2018 were investigated. We sea...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng X,Zhang Z,Wang B,Li J,Qiu C,Zhang Q,Wang X

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) and functional diarrhea (FD) are highly prevalent, and the effectiveness of acupuncture for managing IBS-D and FD is still unknown.The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of electroacupuncture with loperamide.It was a prospective, randomized, paralle...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng H,Li Y,Zhang W,Zeng F,Zhou SY,Zheng HB,Zhu WZ,Jing XH,Rong PJ,Tang CZ,Wang FC,Liu ZB,Wang SJ,Zhou MQ,Liu ZS,Zhu B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although step counters are increasingly being used in walking programmes to promote sedentary behavior changes in adults, their effectiveness remains unknown. The aim of this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was to assess the effectiveness of step counter use in reducing sedentary time among adults...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qiu S,Cai X,Ju C,Sun Z,Yin H,Zügel M,Otto S,Steinacker JM,Schumann U

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical symptoms of pylephlebitis caused by acute appendicitis are varied and atypical, which leads to delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes. Here, we report a case of intestinal necrosis caused by thrombophlebitis of the portomesenteric veins as a complication of acute appendicitis after appendectomy. The patient ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tang R,Tian X,Xie X,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare superb microvascular imaging with power Doppler imaging for evaluating joint lesion scores in rheumatoid arthritis based on high quality clinical cohort or case control studies. METHODS:We searched Medline (via PubMed), Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Chinese Biomedical Literature D...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin M,Wang C

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:To report a patient with primary progressive freezing gait (PPFG) whose degeneration of corticofugal tract (CFT) from the supplementary motor area (SMA) was demonstrated using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). PATIENT CONCERNS:A 66-year-old woman presented with a solitary symptom of a sudden transient bre...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Seo JP,Chang MC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are extensively involved in the process of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and take a crucial part in host immune regulation. We aimed to explore the potential correlation of cytokine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with HCV susceptibility and response rate of interferon (IFN)-based antiviral therap...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jing JS,Wang ZQ,Jiang YK,Zhang XY,Jiang WM

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood infection that may lead to serious complications and even death. Globally, epidemics of HFMD are increasing each year, especially in China. This study aimed to identify risk factors for death in children with critical and severe HFMD in Chongqing, China.We perfo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng G,Cao J,Yu J,Zhang Z,Liu Q,Chen J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Generally, rheumatic heart disease is, today, sporadic in developed countries, even though it continues to be a major health hazard in the developing ones. It is also a very rare cause of sudden unexpected death. We report a case of a 15-year-old boy who suddenly died at home. Since 3 days he had presented f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Osculati A,Visonà SD,Ventura F,Castelli F,Andrello L

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00