Establishing a new formula for estimating renal depth in a Chinese adult population.

abstract：:China has increasing incidence of unplanned pregnancies among college students these years. Increasing students' sense of responsibility to protect sexual partners may help reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies.A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to students from 3 colleges in Sichuan, China. Among th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Long L,Han Y,Tong L,Chen Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung ultrasound (LU) is increasingly used to assess pleural and lung disease in intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency unit at the bedside. We assessed the performance of bedside chest radiograph (CR) and LU during severe acute chest syndrome (ACS), using computed tomography (CT) as the reference standard. We prospec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Razazi K,Deux JF,de Prost N,Boissier F,Cuquemelle E,Galactéros F,Rahmouni A,Maître B,Brun-Buisson C,Mekontso Dessap A

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-abdominal infection (IAI) after hepatectomy is an important morbidity. Identification of risk factors that could be avoided in the perioperative period may reduce the prevalence of IAI after hepatectomy for hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC).Between January 1995 and December 2009, all patients with HCC who underwent ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tang H,Lu W,Yang Z,Jiang K,Chen Y,Lu S,Dong J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of d-lactic acidosis observed by the authors and then reviews all case reports of d-lactic acidosis in the literature in order to define its clinical and biochemical features and pathogenetic mechanisms. The report also reviews the literature on metabolism of d-lactic acid in humans. The c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Uribarri J,Oh MS,Carroll HJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the improvement of anesthesia and surgical techniques, supraglottic device with assist ventilation under general anesthesia (GA) combined with nerve block is gradually applied to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. However, the safety of assist ventilation has not been fully confirmed, and a large num...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xiang X,Zhou H,Wu Y,Fang J,Lian Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergency department (ED) serves as the first point of hospital contact for most septic patients. Early mortality risk stratification using a quick and accurate triage tool would have great value in guiding management. The mortality in emergency department sepsis (MEDS) score was developed to risk stratify patient...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pong JZ,Koh ZX,Samsudin MI,Fook-Chong S,Liu N,Ong MEH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bardet-Biedl syndrome, which compromises airway management and the cardiovascular and renal systems, is a rare ciliopathic syndrome characterized by multisystem involvement and varying genetic etiologies and clinical manifestations. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 13-year-old female patient had a history of chronic re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yaman F,Çekmen N

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate relevant factors and patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were admitted during between weekdays and weekends period.Retrospective population-based study setting: from the 2005 population-based national health insurance underwriting database of millions of people, random sampling (National Hea...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chien CW,Wang CH,Chao ZH,Huang SK,Chen PE,Tung TH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though chronic abdominal pain is 1 of the most common reasons for hospital visits, diagnostic testing is often time-consuming and treatment is inadequate. Abdominal myofascial pain syndrome (AMPS) is usually not included as a differential diagnosis, but it should be considered in cases of chronic abdominal pain. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Rhim HC,Cha JH,Cha J,Kim DH

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The management of congenital scoliosis concentrates on early diagnosis and proper surgical treatment before the development of severe deformities. Decision making regarding the appropriate fusion levels, proper surgical treatment, and reduction amount of kyphoscoliosis is very important but difficult in the t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang DG,Yang JH,Suk SI,Suh SW,Kim JH,Lee SJ,Na KH,Lee JH

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Wandering spleen (WS) is a rare clinical entity characterized by splenic hypermobility caused by absent or abnormal laxity of the suspensory ligaments, which fix the spleen in its normal position. Due to abnormal attachment, the spleen is predisposed to torsion and a series of complications. Pediatric WS is m...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang Z,Zhao Q,Huang Y,Mo Z,Tian Z,Yang F,Wang Y,Yao L

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA), a carbon-based synthetic compound, exhibits hormone-like properties and is present ubiquitously in the environment and in human tissues due to its widespread use and biological accumulation. BPA can mimic estrogen to interact with estrogen receptors α and β, leading to changes in cell proliferation,...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao H,Yang BJ,Li N,Feng LM,Shi XY,Zhao WH,Liu SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Angioleiomyoma is an uncommon benign tumor that originates from the vascular smooth muscle cells and contains thick-walled vessels. It can appear anywhere in the body but more frequently in the extremities (especially in the lower limbs) and rarely invades the internal organs. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 52-year-old ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang B,Chen QN,Qi FZ,Xu JB,Yu YB,Song Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Spontaneous and repeated hepatic ruptures caused by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome are uncommon but life-threatening conditions that rarely occur early in the second trimester of pregnancy. PATIENT CONCERNS:We describe a patient who experienced spontaneous hepatic ruptu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han GH,Kim MA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the clinical outcome of digital and manual marking for toric intraocular lens (IOL) alignment. This is a prospective clinical study that included 60 eyes of 60 patients undergoing cataract surgery with coexisting corneal astigmatism more than 1 diopter (D). The eyes were randomly assigned to either digital ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Elhofi AH,Helaly HA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Multiple system atrophy is a late-onset rare neurodegenerative movement disorder which results in debilitating disease. Fever frequently ensues in the context of infections which can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but among alternative diagnostic possibilities neoplasms and autoimmune...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pilalas D,Chatzopoulos G,Kaiafa GD,Ztriva E,Spyridonakou S,Bisbinas V,Ioannidis P,Hatzitolios AI,Savopoulos C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the function of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) treatment to pain relief and life quality for patients with spinal tumors. METHODS:Articles about the researches on the treatment of spinal tumors by PVP in PubMed, Embase, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature database from January 1, 2015 to Dec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qi L,Li C,Wang N,Lian H,Lian M,He B,Bao G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Metastatic cardiac tumor (MCT) is rare in clinical practice. MCT presenting initially as atrial fibrillation (AF) is even rarer. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a 47-year-old woman with no previous medical history presented with intermittent palpitation for 3 days. DIAGNOSES:The electrocardiography showed AF wit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng CW,Yang NI,Ng KK,Cherng WJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gradient monotonicity of existing tumor, node, metastases staging systems for colorectal cancer is unsatisfactory. Our proposed T-plus staging system strengthens weighting of the T stage. In this study, applicability of the T-plus staging system was verified with data of a Chinese colorectal cancer center.Records ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Yi CH,Hu YT,Li JS,Yuan Y,Zhang SZ,Zheng S,Ding KF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prognosis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remained poor despite the multitude advancement of medical care. Resection margin status is one of the few modifiable factors that a surgeon could possibly manipulate to alter the disease outcome. However, the significance of margin status and margin width...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma KW,Cheung TT,She WH,Chok KSH,Chan ACY,Ng IOL,Chan SC,Lo CM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare results for radiological prediction of pathological invasiveness in lung adenocarcinoma between radiologists and a deep learning (DL) system.Ninety patients (50 men, 40 women; mean age, 66 years; range, 40-88 years) who underwent pre-operative chest computed tomography (CT) with 0.625-mm slice thickness wer...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yanagawa M,Niioka H,Hata A,Kikuchi N,Honda O,Kurakami H,Morii E,Noguchi M,Watanabe Y,Miyake J,Tomiyama N

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical intervention is an important option for treating lumbar tuberculosis. Previous studies have reported different surgical intervention procedures. To our knowledge, few studies have compared the clinical results of mid-term follow-up of 3 different surgeries in surgical treatment of spinal tuberculosis. This st...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang H,Guo Q,Guo C,Wu J,Liu J,Gao Q,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intraspinal tophaceous gout is relatively rare condition presenting with major clinical manifestations, such as spinal cord or nerve roots compressions (radiculopathy). It is usually difficult to differentiate intraspinal tophaceous gout, lumbar disc herniation, stenosis of spinal canal, ossification of ligam...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen X,Xu G,Hu Q,Zhao T,Bi Q,Huang Y,Shao H,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous series presented the timing between embolization and surgery in a wide range on the basis of their experience rather than supportive data. And comparative studies were limited to small samples. In addition, there is no study publishing the timing by considering both safety and efficacy of embolization. The ai...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tang B,Ji T,Guo W,Tang X,Jin L,Dong S,Xie L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) affects the systemic vascular resistance and increases the afterload because the left ventricle (LV) must work harder to eject blood into a smaller vascular bed. This study was to determine whether successful revascularization of AIOD is associated with improvement of left ventricul...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim W,Kang TS

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:To investigate the relationship among anemia, physiological serum bilirubin levels, and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in subjects with type 2 diabetes. In total, 2230 subjects with type 2 diabetes were evaluated in this cross-sectional study. CAN was diagnosed with a cardiovascular reflex test. The prevale...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chung JO,Park SY,Cho DH,Chung DJ,Chung MY

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder (GB) bleeding is very rare and it is caused by cystic artery aneurysm and rupture, or GB wall rupture. For GB rupture, the typical findings are positive Murphy's sign and jaundice. GB bleeding mostly presented as hemobilia. This is the first case presented with severe GI bleeding because of GB rupture-rela...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai JL,Tsai SF

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Advanced ovarian malignancies are associated with poor overall survival; thus, patients often turn to alternative treatments, despite the controversy surrounding their use. Mistletoe extract has been commonly used as complementary medicine to treat patients with cancer for several decades, and has proven bene...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hwang WY,Kang MH,Lee SK,Yeom JS,Jung MH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture treatment for reducing opioid consumption in patients with chronic pain. METHODS:We will search the following electronic databases from their inception to November 2019: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Tria...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee S,Jo DH

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00