Retrospective analysis of vocal cord-to-suprasternal notch distance: Implications for preventing endotracheal tube cuff-induced vocal cord injury.

abstract：:Although percutaneous nephrolithotomy is minimally invasive, it is associated with several complications, including extravasation of fluid and urine, the need for a blood transfusion, and septicemia. However, little is known about pulmonary complications after this procedure. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the risk f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu J,Choi JM,Lee J,Kwon K,Kong YG,Seo H,Hwang JH,Park HK,Kim YK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofilament (NF), one of the major axonal cytoskeletal proteins, plays a critical role in degenerative diseases in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems. The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between serum phosphorylated neurofilament-heavy chain (pNF-H) and diabetic peripheral neuropath...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qiao X,Zhang S,Zhao W,Ye H,Yang Y,Zhang Z,Miao Q,Hu R,Li Y,Lu B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of bullying with suicidal ideation among adolescents is controversial. Although depression has been related to bullying and suicidal ideation, little is known about the combined impacts of depression and bullying on suicidal ideation.A sample of 20,509 high school students from Fujian Province were se...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hong L,Guo L,Wu H,Li P,Xu Y,Gao X,Deng J,Huang G,Huang J,Lu C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Programmed death-1 (PD-1) and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitors are immune therapies that have shown great promise in the treatment of multiple cancers. However, immune-related adverse events of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors may limit their use in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Given the rising n...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li H,Han D,Feng X,Yu W,Xu T,Ma T,Song L

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) are the most common cytological abnormality of all smear test. No study has demonstrated the prevalence of cervical cancer or its precursor in Chinese patients with ASCUS. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1 ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang YY,Kong LH,Liu Y,Wang S,Fan QB,Zhu L,Lang JH

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene polymorphism -251 A>T and susceptibility to coronary artery disease (CAD) has been investigated previously; however, results remain controversial. Thus, a meta-analysis was conducted to reassess the effects of this polymorphism on CAD risks. METHODS:The PubM...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Lian Z,Zhang W,Cui Y,Wang W,Wu J,Chen Z,Wang W

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid (TA) in reducing blood loss and lowering transfusion needs for patients undergoing caesarean section (CS) or vaginal delivery (VD). METHODS:An electronic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, OVID, Cochrane library, Scopus, Central, and Clinical trials.gov...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li C,Gong Y,Dong L,Xie B,Dai Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL:Spontaneous adrenal hematoma in pregnancy is a very rare condition. Herein we present an additional rare case of unilateral spontaneous adrenal hematoma in a pregnant woman, aiming to share this experience and summarize the signal characteristics of simple adrenal hematoma in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang L,Zhu YC,Liu RB

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intraductal papillary and mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMN) are preneoplastic lesions diagnosed with an increasing incidence. Recently, several groups have described, in up to 70% of IPMN, activating mutations of the G-protein alpha stimulatory sub-unit (Gsα subunit) gene (GNAS). GNAS-activating somat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gaujoux S,Pasmant E,Silve C,Mehsen-Cetre N,Coriat R,Rouquette A,Douset B,Prat F,Leroy K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to investigate the effect of total triiodothyronine (TT3) reduction in the follow-up of patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). A total of 121 patients were enrolled and classified into a low TT3 group or a normal group. Clinical indicators were compared between the groups, and changes in esti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang Y,Feng L,Li X,Huang S,Deng Y,Liang ZE,Xia N,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel systemic disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells accompanied by severe fibrosis. Although recent studies demonstrated that innate immune cells including monocytes and macrophages might promote local fibrosis and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ohta M,Moriyama M,Maehara T,Gion Y,Furukawa S,Tanaka A,Hayashida JN,Yamauchi M,Ishiguro N,Mikami Y,Tsuboi H,Iizuka-Koga M,Kawano S,Sato Y,Kiyoshima T,Sumida T,Nakamura S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate diagnosis efficacy of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) in Crohn's disease (CD). To find out the correlations between functional MRI parameters including K, Kep, Ve, Vp, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with a serologic biomarker...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu J,Zhang F,Luan Y,Cao P,Liu F,He W,Wang D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Crohn disease (CD) is a chronic relapsing systemic inflammatory disease afflicting the gastrointestinal system with a high morbidity. There has been increasing clinical interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment for CD. This report aims to present patient outcome of therapeutic management usi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lai H,Wang K,Dong Q,Zhu X,Li X,Qi S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the assumption of gene-environment independence, unknown/unmeasured environmental factors, irrespective of what they may be, cannot confound the genetic effects. This may lead many people to believe that genetic heterogeneity across different levels of the studied environmental exposure should only mean gene-env...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su YS,Lee WC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hyperthyroidism is one of the major clinical causes of hypercalcaemia, however, hyperthyroidism-related hypercalcemic crisis is rare, only 1 case have been reported. The potential mechanisms are still not too clear. It may be related that thyroid hormone stimulate bone turnover, elevate serum calcium, increas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen K,Xie Y,Zhao L,Mo Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with HIV have been found to suffer from lipid abnormalities, including elevated levels of total and LDL-cholesterol as well as triglyceride levels. Abnormal lipid levels are associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, which are significant causes of mortality among the g...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Roever L,Resende ES,Diniz ALD,Penha-Silva N,O'Connell JL,Gomes PFS,Zanetti HR,Roerver-Borges AS,Veloso FC,Fidale TM,Casella-Filho A,Dourado PMM,Chagas ACP,Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh S,Reis PEO,Pinto RM,Oliveira GBF,Avezum Á,N

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study aimed to screen and explore the expression of inflammatory factors in keloid patients and to investigate how hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy affects the expression levels of interleukin-12p40 (IL-12p40), macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β), platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), and i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hao Y,Dong X,Zhang M,Liu H,Zhu L,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public sector scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa commenced in 2004. We aimed to describe the hospital-level disease burden and factors contributing to morbidity and mortality among hospitalized HIV-positive patients in the era of widespread ART availability. Between June 2012 and October 2013...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Meintjes G,Kerkhoff AD,Burton R,Schutz C,Boulle A,Van Wyk G,Blumenthal L,Nicol MP,Lawn SD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002212.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

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更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to screen the mutations of 3 hearing loss (HL) genes (GJB2, SLC26A4, and 12S rRNA) in 71 cases with nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) using microarray and SNPscan, and identify the roles of nonhotspot mutation of these genes in the screening of NSHL. Seventy-one cases with moderate or severe neurosensory deafnes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han R,Li L,Duan L,Xia Y,Kuyaxi P,Zhao J,Zhao Q,Zhang H,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Spinal involvement in adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is rare, and epidural involvement is unusual. LCH is mostly indistinguishable from other spinal lesions such as infection, lymphoma, and metastasis. So, it could be easily misdiagnosed without suspicion. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a case of a 33...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lim CS,Cho JH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is conducted to investigate efficacy of an insulin jet injector and an insulin pen in treatment of type 2 diabetic patients. Sixty patients with type 2 diabetes were treated with rapid-acting insulin (regular insulin) and insulin analog (insulin aspart) using the jet injector and the pen in 4 successive tes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo L,Xiao X,Sun X,Qi C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hip arthroplasty (THA) for high congenital hip dislocation (CHD) is technically demanding. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the results of cementless THA combined with extended sliding trochanteric osteotomy. We also assessed whether chronic low back pain was relieved after surgery.The stu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luo Z,Chen M,Hu F,Ni Z,Ji X,Zhang X,Cheng P,Shang X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus (EV) infection is common among children and adolescents. Few studies have investigated the relationship of depression after EV infection. This study explores an association between EV infection and subsequent depression in children and adolescents and assesses the risk of depression after EV infection with...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liao YT,Hsieh MH,Yang YH,Wang YC,Tsai CS,Chen VC,Gossop M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Managing the health of vulnerable groups is an important component of health care. Given the long-term burden of radiation-release incidents among those exposed, managing the health of vulnerable groups following a nuclear disaster is very important. However, there is limited information available concerning ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sawano T,Kambe T,Seno Y,Konoe R,Nishikawa Y,Ozaki A,Shimada Y,Morita T,Saito H,Tsubokura M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African Americans (AA) with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a worse prognosis compared to Americans of European descent (EA). We conducted the current study to test the hypothesis that AA patients with SSc have more severe disease and poorer outcomes compared to EA patients when afflicted with pulmonary arterial hyperte...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Blanco I,Mathai S,Shafiq M,Boyce D,M Kolb T,Chami H,K Hummers L,Housten T,Chaisson N,L Zaiman A,M Wigley F,J Tedford R,A Kass D,Damico R,E Girgis R,M Hassoun P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade has passed since the introduction of the concept that inhibition of platelet function may be helpful in preventing the initiation of thrombus formation. Aspirin has been recognized as inhibiting normal platelet function and the mechanism has been clearly delineated. Legions of patients have been stu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lekstrom JA,Bell WR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insomnia has become a universal subhealth disease, affecting more and more modern people's health and quality of life. At present, western medicine is only symptomatic treatment for insomnia. Bailemian Capsule (BLMC) is a proprietary Chinese medicine for treating insomnia. It has been widely used in China, b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian T,Hua L,Wang J,Guan J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases deriving from esophageal cancer are very rare with scarce data available concerning these patients' outcome. We, therefore, evaluated outcome after surgical resection followed by radiotherapy of brain metastasis from esophageal cancer.A retrospective analysis was conducted on consecutive patients unde...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Stavrinou P,Plambeck L,Proescholdt M,Ghadimi M,Goldbrunner R,Grau S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) have the possibility of developing stroke in the future. To prevent recurrent TIA or future stroke, identifying the cause of TIA is important. However, about two-third of patients with TIA have negative findings on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).We present a cas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee S,Byun JS,Jung MS,Kim JM,Nam TK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00