Characteristics and outcome of spontaneous bacterial meningitis in patients with cancer compared to patients without cancer.

abstract：RATIONALE:We report on a patient who showed delayed degeneration of the left fornical crus with verbal memory impairment following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), which was demonstrated by diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). PATIENT CONCERNS:: fter flexion and hyperextension of her head to the opposite side, the pa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jang SH,Seo JP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic stenosis (AS) is a chronic, progressive disease predominantly affecting individuals aged over 60 years. Symptoms are the result of progressive left ventricular outflow obstruction, and herald rapid clinical decline and high mortality. Medical therapies for AS remain ineffective; operative valve replacement rema...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kurtz CE,Otto CM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intravesical migrated intrauterine devices (IUDs) have been reported to cause bladder perforation, stone formation, or malignant transition. However, such extensive intravesical benign hyperplasia caused by an extravesical migrated IUD is firstly reported. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 38-year-old woman suffered from r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang P,Wang T,Yang L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical data of resected adenosquamous lung cancer (ASLC) and to explore the influencing factors and clinicopathological characteristics of the metastasis lymph nodes. A total of 1156 consecutive patients with surgically resected lung cancer from January 2009 t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong M,Jin J,Cai X,Shen J,Ma D,Ye M,Zhu C,Freedman S,Walters K,Xu X,Chen B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood glucose control in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is reportedly influenced by the seasons, with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels decreasing in the summer or warm season and increasing in the winter or cold season. In addition, several studies have shown that sepsis is also associated with the seasons. Althoug...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsujimoto T,Yamamoto-Honda R,Kajio H,Kishimoto M,Noto H,Hachiya R,Kimura A,Kakei M,Noda M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe and analyze the clinical features and prognosis of patients with anti-Hu associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS).The symptoms, MRI findings, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) changes, electroencephalogram (EEG) characteristics and prognoses of 9 well-diagnosed anti-Hu associated PNS patients were an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Lin W

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prophylactic anticoagulant therapy is recommended to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total hip or knee arthroplasty, and has become the standard of care. Rivaroxaban is a novel oral medication that directly inhibits factor Xa for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic conditions...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu J,Zhao J,Yan Y,Su J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Collagenous gastritis (CG) is a rare form of chronic gastritis defined histologically by a thickened subepithelial collageneous band in the lamina propria. However, the clinical features and endoscopic findings of CG have not been clearly established in the pediatric population. PRESENTING CONCERNS:We report...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee YJ,Lee M,Kim DJ,Lee S,Hong J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to explore the principles of clinical classification and individualized treatment of basicranial artery injuries based on its anatomical correlation.The data of 172 patients with various types of basicranial artery injuries were retrospectively analyzed. Among these patients, 128 patients were male and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang H,Li SG,Xiang X,Lv Y,Chu LZ,Peng H,Wang F,Cao H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005314.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

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更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the relative frequency of CIC was determined in 60 patients with chronic hepatitis C alone, 19 patients co-infected with hepatitis B and C, 15 asymptomatic HCV carriers, and 54 healthy controls. Levels of CIC were de...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai JF,Jeng JE,Chang WY,Ho MS,Lin ZY,Tsai JH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin induces masculinization and spermatogenesis in men with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH). However, large cohort studies for the efficacy and reliable predictors of this therapy need to be conducted. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of gonadotropin treatment in a large co...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu Z,Mao J,Wu X,Xu H,Wang X,Huang B,Zheng J,Nie M,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The occurrence of hyperkalemia after esophagectomy is clinically rare. Patients who underwent esophagectomy often have a serum potassium level due to perioperative reduced intake, fluids loss, consumption and other reasons. These patients often require the artificial administration of potassium. Rapid fluid l...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen Q,Zhang WG,Chen SC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choice of surgical approach in patients under clopidogrel treatment is controversial. Intertrochanteric fractures are common in the elderly, who also suffer from a number of comorbidities.The aim of this study is to assess the prognosis of elderly patients with clopidogrel treatment after surgery for intertrochanteric...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Chen X,Wang J,Liu Z,Wang X,Ren J,Sun T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC) is the world's second-leading cause of neoplastic mortality. Genetic alterations, response to treatments, and mortality rates are highly heterogeneous across different regions. Within Latin America, GC is the leading cause of cancer death in Chile, affecting 17.6 per 100,000 people and causing >300...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Owen GI,Pinto MP,Retamal IN,Fernádez MF,Cisternas B,Mondaca S,Sanchez C,Galindo H,Nervi B,Ibañez C,Acevedo F,Madrid J,Peña J,Bravo ML,Maturana MJ,Cordova-Delgado M,Romero D,de la Jara N,Torres J,Rodriguez-Fernandez

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the risk factors of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) in elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI).In this study, 324 aged 70 years and over patients with ACI who were admitted to the inpatient department of TianJin First Hospital (China) from January 2012 to February 2018 were retrospectively analy...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： NanZhu Y,Xin L,Xianghua Y,Jun C,Min L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to assess the association between levels of empathy and burnout of emergency professionals in all the assistance levels.A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the health region of Lleida and the Pyrenees with 100 professionals from the field of Urgency. Participation reac...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yuguero O,Forné C,Esquerda M,Pifarré J,Abadías MJ,Viñas J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As detection rates of non-albicans Candida species are increasing, determining their pathogen profiles and antifungal susceptibilities is important for antifungal treatment selection. We identified the antifungal susceptibility patterns and predictive factors for mortality in candidemia.A multicenter retrospective ana...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jung IY,Jeong SJ,Kim YK,Kim HY,Song YG,Kim JM,Choi JY

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placenta increta/percreta is an increasingly common and life-threatening obstetric complication. It poses a management challenge to clinicians. The present study aimed to evaluate efficacy and safety of preoperative placement of infrarenal abdominal aorta balloon catheter (IAABC) alone or combined with Bakri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zeng C,Yang M,Ding Y,Yu L,Deng W,Hu Y,Gong X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients who have tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who also experience alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms have worse clinical outcomes when compared with those who do not have AUD symptoms. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of rational emotive healt...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Omeje JC,Otu MS,Aneke AO,Adikwu VO,Nwaubani OO,Chigbu EF,Onuigbo LN,Udom IE,Aye EN,Akaneme IN,Egeonu DC,Ezema VS,Okpanachi GO,Ohabuenyi AG,Eseadi C,Eze NM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-D) treatment has significantly increased in incidence over the years, with more than 400 new cases per million population/y, 2/3 of which concern noncritically ill patients. In these patients, there are little data on mortality or on information of care organization and its ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fagugli RM,Patera F,Battistoni S,Tripepi G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several clinical studies have reported that inflammation factors (IF) are associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. However, no study systematically investigated the association between IF and M pneumoniae in pediatric population. Thus, this study will explore the association between IF and pediatri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He JE,Qu H,Gao CY

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Custirsen is the second-generation antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), which can reduce cellular levels of clusterin to increase the cytotoxic effect of chemotherapeutic drugs. Our study assessed the efficacy and safety of custirsen in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).We conducted a c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang X,Liu C,Li K,Wang K,Zhang Q,Cui Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of psychostimulant use in the French medical community and their motives. A population-based cross-sectional study using a self-administered online survey was done. A total of 1718 French students and physicians (mean age, 26.84±7.19 years, 37.1% men) were included....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fond G,Gavaret M,Vidal C,Brunel L,Riveline JP,Micoulaud-Franchi JA,Domenech P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:West syndrome (WS) is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy that is characterized by intractable epileptic seizures, hypsarrhythmia, and observed through electroencephalogram (EEG) and significant neurodevelopmental regression. The spontaneous remission of epileptic seizure is clinically rare and has not ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li H,Wang B,Shan L,Du L,Jia F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The forms of treatment which are available for these patients include internal fixation, hemiarthroplasty (HA), or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Both HA and THA are widely used methods of hip replacement after displaced femoral neck fracture (DFNF). Our purpose is to analyze the long-term outcomes of these 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Peng L,Liu H,Hu X,Liu J

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The effect of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) on adult post cardiothoracic operation remains controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effect of HFNC and conventional oxygen therapy (COT) on postcardiothoracic surgery. METHODS:A search was conducted in Emba...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu X,Cao W,Zhang B,Wang S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caregivers encounter serious and substantial challenges in managing hypertension in patients with subclinical or clinical borderline personality disorder (BPD). These challenges include therapeutic conflicts resulting from harmful drug-drug, and drug-disease interactions. Current guidelines provide no recomm...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Roininen SM,Cheetham M,Mueller BU,Battegay E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) is the most common causes of outpatient visit and hospital admission for children. The study aimed to report epidemiological data on respiratory viruses in a university-affiliated children's hospital.The study was a retrospective study conducted in a university affiliated child...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ye S,Wang T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is a new approach to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The INTREPID trial suggested that SRT could reduce the frequency of regular intravitreal injections (IVIs) with antivascular endothelial growth factor drugs, which are necessary to control disease activity. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ranjbar M,Kurz M,Holzhey A,Melchert C,Rades D,Grisanti S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00