Carbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2 suppresses thrombomodulin and endothelial protein C receptor expression of human umbilical vein endothelial cells induced by lipopolysaccharide in vitro.

abstract：:Ischemic strokes presenting with isolated acute vestibular syndrome (AVS) are not rare and still are challenging for diagnosis. In this retrospective study, we aimed to investigate the association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) with stroke in patients with isolated AVS. A total of 217 patients with is...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin F,Chen Y,Wan M,Chen W,Jia W

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether the responsiveness to an increase in cigarettes price differed by adolescents' cigarette acquisition source. We analyzed data on 6134 youth smokers (grades 7-12) from a cross-sectional survey in Korea with national representativeness. The respondents were classified into one of the following accord...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hwang JH,Park SW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies on physical activity were analyzed by randomizing participants into either the intervention or control group. It is necessary to classify each intervention and control groups according to physical activity using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). METHODS:This was a pilo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee CH,Cheung B,Yi GH,Oh B,Oh YH

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Meta-analyses have found conflicting results with respect to the use of progesterone or progesterone plus estrogen as luteal phase support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols involving gonadotropins and/or gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs. The aim of the present study was to perform an updated meta-analys...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang XM,Lv F,Wang P,Huang XM,Liu KF,Pan Y,Dong NJ,Ji YR,She H,Hu R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and irreversible respiratory disease with a high incidence worldwide and no specific treatment. Currently, the etiology and pathogenesis of this disease remain largely unknown. In main purpose of this study, bioinformatics analysis was used to uncover key genes and pathways r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu Z,Mo L,Feng X,Huang M,Li L

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:It is largely unknown about the tumor growth of breast cancer naturally. We devised and analyzed an appropriate mathematical tool of the equations that describe how fast tumors grow without treatment on the basis of the ellipsoid shape of solid breast cancer. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 31-year-old woman presented wi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Mao X,Zhou M,Fan C,Chen B,Jin F

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:While liposomal cisplatin has shown enhanced drug tolerability and higher targeting property as compared with the conventional cisplatin, the doubt remains whether lipoplatin could improve its anticancer efficacy. What's more, there is still no systematic evaluation of the safety profiles of lipoplatin compa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu B,Zeng M,Zeng J,Feng J,Yu L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:About 60,0000 people are involved in traffic accident each year in China and spinal cord injury (SCI) often occurs. Pregnant women with paraplegia is rare, and they face higher risk during pregnancy and childbirth. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a case of a 35-year-old patient with SCI, who had vaginal forceps d...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yao C,Xu Y,Dai L,Lv Y,Xu X,Ye W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol is widely used to reduce intracranial pressure and is protective against ischemic and nephrotoxic acute renal failure. However, the capacity of this seemingly innocuous agent to produce acute renal failure is not well recognized. We report herein the clinical course of 8 cases of mannitol-induced acute renal ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dorman HR,Sondheimer JH,Cadnapaphornchai P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current era of multidrug-resistant organisms, the clinical spectrum of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection remains unclear, especially in immunosuppressed patients with cancer. We sought to define the characteristics of pneumococcal bacteremia in patients who were receiving care at a comprehensive cancer center....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kumashi P,Girgawy E,Tarrand JJ,Rolston KV,Raad II,Safdar A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prolotherapy or proliferative therapy is a treatment option for damaged connective tissues involving the injection of a solution (proliferant) which theoretically causes an initial cell injury and a subsequent "proliferant" process of wound healing via modulation of the inflammatory process. Nonetheless, the...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chung MW,Hsu CY,Chung WK,Lin YN

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The precise cause of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) remains unclear. Herein we present a case of refractory GPA occurring after trauma. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 43-year-old man suffered fractures of the left orbital in an accident, and then received surgical repair. At a postoperative follow-up, he develop...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Deng S,Xing Y,Wang H,Kong X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary sequestration (PS) presenting with elevated serum tumor markers is rare, and it might be misdiagnosed as malignancy. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 26-year-old asymptomatic male patient was admitted because the x-ray showed an intrathoracic lesion. Meanwhile, the serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was elevate...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong FW,Wang WM,Gong L,Wu W,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) has been inadequately studied. We compared characteristics and outcomes of patients with CAP who were admitted to the ICU with those of patients managed on the ward. Of the 3675 patients hospitalized with CAP, 374 (10%) were ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Marrie TJ,Shariatzadeh MR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between textbook outcome and survival in patients with surgically treated colon cancer. A total of 804 surgical cases were enrolled between June 1, 2010 and December 31, 2014. Textbook outcome was defined as patients who had colon cancer surgery and met the six...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang CC,Tian YF,Liu WS,Chou CL,Cheng LC,Chu SS,Lee CC

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of tumor burden on the survival of patients with pathologic T3N0M0 (pT3N0M0) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).A total of 84 patients with pathologic T3N0M0 ESCC treated with radical esophagectomy and 3-field lymphadenectomy (3-FL) from January 2008 to Decembe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li T,Fu X,Xiao L,Su L,Dai Y,Yao Q,Li J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a specific pregnancy-related disorder without standard medical therapies. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is the most used medicine, but the efficacy and safety of UDCA remain uncertain. Several meta-analyses had been made to assess the effects of UDCA in ICP. Howev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong X,Kong Y,Zhang F,Wang T,Yan J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Taiwan, the current survival rate 1 year after transplantation exceeds 80%. However, the number of organ/tissue donors per year in Taiwan is extremely low, resulting in increased mortality. This is also true in Europe and in the United States. Recently, data from the Taiwan Organ Registry and Sharing Center showed ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsieh MH,Shih FJ,Sheu SJ,Wang SS,Shih FJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) presents a high pathogenicity and case fatality rate. The main treatment for HAE is surgical resection. Giant lesions in the liver and invasion of the pathogen into the retrohepatic inferior vena cava are usually associated with a poor prognosis when radical resection can...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang T,Li G,Fu Z,Gao D,Li N,Lin D

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In cancer patients, who are frequently immunocompromised, bacterial meningitis (BM) can be a severe complication, with a different presentation, etiology, and course, compared to patients without cancer. Our objective is to compare the characteristics and outcomes of BM in patients with and without cancer. A single-ce...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pomar V,Benito N,López-Contreras J,Coll P,Gurguí M,Domingo P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have pointed out a significant association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and accelerated atherosclerosis. At the best of our knowledge, no such study has been carried out in a large Italian series and, in this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of both subclinical atherosclerosis and his...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ruscitti P,Margiotta DPE,Macaluso F,Iacono D,D'Onofrio F,Emmi G,Atzeni F,Prete M,Perosa F,Sarzi-Puttini P,Emmi L,Cantatore FP,Triolo G,Afeltra A,Giacomelli R,Valentini G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solitary functioning kidney (SFK) is tough issue to address in clinical, mostly developed from renal artery stenosis (RAS) in adults. Although renal artery stent is widely used to help SFK patients, the efficacy of the stent is still disputable. This study is aimed at reviewing a series of SFK cases to draw ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma Z,Liu L,Zhang B,Chen W,Yang J,Li H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although persistent postoperative hiccups can cause various problems (such as sleep disorders, depression, fatigue) for the patient, there has been little research on this topic. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of treating persistent postoperative hiccups with a stellate ganglion b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee AR,Cho YW,Lee JM,Shin YJ,Han IS,Lee HK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complication associated with worst prognosis in decompensated liver cirrhosis (LC) patients. Previous studies have identified prognostic factors for HE, and recent studies reported an association between systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and liver disease. This study aimed...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jeong JH,Park IS,Kim DH,Kim SC,Kang C,Lee SH,Kim TY,Lee SB

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a relatively common disease; however, myasthenia gravis leading to PE has been rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of PE in a patient with myasthenia gravis and discuss the possible mechanism underlying the development of PE. We hypothesize that inflammatory mediator...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin S,Wang Y,Guan W,Shi Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. Both statins and omega-3 fatty acids demonstrate beneficial effects on lipid concentrations. The goal was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of combination therapy with statins and omega-3 fatty acids. METHODS:We performed a ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Choi HD,Chae SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome can easily give rise to coronary heart disease (CHD). However, due to the existence of the so-called "obesity paradox" and "smoking paradox," the impact of these modifiable cardiovascu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bundhun PK,Wu ZJ,Chen MH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many patients try to seek acupuncture to improve in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes, evidence regarding its efficacy and acupoints characters are lacking. The aim of this protocol is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety, as well as the acupoints characteristics of acupuncture in the treatment...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang X,Lin H,Chen M,Wang J,Jin Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00