Computer tomography urography assisted real-time ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy on renal calculus.

abstract：RATIONALE:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease that involves limb, axial, bulbar, and respiratory muscles. Fatigue and weakness of the respiratory muscles eventually induce respiratory insufficiency, which is one of the main causes of death in patients with ALS. In ALS ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of de-escalation empirical therapy for controlling infection in patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) treated with antithymocyte globulin (ATG). Eighty-seven ATG-treated SAA patients who had microbiological culture-confirmed infections from 2006 to 2015 in our cent...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fu R,Chen T,Song J,Wang G,Li L,Ruan E,Liu H,Wang Y,Wang H,Xing L,Wu Y,Liu H,Qu W,Shao Z

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical-site infection (SSI) is a common complication in orthopedic surgery; however, SSI after surgically managed distal femur fractures was not well studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of SSI and identify some modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors.The patients' electronic medical rec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai Y,Zhang X,Tian Y,Tian D,Zhang B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common pediatric liver malignancy, typically affecting children within the first 4 years of life. However, only a few validated blood biomarkers are used in clinical evaluation. The current study explored the clinical application and significance of D-dimer levels in patients ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang B,Liu G,Liu X,Zheng S,Dong K,Dong R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of montelukast combined budesonide (MCB) treatment for children with chronic cough-variant asthma (CCVA).In total, 82 cases of children with CCVA, aged 4 to 11 years were included in this study. All cases received either MCB or budesonide alone between May 2015 and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang XP,Yang LD,Zhou JF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review of endocarditis caused by fastidious, slow-growing gram-negative rods, similarities in the spectrum of disease overshadow differences among cases grouped by specific organisms. Cardiobacterium hominis, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Haemophilus species usually seed previously damaged cardiac valv...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ellner JJ,Rosenthal MS,Lerner PI,McHenry MC

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive disorder is a severe mental disorder associated with functional and cognitive impairment. Numerous papers in the literature investigated associations between sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and psychiatric illnesses. However, the results of these studies are controversial.We explored the relationship...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang SY,Hung JH,Hu LY,Huang MW,Lee SC,Shen CC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) released from a periampullary or pancreatic cancer can be more frequently detected in the portal than the systemic circulation and potentially can be used to identify patients with liver micrometastases. Aims of this study is to determine if CTCs count in portal venous blood of patients ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tien YW,Kuo HC,Ho BI,Chang MC,Chang YT,Cheng MF,Chen HL,Liang TY,Wang CF,Huang CY,Shew JY,Chang YC,Lee EY,Lee WH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of herpes zoster infection with peptic ulcer disease in a Korean population.The Korean National Health Insurance Service selects samples directly from the entire Korean population database, and 1,125,691 participants with 114,369,638 medical claim codes were...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jin YJ,Park B,Park IS,Choi HG

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contributions of micro RNAs (miRNAs) to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are beginning to be uncovered during the last decade. Many studies in efforts to use miRNAs as biomarkers in disease diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are ongoing.We conducted a systematic literature review to reveal the role of miRNAs in the path...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen XM,Huang QC,Yang SL,Chu YL,Yan YH,Han L,Huang Y,Huang RY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has not played a large role in the surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma due to inadequate sensitivity and specificity for active chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of AFP in small hepatocellular carcinomas after hepatitis C virus er...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Minami T,Tateishi R,Kondo M,Nakagomi R,Fujiwara N,Sato M,Uchino K,Enooku K,Nakagawa H,Asaoka Y,Kondo Y,Moriya K,Shiina S,Koike K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to define an unexplained non-classified polyneuropathy condition as a new neurological disease. This new diagnosis of occupation related polyneuropathy has been named as "WORKING HAND SYNDROME (WHS)."This study collected and compared clinic and electrophysiological analyze data from healthy c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Özdemir G

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Melanoma is a treatable and preventable skin cancer. It is responsible for 75% of deaths among all skin cancers. Previous studies have found that race/ethnicity may play a role in survival among melanoma patients. However, there are no studies that cover 30 years and take race into account for the U.S. POPU...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ward-Peterson M,Acuña JM,Alkhalifah MK,Nasiri AM,Al-Akeel ES,Alkhaldi TM,Dawari SA,Aldaham SA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This meta-analysis assessed the effectiveness of probiotics and synbiotics for acute diarrhea (AD) in children and investigated probiotic formulations, types of interventions, and country factors. METHODS:Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials evaluating the effects of probiotics or synbiotics o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang B,Lu P,Li MX,Cai XL,Xiong WY,Hou HJ,Ha XQ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, much attention has been paid to a potential biochemical cross-talk between the metabolism of the adipose tissue (AT) and bone (marrow), termed "bone-fat axis." We hypothesized that selected substances, participating in this "dialog," are associated with body mass and peripheral trafficking of bone marrow-der...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Blogowski W,Dolegowska K,Deskur A,Dolegowska B,Starzyńska T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity in cancer survivors and examined the sociodemographic factors affecting these health-related behaviors.We used data from the 4th and 5th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between 2007 and 2012,...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park B,Kong SY,Kim J,Kim Y,Park IH,Jung SY,Lee ES

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ciliated retroperitoneal foregut cysts are rare, and to obtain a preoperative definitive diagnosis of this condition is relatively difficult. In addition, the exact mechanism and formation of ciliated retroperitoneal foregut cysts remains unknown. CASE PRESENTATION:Here, we report a case of a 47-year-old ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen HY,Wei SM,Chen JY,Zhu XL,Yu RS

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have shown that microRNA-25 (miR-25) plays a key role in the occurrence and development of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Many studies have shown that there is a significant increment of miR-25 in circulating blood of patients with NSCLC. The meta-analysis aims to explore diagnostic valu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li C,Sun L,Zhou H,Yang Y,Wang Y,She M,Chen J

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide a basis for disease prevention, this article aimed to clarify the incidence and risk factors of traumatic fractures in China.The China National Fracture Study (CNFS) was a retrospective epidemiological study that recruited a nationally representative sample from 8 provinces, 24 urban cities, and 24 rural co...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu B,Zhu Y,Liu S,Chen W,Zhang F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is an extremely rare tumor in the central nervous system (CNS), and usually seen in immunocompromised individuals. Only a few cases of primary intracranial LMS have been documented in the literature and no study focused on their MRI findings. We reported a case of pri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li XL,Ren J,Niu RN,Jiang X,Xu GH,Zhou P,Cheng ZZ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 3 cases of systemic strongyloidiasis in HIV-infected individuals and review 11 additional cases reported in the English-language literature. Systemic strongloidiasis is a rare and potentially fatal complication of late-stage HIV disease. A combination of gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms in an HIV-in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Celedon JC,Mathur-Wagh U,Fox J,Garcia R,Wiest PM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between radionuclide salivagram findings and clinical characteristics in stroke patient with swallowing difficulty.In this study, dysphagic stroke patients who had undergone both a radionuclide salivagram and videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) were included ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu KJ,Park D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among all types of cervical spondylitis, cervical spondylitis radiculopathy (CSR) has the highest incidence. The incidence of CSR increases year by year and is generally younger, which has seriously threatened people's quality of life and affected their work and life. This study proposes to improve the recov...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu X,Wang Y,Yang C,Song X,Chen Z,Yang L,Li Y

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical diseases. However, complicated subdural empyema rarely occurs after trepanation and drainage of chronic subdural hematoma. PATIENT CONCERNS:A male patient (77 years old) was admitted to the hospital on the 2nd day of fever after an unde...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xue H,Zhang W,Shi L,Zhang Y,Yu B,Yang H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the computed tomography (CT) image quality of the low- tube-voltage protocol with low contrast agent dose.CT portography was performed in 118 cirrhosis patients with body mass index (BMI) less than 25 kg/m under 2 protocols: Protocol A, tube voltage of 90 kVp/395 mAs and contrast agent dos...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu S,Sheng H,Shi H,Li W,Fan J,He J,Sun H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Recurrent laryngeal nerve block is an uncommon complication that can occur after an interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB), which may lead to vocal cord palsy or paresis. However, if the recurrent laryngeal nerve is blocked in patients with a preexisting contralateral vocal cord palsy following neck surgery...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park HS,Kim HJ,Ro YJ,Yang HS,Koh WU

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, balance performance, agility, eye-hand coordination, and sports performance were compared between amateur badminton players and active controls.Thirty young adult badminton players and 33 active controls participated in the study. Static single-leg standing balance (with eyes closed) was measured using ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wong TKK,Ma AWW,Liu KPY,Chung LMY,Bae YH,Fong SSM,Ganesan B,Wang HK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to illustrate the prognostic value of diversified galectins in patients with hepatic cancer via meta-analysis. METHODS:We conducted a systematic search on PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database, and W...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shao Q,He J,Chen Z,Wu C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor of the digestive system with a high incidence and a poor prognosis. At the present, CT-based radiomics is providing more and more valuable information. However, the heterogeneity of the study and the poor repeatability of the texture feature parameters have limited its wid...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li XF,Wang Q,Duan SF,Yao B,Liu CY

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a considerable amount of literature on the potential relationship between human leukocyte antigen-G 14-bp Ins/Del polymorphism and virus infection; however, results from these studies were inconclusive. OBJECTIVES:A meta-analysis was carried out to determine whether the 14-bp Ins/Del polymorphism i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lv H,Lv H,Lin Z,Chen L,Zhu M,Hong D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00