Nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor masked as anemia: A case report.

abstract：:This study, an important groundwork for clinical tongue diagnosis and future traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research, tested the hypothesis that some tongue features vary significantly between different gender and age groups by utilizing an automatic tongue diagnosis system (ATDS).A cross-sectional study of 1487 p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsu PC,Wu HK,Huang YC,Chang HH,Chen YP,Chiang JY,Lo LC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study is inclined to investigate the antagonistic effects of endostatin-vascular endothelial growth inhibitor chimeric recombinant adenovirus (Ad-hENDO-VEGI) on homocysteine (Hcy)-induced vascular endothelial cells (VECs) injury in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:Human VECs cell line ECV304 was selected and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cui ZT,Liu JP,Yao JM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke has been previously investigated. However, the association between the HCV infection and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) has not been extensively discussed. Using the Longitudinal Health Insuran...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang CC,Chang CT,Lin CL,Lin IC,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The fundamental pathogenesis of Behçet disease (BD) is still unclear and controversial. Many cases of oral aphthous ulcers and genital ulcers related to BD are reported; nevertheless, idiopathic giant esophageal ulcers related to BD are rare. A rare case for esophageal ulcers related to BD is presented. PATI...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jia N,Tang Y,Liu H,Li Y,Liu S,Liu L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) efficacy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring molecular alterations remains poorly elucidated. This study was undertaken to determine ICI efficacy against epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR)/anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)/c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1)-mutated ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bylicki O,Guisier F,Monnet I,Doubre H,Gervais R,Janicot H,Perol M,Fournel P,Lamy R,Auliac JB,Chouaid C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intraocular manifestation of hematopoietic tumors is rare and often difficult to distinguish from inflammation. We report a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who developed intraocular infiltration during the remission period. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 40-year-old man presented with hypopyon in his rig...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hiraoka M,Ohguro H,Ikeda H,Furuya D,Takahashi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis is a chronically progressive and potentially fatal disease. Patients with multiple giant alveolar echinococcosis have a poor prognosis when radical resection cannot be achieved, but curative resection can be limited by low future remnant liver volumes. In these cases, 2-stage liver resection ma...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shen HD,Chen KF,Li B,Zhang HZ,Yang KM,Chen Y,Li JX,Chen ZY,Meng T,Ma Z,Li HZ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few decades ago, antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with acute variceal bleeding was reported beneficial. However, endoscopic and systemic therapy for variceal bleeding has dramatically improved since then, so the necessity of prophylactic antibiotics can be questioned. In this study, we reevaluated the efficacy of...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ueno M,Kayahara T,Sunami T,Takayama H,Takabatake H,Morimoto Y,Yamamoto H,Mizuno M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of 2 surgical techniques that are used to treat proximal femoral fractures.A systematic literature search (up to December 2014) was conducted in Medline, Embase, PubMed, and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to screen for studies compar...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang X,Wang Y,Ma X,Ma J,Wang C,Zhang C,Han Z,Sun L,Lu B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tonnis radiographic classification of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) has been widely used. The International Hip Dysplasia Institute (IHDI) classification, a new classification system recently developed by the IHDI, is beginning to be applied to evaluate DDH with the absence of an ossification center. Th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Miao M,Cai H,Hu L,Wang Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Substantial advances in cardiac pacing technology have been developed in the past decades. However, efforts to improve pacing technology to achieve physiological electrical activity, such as with cardiac resynchronization therapy, are underway. Permanent His bundle pacing, which directly stimulates the His...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang D,Huang X

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) on total diffusion volume of bone cement in percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). This study was a retrospective review of prospectively collected data of consecutive patients with A1.2 thoracolumbar compression fractures treat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu J,Liu Z,Luo J,Gong L,Cui Y,Song Q,Xiao PF,Zhou Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this observational study was to examine the prevalence of obesity in children of 6 to 8 years of age from primary public schools over a period of 6 years and the associated environmental and metabolic health risk factors.This was a cohort observational study to investigate the prevalence of obesity in c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sentalin PBR,Pinheiro AO,Oliveira RR,Zângaro RA,Campos LA,Baltatu OC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:This is the report of the first case of TAFRO syndrome (Thrombocytopenia, Anasarca, myelofibrosis, Renal dysfunction, Organomegaly) in Latin America. PATIENT CONCERNS:The patient was a 61-year-old white woman of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, who presented with a history of 8 days of nausea, vomiting, and fever; ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： José FF,Kerbauy LN,Perini GF,Blumenschein DI,Pasqualin DDC,Malheiros DMAC,Campos Neto GC,de Souza Santos FP,Piovesan R,Hamerschlak N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, the association between antidepressant exposure and endometrial cancer has not been previously explored. Herein, we aim to investigate the association between antidepressant prescription, including novel antidepressants, and the risk for endometrial cancer in a population-based study.Data for the ana...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin CF,Chan HL,Hsieh YH,Liang HY,Chiu WC,Huang KY,Lee Y,McIntyre RS,Chen VC

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients underwent hemiarthroplasty for proximal femoral fracture converted to total hip arthroplasty (THA).A total of 138 patients from October 2009 till October 2014 had conversion of their failed hemiarthroplasties following a proximal femoral fracture to total ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Taheriazam A,Saeidinia A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the chest wall is extremely rare. A majority of the pleural lymphomas develop in patients with chronic tuberculous pyothorax. The underlying mechanism might be attributed to the sustained stimulation of chronic inflammation. Surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy ca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Ju Y,Qu T,Wang T,Liu X

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The relative efficacy of antihypertensive drugs/combinations is not well known. Identifying the most effective ones and the patients' characteristics associated with best performance of the drugs will improve management of hypertensive patients. OBJECTIVE:To assess the blood pressure (BP) reduction attribut...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Paz MA,de-La-Sierra A,Sáez M,Barceló MA,Rodríguez JJ,Castro S,Lagarón C,Garrido JM,Vera P,Coll-de-Tuero G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to compare the clinical and surgical characteristics of pregnant and nonpregnant women with surgically verified ovarian torsion, as well as the differences among 3 trimesters during pregnancy.We conducted a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with surgically proven ovarian torsion in our...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu WF,Wang ZH,Xiu YL,Xie X,Pan M

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serotonin receptor 4 (HTR4) encodes a 5-HT4 receptor involved in learning, memory, depression, anxiety, and feeding behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation of HTR4 promoter and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a disease characterized b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hu Z,Ying X,Huang L,Zhao Y,Zhou D,Liu J,Zhong J,Huang T,Zhang W,Cheng F,Duan S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Amyloid Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by tissue deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain. Kidney involvement is the most frequent manifestation, and patients usually present with glomerular disease.We report an exceptional case of bilateral kidney...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Mihout F,Joseph L,Brocheriou I,Leblond V,Varnous S,Ronco P,Plaisier E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) management and several grading systems or prognostic indices have been used not only to improve the quality of care but to predict also the outcome of these patients. Among them, the gold standards Fisher radiological grading scale, Hunt-Hess and the World Fed...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Basile-Filho A,Lago AF,Menegueti MG,Nicolini EA,Nunes RS,Lima SL,Ferreira JPU,Feres MA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation associated with low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected patients with vitamin D deficiency. We investigated the association between 25(OH)D and soluble biomarkers among HIV-infected patients on stable antiretroviral therapy. This is a cross...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gangcuangco LMA,Kohorn LB,Chow DC,Keating SM,Norris PJ,Nagamine LS,Ndhlovu LC,Souza SA,Kallianpur KJ,Shikuma CM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in children, and laparoscopy is the main surgical method. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a new modified 2-port laparoscopic herniorrhaphy with Kirschner wire (TLHK) for inguinal hernia in children. METHODS:A total of 5304 children wit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao Z,Chen J,Li Z,Li G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adverse drug reactions avoidability tool called the Liverpool ADR avoidability assessment tool (LAAT) was recently developed (for research purposes), and subsequently validated with mixed interrater reliability (IRR). We investigated the comparative IRR of this tool in an inpatient cohort to ascertain its practical...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Danjuma MI,Shokri SA,Abubeker IY,Malik AE,Abdallah IMH,Shafei MNE,Fatima H,Mahmoud M,Hussain T,Maghoub Y,Sajid J,Zouki ANE

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low back pain and pelvic girth pain are common in pregnancy and women commonly utilize complementary manual therapies such as massage, spinal manipulation, chiropractic, and osteopathy to manage their symptoms. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this systematically review was to critically appraise and synthesize the bes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hall H,Cramer H,Sundberg T,Ward L,Adams J,Moore C,Sibbritt D,Lauche R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neuromuscular disease associated with bradykinesia, tremor, and postural instability. We aimed to compare outcomes and complications of total hip arthroplasty (THA) between patients with PD and those without. METHODS:A single institution retrospective cohort from 2000...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Xiong K,Li R,Yang L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative brain disease that causes cognitive impairment in the elderly. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), also known as neuropsychiatric symptoms, represent a heterogeneous group of non-cognitive symptoms and behaviors for AD patients. Sleep di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou G,Liu S,Yu X,Zhao X,Ma L,Shan P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a rare and deadly disease, with a reported average incidence rate of 3.19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Fotemustine, a third-generation nitrosourea with an alanine phosphor carrier that facilitates cellular penetration, has been extensively investigated in the setting of rec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Marinelli A,Lamberti G,Cerbone L,Cordua N,Buonerba C,Peluso G,Di Lorenzo G,De Placido S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00