Side effects associated with the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a tuberculosis referral hospital in South Korea: A retrospective study.

abstract：RATIONALE:Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can cause severe damage to the nervous system, and can also cause serious damage to organs, such as the heart, kidneys, and lungs. CO damage to myocardial cells has been previously reported. This can lead to serious complications, such as myocardial infarction. PATIENT CONCERNS...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Song L,Bian G,Yang W,Li HF

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:The independent plastic surgery pathway recruits candidates with 5 years of surgical training who are typically more advanced in research than their integrated counterparts. Research productivity helps to discriminate between applicants. However, no studies exist detailing the academic attributes of matched in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ngaage LM,Elegbede A,McGlone KL,Knighton BJ,Landford W,Nam AJ,Lifchez SD,Slezak S,Rasko Y

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the overall National Health Insurance (NHI) budget in Taiwan, there has been a remarkable increase in expenditure for cancer patients. This study was designed to explore whether hematological malignancy is associated with higher end-of-life (EOL) medical expenditure in their last 6 months of life.We used data f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hung YT,Huang CY,Chang CM,Lee CC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and drug resistance studies worldwide have focused almost exclusively on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). As a result, there is limited information on ART and drug resistance in HIV-2 patients. In Ghana, the HIV epidemic is characterized by the domination of HIV-1, with cocircu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Abana CZ,Sagoe KWC,Bonney EY,Maina EK,Aziati ID,Agbosu E,Mawuli G,Styer LM,Ishikawa K,Brandful JAM,Ampofo WK

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of postoperative surveillance by ultrasound (PSU) in patients after breast cancer surgery.In this retrospective study, 324 patients with breast cancer after mastectomy were included between January 2006 and December 2008. The final-positive lesions (FPL) were diagno...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu YQ,Dong JN,Meng QX,Sun P,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the pathogenesis of somatic solid cancer-related cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).A total of 174 patients with CVST were recruited from the hospital between January 2006 and December 2017 and divided into two groups: (1) somatic cancer-related CVST group, defined as active somatic solid cancer pa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xian Z,Chen Y,Chen L,Lu Q,Huang G,Qin Q,Zeng J,Liang Z

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the expression of methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) in gastric cancer (GC) and its clinical significance.Expression of MECP2 was analyzed in 69 cases of GC tissues and 12 paracancerous tissues, either by qRT-PCR at the mRNA level or by Western blot and immunochemistry at the protein lev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Zhao J,Gao N,Wang Y,Chen Y,Han J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The small renal masses (SRMs) were defined that the diameter of renal masses measured by enhanced image was ≤4 cm. The diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for SRMs is apparently variable among previous studies. Hence, this study will evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CEUS in the iden...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu JF,Wu C,Wang YL,Wang ZP

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The mechanisms of action of MTX (methotrexate) in the treatment of RA (rheumatoid arthritis) and PsA (psoriatic arthritis) is related to its antifolic activity, due to the high affinity for enzymes that require folate cofactors as dihydrofolate reductase and to the anti-inflammatory activity derivated from th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Saviola G,Abdi-Ali L,Sacco S,Comini L,Plewnia K,Rossi M,Orrico A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperlipidemia has been a root cause of atherosclerosis, which leads to a high risk to serious cardio-cerebrovascular disease. Many trials have reported that moxibustion therapy is effective in lowering blood lipid levels when treating hyperlipidemia. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effect...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yao Q,Zhang X,Huang Y,Wang H,Hui X,Zhao B

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant characteristic of advanced gastric cancer (GC) is immune suppression, which can promote the progression of GC. Interleukin 35 (IL-35) is an immune-suppressing cytokine, and it is generally recognized that this cytokine is secreted by regulatory T (Treg) cells. Recently, studies have found that IL-35 can ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang K,Liu J,Li J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intermuscular hemangioma (IH) usually occurs in the muscles of the limbs and trunk, but can rarely occur in the occipital region. IH in the occipital region is easily misdiagnosed as arteriovenous malformation (AVM). PATIENT CONCERNS:A 31-year-old woman had a right occipital mass for 5 months without pulsati...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen H,Xu B,Wang G,Guo Y,Hou K,Yu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the risk factors for developing renal involvement and severe kidney disease in Chinese childhood Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) patients.This was a retrospective study of 2731 children with HSP diagnosed between 2012 and 2015. We analyzed their demographic data, clinical manifestations, and laboratory test...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang K,Sun X,Cao Y,Dai L,Sun F,Yu P,Dong L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Kawasaki disease is a necrotizing vasculitis featuring fever, erythema, conjunctivitis, and lymphadenopathy. Ocular manifestations in Kawasaki disease are commonly limited to anterior segment, posterior segment lesions are rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a unique case of ocular manifestations...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Y,Zhang Y,Lu F,Wang X,Zhang M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to estimate motor recovery in the early phase after stroke. Many studies have demonstrated that both diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) and motor-evoked potentials (MEP) are valuable predictors of motor recovery, but these modalities do not directly reflect the status of the injured gray matter. We re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim DH,Kyeong S,Cho Y,Jung TM,Ahn SJ,Park YG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little research has been done about the effects of allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) on the recurrence and prognosis in the cases with childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (cALL). In order to provide a basis for clinical safe blood transfusion, the data of 163 cases with cALL were retrospectively analyzed to explore ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang D,Zhou G,Mao ST,Chen J,Liu YF

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a life-threatening condition that frequently occurs in patients with hematologic malignancies. Currently, recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin (rTM) is a therapeutic DIC drug that is manufactured and sold in Japan only. We evaluated the efficacy of rTM compared to th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ookura M,Hosono N,Tasaki T,Oiwa K,Fujita K,Ito K,Lee S,Matsuda Y,Morita M,Tai K,Negoro E,Kishi S,Iwasaki H,Ueda T,Yamauchi T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We report a case of a hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive patient with preexisting bone disease who developed tenofovir-induced Fanconi syndrome and subsequently sustained pathologic fracture. To our best knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature about pathologic femoral fracture due to tenof...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Suh YS,Chun DI,Choi SW,Lee HW,Nho JH,Kwon SH,Cho JH,Won SH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis) is a plasma cell disorder which mainly affects heart, kidneys, liver, and peripheral nervous system. Cases of atypical AL amyloidosis presented as spontaneous vertebral compression fractures have been rarely reported, and data about the manageme...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu X,Feng J,Cao X,Zhang L,Zhou D,Li J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cardiac troponin I (cTnI) elevation in patients presenting to the hospital with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is well recognized, the prevalence, predictors, and prognostic significance of cTnI elevation associated with SVT presentation are not known. We screened records of all patients presenting to 2 h...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chow GV,Hirsch GA,Spragg DD,Cai JX,Cheng A,Ziegelstein RC,Marine JE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Middle-east and North Africa (MENA) region has seen over the last few decades. The present observational study aimed to evaluate and compare the risk of developing T2DM in the cities of Riyadh and Amman using the Arab Diabetes Risk Assessme...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Alghwiri AA,Alghadir A,Awad H,Anwer S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Studies performed in animal models of corneal neovascularization suggested the possible efficacy of a treatment with propranolol. Corneal neovascularization is one of the most feared complications of Stevens-Johnson syndrome that frequently involves ocular surface. We report the first 2 patients with severe o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Filippi L,de Libero C,Zamma Gallarati B,Fortunato P,Piozzi E

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis and treatment of the osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), a refractory disease, is imperative to prevent femoral head collapse; however, the existing solutions remain controversial. This study assessed the safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) combined with mult...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Q,Chen R,Yu Y,Wang X,Feng X,Jiang L,Chen B,Xin P,Li T,Shi Y,Jian Q,Jiang Z,Fan X

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reduced bone mineral density and increased risk of falls are related with Alzheimer disease, and these increase likelihood of bone osteoporotic fractures causing serious complications such as disability, fear of falling, loss autonomy, decreased quality of life, and anticipated mortality in elderly patient...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Puente-González AS,Sánchez-González F,Hernández-Xumet JE,Sánchez-Sánchez MC,Barbero-Iglesias FJ,Méndez-Sánchez R

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatectomy and additional common bile duct exploration are required for the treatment of left-sided hepatolithiasis (LSH). METHODS:Eligible LSH patients (n = 62) scheduled for open left lateral segmentectomy or left hemihepatectomy with intraoperative biliary exploration via the left hepatic duct orifice (...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou Y,Zha WZ,Wu XD,Fan RG,Zhang B,Xu YH,Qin CL,Jia J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides a basic outline of the care and support that family caregivers offer to people affected by neuromuscular diseases.To determine the presence of burden in caregivers of people with neuromuscular diseases who use a wheelchair and to establish whether the presence of burden is influenced by cont...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pousada T,Groba B,Nieto-Riveiro L,Pazos A,Díez E,Pereira J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to examine the expression of p53, p16, and murine double minute 2 (MDM2) protein in normal endometrium and endometriosis, in order to discuss the role of p53, p16, and MDM2 protein and apoptosis in the pathogenesis and development of endometriosis, and provide a theoretical basis for clinical diagnosis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sang L,Fang QJ,Zhao XB

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare various visual function parameters for evaluating the quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced glaucoma with low vision.In total, 44 eyes of advanced glaucoma patients with low vision were included in this cross-sectional study. A moving pattern edge band program was used to assess e...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jeon SJ,Jung Y,Jung CS,Park HL,Park CK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Conjunctival lymphoproliferative lesions constitute a significant diagnostic challenge and it is essential to exclude neoplastic lesions. Histopathological and immunohistochemical tests are very useful in establishing the correct diagnosis. Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) is part of a spectrum of lymphocy...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moraes BRM,Nascimento MVDD,Neto EDDS,Santo RM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infection (BSI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). To evaluate the causative bacteria and identify risk factors for BSI associated mortality in febrile neutropenia patients undergoing HSCT, we collected the clinical and mi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Wang Y,Fan X,Tang W,Hu J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00