Case report: multiple systemic disseminated tuberculosis mimicking lymphoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT.

abstract：:Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is characterized by the presence of muscle paralysis, hypokalemia, and hyperthyroidism. We report the case of a young man with paralysis of the lower extremities, severe hypokalemia, and concurrent hyperthyroidism. TPP was suspected; therefore, treatment consisting of judicious pota...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai MH,Lin SH,Leu JG,Fang YW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) level is an independent predictor of acute cardiovascular event occurrence. To test the hypothesis that increased PAPP-A levels would be associated with a higher burden of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) thereby underlying the heightened risk for cardiovascular eve...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu XF,Yang M,Qu AJ,Mintz GS,Yang Y,Shang YP,Gao H,Zhang YC,Ge CJ,Wang LY,Wang L,Pu J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies suggest that catalase C-262T gene polymorphism is associated with cancer risk, but with inconsistent results. This study aimed to summarize the overall association between catalase C-262T polymorphism and cancer risk. Literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, and other databases, studies regardin...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shen Y,Li D,Tian P,Shen K,Zhu J,Feng M,Wan C,Yang T,Chen L,Wen F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insomnia is a prevalent and bothersome disorder of sleep initiation and maintenance. Although efficacious treatments for insomnia have been available for decades, they all have their own limitations. Guizhi Gancao Longgu Muli Decoction (GGLMD), a popular complementary and alternative therapy, has been widely...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen F,Chen G,Chen Z,Zhang Z,Zhang P,Luo D,Li K,Hou Y,Xing W,Shi P,Yuan X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study will assess the efficacy and safety of Shenmai injection (SMI) for the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS:The following electronic bibliographic databases will be searched from inception to the March 25, 2020 without language and publication time limitations: MEDLINE, PUBMED, Cochr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao P,Wu X,Zhang FH,Qiao ZL,Yang LJ

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital readmission rates are used as a metric to measure quality patient care. While several tools predict readmissions based on patient-specific characteristics, this study assesses if physician characteristics correlate with hospital readmission rates.In a 5-year retrospective electronic record review at a single ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Skolka M,Lehman E,Khalid M,Hennrikus E

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients of critical pulmonary artery stenosis would face severe hypoxemia, cardiac failure as well as massive hemorrhage during percutaneous balloon dilation and pulmonary arterial stent implantation. Here, we present a case in which the elective use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support succ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu X,Zhou RH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disclosure is a prerequisite to get access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and social support. Increased disclosure of HIV status has been shown to reduce mother-to-child transmission and high-risk sexual behaviors. Limited studies were conducted to get an insight into HIV disclosure...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yin Y,Yang H,Xie X,Wang H,Nie A,Chen H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of residual cannabis use on emotional expression recognition and the P3 event-related potential in participants who scored highly for subclinical depression were investigated. Comparisons were made between participants who were classified as depressed or nondepressed cannabis users, depressed non-cannabis ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Troup LJ,Torrence RD,Andrzejewski JA,Braunwalder JT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep sternal wound infection is a severe complication after open heart surgery. According to the different severity and dimensions of the deep sternal wound infection, the treatment method is different. In this study, we aimed to describe our experience with the rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap for large sternal wou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li YH,Zheng Z,Yang J,Su LL,Liu Y,Han F,Liu JQ,Hu DH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment of low back pain (LBP) originating in the lumbar and sacroiliac joints is difficult to achieve. The objective of the current study was to compare the clinical effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) neurotomy versus conservative nonsurgical approaches for the management of chronic lumbar and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen CH,Weng PW,Wu LC,Chiang YF,Chiang CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：RATIONALE:Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare enteropathy involving the expansion and rupture of intestinal lymphatic channels. Although several reports have studied cases of primary IL (PIL), this condition is very rare, and is even less commonly encountered in infants. This study aimed to investigate the nutri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li S,Liu X,He Y,Li Q,Ji L,Shen W,Tong G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of salvage chemotherapy on recurrent or persistent ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) with the goal of identifying a more rational treatment regimen for this lethal disease.The medical records of patients with CCC were retrospectively reviewed to select patients th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai H,Sha G,Cao D,Yang J,Chen J,Wang Y,Lang J,Shen K,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to calculate and compare the volume of hidden blood loss (HBL) and perioperative blood loss between open posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) by Wiltse approach.We retrospectively analyzed 143 patients between March 2017 and December 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lei F,Li Z,He W,Tian X,Zheng L,Kang J,Feng D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a life-threatening complication following pegylated interferon alpha (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin treatment, the standard treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We reported a rare case with late-onset ITP after withdrawal of PEG-IFN treatment.A 53-year-old male with hepat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsiao CH,Tseng KC,Tseng CW,Tung CH

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：:Chronic alcohol consumption may lead to progressive cardiac dysfunction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) on assessing left ventricular (LV) function in chronic alcoholics.We classified 92 male alcoholics into mild, moderate, and severe group...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang Y,Shan G,Shen J,Zhou Q,Tan B,Liu Y,Luo R,Zhao S,Bi W,Yao F,Li G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the impact of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios (NLR) as a prognostic factor in predicting treatment outcomes after radiotherapy (RT) for solid tumors. METHODS:PubMed and Embase databases were used to search for articles published by February 2019 based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systema...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Choi N,Kim JH,Chie EK,Gim J,Kang HC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is often complicated with chronic renal failure. Though the total parathyroidectomy (TPTX) with forearm autotransplantation (FAT) has been commonly used to treatment refractory renal SHPT, the recurrence of SHPT is not infrequent, resulting from hyperplastic autograft, rem...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Dong MJ,Yang J,Tian D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome (HSES) is a type of acute encephalopathy mainly seen in infants. It is a syndrome encompassing an onset of high fever, disturbance of consciousness, convulsion, and shock that rapidly progresses to watery diarrhea and liver and renal dysfunctions. It is extreme...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fukuda M,Yoshida T,Moroki M,Hirayu N,Nabeta M,Nakamura A,Uzu H,Takasu O

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of hypertrophic scars arising as a result of thermal burns in children is still a big problem. The results of the treatment are not satisfactory for patients and parents, and new methods of treatment are still investigated.We present the use of one of the most modern carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers (Lumenis Enco...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Żądkowski T,Nachulewicz P,Mazgaj M,Woźniak M,Cielecki C,Wieczorek AP,Beń-Skowronek I

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple traumas associated with cardiopulmonary failure have a high mortality rate; however, such patients can be temporarily stabilized using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), providing a bridge to rescue therapy. Using a retrospective study design, we aimed to clarify the prognostic factors ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin CY,Tsai FC,Lee HA,Tseng YH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetuin-A is a protein with various biological functions. It plays a role in insulin resistance and arterial calcium deposition. Thyroid dysfunction may affect energy expenditure, glucose metabolism, and the risk of cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, we compared the serum fetuin-A concentrations in hyperthy...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tseng FY,Chen YT,Chi YC,Chen PL,Yang WS

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Frontometaphyseal dysplasia (FMD) is a dominant X-linked rare disease caused by mutations of FLNA. The distinctive features of FMD include skeletal dysplasia, facial dysmorphism, extremities anomalies, deafness, cleft palate and eye anterior segment anomalies, yet none of the complications, such as acro-osteo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xie H,Xue L,Hua W,Jia B,Zhang L,Li L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral sagittal split fracture (USSF) of the C1 lateral mass (LM) has been recently recognized as a rare variant of C1 atlas fracture. To date, there has been no study to investigate whether radiologic criteria can be applied to determine the presence or absence of transverse atlantal ligament (TAL) injury in USSF...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park HJ,Chang DG,Park JB,Kim WJ,Song KJ,Min WK,Park SC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Informed consent has now become common in medical practice. However, a gap still exists between doctors and patients in the understanding of clinical conditions. We designed medical comics about "subarachnoid hemorrhage" and "intracerebral hemorrhage" to help doctors obtain informed consent intuitively, quickly, and c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Furuno Y,Sasajima H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a kind of proinflammatory mediator to stimulate the innate and adaptive immune system and participates in a number of acute and chronic inflammatory processes after sterile injury or microbial invasion. HMGB1 has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of many a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu B,Zhu Q,Li N,Wu T,Liu S,Liu S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Wandering spleen (WS) is a rare clinical entity characterized by splenic hypermobility caused by absent or abnormal laxity of the suspensory ligaments, which fix the spleen in its normal position. Due to abnormal attachment, the spleen is predisposed to torsion and a series of complications. Pediatric WS is m...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang Z,Zhao Q,Huang Y,Mo Z,Tian Z,Yang F,Wang Y,Yao L

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this prospective study was to test a mathematical method of measuring the malrotation of pediatric distal radius fractures (PDRFs) from direct radiographs. A total of 70 pediatric patients who presented at the Emergency Department with a distal radius fracture were evaluated. For 38 selected patie...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Duymus TM,Mutlu S,Komur B,Mutlu H,Yucel B,Parmaksizoglu AS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00