Risk factors for heart valve calcification in chronic kidney disease.

abstract：:There is relatively little data on the etiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).We conducted a retrospective analysis of SC...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Soothill G,Darboe S,Bah G,Bolarinde L,Cunnington A,Anderson ST

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infected vascular graft is an uncommon association in hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) but is important because of potential catastrophic complications. Here we describe 3 new patients with HOA secondary to vascular prosthesis infection and review the other 23 patients described in the English literature with th...

journal_title：Medicine

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更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited population-based studies on the progress of oseltamivir therapy for influenza infection.Using insurance claims data of 2005, 2009, and 2010, the authors established an "in-time" cohort and a "lag-time" cohort representing influenza patients taking the medicine within and not within 1 week to examine ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang CB,Chiu ML,Lin PC,Liang WM,Chen CY,Chang YJ,Wu TN,Wang JH,Sung FC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the relationship between risk prediction of diabetes mellitus (DM) and different physical fitness parameters in municipal in-service personnel in Guangxi.This was a cross-sectional study conducted in China from July 2015 to December 2016. We enrolled in-service adults (20-65 year of age) from public institu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao M,Wu Z,Huang Y,Jiang Z,Mo X,Lowis H,Zhao Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder of the small bowel associated with increased risk of additional autoimmune diseases (ADs).To investigate the prevalence of ADs in a population of adult coeliac patients.This was a retrospective case-control study. Data from coeliac patients and controls referred to a tert...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bibbò S,Pes GM,Usai-Satta P,Salis R,Soro S,Quarta Colosso BM,Dore MP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) may not be as uncommon as was once believed. Our study has substantiated the existence of 2 major clinical forms. The acute syndrome is invariably associated with extensive blockage of the major hepatic veins, resulting in congestive liver cell necrosis. In a small, but significant, number o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dilawari JB,Bambery P,Chawla Y,Kaur U,Bhusnurmath SR,Malhotra HS,Sood GK,Mitra SK,Khanna SK,Walia BS

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Currently, there is some clinical evidence supporting the use of acupuncture in alleviating pain and dysfunction in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). However, the question of whether acupuncture could be efficacious for ageing patients remains unanswered. We designed a randomized controlled study t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen Y,Song H,Chen M,Xu H

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of real-time elastography (RTE)-targeted biopsy in the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) remains controversial. METHODS:We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library from inception to July 31, 2017 and used the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2) tool to ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tu X,Qiu S,Chang T,Jin K,Bao Y,Yang L,Wei Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the afternoon napping duration on the risk of depression has not been well established, particularly with regard to sex and age differences. The present study examines the association between afternoon napping duration and depression stratified by sex and age among Chinese adults aged 45 years or older.T...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xie B,Wang J,Li X,Zhang J,Chen M

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess whether preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with conventional breast imaging techniques decreases the rates of margin involvement and reexcision.Data on patients who underwent surgery for primary operable breast cancer were obtained from the Changhua ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lai HW,Chen CJ,Lin YJ,Chen SL,Wu HK,Wu YT,Kuo SJ,Chen ST,Chen DR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and characteristics of remissions in patients with systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have not been determined. We therefore studied this in a cohort of 667 patients and found that 156 patients had achieved at least 1 period of 1 year or more of treatment-free clinical remission. This represents an in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Drenkard C,Villa AR,Garcia-Padilla C,Pérez-Vázquez ME,Alarcón-Segovia D

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with fibrous dysplasia (FD) chronically suffer from pain, pathological fractures, and limb deformities. The most effective methods for managing the associated pathological fractures remain controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of the treatment of diaphyseal pathological...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang P,Kang L,Hu Q,Xia C,Yu H,Wang L,Lian K,Lin D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed the alveolar hemorrhage (AH) syndromes, defined as immune or idiopathic disorders associated with diffuse microvascular hemorrhage into the acinar portion of the lung. The disorders that are most often associated with AH include antibasement membrane antibodies (ABMA) disease, idiopathic pulmonary hem...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Leatherman JW,Davies SF,Hoidal JR

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Compressive radial neuropathy by a synovial cyst in the radial tunnel during pregnancy is a rare occurrence. The management of radial nerve compression caused by a synovial cyst in a pregnant patient is a surgical dilemma owing to the fetal and maternal risks of treatment. PATIENT CONCERNS AND DIAGNOSIS:A 37...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsiao CM,Wu CC,Wen HC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Nicorandil, which is a mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener, is believed to improve perioperative myocardial injury (PMI) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but recent studies have shown that nicorandil treatment did not improve functional and clinical outcomes in pati...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu H,Xu X,Fang X,Zheng J,Chen T,Huang J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) is an extremely rare manifestation of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. There were few cases about PHL in recent years, while cases using positron emission tomography (PET) modalities for both diagnosis and follow-up were even rare. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 29-year-old man complaining...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Dong P,Hu W,Tian B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apatinib-targeted therapy is considered a promising treatment option for malignancies. This study systematically evaluated the efficacy and safety of the combination of apatinib and S-1 for the treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer (GC). METHODS:Clinical trials were searched from the PubMed, Co...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu Y,Zhou C,Zhang K,Feng Y,Zhang R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:There is no established protocol regarding the timing of administration of antiemetics in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this study was to determine whether preoperative, rather than postoperative administration of an antiemetic could reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park HJ,Chang MJ,Kang SB,Hwang IU,Kim JS,Chang CB

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of percutaneous transhepatic balloon angioplasty (PTBA) and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) with hepatic veins involvement. Between June 2008 and August 2016, a total of 60 BCS pati...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bi Y,Chen H,Ding P,Zhou P,Han X,Ren J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) are often observed in patients with Graves' disease (GD). To date, there are limited data demonstrating the factors or biochemical indexes contributing to LFT abnormalities in this patient population. The aim of this study was to explore factors predicting abnormal LFTs induced by ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang R,Tian X,Qin L,Wei X,Wang J,Shen J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft insertion into the anterior chamber is one of the most important procedures for successful Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Especially in eyes with fragile zonular fibers and a shallow anterior chamber, smooth graft insertion tends to become more difficult. Ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hayashi T,Oyakawa I,Matsuzawa A,Yuda K,Shimizu T,Tsuchiya A,Mizuki N,Kato N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), prognostic indicators to customize subsequent biologically conformal radiation therapy may be obtained via 2-(fluorine-18)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). This retrospective study assessed the prognostic signi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fei Z,Chen C,Huang Y,Qiu X,Li Y,Li L,Chen T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the effect of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) and travoprost on 24-hour IOP fluctuations in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). METHODS:Sixty eyes were included. Sixteen and 14 eyes of POAG patients were randomized to receive 360° SLT or 0.004% travoprost, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kiddee W,Atthavuttisilp S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common complication of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and increases the mortality. The identification of risk factors for DM development may contribute to the early detection and potential risk reduction of DM in patients with CP.Patients with CP admitted to Changhai Hospital (Shanghai, China) f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pan J,Xin L,Wang D,Liao Z,Lin JH,Li BR,Du TT,Ye B,Zou WB,Chen H,Ji JT,Zheng ZH,Hu LH,Li ZS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) play an important role in health care. The guideline development process should be precise and rigorous to ensure that the results are reproducible and not vague. To determine the quality of guidelines, the Appraisal of Guidelines and Research and Evaluation (AGREE) instrument was d...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He Z,Tian H,Song A,Jin L,Zhou X,Liu X,Guo W,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A worldwide concern has been raised that novel infectious diseases may outbreak rapidly with a limited response time due to globalization. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, influenza A, Avian Influenza Virus, and Corona Virus Disease 2019 are acute respiratory diseases that have been affected by the movemen...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li M,Fan D,Wang X

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transarterial embolization (TAE) for iatrogenic renal arterial pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula at our center.Our retrospective analysis included 27 patients who received TAE for iatrogenic renal arterial pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fist...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo H,Wang C,Yang M,Tong X,Wang J,Guan H,Song L,Zou Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good oncologic outcomes, demonstrated by a complete pathologic response after preoperative chemoradiotherapy (PCRT), have led to local excision (LE) in selected patients with rectal cancer. We evaluated the oncologic safety of LE compared with total mesorectal excision (TME) in patients with ypT0-T1 rectal cancer.A re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jung SM,Yu CS,Park IJ,Kim TW,Kim JH,Yoon YS,Lim SB,Kim JC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Germinomas are sensitive to radiation therapy and chemotherapy; therefore, correct imaging diagnosis is crucial for them. However, the imaging findings of germinomas originating from off-midline regions displayed different patterns from those originating from midline areas. PATIENT CONCERNS:The objective of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei XH,Shen HC,Tang SX,Gao CH,Ren JL,Ai L,Dai JP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00