Loeffler endocarditis as a rare cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A case report and review of literature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a debilitating medical and emerging public health problem that is affecting people worldwide due to a multitude of factors including both domestic and war-related acts. The objective of this paper is to systematically review the status of TBI in Lebanon - a Middle Eastern coun...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Abou-Abbass H,Bahmad H,Ghandour H,Fares J,Wazzi-Mkahal R,Yacoub B,Darwish H,Mondello S,Harati H,El Sayed MJ,Tamim H,Kobeissy F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess whether breast cancer subtype (BCS) as determined by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 can predict the axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. Patients who received breast conserving surgery or mastectomy and axillary...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He ZY,Wu SG,Yang Q,Sun JY,Li FY,Lin Q,Lin HX

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Among all dermatomyositis (DM) patients, antimelanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody (anti-MDA5 Ab) positive patients have significantly poor short-term mortality, whereas they experience less relapses over the long term after the remission. We report the case of a patient with anti-MDA5 Ab-positi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Endo Y,Koga T,Ishida M,Fujita Y,Tsuji S,Takatani A,Shimizu T,Sumiyoshi R,Igawa T,Umeda M,Fukui S,Nishino A,Kawashiri SY,Iwamoto N,Ichinose K,Tamai M,Nakamura H,Origuchi T,Kuwana M,Hosono Y,Mimori T,Kawakami A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm with skeletal destruction which could also spread to extramedullary regions. Common diagnostic imaging modalities include skeletal radiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recently, PET/CT is proposed as an ideal tomographic tool for diagn...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai SY,Wang SY,Shiau YC,Wu YW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of beta-endorphin (β-EP) and brain natriuretic peptid (BNP) plasma concentrations for the early diagnosis of acute left heart failure and atrial fibrillation. PATIENT CONCERNS:A total of 45 patients were included. These patients comprised 23 male and 22 female...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Feng SD,Jiang Y,Lin ZH,Lin PH,Lin SM,Liu QC

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although there are various therapeutic methods for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, each has its advantages and shortcomings, and a definitive treatment method is yet to be determined. This pilot study is designed to obtain basic data for a further large-scale trial as well as provide information abou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jun P,Han CH,Yang CS,Kim MJ,Kim JS,Lee CI,Lee JH,Park CA,Lee YJ,Lee HJ

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With conflicting results in the literature, it remains unclear whether a higher field strength automatically increases the sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting pathological lesions in the knee. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng Q,Zhao FC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because of its infrequent and the lack of clinical data and image finding, the management of acute infections with the hepatosplenic brucella abscesses is challenging. METHODS:There were 10 serologically diagnosed cases with this brucella infection. All patients had fever, 50% patients had upper abdominal...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo H,Wang Y,Yang Y,Liu W

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergent resistance to antibiotics among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates is a severe problem worldwide. Antibiotic resistance profiles for S pneumoniae isolates identified from pediatric patients in mainland China remains to be established.The clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and multidrug resistance pat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang CY,Chen YH,Fang C,Zhou MM,Xu HM,Jing CM,Deng HL,Cai HJ,Jia K,Han SZ,Yu H,Wang AM,Yin DD,Wang CQ,Wang W,Huang WC,Deng JK,Zhao RZ,Chen YP,Yang JH,Wang C,Che YR,Nie XZ,Wang SF,Hao JH,Zhang CH

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is believed to be the leading cause of dry eye (DE) disease worldwide. The connection between aging and MGD has long been recognized. However, few studies have addressed the relationship between MGD and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in perimenopausal women, and not have examined t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jin X,Lin Z,Liu Y,Lin L,Zhu B

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) scoring system has been used for diagnosing overt disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). However, the cut-off points of fibrin-related markers remain unclear. The ability of the ISTH DIC score and Multiple Organ Dysfunction (MODS) score to p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao TY,Yang WC,Zhou FH,Song Q

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the reliability of CT activity score (CTAS) and investigate the relationships between CTAS, lung function changes after treatment and the serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (SACE) levels.Fifty-seven sarcoidosis patients underwent chest high-resolution CT (HRCT) and spirometry, as well as SACE examination, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Duan J,Xu Y,Zhu H,Zhang H,Sun S,Sun H,Wang W,Xie S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered cerebral gray matter volume (GMV) is commonly found in patients with chronic pain. Chronic pain is the prominent characteristic of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), yet little is known about its morphological changes in the brain. Here an MRI study was performed to examine the structural brain abnormalities in 30 KOA...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liao X,Mao C,Wang Y,Zhang Q,Cao D,Seminowicz DA,Zhang M,Yang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of parathyroid carcinoma and to validate the diagnostic value of Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single photon emission computed tomography/x-ray computed tomography (SPECT/CT) for differentiating between parathyroid carcinoma and hyperparathyroidism. Four consecuti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen Z,Fu J,Shao Q,Zhou B,Wang F

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Arterial occlusion, a rare condition after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), may cause fatal outcomes if not treated on time. We report a case of arterial occlusion after undergoing navigated TKA with no tourniquet use, in a patient at high risk of postoperative arterial occlusion due to the patient's ipsilatera...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cho MR,Kim KT,Choi WK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual number of cases of culture-proven extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at our hospital increased from 47 cases in 1983 to 113 cases in 1988. At least 43% (199) of 464 consecutive patients with extrapulmonary TB during this 6-year period were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); since HIV serolo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shafer RW,Kim DS,Weiss JP,Quale JM

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common primary malignancies in humans and the second leading cause of cancer-specific mortality among Western males. Computer-aided detection (CAD) systems have been developed for accurate and automated PCa detection and diagnosis, but the diagnostic accuracy of diffe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liang F,Li M,Yao L,Wang X,Liu J,Li H,Cao L,Liu S,Song Y,Song B

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SYNergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXus and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score is an invasive coronary angiography (ICA)-based score for quantifying the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Although the SYNTAX score was originally developed based on ICA, recent publications have reported ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Suh YJ,Han K,Chang S,Kim JY,Im DJ,Hong YJ,Lee HJ,Hur J,Kim YJ,Choi BW

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver condition worldwide. However, its etiology and fundamental pathophysiology for the disease process are poorly understood. In this study, we thus used bioinformatics to identify candidate genes potentially causative of severe NAFLD. ME...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qi S,Wang C,Li C,Wang P,Liu M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially fatal disease. clinical practice shows that Chinese Patent Medicine (CPM) has played an important role in the outbreak, Among them, Jinhua Qinggan granules, Lianhua Qingwen capsule, and Xuebiqing injection have an effect in treating COVID-19 patients, but ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Li S,Zhao C,Wang W,Li F,Li F

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known regarding differences between model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) and hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) in temporal bone computed tomography (CT). This study compared the ability to depict microstructures in temporal bone in quarter-detector CT (QDCT) between MBIR and HIR.Sixty-two temporal...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kurokawa R,Maeda E,Mori H,Amemiya S,Sato J,Ino K,Torigoe R,Abe O

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer was a complex disease with multiple causative factors including genetic and environmental factors, as well as the interaction of the 2 factors. Relationship between epidermal growth factor (EGF) A61G polymorphism and colorectal cancer risk has been widely investigated previously, whereas re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu Y,Chen Z,Jiang H,Lu B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level in human circulation may reflect the severity of endothelial dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus, which leads to diabetic microvascular complications.We determined plasma VEGF levels as well as metabolic control and inflammatory factors in 26 healthy subje...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Fang W,Ma L,Wang ZD,Yang YM,Lu YQ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Parvovirus B19 has been linked to polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), but there is some controversy about its pathogenesis regarding whether it is triggered by the immune complex or by the activated immune cells that phagocytose viruses. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 38-year-old woman was admitted with fever and bicytopenia. S...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jeong JY,Park JY,Ham JY,Kwon KT,Han S

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus was used as a rinse solution against ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in liver transplantation for years but its protective effects remain controversies. METHODS:We conducted literature retrieval in electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Central to identify relevant randomi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo T,Lei J,Gao J,Li Z,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of recurrent acute liver failure because of occupational exposure to organic solvents. A 35-year-old man with a 3-week history of worsening jaundice and flu-like symptoms was admitted to our hospital. Viral hepatitis serology and autoimmune factors were negative. The authors considered liver...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ito D,Tanaka T,Akamatsu N,Ito K,Hasegawa K,Sakamoto Y,Nakagawa H,Fujinaga H,Kokudo N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insomnia has become a universal subhealth disease, affecting more and more modern people's health and quality of life. At present, western medicine is only symptomatic treatment for insomnia. Bailemian Capsule (BLMC) is a proprietary Chinese medicine for treating insomnia. It has been widely used in China, b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian T,Hua L,Wang J,Guan J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00