CHRNE compound heterozygous mutations in congenital myasthenic syndrome: A case report.

abstract：RATIONALE:Foreign-body ingestion is a common phenomenon and foreign bodies are mostly excreted in stool. Once sharp bodies are ingested without being realized, perforation of intestine is possible and misdiagnosis may be made. We report 2 toothpick ingestion cases that were both diagnosed accurately. PATIENT CONCERNS:...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin N,Lin L,Wu W,Yang W,Cai Z,Hong J,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of patients with different types of dementia have resulted in the increasing medical care loads. It is not known whether explanatory factors for recurrent or prolong hospitalization were driven by the subtypes of dementia. We analyzed 203 dementia patients aged >65-year-old with a clinical diagnosis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang CC,Lin PH,Chang YT,Chen NC,Huang CW,Lui CC,Huang SH,Chang YH,Lee CC,Lai WA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was to investigate the clinical outcomes between radiation dose and pretreatment metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in patients with head and neck cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy.Thirty-four patients received pretreatment F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomograp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang SN,Chiou YR,Zhang GG,Chou KT,Huang TC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of Fuhrman grade (FG) on biopsies of renal masses is relatively inaccurate, being prone to underestimating the true grade as ascertained from surgical specimens. This study evaluated whether anatomical features of tumors could predict tumor upgrading between core biopsies and surgical specimens. We prosp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang GM,Zhu Y,Gan HL,Wang HK,Shi GH,Zhang HL,Dai B,Wang CF,Ye DW

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meckel diverticulum is the most prevalent congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract in children. The aim of this study was to review and analyze clinical data on the diagnosis and management of Meckel diverticulum in pediatric patients. The records of 102 pediatric patients (<14 years old) who underwent sur...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin XK,Huang XZ,Bao XZ,Zheng N,Xia QZ,Chen CD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radial artery has been increasingly used for its favorable safety profile. However, no conclusive data are available on the optimal sheath size. In particular, it is seemingly difficult to weight both advantages and disadvantages of narrower versus larger sheaths size. Despite several studies were performed to com...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Polimeni A,Passafaro F,De Rosa S,Sorrentino S,Torella D,Spaccarotella C,Mongiardo A,Indolfi C

更新日期：2015-12-01 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:Ossifying fibroma is benign fibro-osseous neoplasm. The authors report a case of ossifying fibroma in the mandibular angle suspected as metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 74-year-old man presented to the primary hospital complaining of frequent urination. A tumor in the left ki...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Matsuda S,Yoshimura H,Yoshida H,Taga M,Imamura Y,Kiyoshima T,Sano K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cafe au lait macules and neurofibromatosis. Renal artery aneurysms are relatively uncommon. Endovascular techniques are effective in treating renal aneurysms but successful cases are rarely reported in NF-1 adults. PATIENT CON...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang B,Zou Y,Yang M,Niu G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the clinical outcome of digital and manual marking for toric intraocular lens (IOL) alignment. This is a prospective clinical study that included 60 eyes of 60 patients undergoing cataract surgery with coexisting corneal astigmatism more than 1 diopter (D). The eyes were randomly assigned to either digital ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Elhofi AH,Helaly HA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital auricular deformities (CAD) are prevalent worldwide. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and safety of ear molding for children with CAD at their early days. METHODS:One hundred and nighty children (under 3 days) with CAD will be included in the study. Participants wil...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zou K,Fan Y,Jiang L,Huang J,Miao Y,Yang C,Yang M,Zhao L

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a lethal disease, however current screening methods unable to achieve early diagnosis. Blood-based microRNAs (miRNAs) are promising molecular biomarkers for detecting PC. This meta-analysis summaries studies identifying serum- or plasma-based miRNAs dysregulated in PC patients compa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei L,Yao K,Gan S,Suo Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative pain is caused by surgical trauma and poses a significant challenge for health care providers. Opioid analgesics are commonly used to control postoperative pain. However, these drugs are associated with a number of negative side effects. This review will assess the clinical evidence for and aga...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park KM,Kim JH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the mechanisms of action, combination therapy of anabolic and antiresorptive agents may produce more effect for the treatment of osteoporosis. However, the combination therapy of anabolic agents and bisphosphonates reports no benefit and even reduced the anabolic effects of anabolic agents. This...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lou S,Wang L,Wang Y,Jiang Y,Liu J,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is a severe secondary glaucoma with uncontrolled intraocular pressure that leads to serious eye pain and vision loss. Presently, the therapeutic strategies for NVG are diverse, but the therapeutic effects are still not ideal. We performed a network analysis to assess the effect of mul...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong Z,Gong J,Liao R,Xu S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Poststroke depression is a serious and common complication of stroke, especially the ischemic poststroke depression. Antidepressants are used in poststroke depression, and acupuncture may be an alternative approach. However, the efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture for poststroke depression has not been c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu H,Li M,Zhang B,Ren X,Meng L,Bai W,Wang L,Wang Z,Ding S,Gan Y,Zhang Z,Li P,Wang L,Meng Z,Zhao H,Wang F,Zhang C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel systemic disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells accompanied by severe fibrosis. Although recent studies demonstrated that innate immune cells including monocytes and macrophages might promote local fibrosis and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ohta M,Moriyama M,Maehara T,Gion Y,Furukawa S,Tanaka A,Hayashida JN,Yamauchi M,Ishiguro N,Mikami Y,Tsuboi H,Iizuka-Koga M,Kawano S,Sato Y,Kiyoshima T,Sumida T,Nakamura S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) is gradually regarded as an effective alternative to posterior open surgery. However, migrated herniations bring a great technical challenge even for experienced surgeons due to the absence of the appropriate approaching guideline. We aimed to describe a ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ying J,Huang K,Zhu M,Zhou B,Wang Y,Chen B,Teng H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the value of serum levels of CA125, platelet count (PLT), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and modified CA125 markers CA125a and CA125b in predicting pelvic dense adhesion (PDA) associated with adenomyosis, CA125a = lg(CA125 × PLT × 10), CA125b = lg(CA125 × NLR).This retrospective study included 304 patie...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang C,Liu C,Guo J,Chen L,Luo N,Qu X,Yang W,Ren Q,Cheng Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satisfaction with life in the case of nurses is closely related to their professional work and is an important factor affecting the quality of work and patient care.An analysis of the readiness of Polish nurses depending on the level of life satisfaction.The study was conducted from January to November 2016 in randoml...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Marć M,Bartosiewicz A,Burzyńska J,Binkowska-Bury M,Januszewicz P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The porphyrias are a group of rare metabolic disorders. The incidence and prevalence are low because the acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is rare. Our aim was to assess the use of anthropometric and quality-of-life parameters in porphyric patients in order to identify predictor factors that might help in characteriz...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiménez-Monreal AM,Murcia M,Gómez-Murcia V,Bibiloni MDM,Pons A,Tur JA,Martínez-Tomé M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of montelukast combined budesonide (MCB) treatment for children with chronic cough-variant asthma (CCVA).In total, 82 cases of children with CCVA, aged 4 to 11 years were included in this study. All cases received either MCB or budesonide alone between May 2015 and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang XP,Yang LD,Zhou JF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unplanned readmissions may be avoided by accurate risk prediction and appropriate resources could be allocated to high risk patients. The Length of stay, Acuity of admission, Charlson comorbidity index, Emergency department visits in past six months (LACE) index was developed to predict hospital readmissions in Canada...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Low LL,Liu N,Ong MEH,Ng EY,Ho AFW,Thumboo J,Lee KH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid cysts are most frequently localized within the liver and lungs, although they can also be found in highly vascularized tissues such as the brain, muscle, heart, pancreas, adrenal, and thyroid glands.A 65-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with complaints of a progressively growing mass that was...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Eken H,Isik A,Balci G,Firat D,Cimen O,Soyturk M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous clinical studies have reported mixed results regarding the effect of probiotics on lipid metabolism. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to quantify the direction and magnitude of the potential effect of probiotics on blood lipid concentrations.Eligible studies were randomi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cho YA,Kim J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using nasopharyngeal carriage as a marker of vaccine impact, pneumococcal colonization and its relation to invasive disease were examined in children, their parents, and older adults in the United Kingdom following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) and prior to 13-valent pneumococcal conju...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hamaluba M,Kandasamy R,Ndimah S,Morton R,Caccamo M,Robinson H,Kelly S,Field A,Norman L,Plested E,Thompson BAV,Zafar A,Kerridge SA,Lazarus R,John T,Holmes J,Fenlon SN,Gould KA,Waight P,Hinds J,Crook D,Snape MD,

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To demonstrate the mechanisms of the curative effect of Saussurea lappa ethanol extract (SLE) against prostate cancer, we evaluated the effect of SLE on the induction of apoptosis and autophagy and investigated whether SLE-induced autophagy exerts a pro-survival or pro-apoptotic effect in lymph node carcinoma of the p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian X,Song HS,Cho YM,Park B,Song YJ,Jang S,Kang SC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-cardiac abdominal complications are common in left-side infective endocarditis (LS-IE). The aim of this work was to study whether patients with LS-IE presenting splenic, renal, or liver (SRL) involvement seen in abdominal computed tomography (CT) had different clinical features, therapeutic plans, and outcome th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Parra JA,Hernández L,Muñoz P,Blanco G,Rodríguez-Álvarez R,Vilar DR,de Alarcón A,Goenaga MA,Moreno M,Fariñas MC,Spanish Collaboration on Endocarditis-Grupo de Apoyo al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa en España (GAMES).

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is a rare and special type of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) syndrome. The pathophysiology of CWS is very complicate, and intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) is rare cause. Moreover, the effective and standard therapy has not yet been established. PATIENT CONCE...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu J,Zhuang M,Bao G,Zhai Y,Yang GY,Xue G,Li Q

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal neoplasm (CRN) and coronary heart disease (CHD) share common risk factors. We aimed to assess the risk for CRN in patients who are at high risk for developing CHD determined by measurements, which are independent from the risk factors for CRN.This study was conducted on individuals who underwent total colon...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Basyigit S,Ozkan S,Uzman M,Ertugrul DT,Kefeli A,Aktas B,Yeniova AO,Asilturk Z,Nazligul Y,Simsek H,Simsek G,Ayturk M,Yavuz B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00