Laboratory epidemiology of respiratory viruses in a large children's hospital: A STROBE-compliant article.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic inflammatory disease. Standard imaging features of KD include interstitial and lobular inflammatory lesions in the lungs, while KD shock syndrome (KDSS), complicated with substantial consolidation and atelectasis in the lung, is rarely reported. PATIENTS CONCERNS:Herein...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Song Y,Wei W,Liu L,Wang Y,Shi X,Li L

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nafamostat mesilate (NM), a synthetic serine protease inhibitor, has been used increasingly as an anticoagulant during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). However, there, are limited data from randomized studies on NM use in patients with a bleeding tendency. This prospective study evaluated the efficacy and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Choi JY,Kang YJ,Jang HM,Jung HY,Cho JH,Park SH,Kim YL,Kim CD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether migraine influences the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in Taiwan.We retrieved the data analyzed in this study from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. We included 17,606 newly diagnosed migraine patients withou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen HY,Lin CL,Kao CH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, many studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between the A46G polymorphism in the β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) gene and essential hypertension risk in the Chinese population. However, the results of previous studies were conflicting. OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to inve...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yan L,Wang H,Liu P,Wang M,Chen J,Zhao X

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary malignancy in giant cell tumor of bone (PMGCTB) is extremely unusual. PMGCTB in the thoracic vertebrae is particularly rare. PATIENTS CONCERNS:A 23-year-old man was admitted with a chief complaint of chest pain associated with cough for approximately 3 days. Physical examination revealed a palpable, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu H,Shi R,Peng ZG,Yu BH,Cui JL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hemangioblastoma (HB) is a benign tumor that is typically located in the subtentorial region of the brain. HB that originates from dura mater is extremely rare. PATIENT CONCERNS:Herein, we reported a single case of a patient who presented with dizziness and headache lasting for 1 year that progressively aggr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bian B,Zhang B,Zhou H,Tian J,Wang Z,Wang J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent angina (RA) has an important influence on health status of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the effect of multiple clinical factors on both short-term and long-term development of RA.A total of 398 ST-segment elevation myocardial infarct...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Liu C,Pan C,Bai M,Zhang J,Peng Y,Zheng D,Zhang Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of leukemic arthritis (LA) of monocytic differentiation, which presented with spondyloarthritis-like symptoms and a positive human leukocyte antigen-B27, and discuss its potential mechanisms.The patient was admitted because of pain in her right knee and lower back for 18 months. Magnetic resonance ima...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu D,Xu G,Lin J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study questioned whether the outcome of postoperative early oral feeding is different from traditional postoperative feeding in children with Hirschsprung's disease who underwent transanal endorectal pull-through.This was an observational and comparative study. Patients were allocated into 2 groups. Age, gender, f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ashjaei B,Ghamari Khameneh A,Darban Hosseini Amirkhiz G,Nazeri N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia is a ubiquitous environmental pathogen that causes infection primarily following inhalation into the lungs. It is generally thought to cause infection primarily in immunocompromised patients, but nonimmunocompromised individuals are also at risk of infection. We sought to compare risk factors, clinical manife...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Steinbrink J,Leavens J,Kauffman CA,Miceli MH

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Serum pepsinogen assay (sPGA) combining concentration of pepsinogen I (PG I), and the ratio of PG I/II is the noninvasive biomarker for predicting chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) and neoplasms reflecting mucosal secretory status. Although various cut-off values have been suggested, PG I ≤70 ng/mL and PG I/I...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bang CS,Lee JJ,Baik GH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into consideration the progress in cancer treatment, an increase in the number of adult survivors of childhood cancer is expected. These survivors will have received treatment that predisposes them to late morbidity and increased risk of early mortality. The aim of this single-center retrospective cohort study ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Livinalli A,Silva MT,Lopes LC

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:The aim of the study was to investigate current situation of postoperative pain management in medical institutions in Shandong Province.A questionnaire was developed on the basis of guidelines of acute pain and pain quality assessment scale. The questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding the nature and sca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu D,Ma J,Zhang Z,Yu A,Chen X,Feng C,Lei W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current era of multidrug-resistant organisms, the clinical spectrum of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection remains unclear, especially in immunosuppressed patients with cancer. We sought to define the characteristics of pneumococcal bacteremia in patients who were receiving care at a comprehensive cancer center....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kumashi P,Girgawy E,Tarrand JJ,Rolston KV,Raad II,Safdar A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a connective tissue disease that has many clinical manifestations. However, cardiac tamponade has been rarely reported especially as an initial presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus. Herein, we describe a case of cardiac tamponade as the first presentation of...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang X,Wu W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary multiple intestinal atresia (HMIA) is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in humans associated with a profound combined immune deficiency. Deleterious mutations of the tetratricopeptide repeat domain-7A (TTC7A) gene lead to HMIA, although the mechanism(s) causing the disease in TTC7A deficiency has (have...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fernandez I,Patey N,Marchand V,Birlea M,Maranda B,Haddad E,Decaluwe H,Le Deist F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common high-burden and highly disabling lung disease. The quality of life and exercise endurance of patients with COPD is often low because of atrophy of the respiratory and skeletal muscles. Although recommended by the global initiative for chronic obstruc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu W,Su P,Wang J,Zhou P,Chen K,Liu L,Xia Q,Chen Y

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lateral ligamentous complex injury without fracture or dislocation is rare in the literature. Due to the rare injury, it is not clear yet about the proper treatment. This case report suggests a specific diagnosis of this injury as well as an appropriate surgical method. PATIENT CONCERNS:In one-month perio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chun DI,Kim J,Won SH,Yi Y,Kim YB,Cho J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcal meningiti s causes 15% of AIDS-related deaths globally. Screening and preemptive treatment for cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) in the blood of persons with advanced HIV/AIDS reduces mortality. National and international HIV guidelines recommend CrAg screening; however, implementation studies and evaluations o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lofgren SM,Nalintya E,Meya DB,Boulware DR,Rajasingham R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood infection that may lead to serious complications and even death. Globally, epidemics of HFMD are increasing each year, especially in China. This study aimed to identify risk factors for death in children with critical and severe HFMD in Chongqing, China.We perfo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng G,Cao J,Yu J,Zhang Z,Liu Q,Chen J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of Endostar and temozolomide or dacarbazine plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs).Phase II study of 14 patients with locally advanced or metastatic well-differentiated pNETs treated between April 2013 and Sept...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng YJ,Meng CT,Ying HY,Zhou JF,Yan XY,Gao X,Zhou N,Bai CM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases deriving from esophageal cancer are very rare with scarce data available concerning these patients' outcome. We, therefore, evaluated outcome after surgical resection followed by radiotherapy of brain metastasis from esophageal cancer.A retrospective analysis was conducted on consecutive patients unde...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Stavrinou P,Plambeck L,Proescholdt M,Ghadimi M,Goldbrunner R,Grau S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rs1495741 has been identified to infer N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) acetylator phenotype, and to decrease the risk of bladder cancer. However, a number of studies conducted in various regions showed controversial results. To quantify the association between rs1495741 and the risk of bladder cancer and to estimate the ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma C,Gu L,Yang M,Zhang Z,Zeng S,Song R,Xu C,Sun Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is a new approach to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The INTREPID trial suggested that SRT could reduce the frequency of regular intravitreal injections (IVIs) with antivascular endothelial growth factor drugs, which are necessary to control disease activity. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ranjbar M,Kurz M,Holzhey A,Melchert C,Rades D,Grisanti S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the safety of implantable Collamer lens (ICL) implantation with and without ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD).A total of 148 eyes underwent a conventional ICL implantation with OVD (OVD group), and 112 eyes underwent a modified ICL implantation without OVD (OVD-free group). The balanced salt solution wa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Peng M,Tang Q,Zhao L,Khan MA,Lin D

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the clinical outcome of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in minute submucosa (SM) invasion or undifferentiated early gastric cancer (EGC) and analyzed factors related to local recurrence after ESD.We retrospectively reviewed the chart of EGC patients, who underwent ESD at our tertiary hospit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim JS,Kang SH,Moon HS,Lee ES,Kim SH,Sung JK,Lee BS,Jeong HY

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) has a relatively high risk of avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Standard treatment for unstable SCFE is still controversial. We reviewed unstable SCFE case series treated with the standardized protocol, which consisted of percutaneous pinning after prol...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Matsushita M,Mishima K,Iwata K,Hattori T,Ishiguro N,Kitoh H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a relatively rare disorder characterized by the proliferation of abnormal Langerhans cells. Splenic involvement usually presents in children with multisystem LCH, and isolated LCH of the spleen is a very rare disease. Herein, we report a case of isolated splenic LCH in a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hong L,Sun G,Peng L,Tu Y,Li Y,Xiao W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00