Cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas with spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage in the elderly: A case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:Quality of life (QoL) is a matter of concern in both healthy and diseased individuals. Lifestyle factors such as physical activity and sleep have a direct impact on QoL. In this context, interactions between activity time expenditure and QoL might be different in comorbid and non comorbid patients. Besides, the quanti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Suarez-Villar R,Martinez-Urbistondo D,Fernandez MA,Lopez-Cano M,Fernandez E,Dominguez A,Prosper L,Rodriguez-Cobo A,Tinoco MEC,Nadal P,Risco CR,Fernández PV,Martínez JA

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefit of a procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic strategy in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) remains uncertain. OBJECTIVES:This updated meta-analysis was performed to reevaluate the therapeutic potential of PCT-guided antibiotic therapy in AECOPD. DATA SOURCES:We ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Yuan X,Yu L,Wang B,Gao F,Ma J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Avulsion of the aortic valve commissure as a cause of acute aortic valve regurgitation is mostly due to trauma, infective endocarditis, or ascending aortic dissection. Nontraumatic avulsion of the aortic valve commissure is very rare. We reviewed the literature and analyzed potential risk factors of nontraum...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang RY,Chen CC,Hsu WP,Hsiao PC,Tsai HL,Hsiao PG,Wu JD,Guo HR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer survivors experience various symptoms associated with their cancer interventions, and the benefits of acupuncture for these symptoms have been evaluated in clinical trials worldwide. The purpose of this review was to discuss the current status of clinical research regarding the use of acupunctu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim TH,Kang JW,Lee MS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this observational study was to examine the prevalence of obesity in children of 6 to 8 years of age from primary public schools over a period of 6 years and the associated environmental and metabolic health risk factors.This was a cohort observational study to investigate the prevalence of obesity in c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sentalin PBR,Pinheiro AO,Oliveira RR,Zângaro RA,Campos LA,Baltatu OC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite gaining popularity, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) remains a controversial therapy for acute respiratory failure (ARF) in adult patients due to its equivocal survival benefits. The study was aimed at identifying the preinterventional prognostic predictors of hospital mortality in adul...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng YT,Wu MY,Chang YS,Huang CC,Lin PJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant disease associated with the mutations in the transthyretin gene. To date, the endoscopic findings of the small-bowel lesions of FAP have never been described. We report a rare case of FAP with gastrointestinal involvement. A 71-year-old woman complaining o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Asakura K,Yanai S,Nakamura S,Kawaski K,Eizuka M,Ishida K,Sugai T,Ueda M,Yamashita T,Ando Y,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cranial arterial air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication after computed tomography (CT)-guided pulmonary interventions. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 64-year-old man was diagnosed with a pulmonary nodule (diameter: approximately 1 cm) in the right lower lobe. The patient developed convulsions after CT...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang MY,Liu YS,An XB,Li K,Liu YJ,Wang F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The prevalence of anastomotic recurrence (AR) in colorectal cancer (CRC) after resection of the primary tumor (PT) is 5% to 14%. However, no association has been observed between specific somatic genetic alterations and AR. Such associations may shed light on the mechanism of AR. PATIENT CONCERNS:We experien...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Okada S,Hata K,Kawai K,Yamamoto Y,Tanaka T,Nishikawa T,Sasaki K,Kaneko M,Emoto S,Murono K,Nozawa H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tianqi Jiangtang Capsule is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in China. The purpose of this study is to systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Tianqi Jiangtang Capsule in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS:Random...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Piao C,Zhang Q,Jin,Shao M,Bi C,Wang L,Tang C,Lian F,Tong X

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous clinical studies have reported that furosemide can be used to treat liver cirrhosis (LC) effectively. However, no study systematically explored this issue. This systematic review aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of furosemide for treatment of LC. METHODS:This study will be conducted thro...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu ZR,Liu WL,Ding ZM,Li Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on perioperative fluid administration in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) have suggested that increased fluid loads are associated with worse perioperative outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intraoperative fluid (IOF) administration and postop...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han IW,Kim H,Heo J,Oh MG,Choi YS,Lee SE,Lim CS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Portal vein thrombosis is defined as any thrombosis that develops in the portal vein system. It is considered a very rare and extremely lethal complication of hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. PATIENT CONCERNS:Acute portal vein thrombosis after hepatectomy in patients with hepatolithiasisis very rare. Acute po...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang ZY,Dong KS,Zhang EL,Huang ZY,Chen XP,Dong HH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sedoanalgesia secondary iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome (IWS) in paediatric intensive units is frequent and its assessment is complex. Therapies are heterogeneous, and there is currently no gold standard method for diagnosis. In addition, the assessment scales validated in children are scarce. This paper aims...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ávila-Alzate JA,Gómez-Salgado J,Romero-Martín M,Martínez-Isasi S,Navarro-Abal Y,Fernández-García D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is 1 of the common microvascular complications of diabetes, and the therapeutic effect of modern medicine on DKD is limited. At present, patented Chinese medicine Qizhijiangtang (QZJT) capsule has been widely used in the treatment of DKD. We aim to systematically assess the eff...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tan Y,Hu J,Zhang Y,Wu Q,Ni Q

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the efficacy, key technical points, and complication management of the transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approach for incarcerated inguinal hernia repair. Seventy-three patients with incarcerated inguinal hernias underwent TAPP surgery in our department between Jan 2010 and Dec 2015. A retrospective r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang S,Zhang G,Jin C,Cao J,Zhu Y,Shen Y,Wang M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the progression rate of bone age (BA) and associated factors during the first 3 years of growth hormone (GH) treatment in children with idiopathic GH deficiency (iGHD) and idiopathic short stature (ISS).Data for prepubertal children with iGHD and ISS who were treated with recombinant human GH were obtai...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kang MJ,Kim EY,Shim YS,Jeong HR,Lee HJ,Yang S,Hwang IT

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common cause of motor neuron disease, and effective treatment for ALS is still lacking. Transactive response (TAR) -DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is aggregated in the neurons of ALS patients. Animal studies shown TDP-43 aggregation can be attenuated by enha...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen PC,Hsieh YC,Huang CC,Hu CJ

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the possible association between migration inhibitory factor (MIF)-173G/C gene polymorphisms and transcript and plasma levels of MIF in spinal tuberculosis (TB) patients. Clinical data were collected from 254 spinal TB patients and 262 healthy controls participating in the study....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang J,Sheng B,Li X,Sun J,Shi L,Wei W,Wang G,Cao X

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Eclampsia, an obstetric emergency frequently seen in pregnant or puerperal women, is a risk factor for posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Most cases of eclampsia occur postpartum. We report a woman with PRES associated with eclampsia 10 weeks post-delivery, the latest onset ever reported. P...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Masai K,Ueda Y,Naito H,Tsukahara K,Aokage T,Fujisaki N,Yamamoto H,Nakao A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to explore the effect of oxycodone hydrochloride injection on the immune function of patients who underwent radical resection of rectal cancer under general anesthesia.Eighty patients were enrolled and randomly divided into group A and B (n = 40, each). All patients underwent general intravenous anesth...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cui JH,Jiang WW,Liao YJ,Wang QH,Xu M,Li Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant activation of the immune system has been reported in asymptomatic hyperuricemia (HUA) patients. However, very few studies have elucidated the role of natural killer (NK) cells in this disease. METHODS:In this study, we evaluated the relationship between NK cells and HUA in 16 control subjects and 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao L,Jiang Y,Wang Y,Qu X,Li L,Lou X,Wang Y,Guo H,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uveal melanoma (UM) is the major intraocular malignancy in adults, of which the molecular biology is still unknown. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the aqueous concentrations of angiogenic, inflammatory, and chemotactic cytokines in eyes with UM.Aqueous humor samples were collected from 38 patients wit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng Y,Feng J,Zhu X,Liang J

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：RATIONALE:The treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) requires a multidisciplinary approach to maximize function and reduce fracture incidence. The aim of this case report was to discuss an alternative surgical approach to stabilize a corrective osteotomy using the Fassier Duval (FD) system in an OI patient. PATIENT...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin TY,Yang CY,Liu SC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, infective endocarditis (IE) has been microbiologically diagnosed by blood cultures or serology. However, conventional microbiologic methods do not always provide an etiologic diagnosis. We conducted the current study to evaluate the usefulness of a universal real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Marín M,Muñoz P,Sánchez M,Del Rosal M,Alcalá L,Rodríguez-Créixems M,Bouza E,Group for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital (GAME).

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus tracheobronchitis (AT) is an infrequent but severe form of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in which the fungal infection is entirely or predominantly confined to the tracheobronchial tree. We reviewed 8 cases of AT diagnosed in our tertiary care center during an 18-year period, as well as 148 cases previo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fernández-Ruiz M,Silva JT,San-Juan R,de Dios B,García-Luján R,López-Medrano F,Lizasoain M,Aguado JM

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The patients with Crohn's disease (CD) are often accompanied with nutritional deficiencies. Compared with other intestinal benign disease, patients with CD have the higher risk of developing postoperative complications following intestinal resection. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for postop...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu Y,Zhou W,Qi W,Liu W,Chen M,Zhu H,Xiang J,Xie Q,Chen P

更新日期：2017-06-01 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