Meta-analysis of the adverse events associated with extended-release versus standard immediate-release pramipexole in Parkinson disease.

abstract：:We prospectively identified cases of pneumococcal pneumonia and used stringent criteria to stratify them into bacteremic and nonbacteremic cases. Although patients were distributed among racial groups in proportion to all patients seen at this medical center, the proportion of African-Americans with bacteremic disease...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Musher DM,Alexandraki I,Graviss EA,Yanbeiy N,Eid A,Inderias LA,Phan HM,Solomon E

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation associated with low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected patients with vitamin D deficiency. We investigated the association between 25(OH)D and soluble biomarkers among HIV-infected patients on stable antiretroviral therapy. This is a cross...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gangcuangco LMA,Kohorn LB,Chow DC,Keating SM,Norris PJ,Nagamine LS,Ndhlovu LC,Souza SA,Kallianpur KJ,Shikuma CM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intraductal papillary and mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMN) are preneoplastic lesions diagnosed with an increasing incidence. Recently, several groups have described, in up to 70% of IPMN, activating mutations of the G-protein alpha stimulatory sub-unit (Gsα subunit) gene (GNAS). GNAS-activating somat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gaujoux S,Pasmant E,Silve C,Mehsen-Cetre N,Coriat R,Rouquette A,Douset B,Prat F,Leroy K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is an unusual neoplasm, especially when it originates from the seminal vesicle. Herein, we describe a case of SFT that arises from the seminal vesicle. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 66-year-old man presented to our hospital complaining of a huge irregular tumor in his pelvis during a health...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao R,Shan Y,Zou L,Zhao H,Zheng S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study analyzed the effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for pain relief caused by necrosis of femoral head (NFH).Totally, 80 cases of patients with NFH were analyzed and then were assigned to a treatment group or a control group in this study. Of these, 40 cases in the treatm...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ji QH,Qiao XF,Wang SF,Zhao P,Liu SC,Xue Y,Qiao JM,Li YB

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is an extremely rare tumor in the central nervous system (CNS), and usually seen in immunocompromised individuals. Only a few cases of primary intracranial LMS have been documented in the literature and no study focused on their MRI findings. We reported a case of pri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li XL,Ren J,Niu RN,Jiang X,Xu GH,Zhou P,Cheng ZZ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Infertile male carrying balanced translocations can be broadly divided into two types: pregestational and gestational infertility. Chromosome and breakpoints involved translocation should be considered in genetic counselling for these patients. To date, > 100 cases have been described with carrying balanced t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang H,Wang R,Li L,Jiang Y,Zhang H,Liu R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The features of herpes zoster share some commonalities with depression, including decreased cellular immunity, a close correlation with nutritional status, and a higher prevalence in the elderly population. We aimed to assess the association between herpes zoster infection and depression in the Korean population.We pe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Choi HG,Kim EJ,Lee YK,Kim M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) presents a high pathogenicity and case fatality rate. The main treatment for HAE is surgical resection. Giant lesions in the liver and invasion of the pathogen into the retrohepatic inferior vena cava are usually associated with a poor prognosis when radical resection can...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang T,Li G,Fu Z,Gao D,Li N,Lin D

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the incidence and outcomes of patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and fourth primary tumors (PTs) in a betel-chewing endemic area.We retrospectively examined the records of 1836 OSCC patients who underwent radical tumor resection between 1996 and 2014. The outc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Adel M,Liao CT,Lee LY,Hsueh C,Lin CY,Fan KH,Wang HM,Ng SH,Lin CH,Tsao CK,Huang SF,Kang CJ,Fang KH,Wang YC,Chang KP,Fang TJ,Yang LY,Yen TC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acrometastasis is infrequent and generally indicates a wider spread of metastasis with poor prognosis. The diagnosis is challenging, as it might mimic an infectious, inflammatory, or metabolic disease. Acrometastasis are most commonly found in patients with lung, gastrointestinal, kidney, and breast cancer...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gallardo-Alvarado L,Ramos AA,Perez-Montiel D,Ramirez-Morales R,Diaz E,Leon DC

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The small renal masses (SRMs) were defined that the diameter of renal masses measured by enhanced image was ≤4 cm. The diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for SRMs is apparently variable among previous studies. Hence, this study will evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CEUS in the iden...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu JF,Wu C,Wang YL,Wang ZP

更新日期：2020-07-17 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：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), Lens culinaris-agglutinin-reactive fraction of AFP (AFP-L3), and protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II) are widely used as tumor markers for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study compared the diagnostic values of AFP, AFP-L3, and PIVKA-II individ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park SJ,Jang JY,Jeong SW,Cho YK,Lee SH,Kim SG,Cha SW,Kim YS,Cho YD,Kim HS,Kim BS,Park S,Bang HI

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solitary functioning kidney (SFK) is tough issue to address in clinical, mostly developed from renal artery stenosis (RAS) in adults. Although renal artery stent is widely used to help SFK patients, the efficacy of the stent is still disputable. This study is aimed at reviewing a series of SFK cases to draw ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma Z,Liu L,Zhang B,Chen W,Yang J,Li H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apnea test is an essential examination for the determination of brain death; however, hypotension, hypoxemia, and other complications during the apnea test can affect the stability of brain-dead patients, as well as organ function for recipients. Therefore, it is necessary to establish standard guidelines for apne...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park J,Lee YJ,Hong KS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increased interest in extending surgical criteria for pancreatic cancer by performing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) combined with portal vein (PV) or superior mesenteric vein (SMV) resection and reconstruction for borderline resectable patients. However, whether this procedure suitable for elderly patients ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fang JZ,Lu CD,Wu SD,Huang J,Zhou J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Given the relationship between innate immune activation and CVD, we investigated the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TLR4 and CD14 and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), a surrog...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yong YK,Shankar EM,Westhorpe CLV,Maisa A,Spelman T,Kamarulzaman A,Crowe SM,Lewin SR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the associations of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR and interleukin (IL)-18 gene polymorphisms with hepatitis B virus (HBV).Clinical data were retrospectively reviewed between December 2006 and December 2015 at Xiangyang Central Hospital. HBV patients were assigned to the high and low viral...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang H,Cao F,Cao H,Rao Q,Yang Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differences in treatment outcomes between ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (PMWA) and endoscopic thyroidectomy for patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains unknown. METHODS:An electronic search will be performed for randomized controlled trials or observational...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shen Y,Liu M,He J,Wu S,Wan YL,Ding J,Cai XY,Fu XH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested by the first voxel-based morphometry investigation that betel quid dependence (BQD) individuals are presented with brain structural changes in previous reports, and there may be a neurobiological basis for BQD individuals related to an increased risk of executive dysfunction and disinhibition, su...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu T,Li JJ,Zhao ZY,Yang GS,Pan MJ,Li CQ,Pan SY,Chen F

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Taiwan, the current survival rate 1 year after transplantation exceeds 80%. However, the number of organ/tissue donors per year in Taiwan is extremely low, resulting in increased mortality. This is also true in Europe and in the United States. Recently, data from the Taiwan Organ Registry and Sharing Center showed ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsieh MH,Shih FJ,Sheu SJ,Wang SS,Shih FJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early postoperative complications graded according to the Clavien-Dindo classification system have not previously been correlated with long-term quality of life outcomes in patients who have had restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. This study aimed to assess the severity of early ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： McCombie A,Lee Y,Vanamala R,Gearry R,Frizelle F,McKay E,Williman J,Eglinton T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is recognized as being a life-threatening event. Both microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH) have been recognized as poor prognostic factors in myocardial infarct (MI) since they adversely affect left ventricular remodeling. MVO refers to small vessels ch...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma M,Diao KY,Yang ZG,Zhu Y,Guo YK,Yang MX,Zhang Y,He Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004841.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

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更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pedunculated hepatocellular carcinoma (P-HCC) is rare type of HCC. The study aimed to evaluate the clinical features and outcomes of unresectable P-HCC treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and percutaneous chemotherapeutic agents lipiodol emulsion (CALE) injection. The clinical features and out...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang D,Chen Y,Chen S,Zeng Q,Zhao J,Wu R,Li Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) are both the effective techniques in treatment of cervical spondylosis. The purpose of this present retrospective cohort research was to assess the efficacy and safety of ACDF and CDA in treating the symptomatic cervical spon...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tong Y,Jia X,Zhou Y,Feng D,Yuan D

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 106 patients referred to our institution for treatment of peripheral tuberculous adenitis to establish the epidemiologic, clinical, and pathologic manifestations of this disease. Tuberculous lymphadenitis occurred predominantly in young, foreign-born women a mean of 5 years after arrival in the United Stat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Polesky A,Grove W,Bhatia G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the novel SpyGlass DS Direct Visualization system (SPY DS) has become available. This system offers several advantages over the conventional SPYGlass system. This study evaluated the clinical feasibility and efficacy of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for biliary disorder using SPY DS.In this retrospec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Imanishi M,Ogura T,Kurisu Y,Onda S,Takagi W,Okuda A,Miyano A,Amano M,Nishioka N,Masuda D,Higuchi K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Kawasaki disease is a necrotizing vasculitis featuring fever, erythema, conjunctivitis, and lymphadenopathy. Ocular manifestations in Kawasaki disease are commonly limited to anterior segment, posterior segment lesions are rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a unique case of ocular manifestations...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Y,Zhang Y,Lu F,Wang X,Zhang M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00