Successful retrieval of a plastic bead from the airway of a child by flexible bronchoscopy and a balloon-tipped catheter: A case report and literature review.

abstract：RATIONALE:Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare aggressive type of cancer whose prognosis is poor, particularly for metastatic entities. Metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma in the spine is a rare disease with no standard curative managements yet. The objective of this study is to report a very rare case of spinal metastas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu S,Zhou X,Song A,Huo Z,Wang Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Inadequate stent expansion due to rigid calcified may result in restenosis lesions, but the available options are limited. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a case via the trans-radial approach of the severely underexpanded freshly deployed stent due to heavily calcified plaques DIAGNOSES:: Coronary angiography rev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Si D,Liu G,Tong Y,He Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-treatment alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) response has been reported to be associated with prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, but the results were not consistent. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the relationship between AFP response and clinical outcomes of HCC. METHODS:PubMed, Embase, M...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He C,Peng W,Liu X,Li C,Li X,Wen TF

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common chronic disorder of knee and the leading cause of pain in the elderly with an overall prevalence of 50% in people over 60 years of age. This disease is an important factor affecting the quality of life of middle-aged and elderly people, and its main symptom is knee joint...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gu Y,Huang J,Guo H,Song X,Li J,Shi Y,Xie X

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bibliometric analysis is an approach to evaluate the circumstances and trends in specific research field over time and to provide inspiration in future research and policy. Researches have a tremendous increase focus on the role of the microbiota in the development of diabetes in recent years; however, there...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian J,Li M,Lian F,Tong X

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002998.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

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更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial spin labeling (ASL) magnetic resonance imaging analyses allow for the quantification of altered cerebral blood flow, and provide a novel means of examining the impact of dopaminergic treatments. The authors examined the cerebral perfusion differences among 17 Parkinson disease (PD) patients, 17 PD with dement...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin WC,Chen PC,Huang YC,Tsai NW,Chen HL,Wang HC,Lin TK,Chou KH,Chen MH,Chen YW,Lu CH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several scoring systems are commonly used to evaluate severity in patients with traumatic injuries. However, there is no generally accepted standard scoring system to assess the severity of thoracic trauma, specifically in patients who have sustained severe injuries. The present study aimed to evaluate the validity of...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moon SH,Kim JW,Byun JH,Kim SH,Choi JY,Jang IS,Lee CE,Yang JH,Kang DH,Kim KN,Park HO

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The palliative sedation therapy is defined as the intentional reduction of the alert state, using pharmacological tools. Propofol is a short-acting general anesthetic agent, widely used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia and rarely employed in palliative care. PATIENT CONCERNS AND DIAGNOSES:...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Miele E,Angela M,Cefalo MG,Del Bufalo F,De Pasquale MD,Annalisa S,Spinelli GP,Luigi S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the correlation between recurrent risk and CYP2C19 gene polymorphisms in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) treated with clopidogrel for prevention. METHODS:A total of 289 patients with IS treated with clopidogrel regularly were enrolled in this study, and stroke recurrence of all patients were r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu G,Yang S,Chen S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Dieulafoy disease is characterized by the presence of dilated, tortuous arteries that project into the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract and less frequently the bronchus. PATIENT CONCERNS:Dieulafoy disease of the trachea has not been previously described. A 60-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang D,Rong C,Gu J,Xu L,Zhang J,Zhang G,Shen C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Complications involving vascular injuries after hip fracture are rare, and the diagnosis and management of deep femoral artery (DFA) injuries are challenging. We reported 4 cases of DFA injuries after hip fracture surgery and aimed to discuss their early detection, treatment, and prevention. METHODS:We re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang BF,Cong YX,Wang PF,Huang H,Wang H,Zhuang Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive results of recent trials for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke have highlighted the importance of imaging selection before endovascular therapy. We performed a stratified meta-analysis to confirm this new understanding. We searched EMBASE, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and C...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng F,Xie W

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Double primary clear cell carcinomas of the liver (PCCCL) and kidney are extremely rare; moreover, there have been no reported cases of adrenal metastasis from primary clear cell tumors of the liver. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 47-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with space-occupying lesions in the le...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang H,Zhao S,Li G

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a global disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Although low peripheral blood cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell counts are found to be related to a high burden of cryptococcus in HIV-infected patients, little is known about possible immune defects in previously healthy ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu L,Huang Q,Lin JR,Zhu CY,Li XH,Ye SK,Zhu AH,Chen DH,Zhang CF,Chen L,Ling Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A thoracoscopic approach for repair of esophageal atresia (EA) with tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) has become a standard procedure in many pediatric surgical centers. However, whether thoracotomy or thoracoscopy offer advantages in terms of surgical outcomes is not known. METHODS:To evaluate the efficacy a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang YF,Dong R,Zheng C,Jin Z,Chen G,Huang YL,Zheng S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether the use of antibiotics is related to the efficacy of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GnP). Therefore, we investigated the association between the use of antibiotics and efficacy of GnP.We conducted a retrospective single center study from January 2014 to December 2018 in Hokkaido University Hosp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nakano S,Komatsu Y,Kawamoto Y,Saito R,Ito K,Nakatsumi H,Yuki S,Sakamoto N

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The manifestations of borreliosis in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) remain poorly described. As the symptoms of neuroborreliosis can be reversed with timely introduction of antibiotics, early identification could avoid unnecessary axonal loss. Our aim was to describe the characteristics of confirmed neuroborrelio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kaminsky AL,Maisonobe T,Lenglet T,Psimaras D,Debs R,Viala K

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is conducted to investigate efficacy of an insulin jet injector and an insulin pen in treatment of type 2 diabetic patients. Sixty patients with type 2 diabetes were treated with rapid-acting insulin (regular insulin) and insulin analog (insulin aspart) using the jet injector and the pen in 4 successive tes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo L,Xiao X,Sun X,Qi C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyogenic liver abscess is a severe condition and a therapeutic challenge. Treatment failure may be due to an unrecognized ingested foreign body that migrated from the gastrointestinal tract. There has recently been a marked increase in the number of reported cases of this condition, but initial misdiagnosis as cryptog...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Leggieri N,Marques-Vidal P,Cerwenka H,Denys A,Dorta G,Moutardier V,Raoult D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mandibular overdentures retained by a single implant placed in the midline of edentulous mandible have been reported to be more comfortable and function better than complete dentures. Although single-implant overdentures are still more costly than conventional complete dentures, there are a few studies which...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kanazawa M,Tanoue M,Miyayasu A,Takeshita S,Sato D,Asami M,Lam TV,Thu KM,Oda K,Komagamine Y,Minakuchi S,Feine J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Isolated metastasis to the hand bones is very rare. Only seven cases of metastasis to the trapezium have been reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a single metastasis to the trapezium from a gastric adenocarcinoma. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 62-year-old man presented with pain and mass...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Okamoto M,Yamazaki H,Yoshimura Y,Aoki K,Tanaka A,Kato H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We report on a patient with a positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans (PET/CT)-negative malignant spine tumor, which had even caused a pathologic fracture, and was eventually confirmed on surgical biopsy. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 67-year-old man visited our emergency department with sudden onset of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim KU,Choi JH,Lee GW

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary sequestration (PS) presenting with elevated serum tumor markers is rare, and it might be misdiagnosed as malignancy. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 26-year-old asymptomatic male patient was admitted because the x-ray showed an intrathoracic lesion. Meanwhile, the serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was elevate...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong FW,Wang WM,Gong L,Wu W,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of 18F-fuorodexoyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) in the staging of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) has been demonstrated extensively. Nevertheless, the role of PET/CT in the diagnosis, staging, prognosis, and treatment evaluatio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou X,Lu K,Geng L,Li X,Jiang Y,Wang X

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：ABSTRACT:There is no established protocol regarding the timing of administration of antiemetics in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this study was to determine whether preoperative, rather than postoperative administration of an antiemetic could reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park HJ,Chang MJ,Kang SB,Hwang IU,Kim JS,Chang CB

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontal disease (PD) is prevalent and correlated with malnutrition and inflammation in patients on hemodialysis (HD). Periodontal therapy improves systemic inflammatory and nutritional markers in HD population. The relationship between intensive PD therapy and clinical infectious outcomes in patients on HD remains...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang ST,Lin CL,Yu TM,Wu MJ,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cellular rejection after liver transplantation (LT) can be treated with steroid pulse therapy, but there is no ideal treatment for steroid-resistant acute rejection (SRAR). We aimed to determine the feasibility and potential complications of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) application to treat SRAR in live...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee JG,Lee J,Lee JJ,Song SH,Ju MK,Choi GH,Kim MS,Choi JS,Kim SI,Joo DJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00