Predictive value of soluble ST-2 for changes of cardiac function and structure in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

abstract：:Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is essential for eradicating tuberculosis (TB). Moreover, the patient adherence is crucial in determining the effectiveness of TB control. Isoniazid given by DOTS daily for 9 months (9H) is the standard treatment for LTBI in Taiwan. However, the completion rate is low ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang YW,Yang SF,Yeh YP,Tsao TC,Tsao SM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a series of clinical relevant examinations. The patient was dignosed as pancreatic tomor in the pancreatic tail accompanied with the symptom of anenmia and dizziness.Until now surgery is the best treatment strategy for pancreatic tumors.So we take a joint multiple organ removal surgery.Before surgery, the main c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu B,Wang Y,Li X,Lin J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is an inflammatory condition in which the dura mater of the cranium or spine becomes thickened, leading to symptoms that result from mass effect, nerve compression, or vascular compromise. The differential diagnosis of HP includes immune-mediated conditions such as rheumatoid arthriti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wallace ZS,Carruthers MN,Khosroshahi A,Carruthers R,Shinagare S,Stemmer-Rachamimov A,Deshpande V,Stone JH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective treatment of low back pain (LBP) originating in the lumbar and sacroiliac joints is difficult to achieve. The objective of the current study was to compare the clinical effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) neurotomy versus conservative nonsurgical approaches for the management of chronic lumbar and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen CH,Weng PW,Wu LC,Chiang YF,Chiang CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mirizzi syndrome (MS) is an uncommon condition characterized by common hepatic duct (CHD) compression by an impacted gallbladder or cystic duct stones or adjacent inflammation. To date, a standardized therapeutic strategy for MS has not been established yet, owing to its complex clinical presentation. Thus, r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Guo SJ,Zhang JC,Wang HY,Li K,Xu CS,Wang XF

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous and submuscular anterior ulnar nerve transposition have been widely used in patients with cubital tunnel syndrome. However, the reliable evidence in favor of 1 of 2 surgical options on clinical improvement remains controversial. To maximize the value of the available literature, we performed a systematic ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu CH,Wu SQ,Ke XB,Wang HL,Chen CX,Lai ZL,Zhuang ZY,Wu ZQ,Lin Q

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcal (GAS) necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection. Elderly and chronically ill individuals are at greatest risk, particularly when skin breakdown is present. Reports suggest that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of developing GAS necrotizing ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Aronoff DM,Bloch KC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare the differences in radiological outcomes and complications between single- and multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) by using a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage-plate fusion system.Fifty-seven patients who underwent ACDF via the PEEK cage-plate fusion system were enrolle...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee HC,Chen CH,Wu CY,Guo JH,Chen YS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm (ITPN) is a rare type of pancreatic epithelial neoplasm. We report 2 cases of ITPN and detail the imaging findings. PATIENT CONCERNS:The 1st case was a 36-year-old woman who complained of jaundice, yellow urine and diarrhea. She accepted ultrasound, computed tomography (C...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Ren S,Wang J,Ye D,Zhang H,Qiu W,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:This study is to investigate the effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) on the proliferation of human embryonic neural stem cells (NSCs) and its molecular mechanism.Human embryonic NSCs were isolated. The pCMV2-GV146-GFP-mGluR7 plasmid was transfected to over-express mGluR7 while mGluR7 siRNA was transfe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Zhao J,Chen Y,Shi H,Huang X,Wang Y,Wang Y,Wei Y,Xue W,Han J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Vasospastic angina is caused by sudden occlusive vasoconstriction of a segment of an epicardial artery, with transient ST-segment elevation on electrocardiography. Brugada Syndrome is an inherited arrhythmogenic cardiac disorder with a diagnostic electrocardiography characterized by coved-type ST-segment elev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang L,Ma G,Yu T,Gao H,Wang Y,Wu Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kangfuxin (KFX), a well-known Chinese patent medicine which extracted from Periplaneta americana, is widely used as an adjuvant in the treatment of peptic ulcers (PUs) with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as rabeprazole, in China. However, no clear consensus has been reached on the efficacy for PU treatme...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin M,Zhang S,Zhang M,Shi J,Zhang C,Luo R,You J,Sun J,Zhang J,Gao F

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary embolism can manifest by a myriad of clinical symptoms. High grade fever is a rare presentation of thromboembolic phenomenon. PATIENT CONCERNS:A middle aged woman presented with high grade fevers. DIAGNOSES:Patient remained febrile despite broad spectrum antibiotics. All cultures were negative. CT...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Saad M,Shaikh DH,Adrish M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clinical models have been described to predict the probability of pulmonary embolism: the Canadian (or Wells) model, and the Geneva model. A third model has been developed recently at our institution (the Pisa model). We compared the performance of the 3 models in 215 consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Miniati M,Bottai M,Monti S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infection (BSI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). To evaluate the causative bacteria and identify risk factors for BSI associated mortality in febrile neutropenia patients undergoing HSCT, we collected the clinical and mi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Wang Y,Fan X,Tang W,Hu J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Oral ingestion of glyphosate can induce gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and hematochezia. Timely and effective treatment of pyloric stenosis caused by glyphosate poisoning is important. PATIENT CONCERNS:The patient had a poor appetite, accompanied by nausea and vomiting of a small...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luo W,Lu T,Li F,Qian C,Zhang L,Sun M,Xu Z,Jia Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD) is a distressing symptom complex after surgery, especially in male patients who have had urinary catheterization under general anesthesia. In this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, we compared dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB) with 0.33% ropivacaine with intravenous t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li JY,Yi ML,Liao R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign pleural effusion. We studied 36 consecutive patients with histologically proven cancer (excluding malignant mesothelioma) who underwent FDG-PET/CT...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nakajima R,Abe K,Sakai S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low back pain and pelvic girth pain are common in pregnancy and women commonly utilize complementary manual therapies such as massage, spinal manipulation, chiropractic, and osteopathy to manage their symptoms. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this systematically review was to critically appraise and synthesize the bes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hall H,Cramer H,Sundberg T,Ward L,Adams J,Moore C,Sibbritt D,Lauche R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients with CKD who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may have more ischemic events than patients without CKD. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence of periprocedural myocardial...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jerkic H,Letilovic T,Stipinovic M,Pocanic D,Catic J,Knotek M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and glycated albumin (GA) are used to evaluate glycemic control in diabetic patients, but they cannot reflect insulin deficiency and/or insulin resistance.We investigated the feasibility of using estimated average glucose to fasting plasma glucose ratio (eAG/fPG ratio) to estima...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo J,Lei S,Zhou Y,Pan C

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide multicenter study was conducted in the China to explore sources of variation of reference values and establish reference intervals for 28 common biochemical analytes, as a part of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Committee on Reference Intervals and Decision Limi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia L,Chen M,Liu M,Tao Z,Li S,Wang L,Cheng X,Qin X,Han J,Li P,Hou L,Yu S,Ichihara K,Qiu L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the timing, feasibility, and necessity of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in the management of patients with acute calculous cholecystitis complicated with hepatic dysfunction.The clinical data of 60 patients with acute calculous cholecystitis complicated with hepatic dysfunction treated from Janua...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian Y,Suo X

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accessory liver lobe (ALL), an autonomous island of normal liver parenchyma, is a rare congenital anomaly that is difficult for preoperative diagnosis and often identified incidentally. It can also be accompanied with benign or malignant diseases, which is extremely rare. There are only 3 cases of focal no...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su N,Chen C,Dai Q,Wang L,Yang M,Xia Y,Jiang Y,Lv K

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to establish the nomogram model and provide clinical therapy decision-making for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) patients with different metastatic sites using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.A total of 10,025 patients of ES-SCLC with metastasis from Januar...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao H,Dang Y,Qi T,Huang S,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate diagnosis efficacy of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) in Crohn's disease (CD). To find out the correlations between functional MRI parameters including K, Kep, Ve, Vp, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with a serologic biomarker...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu J,Zhang F,Luan Y,Cao P,Liu F,He W,Wang D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the retroperitoneum are extremely rare. The purpose of this case report is to highlight the unusual growth pattern and radiologic features of primary retroperitoneal NETs. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 46-year-old woman was found to have a retroperitoneal cystic and solid mass du...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shi D,Dong GQ,Shen KR,Pan Y,Wei SM,Chen Y,Yu RS

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was performed to explore the effects of probucol on contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) in patients with coronary heart disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS:In total, 220 patients undergoing PCI were randomly assigned to either the control group (hydration ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang Y,Shi Y,Xu X,Ge W,Yang S,Lu C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA) is an epithelial malignancy arising in or from a benign pleomorphic salivary adenoma. The parotid gland is the most common location of CXPAs. Minor salivary gland CXPAs of the nasal cavity are exceedingly rare, with only 6 documented in the literature. METHODS AND R...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liao PW,Chen YL,Chen JW

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00