Lower circulating angiotensin II levels are related to the severity of preeclampsia and its risk as disclosed by a specific bioassay.

abstract：:Although published studies have reported the association between MTHFR C677T (rs 1801133), A1298C (rs 1801131), and MTRR A66G (rs1801394) polymorphisms and male infertility in Asian populations, the results are conflicting. In order to accurately evaluate the relevance, a meta-analysis was performed.We searched for po...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shi TL,Wu Y,Li Y,Chen ZF,Ma YN,Zhang ZT,Zhang YH,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little research has been done about the effects of allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) on the recurrence and prognosis in the cases with childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (cALL). In order to provide a basis for clinical safe blood transfusion, the data of 163 cases with cALL were retrospectively analyzed to explore ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang D,Zhou G,Mao ST,Chen J,Liu YF

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of comorbidities and multimorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients under biologic therapy and their effects on biological disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) choice, timing, and response.Hacettepe University Biologic Registry (HUR-BIO) is sing...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Armagan B,Sari A,Erden A,Kilic L,Erdat EC,Kilickap S,Kiraz S,Bilgen SA,Karadag O,Akdogan A,Ertenli I,Kalyoncu U

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased expression of the homeobox (HOX) transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) has been reported in multiple types of malignancies and enhances the proliferation and migration of cancer cells. However, the association between HOTAIR expression and tumor progression and prognosis remains controversial. We perfo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Min SN,Wei T,Wang XT,Wu LL,Yu GY

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mucocele is a disease lined primarily by epithelium, and occurs mainly when the sinus ostium is obstructed. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a case of a 37-year-old man who presented with painless proptosis of the right eye and diplopia. DIAGNOSES:The preoperative finding was mucocele of the ethmoid sinus. INTER...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim JS,Kim EJ,Kwon SH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability. However, blood loss and fibrinolytic activity, accounting for a poor prognosis following TKA operation, were relieved by fibrinolytic inhibitor tranexamic acid (TXA)....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang YM,Yang B,Sun XD,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susac syndrome is an occlusive arteriolar disease that provokes infarcts in the cochlea, retina, and brain of young subjects, mostly women. Its cause is unknown. Some infarcts may be asymptomatic and only revealed by ancillary investigation: 1) audiogram that shows bilateral sensorineural hearing loss predominating on...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Papo T,Biousse V,Lehoang P,Fardeau C,N'Guyen N,Huong DL,Aumaitre O,Bousser MG,Godeau P,Piette JC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is a serious global public health concern that has been related to many chronic diseases. However, the effect of smoking on eye disorders has been less studied. The aim of this cohort study was to assess the association between current tobacco smokers and the risk of developing glaucoma and furthermore to eval...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pérez-de-Arcelus M,Toledo E,Martínez-González MÁ,Martín-Calvo N,Fernández-Montero A,Moreno-Montañés J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential hypertension often requires affected patients to self-manage their condition most of the time. Besides seeking regular medical review of their life-long condition to detect vascular complications, patients have to maintain healthy lifestyles in between physician consultations via diet and physical activity, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Koh YLE,Lua YHA,Hong L,Bong HSS,Yeo LSJ,Tsang LPM,Ong KZ,Wong SWS,Tan NC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manometry with water-perfused or solid-state catheters is the predominant diagnostic procedure to detect motility disorders of the esophagus. Another method is the manometry using gas-perfused catheters. Although the high-resolution manometry is the method of first choice, the conventional manometry with helium ha...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Höhne S,Hesse V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pericarditis is a rapidly progressive and highly fatal infection, and is often diagnosed postmortem in half of the cases. Even with drainage and antibiotics, the mortality rate is high. Gram-positive cocci, specifically Streptococcus penumoniae, have been the most common cause of bacterial pericarditis with ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Patel H,Patel C,Soni M,Patel A,Banda V

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to compare the clinical and surgical characteristics of pregnant and nonpregnant women with surgically verified ovarian torsion, as well as the differences among 3 trimesters during pregnancy.We conducted a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with surgically proven ovarian torsion in our...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu WF,Wang ZH,Xiu YL,Xie X,Pan M

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis (PVT), in spite of the advances in the valve design and the material used, remains a serious complication of mechanical cardiac valve replacement. The factors influencing the development of PVT are: thrombogenicity of the valve, hemodynamics of the transprosthetic blood flow and ineffective...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sr K,G B,Jain S,Moorthy N,Manjunath SC,Christopher R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE) and Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) might be a pedigree disease. Herein, we report a rare case that fits the diagnoses of both MFS and BBE. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 48-year-old woman was hospitalized due to blurred vision and unsteady gait lasting for 9 days, and numbness of t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jing C,Wang Z,Chu C,Dong M,Lin W

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral contraceptives (OCs) following induced abortion offer a reliable method to avoid repeated abortion. However, limited data exist supporting the effective use of OCs postabortion. We conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis in the present study reported immediate administration of OCs or combined OCs post...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Che Y,Liu X,Zhang B,Cheng L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexachloroethane (HC)/zinc chloride (ZnCl, smoke bomb) exposure in the military setting results in lung injury which is uncommon and has been rarely described in previous studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between the serum zinc in patients with HC/ZnCl smoke inhalation lung injury and di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xie F,Zhang X,Xie L

更新日期：2017-09-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brain perfusion single photon computed tomography (SPECT) is a functional imaging modality and has been widely utilized in evaluation of various kinds of neurological disorders. Easy z-score imaging system (eZIS) is a computer-assisted statistical analysis, based on the comparison with age-classified ethyl...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei CY,Chen TY,Shih I,Chiu PY,Hung GU,Matsuda H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of HER-2 positive breast cancer patients failed to trastuzumab treatment. Recent reports have indicated the correlation between plasma coagulation parameters and clinical characteristics in breast cancer. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of coagulation parameters in trastuzumab treated patients. Coag...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu YL,Lu Q,Liang JW,Xia Y,Zhang W,Hu BQ,Shang FF,Ji YR,Wang J,Wang Q,Liang B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown the efficacy for using spironolactone to treat heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but the efficacy of spironolactone for heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is unclear. This meta-analys...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xiang Y,Shi W,Li Z,Yang Y,Wang SY,Xiang R,Feng P,Wen L,Huang W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient global amnesia is now considered a very rare complication of cerebral angiography. Various etiological mechanisms have been suggested to account for this complication, but no consensus has been reached yet. This case report documents one of the few reported cases of cerebral angiography-related transient glo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tiu C,Terecoasă EO,Grecu N,Dorobăţ B,Marinescu AN,Băjenaru OA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effectiveness of a Carisolv III + 0.5% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl)-based root canal irrigant for smear layer removal.Forty maxillary incisors were randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 10 per group). The canals in group A (experimental) were prepared with 0.5% NaOCl, and Carisolv III a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu D,Ma YZ,Jia J,Xin BC,Wang DS,Sun DG,Wang LX

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding is the most frequent complication of anticoagulant therapy, responsible for a number of hospitalizations or deaths. However, studies describing the management and prognosis factors of extra-cerebral anticoagulant-related bleedings in intensive care unit (ICU) are lacking.Retrospective observational study in a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hauguel M,Boelle P,Pichereau C,Bourcier S,Bigé N,Baudel JL,Maury E,Guidet B,Ait-Oufella H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous ulceration from sickle cell disease negatively impacts quality of life. Topical sodium nitrite has previously been shown to reduce the size of sickle leg ulcers. This study examined how topical sodium nitrite impacted the quality of life scores in patients with sickle leg ulcers.We prospectively collected da...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Connor JL Jr,Sclafani JA,Kato GJ,Hsieh MM,Minniti CP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Achromobacter xylosoxidans infection is mostly reported in immunocompromised patients. Until now, it is still rarely reported in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. PATIENT CONCERNS:This is the 1st case of A xylosoxidans infection due to tunnel infection of a Tenckhoff catheter. DIAGNOSIS:The diagnosis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai JL,Tsai SF

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the effect of neck-specific exercise with (NSEB) or without (NSE) a behavioural approach and prescribed physical activity (PPA) on general pain disability and psychological factors in chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD), grade 2 and 3, with a 2-year follow-up. METHODS:A randomized con...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Overmeer T,Peterson G,Landén Ludvigsson M,Peolsson A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystoscopic technique is the current common method of retrieving double J ureteral stent in most pediatric urological centers. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a novel noncystoscopic method to remove retained ureteral stents in pediatric patients.We reviewed all medical records from a total ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shao H,Liu P,Zhang H,Chen C,Lin X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma (PRMS) is a rare soft tissue malignancy which is frequently misdiagnosed and associated with metastasis to the lungs, lymph nodes, and bone marrow. Case studies are needed to improve the awareness of the disease and our understanding of it. PATIENT CONCERNS:In this study, we pres...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xi S,Tong W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has been reported to predict outcomes in patients with various types of cancer. However, its prognostic value in patients with breast cancer is not well established still now. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the prognostic role of cfDNA in breast cancer patients. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang J,Cheng L,Zhang J,Chen L,Wang D,Guo X,Ma X

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tools for evaluation of disease activity in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) include scoring clinical manifestations, determination of biochemical parameters of inflammation, and obtaining tissue biopsies. These tools, however, are sometimes inconclusive. 2-deoxy-...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kemna MJ,Vandergheynst F,Vöö S,Blocklet D,Nguyen T,Timmermans SAMEG,van Paassen P,Cogan E,van Kroonenburgh MJPG,Tervaert JWC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00