Rationale and design of a randomized trial of early intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral perfusion parameters in thrombolysed acute ischemic stroke patients.

abstract：RATIONALE:Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a globally well-accepted surgery because of its good outcome and safety. Although TKA-associated arterial injuries occur, postoperative anterior tibial artery (ATA) occlusion has not been reported yet. Herein, we present a case of ATA occlusion after TKA. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 4...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li X,Song Y,Wang J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnesium sulfate combined with low-dose aspirin can significantly reduce adverse reactions and effectively lower blood pressure in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension, but the overall efficacy and safety of the combination of drugs are not clear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effica...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He G,Chen Y,Chen M,He G,Liu X

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an easily recognizable and previously not individualized clinical syndrome that can reveal solitary plasmacytoma of bone. We report 4 patients with a slowly extending violaceous skin patch overlying a solitary plasmacytoma of bone, associated with enlarged regional lymph nodes. Biopsies of the cutaneous le...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lipsker D,Rondeau M,Massard G,Grosshans E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intramuscular hemangioma (IMH) is a rare congenital soft tissue tumor. Here, we report a case of IMH patient who had undergone several surgeries and other treatments that were all ineffective before he visited us. CLINICAL FINDINGS:This IMH patient was a 16-yearold male who was born with a tumor of unknow...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu H,Chen Q,Yang H,Shen H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted the current study to investigate the clinical, laboratory, and histologic features at presentation and the outcome of renal sarcoidosis (RS). Exhaustive retrospective data were collected by the French Sarcoidosis Group. Forty-seven adult patients were assessed (30 male/17 female, M/F ratio: 1.76). Median ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Mahévas M,Lescure FX,Boffa JJ,Delastour V,Belenfant X,Chapelon C,Cordonnier C,Makdassi R,Piette JC,Naccache JM,Cadranel J,Duhaut P,Choukroun G,Ducroix JP,Valeyre D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pathological fracture of the mandible caused by radicular cyst is rare. This report describes a unique case of a mandibular pathological fracture caused by radicular cyst, arising from an endodontically treated molar. PATIENT CONCERN:A 49-year-old female was referred to our department with persistent pain in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xiao X,Dai JW,Li Z,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduction of post-operative pain, nausea, and vomiting in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) may facilitate earlier discharge from hospital and reduce healthcare costs. The recommended dose regimen of dexamethasone in THA has not been determined. The purpose of this study was performed to compa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang B,Sun S,Sheng B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The infection is an essential problem in the clinical practice in orthopedics. The bibliometric analysis was conducted to evaluate the top 100 cited articles on infection in orthopaedics. METHODS:The Web of Science (WoS) Core Database was comprehensively searched from 1975 to 2017, and the literature search wa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang Y,Hu R,Zhu G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The fundamental pathogenesis of Behçet disease (BD) is still unclear and controversial. Many cases of oral aphthous ulcers and genital ulcers related to BD are reported; nevertheless, idiopathic giant esophageal ulcers related to BD are rare. A rare case for esophageal ulcers related to BD is presented. PATI...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jia N,Tang Y,Liu H,Li Y,Liu S,Liu L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection (CAEBV) is characterized as chronic or recurrent mononucleosis-like symptoms and elevated EBV deoxyribonucleic acid (EBV-DNA) copies. Cardiovascular complications have high morbidity and mortality. The treatment regimen for CAEBV has not been established ye...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang S,Li X,Cao J,Wu D,Kong L,Lin L,Jin Z,An J,Wang Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:West syndrome (WS) is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy that is characterized by intractable epileptic seizures, hypsarrhythmia, and observed through electroencephalogram (EEG) and significant neurodevelopmental regression. The spontaneous remission of epileptic seizure is clinically rare and has not ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li H,Wang B,Shan L,Du L,Jia F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have investigated the incidence of and risk factors for acute exacerbation (AE) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) after lung resection surgery. However, the incidence and risk factors for AE-ILD after non-pulmonary surgery are not known. The aim of this study was to investigate the incid...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Takao S,Masuda T,Yamaguchi K,Sakamoto S,Horimasu Y,Nakashima T,Miyamoto S,Iwamoto H,Fujitaka K,Hamada H,Hattori N

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a life-threatening complication following pegylated interferon alpha (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin treatment, the standard treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We reported a rare case with late-onset ITP after withdrawal of PEG-IFN treatment.A 53-year-old male with hepat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsiao CH,Tseng KC,Tseng CW,Tung CH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach is a rare disease. The pathogenesis and prognosis of advanced SCC remains to be elucidated. The aim of the current study was to investigate the prognosis of recurrent or metastatic SCC of the stomach. PATIENT CONCERNS:A retrospective study examined the cli...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Meng Y,Zhang J,Wang H,Zhang Y,Sun R,Zhang Z,Gao F,Huang C,Zhang S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the assumption of gene-environment independence, unknown/unmeasured environmental factors, irrespective of what they may be, cannot confound the genetic effects. This may lead many people to believe that genetic heterogeneity across different levels of the studied environmental exposure should only mean gene-env...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su YS,Lee WC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-grade prostate cancer (PCa) has a poor prognosis, and up to 15% of patients worldwide experience lymph node invasion (LNI). To further improve the prediction lymph node invasion in prostate cancer, we adopted risk scores of the genes expression based on the nomogram in guidelines. METHODS:We analyzed c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao HM,Wan Z,Wu Y,Wang HY,Guan C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study assessed the effectiveness of mirror therapy (MT) on muscle elasticity, pain, and function in patients with mutilating injuries. METHODS:Thirty patients with impaired function due to mutilating injuries were assigned randomly to experimental or control group. The experimental group (n = 15) recei...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yun DE,Kim MK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acupotomy has been widely used clinically to relieve low back pain. However, the efficacy of acupotomy for the third lumbar vertebrae transverse process syndrome is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness and safety of acupotomy therapy for the third lumbar vertebrae transver...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiao L,Xiao Y,Chi Z,Zhu D,Ouyang X,Xu W,You J,Luo Z,Yuan F

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Arginine is an essential amino acid that plays an important role in various body functions including cell division, wound healing, removal of ammonia, immune function, and release of hormones. Hyperargininemia, an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, is considered one of the least common urea cycle disord...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bakhiet M,AlAwadi AMI,AlHammadi MM,Ali MF,Butti N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized trials and observation studies have revealed conflicting results regarding the interaction between clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The aim of our study was to provide laboratory evidence regarding whether PPIs blunt the antiplatelet reactivity of clopidogrel. METHODS:We included re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin SF,Lin PC,Chang CC,Chang WL,Chu FY

更新日期：2020-12-11 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：:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the final stage of chronic kidney disease in which the kidney is not sufficient to meet the needs of daily life. It is necessary to understand the role of genes expression involved in ESRD patient responses to nocturnal hemodialysis (NHD) and to improve the immunity responsiveness. Th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dai H,Zhou J,Zhu B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The incidence of severe hyperandrogenism associated with masculinity in women is very low. While rare and difficult to diagnose, androgen secreting tumors should be suspected in women with hyperandrogenism and hirsutism, especially in the postmenopausal population. Herein we present one case of ovarian Leydig...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen M,Zhou W,Zhang Z,Zou Y,Li C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The argument on the clinical effects of previous anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains to be resolved. The aim of the current study was to compare operative and postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing TKA after ACL reconstruction with a matched cohort ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang LZ,Liu AH,Wen DJ,Zhou YT

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics resistance in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the major factor for eradication failure. Molecular tests including fluorescence in situ hybridization, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism, and dual priming oligonucleotide-PCR (DPO-PCR) play critical roles in the detection of antibiotic susceptibi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong F,Ji D,Huang R,Zhang F,Huang Y,Xiang P,Kong M,Nan L,Zeng X,Wu Y,Bao Z

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) has an important role in the diagnosis of various malignancies. However, F-18 FDG can also exhibit intense accumulation in tissues in inflammatory conditions such as active tuberculosis (TB) and sarcoidosis. PATIENT CONCE...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hou S,Shen J,Tan J

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of dry needling (DN) for treating low back pain (LBP). METHODS:Nine databases were searched from inception to October 2017. Eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving DN for treating LBP were retrieved. Two reviewers independently screened the articles, extrac...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hu HT,Gao H,Ma RJ,Zhao XF,Tian HF,Li L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Invasive moles occur in the fertile period, with about 95% occurring after previous mole removal and the remaining 5% occurring after several other pregnancies. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 27-year-old patient developed a rare invasive mole two months after a missed abortion. DIAGNOSES:A transvaginal ultrasound scan ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee HJ,Kim YS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the main cause of mortality among adult patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Its pathophysiology is still unclear. Using positron emission tomography (PET) with F-fluorodeoxyglucose [18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)], we explored the relationship between regional lung density and lu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： de Prost N,Sasanelli M,Deux JF,Habibi A,Razazi K,Galactéros F,Meignan M,Maître B,Brun-Buisson C,Itti E,Dessap AM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00