The combination of strip meniscometry and dry eye-related quality-of-life score is useful for dry eye screening during health checkup: Cross-sectional study.

abstract：RATIONALE:Ectopic variceal bleeding is a rare (2-5%) but fatal gastrointestinal bleed in patients with portal hypertension. Patients with ectopic variceal bleeding manifest melena, hematochezia, or hematemesis, which require urgent managements. Definitive therapeutic modalities of ectopic varices are not yet standardiz...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park SW,Cho E,Jun CH,Choi SK,Kim HS,Park CH,Rew JS,Cho SB,Kim HJ,Han M,Cho KM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intractable hiccups, although rare, may result in severe morbidity, including sleep deprivation, poor food intake, respiratory muscle fatigue, aspiration pneumonia, and death. Despite these potentially fatal complications, the etiology of intractable hiccups and definitive treatment are unknown. This study aimed to ev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim JE,Lee MK,Lee DK,Choi SS,Park JS

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:The digestive tract malignancies are a series of malignant tumor with high morbidity and mortality. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined with chemotherapy drugs interventions have been applied for the treatment of malignant tumors in Asian countries for dacades. This study aimed to assess the effectiv...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Song Q,Zhang J,Wu Q,Li G,Leung EL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of Fuhrman grade (FG) on biopsies of renal masses is relatively inaccurate, being prone to underestimating the true grade as ascertained from surgical specimens. This study evaluated whether anatomical features of tumors could predict tumor upgrading between core biopsies and surgical specimens. We prosp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang GM,Zhu Y,Gan HL,Wang HK,Shi GH,Zhang HL,Dai B,Wang CF,Ye DW

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Retroperitoneal necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a rare but life-threatening disease. Here, we present a case of extended retroperitoneal NSTI caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E coli). PATIENT CONCERNS:The patient complained of progressive redness, swel...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He R,Qi X,Wen B,Li X,Guo L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the new oral P2Y12 inhibitors, prasugrel/ticagrelor have shown greater efficacy than clopidogrel in patients with the acute coronary syndrome, but they have not shown better efficacy in Korean patients. So we evaluated the efficacy of the prasugrel/ticagrelor in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ahn KT,Seong SW,Choi UL,Jin SA,Kim JH,Lee JH,Choi SW,Jeong MH,Chae SC,Kim YJ,Kim CJ,Kim HS,Cho MC,Gwon HC,Jeong JO,Seong IW,Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry - National Institute of Health (KAMIR-NIH) Investigato

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with nonspecific complaints (NSC) presenting to the emergency department (ED) are at risk of life-threatening conditions. New stress biomarkers such as the midregional portion of adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) promise to support decision-making. This study tested the following hypotheses: biomarker-assisted dispo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nickel CH,Messmer AS,Ghanim L,Ilsemann-Karakoumis J,Giersdorf S,Hertel S,Ernst S,Geigy N,Bingisser R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship between spinal cord injury (SCI) and the risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in a cohort study with a large representative sample.The National Health Insurance Database was used to select patients who were diagnosed from 2000 to 2010. Patients with a histor...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su TW,Chou TY,Jou HJ,Yang PY,Lin CL,Sung FC,Hsu CY,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) targeting CD19 have shown great potential for treatment of B-cell malignancies. For those patients who can not achieve complete remission (CR) or suffer from relapse after CAR-T therapy, further therapeutic strategies still remain elusive. Whether existing CAR-T ce...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liang Z,Zhang H,Shao M,Cui Q,Wu Z,Xiao L,Huang H,Hu Y

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effectiveness and safety of montelukast combined budesonide (MCB) treatment for children with chronic cough-variant asthma (CCVA).In total, 82 cases of children with CCVA, aged 4 to 11 years were included in this study. All cases received either MCB or budesonide alone between May 2015 and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang XP,Yang LD,Zhou JF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study, an important groundwork for clinical tongue diagnosis and future traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research, tested the hypothesis that some tongue features vary significantly between different gender and age groups by utilizing an automatic tongue diagnosis system (ATDS).A cross-sectional study of 1487 p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsu PC,Wu HK,Huang YC,Chang HH,Chen YP,Chiang JY,Lo LC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with systemic autoimmune disorders, 3 of a serious nature, presented to 1 cardiologist over a 20-month span. In 3 of these cases, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor was presumably etiologic, while in the fourth case, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor might have unmasked the disorder. It would be useful to dete...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Rudski L,Rabinovitch MA,Danoff D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a common chronic disease in both adults and children. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and β2-agonists are the major medications treating asthma with many side effects. Acupuncture has been used in many diseases including asthma. We aim to assess the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for asthma. MET...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li M,Zhang X,Bao H,Li C,Zhang P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of breast cancer occurs in young women is usually poor. Red cell distribution width (RDW), 1 of many routinely examined parameters, has recently been proposed as a prognostic marker in solid tumors. The aim of our study was to assess the predictive value of RDW for survival in young women with breast can...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang DP,Ma RM,Xiang YQ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, albuminuria, renal structure, and sex hormones, have been reported to have different effects on males and females. Thus, CKD progression may differ depending on sex. In addition to CKD management, treatment at earlier stages can reduce...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang PY,Chien LN,Lin YF,Wu MS,Chiu WT,Chiou HY

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:The neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the gold standard initial treatment of the locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). However, the reliability of methods that used to assess response the NAC is still controversial. In this study, patients with LABC who underwent NAC were evaluated retrospectively. The assessment of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Aksoy SO,Sevinc Aİ,Ünal M,Balci P,Görkem İB,Durak MG,Ozer O,Bekiş R,Emir B

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of patients with different types of dementia have resulted in the increasing medical care loads. It is not known whether explanatory factors for recurrent or prolong hospitalization were driven by the subtypes of dementia. We analyzed 203 dementia patients aged >65-year-old with a clinical diagnosis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang CC,Lin PH,Chang YT,Chen NC,Huang CW,Lui CC,Huang SH,Chang YH,Lee CC,Lai WA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International collaboration is important in healthcare quality evaluation; however, few international comparisons of general surgery outcomes have been accomplished. Furthermore, predictive model application for risk stratification has not been internationally evaluated. The National Clinical Database (NCD) in Japan w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Anazawa T,Paruch JL,Miyata H,Gotoh M,Ko CY,Cohen ME,Hirahara N,Zhou L,Konno H,Wakabayashi G,Sugihara K,Mori M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC) is the world's second-leading cause of neoplastic mortality. Genetic alterations, response to treatments, and mortality rates are highly heterogeneous across different regions. Within Latin America, GC is the leading cause of cancer death in Chile, affecting 17.6 per 100,000 people and causing >300...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Owen GI,Pinto MP,Retamal IN,Fernádez MF,Cisternas B,Mondaca S,Sanchez C,Galindo H,Nervi B,Ibañez C,Acevedo F,Madrid J,Peña J,Bravo ML,Maturana MJ,Cordova-Delgado M,Romero D,de la Jara N,Torres J,Rodriguez-Fernandez

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are nanometer-sized vesicles with intercellular communication functions, and their encapsulated proteins may participate in the pathological process of neurodegenerative disorders. The aim of this study was to identify the protein changes of serum exosomes in Parkinson disease (PD) patients with different dis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang R,Rong C,Ke R,Meng S,Yan X,Ke H,Wu S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether there was a significant association between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and uric acid (UA) in a large Chinese population.This was a cross-sectional study with an enrollment of 80,298 ostensibly healthy participants (48,971 males, 31,327 females) during the per...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang C,Meng Z,Li X,Liu M,Ren X,Zhu M,He Q,Zhang Q,Song K,Jia Q,Chen Q

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the impact of visceral obesity on laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) and decide the best index to reflect completion of mesorectum and perioperative outcomes.Patients with rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic TME were enrolled. The data including body mass index (BMI), visceral fat area (VFA)...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen B,Zhang Y,Zhao S,Yang T,Wu Q,Jin C,He Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate neutropenia following intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy in adults with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).Our analysis included 88 patients with ITP, who received IVIG from January 2006 to March 2016, at Pusan National University Hospital in Korea. Their white blood...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Oh SB,Shin HJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of health complications and death among human with immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. When TB develops during pregnancy or the early postpartum period, it is associated with negative maternal, pregnancy, and fetus and infant outcome, including premature birth, low ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang X,Zhang Y,Lin X,Fu Y,Sun Q,Li J,Liu X,Bai J

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The mechanisms of action of MTX (methotrexate) in the treatment of RA (rheumatoid arthritis) and PsA (psoriatic arthritis) is related to its antifolic activity, due to the high affinity for enzymes that require folate cofactors as dihydrofolate reductase and to the anti-inflammatory activity derivated from th...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Saviola G,Abdi-Ali L,Sacco S,Comini L,Plewnia K,Rossi M,Orrico A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Airway stabilization for severe, symptomatic tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) may be accomplished by silicone Y-stent placement. Common complications of the Y-stent include mucus plugging and granulation tissue formation. PATIENT CONCERNS:We describe a rare case of massive hemoptysis originating from a silicone Y...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ryu C,Boffa D,Bramley K,Pisani M,Puchalski J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nutrients related to serum vitamin D level were previously shown to be significantly associated with the risk of many chronic diseases. This study aimed to assess potential relationships between serum vitamin D level and otitis media (OM) risk. METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were sea...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li HB,Tai XH,Sang YH,Jia JP,Xu ZM,Cui XF,Dai S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing breast cancer. In Taiwan, traditional Chinese medicine is widely used to treat diabetes; however, its precise influence has not been empirically tested.The objective of the case-control study is to estimate the effect on the risk of breast cancer of using tra...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu CT,Tsai YT,Lin JG,Fu SL,Lai JN

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00