Comparison of dual-time point 18F-FDG PET/CT tumor-to-background ratio, intraoperative 5-aminolevulinic acid fluorescence scale, and Ki-67 index in high-grade glioma.

abstract：:This article explores information relating to female adolescents knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Carriacou. The authors aimed at finding out whether adolescent females in Carriacou receive adequate information about HIV and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Patrice-Coy C,Johnson EJ,Boodram CAS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like research in general internal medicine, family medicine research can play an important role in improving medical knowledge. We aimed to compare articles published in family medicine journals with articles published in general internal medicine journals. In this bibliometric study, we retrieved 658 randomly selecte...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sebo P

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance of circulating soluble programmed death ligand-1 (sPD-L1) in patients with solid tumors remains unclear. We performed a meta-analysis to address this issue. METHODS:Several electronic databases were searched from January 1970 to May 2017. The hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidenc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei W,Xu B,Wang Y,Wu C,Jiang J,Wu C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the relationship between cervical and thoracic sagittal alignment parameters measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and x-ray in patients with cervical spondylosisData from 120 symptomatic patients who presented with cervical spondylosis between April 2015 and January 2016 were retrospectively ana...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng J,Liu P,Sun D,Ma Z,Liu J,Wang Z,Mou J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have shown that microRNA-25 (miR-25) plays a key role in the occurrence and development of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Many studies have shown that there is a significant increment of miR-25 in circulating blood of patients with NSCLC. The meta-analysis aims to explore diagnostic valu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li C,Sun L,Zhou H,Yang Y,Wang Y,She M,Chen J

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Penetrating neck traumas are dangerous and have a high mortality rate, particularly in patients with common carotid artery injuries. Advances in diagnostic imaging technology have shifted management of penetrating neck injuries from mandatory exploration to selective management. The question is now regarding ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang D,Zhao Y,Cha B,Fang P,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repair of medial meniscus posterior root tear (MMPRT) is considered as an effective early intervention strategy for osteoarthritis. We aimed at evaluating whether or not single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) could predict the treatment outcome.Eleven patients with MMPRT who underwen...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Whi W,Park JY,Choi H,Paeng JC,Cheon GJ,Kang KW,Lee DS,Han HS

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Several intensive-care units (ICUs) in Wuhan are nonstandard wards that were repurposed from general wards. Considering the shortage of medical resources and the need to prevent nosocomic infection, the respiratory-treatment strategy in these nonstandard ICUs is different from those in general wards and st...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu X,Xu S

更新日期：2020-05-22 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：:The present study compared the efficacy of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in the estimation of hepatic fibrosis stages with histopathologic correlation.This retrospective study included 104 pa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu WP,Hoi CI,Chen RC,Lin CP,Chou CT

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Bronchial foreign body aspiration is a critical condition that jeopardizes the respiratory function of children. Prompt diagnosis and removal of the foreign body can reduce occurrence of foreign body complications and mortality. Aspiration of spherical plastic beads is rare, and the bead is difficult to retri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Zhang L,Li D,Li C,Wang Y,Gao M,Liang H,Meng F

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to compare the postoperative quality of life (QoL) and survival outcomes in lower rectal cancer (LRC) patients who undergo either laparoscopic- intersphincteric resection or extralevator abdominoperineal excision (L-ELAPE) after long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT). ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang W,Huang L,Chen P,Yang Y,Liu X,Wang C,Yu Y,Yang L,Wang Z,Zhou Z

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish the comparative effectiveness of all available biologic therapy regimens for ankylosing spondylitis, we performed a systematic review and a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cochrane library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from the inception of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen C,Zhang X,Xiao L,Zhang X,Ma X

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We report on a patient with injury of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar tract (CPCT) following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), diagnosed by diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). PATIENT CONCERNS:A 53-year-old female patient was injured in a car crash. While under treatment at a local medical center for headache...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jang SH,Kwon HG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental endocrine disruptor that has been associated with cardiovascular outcomes in previous observational studies. We aimed to examine the relationships of urinary BPA levels with hypertension and early macrovascular diseases.This is a cross-sectional study. From June through August 200...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang T,Xu M,Xu Y,Lu J,Li M,Chen Y,Wang W,Lai S,Bi Y,Ning G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:Some evidences suggest the involvement of the central nervous system in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. We aim to analyze possible associations between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), in a comprehensive neurological center.We conducted a retrospect...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cezar-Junior AB,Faquini IV,Silva JLJ,de Carvalho Junior EV,Lemos LEAS,Freire Filho JBM,de Lira Filho HT,Pontes ECA,Almeida NS,Azevedo-Filho HRC

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Sirenomelia is a rare congenital malformation that threatens fetal survivals. The cases in which twin with sirenomelia and chromosomal abnormality have been seldomly reported. We reported a dichorionic twin case in which one twin had sirenomelia, the other twin had a normal phenotype, and they had different c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ting Y,Xue-Lan L,Chun-Bao W,Ting Z,Fen L,Zhen H

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Retinal cavernous hemangioma is a rare congenital vascular malformation with typical fundus changes. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), which is in rise in the recent years, is a rapid and noninvasive technology to assist in obtaining information regarding the blood flow changes in the fundus le...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lyu S,Zhang M,Wang RK,Gao Y,Zhang Q,Min X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hedgehog signaling pathway was first discovered in the 1980s. It is a stem cell-related pathway that plays a crucial role in embryonic development, tissue regeneration, and organogenesis. Aberrant activation of hedgehog signaling leads to pathological consequences, including a variety of human tumors such as pancr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai Y,Bai Y,Dong J,Li Q,Jin Y,Chen B,Zhou M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disease with widespread concern in the world. It has the characteristics of high incidence rate and high disability rate, which seriously affects economic and social development. large dose herb Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian) and Scutellaria (Huangqin) or compou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang X,Wang L,Yue R,Ding N,Yang H

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Lymphocytic hypophysitis is a relatively rare autoimmune disease defined by lymphocytic infiltration to the pituitary. Its rarity and wide spectrum of clinical manifestations make clarification of the pathology difficult. Here, we describe a case we examined from the primary diagnosis to final discharge, show...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shibue K,Fujii T,Goto H,Yamashita Y,Sugimura Y,Tanji M,Yasoda A,Inagaki N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the analgesic efficacy on defined areas of the abdomen and back after ultrasound-guided subcostal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block using 0.25% levobupivacaine 0.5 mL/kg. METHODS:Twenty patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy, between 20 and 60 years of age with operative...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma J,Jiang Y,Tang S,Wang B,Lian Q,Xie Z,Li J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with "difficult-to-treat" advanced testicular cancer can require multiple therapies. We retrospectively assessed our patients with advanced germ cell tumors (GCTs) and characterized the clinical efficacy, outcomes, and factors affecting overall survival (OS).Two hundred fifty-three patients with advanced GCTs...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nakamura T,Ueda T,Oishi M,Nakanishi H,Shiraishi T,Fujihara A,Naito Y,Kamoi K,Naya Y,Hongo F,Okihara K,Miki T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent pediatric malignancy. The chemotherapy for ALL is associated with a profound secondary immune deficiency.We evaluated the number and phenotype of natural killer (NK) cells at diagnosis, after the intensive chemotherapy and following the completion of the entire t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Koltan S,Debski R,Koltan A,Grzesk E,Tejza B,Eljaszewicz A,Gackowska L,Kubicka M,Kolodziej B,Kurylo-Rafinska B,Kubiszewska I,Wiese M,Januszewska M,Michalkiewicz J,Wysocki M,Styczynski J,Grzesk G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Minimally invasive surgery is used to treat early colorectal tumors. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for resection of tumors extending above the dentate line (particularly those with concomitant hemorrhoids) is technically difficult. We present a case of a patient with a lower rectal adenoma extending ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nepal P,Mori S,Kita Y,Tanabe K,Baba K,Sasaki F,Nasu Y,Ido A,Uchikado Y,Kurahara H,Arigami T,Sakoda M,Maemura K,Natsugoe S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship, research outcome and quality has been already evaluated for clinical trials in order to analyze if this kind of sponsorship affects the results of clinical trials. In this sense, this study has the aim to investigate whether placebo use allows positive outcomes regard...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： da Silva JCRA,de Azevedo KPM,Farinasso CM,da Silva DLM,Stefani C,Figueiredo ACMG,de Souza PM,Piuvezam G,Capucho HC

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia-cleft lip/palate (EEC) syndrome, limb-mammary syndrome (LMS), and acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth (ADULT) syndrome are caused by a TP63 gene disorder and have similar features. In the present article, a R319H mutation in TP63 is reported, and the correlation between genoty...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Otsuki Y,Ueda K,Nuri T,Satoh C,Maekawa R,Yoshiura KI

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, many kinds of cages for cervical fusion have been developed to avoid the related complications caused by tricortical iliac crest graft. The existing literature has reported the excellent clinical efficacy and superior fusion rate. However, various types of cages have their own disadvantages. Which ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang S,Yu Y,Liu X,Zhang Z,Hou T,Xu J,Wu W,Luo F

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the possible relationship between endocarditis and overall and individual cancer risk among study participants in Taiwan.We used data from the National Health Insurance program of Taiwan to conduct a population-based, observational, and retrospective cohort study. The case group consisted of 14...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sun LM,Wu JN,Lin CL,Day JD,Liang JA,Liou LR,Kao CH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term survival of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who received interferon treatment has not been extensively evaluated.The HCV cohort was the ESRD patients with de novo HCV infection from 2004 to 2011; they were classified into treated and untreated groups accordi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsu YH,Hung PH,Muo CH,Tsai WC,Hsu CC,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00