Anti-angiogenesis treatment in a patient with appendix metastasis of small cell lung cancer: A case report.

abstract：:Several points can be made from analysis of the published cases of cutaneous mycobacteriosis and those in our series: 1) mycobacterial cutaneous infections are probably more common than is reported-we collected 34 cases over a 10-year period; 2) most patients with cutaneous infections caused by nontuberculous mycobact...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Beyt BE Jr,Ortbals DW,Santa Cruz DJ,Kobayashi GS,Eisen AZ,Medoff G

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tailgut cysts are a type of very rare congenital polycystic lesions that are always located posterior to the rectum and anterior to the sacrum. The symptoms of tailgut cysts are nonspecific and misleading. Therefore, a full understanding of the characteristics of tailgut cysts is important for their diagnosis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Song X,Shi J,Zhang K,Liu T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate bowel preparation is essential for the detection of pathological lesions during colonoscopy. However, it has been found to be inadequate in approximately 20% to 30% of colonoscopy examinations. Educational interventions focused on health staff, such as physicians and nurses, may improve the patients...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu A,Yan S,Wang H,Lin Y,Wu J,Fu L,Wu Q,Lu Y,Liu Y,Chen H

更新日期：2020-09-04 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：:Cardiac myxoma is a true intracardiac neoplasm, which is histologically benign but which on occasion may exhibit behavior suggestive of a true malignancy. It is the most common form of primary cardiac tumor, accounting for 50% of such neoplasms. Seventy-five percent of myxomas are found in the left atrium, typically a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Markel ML,Waller BF,Armstrong WF

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is characterized by an abnormal dilatation of the coronary arteries. CAE is often associated with the presence of slow coronary flow and may lead to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), even without total occlusion. PATIENT CONCERNS AND DIAGNOSIS:We report a case of a 24-year-old ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Y,Wu C,Liu W

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Due to unprecedented global aging, the number of elderly and super-elderly patients with cancer is increasing. However, restricted by comorbidities or fragility, many elderly patients are considered ineligible to receive invasive therapies. A centenarian with primary liver cancer (PLC) was treated by external...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Meng Z,Gao F,Liu C,Huang S,Hu K,Wang R

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We report on a patient who showed delayed degeneration of the left fornical crus with verbal memory impairment following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), which was demonstrated by diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). PATIENT CONCERNS:: fter flexion and hyperextension of her head to the opposite side, the pa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jang SH,Seo JP

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Several clinical studies have reported that inflammation factors (IF) are associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. However, no study systematically investigated the association between IF and M pneumoniae in pediatric population. Thus, this study will explore the association between IF and pediatri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He JE,Qu H,Gao CY

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis or osteopenia is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis, but little is known about the risk factors for the occurrence of osteoporosis.Patients with liver cirrhosis due to chronic virus infection and alcoholic abuse were enrolled. Bone mineral density (BMD) was determined using dual-energy x-ray...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng JP,Miao HX,Zheng SW,Liu WL,Chen CQ,Zhong HB,Li SF,Fang YP,Sun CH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 121 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), of whom 119 were complement typed. Both black and white patients with SLE were more likely than racially matched controls to have a C4A null allotype. Patients with homozygous C4A deficiency had less proteinuria than other patients (p = 0.02) and both ho...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Petri M,Watson R,Winkelstein JA,McLean RH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic liver disease is traditionally conceived as a risk factor for cardiovascular surgery. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has recently burgeoned to precede surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with severe aortic stenosis at intermediate to high surgical risk. The evidence r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma X,Zhao D,Li J,Wei D,Zhang J,Yuan P,Kong X,Ma J,Ma H,Sun L,Zhang Y,Jiao Q,Wang Z,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) is the second most prevalent subtype of kidney cancers. In the current study, we analyzed the global microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles in pRCC, with the aim to evaluate the relationship of miRNA expression with the progression and prognosis of pRCC.A total of 163 treatment-naïv...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ge YZ,Xu LW,Xu Z,Wu R,Xin H,Zhu M,Lu TZ,Geng LG,Liu H,Zhou CC,Yu P,Zhao YC,Hu ZK,Zhao Y,Zhou LH,Wu JP,Li WC,Zhu JG,Jia RP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and laboratory findings in 14 infants, 2 children and 42 adults with RTA-1 have been retrospectively analyzed and the patients classified as having the hereditary (14%), acquired (31%), or idiopathic (55%) form. In 7 of the 8 hereditary cases, RTA-1 appeared to be a complication of hereditary hypercalciur...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Caruana RJ,Buckalew VM Jr

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are known to have greater efficacy in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, about 10% of EGFR wild-type (wt) patients respond to TKIs. PATIENT CONCERNS:Several strategies to increase the efficacy of TKIs in wt NSCLC are ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu T,Wu H,Jin S,Min H,Zhang Z,Shu Y,Wen W,Guo R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of clear guidance for the prophylactic use of anticoagulants for patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) surgery.This study aimed to evaluate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), prophylactic use of enoxaparin and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary and revi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hussain Z,Peterson GM,Mirkazemi C,Curtain C,Zaidi STR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilevel cervical reconstruction and fusion after cervical tuberculosis has always been a challenge. The current implantation materials for cervical fusion, including titanium mesh, cage, and plate are limited by its inferior biological mechanical characteristics and the properties of the metallic material. This has...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,He WS,Wang C,Yan YG,Ouyang ZH,Xue JB,Li XL,Wang WJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alanine transaminase (ALT) abnormalities are common in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) carriers during postpartum period. Disturbances in cytokines are considered to be associated with hepatitis Flares. There are limited data on cytokines changes in HBeAg positive patients with ALT abnormalities.This is an observational stu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang M,Hou Y,Meng SH,Yang B,Yang P,Zhang H,Zhu Y

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：RATIONALE:Pseudoprogression, that is, initial tumor growth followed by subsequent tumor regression, has been well described for immunomodulation therapy in melanoma patients. This phenomenon is not well defined in lung cancer. Nivolumab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was recently approved for nonsmall cell lung can...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sarfaty M,Moore A,Dudnik E,Peled N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional methods for identifying gastroenteritis pathogens are time consuming, more likely to result in a false-negative, rely on personnel with diagnostic expertise, and are dependent on the specimen status. Alternatively, molecular diagnostic methods permit the rapid, simultaneous detection of multiple pathogens...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang SH,Lin YF,Tsai MH,Yang S,Liao ML,Chao SW,Hwang CC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disease with a poorly understood etiology. The occurrence of CD in the abdominal cavity is very rare, especially in the retroperitoneal peripancreatic region. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 33-year-old woman was referred to our department on March 1, 2018 for a detail...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou YX,Ji Y,Wu S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-most-common chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease. The long-term use of levodopa leads to a loss of efficacy and to complications. Therefore, many patients with PD have turned to complementary therapies to help relieve their symptoms. Acupuncture is most com...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee SH,Lim S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed the long-term outcome of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) in 15 children. IPH started at a mean age of 5 years, and the mean duration of follow-up was 17.2 years (range, 10-36 yr). Four patients developed immune disorders, 3 cases of rheumatoid polyarthritis or rheumatoid polyarthri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Le Clainche L,Le Bourgeois M,Fauroux B,Forenza N,Dommergues JP,Desbois JC,Bellon G,Derelle J,Dutau G,Marguet C,Pin I,Tillie-Leblond I,Scheinmann P,De Blic J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether dexmedetomidine could potentiate the analgesic efficacy of ropivacaine, when added to ropivacaine for wound infiltration in patients undergoing open gastrectomy. METHODS:Fifty patients scheduled for open gastrectomy were divided into 2 equal gro...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luan H,Zhu P,Zhang X,Tian L,Feng J,Wu Y,Yan Y,Zhao Z,Gu X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Water immersion delivery is a non-pharmacological approach to ease labor pain. This paper aims to investigate the effect of water immersion delivery on increasing strength of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) and relieving pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) during postpartum period. METHODS:A total of 2749 vaginal-deliv...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao Y,Xiao M,Tang F,Tang W,Yin H,Sun GQ,Lin Y,Zhou Y,Luo Y,Li LM,Tan ZH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We report on a patient with a positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans (PET/CT)-negative malignant spine tumor, which had even caused a pathologic fracture, and was eventually confirmed on surgical biopsy. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 67-year-old man visited our emergency department with sudden onset of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim KU,Choi JH,Lee GW

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are susceptible to tuberculosis (TB), especially in endemic areas such as China. The variable and nonspecific clinical features of disseminated TB often leads to an erroneous or misdiagnosis. When a patient presents with TB of the bone marrow, the clinical condition is ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen D,Yang Z,Yang Y,Zhan Z,Yang X

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective cohort study was conducted to assess the duration of daytime napping and its effect combined with night sleep deprivation on the risk of developing high HOMA-IR (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance) index and disadvantageous changes in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels.A total of 5...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li X,Pang X,Zhang Q,Qu Q,Hou Z,Liu Z,Lv L,Na G,Zhang W,Sun C,Li Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00