Cerebral arterial air embolism after computed tomography-guided hook-wire localization of a pulmonary nodule: A case report.

abstract：:Clinical features, findings of diagnostic studies, results of therapy, and prognostic factors were analyzed in 45 patients with brain abscesses. The number of patients diagnosed yearly has increased since CT scanning became available, but despite the enhanced sensitivity, the time from either onset of symptoms or hosp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chun CH,Johnson JD,Hofstetter M,Raff MJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:To report a patient with primary progressive freezing gait (PPFG) whose degeneration of corticofugal tract (CFT) from the supplementary motor area (SMA) was demonstrated using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). PATIENT CONCERNS:A 66-year-old woman presented with a solitary symptom of a sudden transient bre...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Seo JP,Chang MC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-stroke depression (PSD) constitutes an important complication of stroke, leading to great disability. After stroke, the prevalence rate of depression is about 30%. Depression also affects rehabilitation motivation, delays function recovery, and increases family and social burden. The objective of this study was t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin FH,Yih DN,Shih FM,Chu CM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Up to one third of all schizophrenic patients are classified as having treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). This subgroup faces remarkable medical and psychosocial damages, and pharmacotherapy is often limited due to nonresponse and/or side effects. Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT) might be e...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moeller S,Kalkwarf N,Lücke C,Ortiz D,Jahn S,Först C,Braun N,Philipsen A,Müller HHO

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease in childhood, leading to a great burden to the healthcare system worldwide. Despite the medication treatment, physiotherapy is now applied for asthmatic children aiming to improve their lung function and life quality. However, the effectiveness of physiotherapy ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang W,Liu L,Yang W,Liu H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Purpuric drug eruption (PDE) is an uncommon, clinically distinct side effect of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors. PATIENT CONCERNS:Unlike acneiform eruption, which arises from hair follicles mainly in the head and neck area, PDE starts from xerosis cutis, primarily in the lower extremiti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fang SY,Wu CS,Liu YS,Wei KC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Malignant mesenchymoma (MM) is defined as a heterogeneous malignant soft tissue tumor that consists of 2 or more distinctly different mesenchymal components in addition to fibrosarcomatous elements. Bladder MM was rarely reported in the literature and there are only 5 cases of primary bladder MM documented in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang Z,Yang X,Lu X,Gao L,Li G,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency is associated with numerous public health issues. Limited data are available for children in southern China, a region that receives abundant sunlight. We aimed to estimate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in children in that area, and to determine seasonal variations in serum 25(OH)D level...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo Y,Ke HJ,Liu Y,Fu M,Ning J,Yu L,Xiao Y,Che D,Chen XY,Deng YH,Wu JL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive computed tomography angiography (CTA) is widely used in acute ischemic stroke, even for diagnosing various internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion sites, which often need cerebral digital subtraction angiography (DSA) confirmation. We evaluated whether clinical outcomes vary depending on the DSA-based occl...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hong JM,Lee SE,Lee SJ,Lee JS,Demchuk AM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of pretreatment lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) in patients with urologic tumors remains controversial. Therefore, we herein conducted a meta-analysis to systematically assess the prognostic value of LMR in patients with urologic tumors. METHODS:We comprehensively searched PubMed, EM...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Cheng Y,Ji Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydration with sodium bicarbonate is one of the strategies to prevent contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). The purpose of this study was to determine how strong is the evidence for sodium bicarbonate to prevent CI-AKI after coronary angiography (CAG) and/or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).We conduct...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong Y,Zhang B,Liang L,Lian Z,Liu J,Liang C,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The forms of treatment which are available for these patients include internal fixation, hemiarthroplasty (HA), or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Both HA and THA are widely used methods of hip replacement after displaced femoral neck fracture (DFNF). Our purpose is to analyze the long-term outcomes of these 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Peng L,Liu H,Hu X,Liu J

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Double primary clear cell carcinomas of the liver (PCCCL) and kidney are extremely rare; moreover, there have been no reported cases of adrenal metastasis from primary clear cell tumors of the liver. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 47-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with space-occupying lesions in the le...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang H,Zhao S,Li G

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension drives the global burden of cardiovascular disease and its prevalence is estimated to increase by 30% by the year 2025. Nonadherence to chronic medication regimens is common; approximately 43% to 65.5% of patients who fail to adhere to prescribed regimens are hypertensive patients. Nonadherence ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Abegaz TM,Shehab A,Gebreyohannes EA,Bhagavathula AS,Elnour AA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid (FA) composition is closely associated with tumorigenesis and neoplasm metastasis. This study was designed to investigate the differences of phospholipid FA (PLFA) composition in erythrocyte and platelet cell membranes in both gastrointestinal (GI) tumor patients and healthy controls.In this prospective stu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin S,Li T,Liu X,Wei S,Liu Z,Hu S,Liu Y,Tan H

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is recognized as being a life-threatening event. Both microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH) have been recognized as poor prognostic factors in myocardial infarct (MI) since they adversely affect left ventricular remodeling. MVO refers to small vessels ch...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma M,Diao KY,Yang ZG,Zhu Y,Guo YK,Yang MX,Zhang Y,He Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of intravenous vancomycin has been associated with the development of linear IgA bullous disease (LABD). In contrast to the idiopathic variant, vancomycin-induced LABD (VILABD) appears to be more transient and to be associated with lower morbidity. The characteristics of this entity remain undefined. Ou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nousari HC,Kimyai-Asadi A,Caeiro JP,Anhalt GJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cough is frequently self-limiting, but may persist longer in certain individuals. Most of previous studies on the epidemiology of chronic cough have only measured period prevalence, and thus have afforded limited information on the burden and natural course. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology of chronic cough by...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kang MG,Song WJ,Kim HJ,Won HK,Sohn KH,Kang SY,Jo EJ,Kim MH,Kim SH,Kim SH,Park HW,Chang YS,Lee BJ,Morice AH,Cho SH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) scoring system has been used for diagnosing overt disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). However, the cut-off points of fibrin-related markers remain unclear. The ability of the ISTH DIC score and Multiple Organ Dysfunction (MODS) score to p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao TY,Yang WC,Zhou FH,Song Q

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective analysis of 40 hospitalized patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), we related the use and outcome of assisted ventilation to specific quantitative details of the neurologic illness. Two patients had an unusually prolonged course: they were ventilated for 374 and 396 days before successful ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sunderrajan EV,Davenport J

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently interferon alfa-2b (IFNα-2b) is an approved adjuvant drug for high-risk melanoma patients that leads to an improvement in disease-free survival (DFS). However, it is unclear whether it also impacts overall survival. Widespread use of adjuvant high-dose IFNα has been tempered by its significant toxicity and i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kaehler KC,Blome C,Forschner A,Gutzmer R,Haalck T,Heinzerling L,Kornek T,Livingstone E,Loquai C,Maul LV,Lang BM,Schadendorf D,Stade B,Terheyden P,Utikal J,Wagner T,Hauschild A,Garbe C,Augustin M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cancer stem cell (CSC) markers in differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains uncertain. We conducted a meta-analysis to first investigate the association between expression of CSC markers (CD133, CD90, CD44, and EpCAM) and poor differentiation of HCC, and second, to determine if these CSC ma...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu R,Shen Y,Nan K,Mi B,Wu T,Guo J,Li M,Lv Y,Guo H

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Linear nevus sebaceous syndrome (LNSS) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome, characterized by nevus sebaceous,central nervous system (CNS), ocular and skeletal abnormalities. The present study describes KRAS somatic mosaic mutation in a case of LNSS with lymphatic malformations (LMs). PATIENT CONCERNS:A 4-month...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lihua J,Feng G,Shanshan M,Jialu X,Kewen J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Prevalence estimates of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) following cervical spine surgery varied greatly in current studies. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the point prevalence of ASD after cervical spine surgery. METHODS:Comprehensive electronic searches of PubMed, Embas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong L,Cao J,Wang L,Shen Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of study is to determine whether chronic osteomyelitis (COM) is linked to an increased risk of head and neck cancer (HNC).We identify 17,033 patients with osteomyelitis and 68,125 subjects without osteomyelitis during 1996 to 2010 periods. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai CT,Ho MW,Lin D,Chen HJ,Muo CH,Tseng CH,Su WC,Lin MC,Kao CH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have analyzed the training of endoscopists in the diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC). This study assessed whether specific training of endoscopists improves the detection rate of EGC. The rates of detection of EGC by endoscopists at the Digestive Endoscopy Center of the Affiliated Nanfang Hospital of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Chen ZY,Chen CD,Liu T,Tang XW,Ren YT,Huang SL,Cui XB,An SL,Xiao B,Bai Y,Liu SD,Jiang B,Zhi FC,Gong W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) released from a periampullary or pancreatic cancer can be more frequently detected in the portal than the systemic circulation and potentially can be used to identify patients with liver micrometastases. Aims of this study is to determine if CTCs count in portal venous blood of patients ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tien YW,Kuo HC,Ho BI,Chang MC,Chang YT,Cheng MF,Chen HL,Liang TY,Wang CF,Huang CY,Shew JY,Chang YC,Lee EY,Lee WH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Kawasaki disease is a necrotizing vasculitis featuring fever, erythema, conjunctivitis, and lymphadenopathy. Ocular manifestations in Kawasaki disease are commonly limited to anterior segment, posterior segment lesions are rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a unique case of ocular manifestations...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Y,Zhang Y,Lu F,Wang X,Zhang M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) has been divided into 4 consensus molecular subtypes (CMSs), of which CMS4 has the mesenchymal identity and the highest relapse rate. Our goal is to develop a prognostic signature by integrating the immune system and mesenchymal modalities involved in CMS4. METHODS:The gene expressio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang B,Wang L,Liu Z,Shao B,Jiang W,Shu P

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00