Erratum: Nonspecific ST-T changes associated with unsatisfactory blood pressure control among adults with hypertension in China: Evidence from the CSPTT study: Erratum.

abstract：:Xiakemycin A (XKA), a new antibiotic in the pyranonaphthoquinone family, shows antitumor activity. However, the type of cell death induced by XKA remains elusive. In this study, we aim to investigate the type of death induced by XKA in hepatic cancer.The apoptotic features, such as chromatic agglutination, reactive ox...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen C,Han Z,Yang M,Jiang Z,Ou X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is a new approach to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The INTREPID trial suggested that SRT could reduce the frequency of regular intravitreal injections (IVIs) with antivascular endothelial growth factor drugs, which are necessary to control disease activity. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ranjbar M,Kurz M,Holzhey A,Melchert C,Rades D,Grisanti S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefit of prebiopsy empirical antibiotics for patients with infectious spondylitis and the effect on clinical outcome are not well known. This study assessed the impact of prebiopsy empirical antibiotics in patients with infectious spondylitis. We retrospectively reviewed 41 adult in-patients with infectious spon...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang YC,Wong CB,Wang IC,Fu TS,Chen LH,Chen WJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Multiple pulmonary leiomyomatous hamartoma (MPLH) is an extremely rare benign disease that mostly occurs in women of reproductive age. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 32-year-old female patient recently diagnosed with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules. She has the symptoms of dry cough, chest tightness, dyspnea on exe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng D,Zhang F,Hu K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a progressive autoimmune disease that occurs as a result of the failure of neuromuscular transmission and is characterized by muscle weakness. There has been evidence on the correlations between the genetic predisposition of cytotoxic T lymphocyte and the antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and MG. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fang TK,Yan CJ,Du J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Traumatic bilateral facet dislocation in the lumbar (L) spine has rarely been reported. All reported cases were presented with acute facet dislocation. However, we present the first case of delayed bilateral facet dislocation at L4-5. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 34-year-old woman presented with back pain after a head...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park HY,Ha KY,Kim YH,Kim SI,Min HK,Oh IS,Seo JY,Chang DG,Alhazmi MA,Cho JH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional constipation (FC) is one of the most common diseases throughout the world, which brings a bad influence on life quality as well as mental health. Massage has been widely used in the treatment of functional constipation in china. In several randomized controlled trials indicate that massage has a p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tang Y,Shi K,He F,Li M,Wen Y,Wang X,Zhu J,Jin Z

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:No risk assessment tool is available for identifying high risk population of breast cancer (BCa) in Hong Kong. A case-control study including 918 BCa cases and 923 controls was used to develop the risk assessment model among Hong Kong Chinese women.Each participant received an in-depth interview to obtain their lifest...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang F,Dai J,Li M,Chan WC,Kwok CC,Leung SL,Wu C,Li W,Yu WC,Tsang KH,Law SH,Lee PM,Wong CK,Shen H,Wong SY,Yang XR,Tse LA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early and/or late onset in patients with brain injury (BI) is associated with a poorer prognosis, and phenytoin (PHT) is standard of care to prevent seizures. Levetiracetam (LEV), an alternative antiepileptic drug, is associated with less cognitive disruption. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao L,Wu YP,Qi JL,Liu YQ,Zhang K,Li WL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) has been one widely used index of early carotid atherosclerosis. We speculated that the influence of blood pressure variability (BPV) on early carotid atherosclerosis may be varied by the location of the carotid artery and diabetes history. Thus, the goal of this study was to evalu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu D,Li C,Chen Y,Xiong H,Tian X,Wu W,Huang W,Zhang YT,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, many studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between the A46G polymorphism in the β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) gene and essential hypertension risk in the Chinese population. However, the results of previous studies were conflicting. OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to inve...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yan L,Wang H,Liu P,Wang M,Chen J,Zhao X

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is a severe secondary glaucoma with uncontrolled intraocular pressure that leads to serious eye pain and vision loss. Presently, the therapeutic strategies for NVG are diverse, but the therapeutic effects are still not ideal. We performed a network analysis to assess the effect of mul...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong Z,Gong J,Liao R,Xu S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Tuina for children with myopia. METHODS:The following electronic databases will be searched from establishment to July 2019: Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Springer, World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Rong J,Feng H,Li J,Wang M,Lu T,Zhang X,Zhuang Q,Jing F

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current state-of-the-art nuclear medicine imaging methods (such as PET/CT or bone scintigraphy) may have insufficient sensitivity for predicting bone tumor, and substantial exposure to ionizing radiation is associated with the risk of secondary cancer development. Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) is radiation free and ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu LP,Cui LB,Zhang XX,Cao J,Chang N,Tang X,Qi S,Zhang XL,Yin H,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between serum ferritin levels and metabolically obese normal weight (MONW) and to determine the appropriate cut-off value of serum ferritin for the prediction of clinical metabolic status in nonobese Korean adults. Data from 9411 participants in the fourth (200...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim JW,Kim DH,Roh YK,Ju SY,Nam HY,Nam GE,Kim DW,Lee SH,Lee CW,Han K,Park YG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study aimed to screen and explore the expression of inflammatory factors in keloid patients and to investigate how hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy affects the expression levels of interleukin-12p40 (IL-12p40), macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β), platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), and i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hao Y,Dong X,Zhang M,Liu H,Zhu L,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The blood glucose response to moderate-intensity exercise remains unclear for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). In addition, little is known about determinants of blood glucose response to a 12-week moderate-intensity exercise training. Therefore, this study aimed to explore trends in blood glucose in re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chiang SL,Heitkemper MM,Hung YJ,Tzeng WC,Lee MS,Lin CH

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Therapeutic or diagnostic thoracentesis is widely used in different clinical settings. Cardiac injury, a rare complication, could lead to fatal consequences. We describe a case of cardiac tamponade complicating thoracentesis that was recognized and rescued in a timely manner. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 42-year-old w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng M,Kang Y,Wang T,Wei J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective single institution observational study.The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of early extensive posterior decompression on complications in patients with severe traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (tcSCI).Cervical SCI is associated with a high prevalence of hyponatremia and cardiopu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang C,Wang G,Xu S,Li G,Wang Q

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common malignancy in China and has a low survival rate amongst Han Chinese. The high mortality is largely attributed to late-stage diagnosis, when treatment is largely ineffective. Identification of genetic variants could potentially assist with earlier diagnosis and thus more effective treatme...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hu W,Chien SY,Ying P,Liu PI,Su CM,Tang CH

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Early postoperative complications graded according to the Clavien-Dindo classification system have not previously been correlated with long-term quality of life outcomes in patients who have had restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. This study aimed to assess the severity of early ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： McCombie A,Lee Y,Vanamala R,Gearry R,Frizelle F,McKay E,Williman J,Eglinton T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical data of resected adenosquamous lung cancer (ASLC) and to explore the influencing factors and clinicopathological characteristics of the metastasis lymph nodes. A total of 1156 consecutive patients with surgically resected lung cancer from January 2009 t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong M,Jin J,Cai X,Shen J,Ma D,Ye M,Zhu C,Freedman S,Walters K,Xu X,Chen B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a global disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Although low peripheral blood cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell counts are found to be related to a high burden of cryptococcus in HIV-infected patients, little is known about possible immune defects in previously healthy ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu L,Huang Q,Lin JR,Zhu CY,Li XH,Ye SK,Zhu AH,Chen DH,Zhang CF,Chen L,Ling Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tibial hemimelia is known as a rare congenital lower limb deficiency. It has been classified into different types based on Jones classification, and the traditional treatment of tibial hemimelia is amputation. Here we present a variant and unclassified case of tibial hemimelia, which was caused by osteomyelit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yu L,Yu G,Deng K,Wang G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intramedullary cervical spinal cord teratomas (ICTs) are extremely rare, and diagnosis and treatment are challenging. We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the diagnosis and treatment of ICT. METHOD:The presentation, imaging manifestations, diagnosis, management, surgery findings, prognosis ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Li T,Gong M,Xing F,Li L,Xiao R,Guan Q

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African Americans (AA) with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a worse prognosis compared to Americans of European descent (EA). We conducted the current study to test the hypothesis that AA patients with SSc have more severe disease and poorer outcomes compared to EA patients when afflicted with pulmonary arterial hyperte...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Blanco I,Mathai S,Shafiq M,Boyce D,M Kolb T,Chami H,K Hummers L,Housten T,Chaisson N,L Zaiman A,M Wigley F,J Tedford R,A Kass D,Damico R,E Girgis R,M Hassoun P

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：RATIONALE:The palliative sedation therapy is defined as the intentional reduction of the alert state, using pharmacological tools. Propofol is a short-acting general anesthetic agent, widely used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia and rarely employed in palliative care. PATIENT CONCERNS AND DIAGNOSES:...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Miele E,Angela M,Cefalo MG,Del Bufalo F,De Pasquale MD,Annalisa S,Spinelli GP,Luigi S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00