Could platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio be a predictor for contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome?: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：RATIONALE:Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids (HDLS) is a rare disease with white matter lesions of the central nervous system, and it usually has autosomal dominant inheritance. Its pathogenesis and causes are complex, and it has obvious clinical and genetic heterogeneities; also, it is c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shi T,Li J,Tan C,Chen J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With conflicting results in the literature, it remains unclear whether a higher field strength automatically increases the sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting pathological lesions in the knee. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng Q,Zhao FC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Iatrogenic chylous leakage (CL) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication after neck surgery. In cirrhotic patient, the massive CL is even more intractable and extremely dangerous due to portal hypertension. PATIENTS CONCERNS:A 54-year-old liver cirrhotic patient had milky fluid leakage from le...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su CL,Chang GH,Fang KH,Chang CC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the factors influencing the degree of detectability of lesions and diffusion background signals on magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in invasive breast cancer.Institutional review board approval was obtained and patient consent was waived. Patients with newly diagnosed invasive ductal ca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hahn SY,Ko ES,Han BK,Lim Y,Gu S,Ko EY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients hospitalized with pneumonia may require packed red blood cell (RBC) transfusion during their hospital stay. Patient survival may be associated with the transfusion trigger. These patients may need a higher hemoglobin (Hb) trigger than that suggested by the AABB guidelines (7 g/dL).The objective of this study ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Rahimi-Levene N,Koren-Michowitz M,Zeidenstein R,Peer V,Golik A,Ziv-Baran T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports found that cinnamaldehyde has effects on anti-respiratory syncytial virus (ARSV). However, their results are still contradictory. Therefore, this study will systematically address the effects of cinnamaldehyde on ARSV. METHODS:The following electronic bibliographic databases will be retriev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Feng L,Li J,Yu HB,Xue Q,Dai LJ

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：RATIONALE:Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis is an unusual disease in healthy adults, and Staphylococcus aureus is the most common causative pathogen. The current treatment of choice is surgery with sternoclavicular joint resection and pectoralis flap closure, especially when the disease is complicated by osteomye...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kwon HY,Cha B,Im JH,Baek JH,Lee JS

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the computed tomography (CT) image quality of the low- tube-voltage protocol with low contrast agent dose.CT portography was performed in 118 cirrhosis patients with body mass index (BMI) less than 25 kg/m under 2 protocols: Protocol A, tube voltage of 90 kVp/395 mAs and contrast agent dos...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu S,Sheng H,Shi H,Li W,Fan J,He J,Sun H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No systematic review has been published in English of Dengzhanxixin (DZXX) injection for cerebral infarction. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effects and safety of DZXX injection for cerebral infarction. METHODS:Eight databases were searched from their inception. Randomized controlled tr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang J,Xie Y,Zhao S,Zhang J,Chai Y,Li Y,Liao X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS), the largest ongoing longitudinal study of perinatal HIV-infected (PHIV) and HIV-exposed, uninfected (PHEU) children in the United States, comprises the Surveillance Monitoring of Antiretroviral Therapy [ART] Toxicities (SMARTT) Study in PHEU children and the Adolescent Mast...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Spector SA,Brummel SS,Nievergelt CM,Maihofer AX,Singh KK,Purswani MU,Williams PL,Hazra R,Van Dyke R,Seage GR 3rd,Pediatric HIV\/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS).

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is mainly caused by anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibody-mediated glomerulonephritis, immune-complex or anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides and leads to rapid loss of renal function. Detection of ANCA and autoantibodies (autoAbs)...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sowa M,Trezzi B,Hiemann R,Schierack P,Grossmann K,Scholz J,Somma V,Sinico RA,Roggenbuck D,Radice A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinical manifestations of mesenteric vasculitis due to giant cell arteritis (GCA) and considered features of the mesenteric anatomy in relationship to disease expression. We compiled and reviewed a case series by systematic identification of patients previously reported in the English-language literat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Scola CJ,Li C,Upchurch KS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex distal intra-articular radial fractures (AO Type C3) are rare, but are life-changing injuries. They are usually related to high-velocity trauma mechanisms in a working male population.We surveyed a cohort of these fractures treated in our institution to assess the functional long-term outcome.Twelve consecutiv...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Iselin LD,Massy-Budmiger AS,Droeser RA,Mett TR,Babst R,Rikli DA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been observed in younger adults. Insulin resistance [IR], decreased first-, second-phase insulin secretion, and glucose effectiveness (GE) (IR, first phase insulin secretion [FPIS], second phase insulin secretion [SPIS], and GE), denoted as diabetes fact...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kuo TY,Wu CZ,Lu CH,Lin JD,Liang YJ,Hsieh CH,Pei D,Chen YL

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare various visual function parameters for evaluating the quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced glaucoma with low vision.In total, 44 eyes of advanced glaucoma patients with low vision were included in this cross-sectional study. A moving pattern edge band program was used to assess e...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jeon SJ,Jung Y,Jung CS,Park HL,Park CK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is believed to be the leading cause of dry eye (DE) disease worldwide. The connection between aging and MGD has long been recognized. However, few studies have addressed the relationship between MGD and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in perimenopausal women, and not have examined t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jin X,Lin Z,Liu Y,Lin L,Zhu B

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer survivors experience various symptoms associated with their cancer interventions, and the benefits of acupuncture for these symptoms have been evaluated in clinical trials worldwide. The purpose of this review was to discuss the current status of clinical research regarding the use of acupunctu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim TH,Kang JW,Lee MS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Metastatic involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon scenario encountered in the clinical practice. Our case represents a gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) as a consequence of distant Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) metastasis without any lymph node involvement in association with inflammatory...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bandireddy M,Baffy N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Papillary meningioma is an extremely rare malignant lesion with high degree of invasiveness, high recurrence rate, and perivascular pseudopapillary structure. The incidence of cystic degeneration in papillary meningiomas is relatively low, and cystic papillary meningiomas growing in the ventricle are even ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng Z,Chao Q,Zhang H,Wang DW,Shu HS

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor safety is the major concern in living donor liver transplantation, although hepatic resection may be associated with postoperative coagulopathy. Recently, the use of sugammadex has been gradually increased, but sugammadex is known to prolong prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moon YJ,Kim SH,Kim JW,Lee YK,Jun IG,Hwang GS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Despite the approval of antiangiogenic therapy for high grade glioma (HGG) patients, survival benefits are still limited. New treatment plans have always been developed to improve the survival. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 26-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for distending pain of head and eye. DIAGNOSES:R...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ding X,Sun J,Fan T,Li B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMSs) are a group of rare genetic disorders of the neurological junction, which can result in structural or functional weakness. Here, we characterized a case of CMS in order to clarify the diagnosis and expand the understanding of it. The molecular diagnosis had implications f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang K,Cheng H,Yuan F,Meng L,Yin R,Zhang Y,Wang S,Wang C,Lu Y,Xi J,Lu Q,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Simple renal cyst (SRC) is a benign disease. However, rarely renal cell carcinoma (RCC) may be raised at the wall of a preexisting SRC. We herein describe 2 unusual cases of RCC arising from the outer surface of the free wall of the renal cyst. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 75-year-old female and a male were admitted t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lai S,Jiao B,Wang X,Xu X,Zhang M,Diao T,Zhang G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melatonin is the "clock factor" generated from pineal gland dominating regular circadian rhythm in humans. Migraine is one of the most severe and debilitating primary headache disorders. Thus far, many diseases have been found to associate with melatonin, including the migraine. Therefore, melatonin's therap...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Long R,Zhu Y,Zhou S

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:A minimum of 12 harvested lymph nodes (hLNs) are recommended in colorectal cancer. However, a paucity of hLNs is frequently presented after preoperative chemoradiation (pCRT) in rectal cancer and the significance of this is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of hLNs on long-term oncologic ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim WR,Han YD,Cho MS,Hur H,Min BS,Lee KY,Kim NK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to explore the principles of clinical classification and individualized treatment of basicranial artery injuries based on its anatomical correlation.The data of 172 patients with various types of basicranial artery injuries were retrospectively analyzed. Among these patients, 128 patients were male and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang H,Li SG,Xiang X,Lv Y,Chu LZ,Peng H,Wang F,Cao H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies have focused on the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute exacerbation in Caucasian populations. DVT is supposedly less likely to occur among Asians than Caucasians, and the primary purpose of this study was ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen CY,Liao KM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00