Effectiveness, safety, and economic evaluation of adjuvant moxibustion therapy for aromatase inhibitor-induced arthralgia of postmenopausal breast cancer stage I to III patients: Study protocol for a prospective, randomized, assessor-blind, usual-care con

abstract：RATIONALE:About 60,0000 people are involved in traffic accident each year in China and spinal cord injury (SCI) often occurs. Pregnant women with paraplegia is rare, and they face higher risk during pregnancy and childbirth. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a case of a 35-year-old patient with SCI, who had vaginal forceps d...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yao C,Xu Y,Dai L,Lv Y,Xu X,Ye W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive disorder is a severe mental disorder associated with functional and cognitive impairment. Numerous papers in the literature investigated associations between sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and psychiatric illnesses. However, the results of these studies are controversial.We explored the relationship...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang SY,Hung JH,Hu LY,Huang MW,Lee SC,Shen CC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periarticular anesthesia (PAI) with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) and femoral nerve block (FNB) were 2 common type of pain management after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). There is no consensus about PAI with LB shows better clinical outcome than FNB. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu SQ,Chen X,Yu CC,Weng CW,Wu YQ,Xiong JC,Xu SH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft insertion into the anterior chamber is one of the most important procedures for successful Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Especially in eyes with fragile zonular fibers and a shallow anterior chamber, smooth graft insertion tends to become more difficult. Ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hayashi T,Oyakawa I,Matsuzawa A,Yuda K,Shimizu T,Tsuchiya A,Mizuki N,Kato N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although facial pain expressions are considered to be the most visible pain behaviors, it is known that the association between pain intensity and facial pain expression is weak for chronic pain. The authors hypothesized that the facial pain expressiveness was altered in chronic pain and investigated it with a mental ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee WJ,Choi SH,Jang JH,Moon JY,Kim YC,Noh E,Shin JE,Shin H,Kang DH

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:When patients are intubated and treated with mechanical ventilation, the upper respiratory tract is bypassed by the flow of dry and cold air. To prevent disturbances of airway homeostasis, a heat and moisture exchanger filter (HMEF) has been applied to breathing circuit. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 4-month-old male i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee JE,Kim JH,Kim SO

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted the present study to determine whether subclinical macrovascular atherosclerotic disease was present in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) without clinical history of cardiovascular disease. We also sought to establish whether demographic or clinical features of the disease may influence the develo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gonzalez-Juanatey C,Vazquez-Rodriguez TR,Miranda-Filloy JA,Dierssen T,Vaqueiro I,Blanco R,Martin J,Llorca J,Gonzalez-Gay MA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of Endostar and temozolomide or dacarbazine plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs).Phase II study of 14 patients with locally advanced or metastatic well-differentiated pNETs treated between April 2013 and Sept...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng YJ,Meng CT,Ying HY,Zhou JF,Yan XY,Gao X,Zhou N,Bai CM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is thought to be implicated in the development of arterial stiffness and vascular calcification. As a Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor, it is interesting to investigate whether sclerostin or dickkopf-1 (DKK1) level is correlated with arterial stiffness in renal transplant (RT) recipients...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hsu BG,Liou HH,Lee CJ,Chen YC,Ho GJ,Lee MC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Acute kidney injury is common and correctable in patients with a hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS). Nevertheless, hyperglycemic crisis may also contribute to the development of rhabdomyolysis, which can worsen renal function and lead to high mortality in such patients. PATIENT CONCERNS:Herein, we report...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen IW,Lin CW

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability. However, blood loss and fibrinolytic activity, accounting for a poor prognosis following TKA operation, were relieved by fibrinolytic inhibitor tranexamic acid (TXA)....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang YM,Yang B,Sun XD,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy for patients with oligometastases from colorectal cancer (CRC).This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Patients with liver and/or lung oligometastatic lesions from CRC treated with curative-intent radiotherapy in West C...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He X,Zhang P,Li Z,Bi F,Xu F,Wang X,Shen Y,Li Q,Qiu M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard treatment for patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) is still a matter of debate. The chemotherapy regimen of paclitaxel (PTX) combined with S-1 has been used to treat AGC or metastatic gastric cancer.We conducted a meta-analysis to compare oral S-1 and infusional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to determine w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu H,Chen X,Sun J,Gao P,Song Y,Zhang N,Lu X,Xu H,Wang Z

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoracic epidural analgesia is the preferred method for postoperative analgesia following thoracic surgery. However, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) may be an effective alternative. This study was conducted because few scientific reports exist comparing fentanyl-based IVPCA including a low d...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tseng WC,Lin WL,Lai HC,Huang TW,Chen PH,Wu ZF

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed characterizations of ocular biometrics and parameters of aqueous humor dynamics are lacking in primary angle closure suspect (PACS) patients. This study aims to characterize these parameters and compare them with age-matched healthy volunteers.Elderly healthy volunteers (60.6 ± 7.2 years of age, mean ± SD, n ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo L,Deng Y,Fang L,Liu C,Guo T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life family relationships affect the sexuality in adulthood, and these influences might be reflected in sexual dreams. The present study was designed to investigate the exact associations between family relationships and sexual dream experience. We therefore invited 62 frequent sexual dreamers (dreamers) and 104...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shao X,Wang C,Jia Y,Wang W

更新日期：2020-09-04 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：RATIONALE:Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor, for which only surgery has been proven to be effective to date. Currently there are no reports as to whether a postoperative regimen of ifosfamide, epirubicin, and recombinant human endostatin is effective. PATIENT CONCERN:The patient presented to us with chest...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang L,Xu X,Davies H,Shi K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) refers to Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and portal vein system thrombosis (PVST). Current practice guidelines have recommended the routine screening for antiphospholipid antibodies (APAs) in patients with SVT. A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies was performed to...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qi X,De Stefano V,Su C,Bai M,Guo X,Fan D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the clinical outcome of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in minute submucosa (SM) invasion or undifferentiated early gastric cancer (EGC) and analyzed factors related to local recurrence after ESD.We retrospectively reviewed the chart of EGC patients, who underwent ESD at our tertiary hospit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim JS,Kang SH,Moon HS,Lee ES,Kim SH,Sung JK,Lee BS,Jeong HY

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the increasing population of elderly patients, a large number of patients with degenerative spondylosis are currently being surgically treated. Although basic measures for decreasing postoperative surgical infections (PSIs) are considered, it still remains among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yaldiz C,Yaldiz M,Ceylan N,Kacira OK,Ceylan D,Kacira T,Kizilcay G,Tanriverdi T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether the responsiveness to an increase in cigarettes price differed by adolescents' cigarette acquisition source. We analyzed data on 6134 youth smokers (grades 7-12) from a cross-sectional survey in Korea with national representativeness. The respondents were classified into one of the following accord...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hwang JH,Park SW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Categorical syndromes such as schizophrenia may represent complexes of many continuous psychological structural phenotypes along several dimensions of personality development/degeneration. The present study investigated the heritability and familiality of Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness to experience (NEO) personali...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim SY,Lee BD,Park JM,Lee YM,Moon E,Jeong HJ,Chung YI

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study, a subgroup analysis of the data from the Organization Program of DiabEtes INsulIN ManaGement study, aimed to compare the efficacy and safety profiles of acarbose and metformin used in combination with premixed insulin.This analysis included 80 and 192 patients taking only 1 oral antidiabetic drug, classifi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu H,Liu J,Lou Q,Liu J,Shen L,Zhang M,Lv X,Gu M,Guo X

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:This study aims to evaluate the role of volume-based positron emission tomography parameters as potential surrogate markers for tumor recurrence in resected pancreatic cancer. Between January 2008 and October 2012, medical records of patients who underwent surgical resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and co...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kang CM,Lee SH,Hwang HK,Yun M,Lee WJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmenopausal women are at a higher risk of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In a previous trial, electroacupuncture (EA) was shown to be an effective treatment for women with SUI. Here we present a secondary analysis to investigate the specific factors associated with response to acupuncture therapy among postmeno...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiao R,Liu Y,Liu B,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a relatively common disease; however, myasthenia gravis leading to PE has been rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of PE in a patient with myasthenia gravis and discuss the possible mechanism underlying the development of PE. We hypothesize that inflammatory mediator...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lin S,Wang Y,Guan W,Shi Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are very few reports of eczema and other prosthetic-related allergic skin complications following arthroplasty. We aimed to assess the risk of eczema after joint replacement.We performed a retrospective population-based cohort study in 2024 joint replacement patients using the Longitudinal Health Insurance Datab...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu PY,Muo CH,Tsai CH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glypican-3 (GPC3) has been widely recognized in the progression of liver tumors for several years. The relationship between overexpression of GPC3 and the poorer prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was performed by 2 meta-analyses. However, there were also some latest literatures that i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Zhang M,Ma H,Song X,He L,Ye X,Li X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00