Experience of operating an anesthesia preoperative evaluation clinic in South Korea: An observational study of surgeons' satisfaction.

abstract：:Several scoring systems are commonly used to evaluate severity in patients with traumatic injuries. However, there is no generally accepted standard scoring system to assess the severity of thoracic trauma, specifically in patients who have sustained severe injuries. The present study aimed to evaluate the validity of...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moon SH,Kim JW,Byun JH,Kim SH,Choi JY,Jang IS,Lee CE,Yang JH,Kang DH,Kim KN,Park HO

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature ventricular complexes are very common, appearing most frequently in patients with hypertension, obesity, sleep apnea, and structural heart disease. Sympathetic hyperactivity plays a critical role in the development, maintenance, and aggravation of ventricular arrhythmias. Recently, Armaganijan et al reported...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kiuchi MG,Vitorio FP,Silva GRD,Paz LMR,Souto GLL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most efficacious treatment for high-risk bladder cancer (BC) (Ta/T1 or carcinoma in situ) to reduce the risk of recurrence. Our aim was to evaluate whether hypertension and diabetes influence the outcome of patients with noninvasive BC treated with BCG instillat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dal Moro F,Bovo A,Crestani A,Vettor R,Gardiman MP,Zattoni F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HBV (hepatitis B virus) genotyping is important in determining the clinical manifestation of disease and treatment response, particularly, in patients with low viral loads. Also, sensitive detection of HBV antiviral drug resistance mutations is essential for monitoring therapy response.Asensitive direct sequencing met...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tong Y,Liu B,Liu H,Zheng H,Gu J,Liu H,Lin M,Ding Y,Song C,Li Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effectiveness of dual filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP), a novel blood purification treatment, as a rapid and sustained disease-modifying therapy for active refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA).A retrospective cohort study had been conducted. One hundred fifty three patients aged 18 years or older wi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xing Y,Wang S,Liu C,Wang H,Zhao M,Jin B,Kong X

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing number of studies have suggested that the Long intergenic noncoding RNA 00511 (LINC00511) is aberrantly expressed in multiple malignancies and is related to patient survival. Herein, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to comprehensively evaluate the prognostic significance of LINC00...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen M,Qi P,Jiang WW

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The surgical methods of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VS) for patients with noncommunicating hydrocephalus have rapidly increased in the past 2 decades. However, there is controversy regarding the efficacy and safety of these 2 surgical methods for noncommunicating hy...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang L,Gao G,Zhou Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:The associations of tea consumption with risk of oral cancer remain not clear. The present meta-analysis aims to clarify the real relationship between tea intake and the risk of oral cancer and quantifies the potential dose-response relationship between them.A Web search was performed within Pubmed, Embase, and Web of...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou H,Wu W,Wang F,Qi H,Cheng Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether migraine influences the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in Taiwan.We retrieved the data analyzed in this study from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. We included 17,606 newly diagnosed migraine patients withou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen HY,Lin CL,Kao CH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing gastric cancer (AFPGC) is rare and associated with a suboptimal prognosis. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify prognostic factors, with a particular focus on the dynamics of serum AFP levels during treatment, in AFPGC patients.Data of patients with pathologically diagn...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang R,Li J,Xu D,Li R,Gong P

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nasal surgeries have been applied to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients with nasal obstruction for decades. However, the efficiency of nasal surgery in improving OSA remains controversial.The aim of this study was to identify whether isolated nasal surgery can improve apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). METHODS...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu J,Zhao G,Li Y,Zang H,Wang T,Wang D,Han D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare bone mineral densities (BMDs) and body composition between Southeast Asia college students and Chinese college students, in order to provide a certain reference enhancing college students' physical fitness.A total of 1694 Chinese college students (294 men and 1400 women, aged 18-22...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu P,Ye Z,Lu J,Lu H,Guan L,Teng Z,Gao S,Li M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accessory liver lobe (ALL), an autonomous island of normal liver parenchyma, is a rare congenital anomaly that is difficult for preoperative diagnosis and often identified incidentally. It can also be accompanied with benign or malignant diseases, which is extremely rare. There are only 3 cases of focal no...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su N,Chen C,Dai Q,Wang L,Yang M,Xia Y,Jiang Y,Lv K

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mucocele is a disease lined primarily by epithelium, and occurs mainly when the sinus ostium is obstructed. PATIENT CONCERNS:We report a case of a 37-year-old man who presented with painless proptosis of the right eye and diplopia. DIAGNOSES:The preoperative finding was mucocele of the ethmoid sinus. INTER...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim JS,Kim EJ,Kwon SH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The digestive tract malignancies are a series of malignant tumor with high morbidity and mortality. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined with chemotherapy drugs interventions have been applied for the treatment of malignant tumors in Asian countries for dacades. This study aimed to assess the effectiv...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Song Q,Zhang J,Wu Q,Li G,Leung EL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol is widely used to reduce intracranial pressure and is protective against ischemic and nephrotoxic acute renal failure. However, the capacity of this seemingly innocuous agent to produce acute renal failure is not well recognized. We report herein the clinical course of 8 cases of mannitol-induced acute renal ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dorman HR,Sondheimer JH,Cadnapaphornchai P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic surgery is widespread and safe for the management of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Although the use of standard surgical techniques can prevent perioperative wound infections, surgical site infections (SSIs) remain an unresolved complication in laparoscopic-assisted colectomy. The present study i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luo Y,Qiu YE,Mu YF,Qin SL,Qi Y,Zhong M,Yu MH,Ma LY

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of SRY-box 8 (SOX8) is closely correlated with the development and progression of many types of cancers in human. Limited studies report the relationship between SOX8 expression and overall survival in colorectal cancer (CRC). This study aimed to collect the pathological tissues and clinical data i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang Y,Yang W,Liu T,Bai G,Liu M,Wang W

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a transient systolic dysfunction of the left ventricular apex without stenosis of coronary arteries and is induced by various psychological and physical factors. TCM sometimes causes lethal complications such as arrhythmia, thrombogenesis, and even cardiac rupture, and thus it...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Taniguchi K,Takashima S,Iida R,Ota K,Nitta M,Sakane K,Fujisaka T,Ishizaka N,Umegaki O,Uchiyama K,Takasu A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The infection is an essential problem in the clinical practice in orthopedics. The bibliometric analysis was conducted to evaluate the top 100 cited articles on infection in orthopaedics. METHODS:The Web of Science (WoS) Core Database was comprehensively searched from 1975 to 2017, and the literature search wa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang Y,Hu R,Zhu G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Generally, rheumatic heart disease is, today, sporadic in developed countries, even though it continues to be a major health hazard in the developing ones. It is also a very rare cause of sudden unexpected death. We report a case of a 15-year-old boy who suddenly died at home. Since 3 days he had presented f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Osculati A,Visonà SD,Ventura F,Castelli F,Andrello L

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship between spinal cord injury (SCI) and the risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in a cohort study with a large representative sample.The National Health Insurance Database was used to select patients who were diagnosed from 2000 to 2010. Patients with a histor...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su TW,Chou TY,Jou HJ,Yang PY,Lin CL,Sung FC,Hsu CY,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The optimal therapeutic regimen for chemotherapy-refractory and node-positive small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is criticizable for the lack of evidence. PATIENT CONCERNS:A patient with locally advanced SCLC was insensitive to the first-line chemotherapy of etoposide, irinotecan, and cisplatin. DIAGNOSES:The pa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pan Y,Kong FW,Wang H,Wang X,Zhang H,Wu WB,Zhang M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence estimates of heterotopic ossification (HO) following cervical artificial disc replacement (ADR) varied widely in previous studies. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize its point prevalence. METHODS:Electronic searches of PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Libr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong L,Ma Q,Meng F,Cao J,Yu K,Shen Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical symptoms of pylephlebitis caused by acute appendicitis are varied and atypical, which leads to delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes. Here, we report a case of intestinal necrosis caused by thrombophlebitis of the portomesenteric veins as a complication of acute appendicitis after appendectomy. The patient ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tang R,Tian X,Xie X,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of a neural integrity monitor electromyogram (EMG) tracheal tube is to reduce the risk of damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerves. Complications associated with the use of EMG tube are ventilatory failure, tracheal injury, and difficult extubation. PATIENT CONCERNS:We encountered a case of di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moon H,Hong S,Sung C,Chon J,Kwak J,Lee J

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluate the correlation of clinical staging on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) and pathologic staging and the prognostic value of PET-CT after induction chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We analyzed 42 cases of clinical stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim SH,Lee JH,Lee GJ,Jeong S,Kwak YK,Kim HK,Cho DG,Park YH,Yu M,Yoon SC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can deliver effective respiratory and circulatory maintenance to organ donors, improve organ function, and shorten warm ischemic time before harvesting. However, ECMO-supported brain-dead donors (DBDs) still have a high risk of acute kidney injury related to decrease...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chiang PJ,Tang SH,Li CC,Chou MH,Lin YC,Wu ST

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterococci, members of the group D streptococci and the predominant aerobic streptococci of the gastrointestinal and female genital tracts, have long been recognized as significant pathogens in infective endocarditis. Over the past 2 decades, enterococci have become increasingly important nosocomial pathogens, re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Maki DG,Agger WA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00