Impact of a systematic evaluation of connective tissue disease on diagnosis approach in patients with interstitial lung diseases.

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：OBJECTIVE:We conducted a Pooled analysis to investigate the efficacy and safety of ureteral stent removal using an extraction string. METHODS:A systematic review was performed by using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Pooled analyses. The sources including EMBASE, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Cont...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sun X,Dong L,Chen T,Huang Z,Zhang X,Wu J,Lin C,Cui Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the correlation between recurrent risk and CYP2C19 gene polymorphisms in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) treated with clopidogrel for prevention. METHODS:A total of 289 patients with IS treated with clopidogrel regularly were enrolled in this study, and stroke recurrence of all patients were r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu G,Yang S,Chen S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of titanium mesh cage as an interlaminar spacer combined with nitinol shape memory loop fixation in patients with atlantoaxial instability.From April 2009 to March 2017, among the patients with atlantoaxial instability, a total of 30 patients were treated by niti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang HS,Kim KW,Oh YM,Eun JP

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serums were collected from people to assess whether polio immunity level was high enough to satisfy the polio vaccine immunization switch in Chongqing.People in 7 age groups (<1 year, 1-2 years, 3-4 years, 5-6 years, 7-14 years, 15-19 years, ≧20 years) were randomly selected in 3 areas by different geographical featur...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu J,Kuang S,Rong R,Zhang Y,Tang W,Wang Q

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the efficacy of magnetic stimulation (MS) in female patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) by performing a meta-analysis on peer-reviewed randomized controlled trails (RCTs). METHODS:PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane library were retrieved for any peer-reviewed original articles in English....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Peng L,Zeng X,Shen H,Luo DY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:According to the World Health Organization reports, adult-onset hearing loss is the 15th leading cause of burden of disease, and is projected to move up to 7th by the year 2030, especially in high-income countries. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is considered by otologists as a true otologic emergency. The...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Olex-Zarychta D

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：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

abstract：RATIONALE:Nivolumab is a monoclonal IgG antibody blocking programmed death receptor-1 (PD1), leading to restoration of the natural T-cell-mediated immune response against the cancer cells. However, it also causes plenty of autoimmune-related adverse events, which often involves endocrine system. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 54-...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zeng MF,Chen LL,Ye HY,Gong W,Zhou LN,Li YM,Zhao XL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The improvement of microneurosurgery and neuroimaging, as well as neuronavigation and neurophysiological monitoring, enables neurosurgeons to safely and accurately resect lesions on the brainstem. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 54-year-old man, with 2-year history of hypertension, presented with sudden loss of conscious...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hao G,Xu Z,Zhu J

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Whipple disease (WD) is a rare multisystemic infection with a protean clinical presentation. The central nervous system (CNS) is involved in 3 situations: CNS involvement in classic WD, CNS relapse in previously treated WD, and isolated CNS infection. We retrospectively analyzed clinical features, diagnostic workup, b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Compain C,Sacre K,Puéchal X,Klein I,Vital-Durand D,Houeto JL,De Broucker T,Raoult D,Papo T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the control of morning blood pressure (MBP) reflects the control of blood pressure (BP) in other periods (daytime, nighttime and 24-hour) and to assess whether morning BP displays a closer association with subclinical target organ damage (TOD) than the BP measured in other periods.One thousand o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu K,Xu Y,Gong S,Li J,Li X,Ye R,Liao H,Chen X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) has been inadequately studied. We compared characteristics and outcomes of patients with CAP who were admitted to the ICU with those of patients managed on the ward. Of the 3675 patients hospitalized with CAP, 374 (10%) were ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Marrie TJ,Shariatzadeh MR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to explore the effect of oxycodone hydrochloride injection on the immune function of patients who underwent radical resection of rectal cancer under general anesthesia.Eighty patients were enrolled and randomly divided into group A and B (n = 40, each). All patients underwent general intravenous anesth...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cui JH,Jiang WW,Liao YJ,Wang QH,Xu M,Li Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the value of the ABCD score combined with the position of the offending vessel stenosis in predicting the risk of transient ischemic attack (TIA) to develop into cerebral infarction.The ABCD score and head magnetic resonance imaging + magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) results of 192 p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xi HY,Si ZH,Li JC,Zhu JG,Yan HY

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a prospective study of 530 patients older than 14 years of age with brucellosis. We describe the incidence and clinical features of the focal forms of the disease, analyzing some of the possible factors associated with their appearance. One hundred sixty-nine patients (31.9%) had a focal form or complic...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Colmenero JD,Reguera JM,Martos F,Sánchez-De-Mora D,Delgado M,Causse M,Martín-Farfán A,Juárez C

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In some studies, gum-chewing was demonstrated to have a beneficial effect on resumption of bowel function; however, other contradictory findings in other studies refute the effects of gum-chewing on peristaltic movements and digestive system stimulation. In addition, most previous studies were after colorect...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ge B,Zhao H,Lin R,Wang J,Chen Q,Liu L,Huang Q

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis can mirror the status of the internal organ, but evidence is lacking regarding the accuracy of tongue diagnosis to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This study was to investigate the association between GERD and tongue manifestation, and whether tongue imaging could ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu TC,Lu CN,Hu WL,Wu KL,Chiang JY,Sheen JM,Hung YC

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis (PVT), in spite of the advances in the valve design and the material used, remains a serious complication of mechanical cardiac valve replacement. The factors influencing the development of PVT are: thrombogenicity of the valve, hemodynamics of the transprosthetic blood flow and ineffective...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sr K,G B,Jain S,Moorthy N,Manjunath SC,Christopher R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on perioperative fluid administration in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) have suggested that increased fluid loads are associated with worse perioperative outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intraoperative fluid (IOF) administration and postop...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han IW,Kim H,Heo J,Oh MG,Choi YS,Lee SE,Lim CS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the efficacy and advantage of combining situ-morcellation with continuous-fill-mattress suture compared with conventional morcellation and suture in laparoscopic myomectomy. METHODS:One hundred sixteen patients who underwent laparoscopic myomectomy from March 2014 to October 2016. INTERVENTI...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li B,Zhang S,Ma N,Jiao Y,Zhou Y,Ni S,Han X,Liu X,Ouyang L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of erlotinib and celecoxib (EC) for treating Chinese patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (ANSCLC) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) wild type.Totally, 75 subjects with ANSCLC and EGFR wild type were included. They all underwent EC treatment. The ou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jin YH,Li WH,Bai Y,Ni L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to observe the counter-effect of carbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-suppressed thrombomodulin (TM) and endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) expressions from human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC), and to reveal its mechanisms. METHODS:H...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Meng X,Fei D,Liu M,Yang S,Song N,Jiang L,Kang K,Nan C,Luo Y,Pan S,Zhao M

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:The objective of this study is to assess the association between levels of empathy and burnout of emergency professionals in all the assistance levels.A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the health region of Lleida and the Pyrenees with 100 professionals from the field of Urgency. Participation reac...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yuguero O,Forné C,Esquerda M,Pifarré J,Abadías MJ,Viñas J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate the value of the combined use of high-resolution ultrasound thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TI-RADS) classification and thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (Bethesda classification) for the qualitative diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. METHODS:We enroll...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tan H,Li Z,Li N,Qian J,Fan F,Zhong H,Feng J,Xu H,Li Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Vasospastic angina is caused by sudden occlusive vasoconstriction of a segment of an epicardial artery, with transient ST-segment elevation on electrocardiography. Brugada Syndrome is an inherited arrhythmogenic cardiac disorder with a diagnostic electrocardiography characterized by coved-type ST-segment elev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang L,Ma G,Yu T,Gao H,Wang Y,Wu Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Erectile dysfunction (ED) and Peyronie's disease (PD) are conditions commonly observed in andrology. Despite the surgical refinement and the technical improvement in this field, even in expert hands, detrimental consequences have been reported and it can be related to patient's comorbidities or misconduct in ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bettocchi C,Santoro V,Sebastiani F,Lucarelli G,Colombo F,Ralph DJ,Habous M,Ditonno P,Battaglia M,Spilotros M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00