Long-term results of irrigated bipolar radiofrequency ablation in patients with recurrent arrhythmia after failed unipolar ablation.

abstract：:Coeliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder of the small bowel associated with increased risk of additional autoimmune diseases (ADs).To investigate the prevalence of ADs in a population of adult coeliac patients.This was a retrospective case-control study. Data from coeliac patients and controls referred to a tert...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bibbò S,Pes GM,Usai-Satta P,Salis R,Soro S,Quarta Colosso BM,Dore MP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to analyze the characteristics of F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) for cerebral alveolar echinococcosis (CAE).Twenty-five CAE patients underwent F-FDG PET/CT, and the diagnosis was confirmed by clinical and surgical pathology. The F-FDG PET/CT results...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yibulayin A,Li XH,Qin YD,Jia XY,Zhang QZ,Li YB

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic biofeedback (EMG-BF) therapy provides information on the state of contraction of the targeted muscles and relaxation of their antagonists, which can facilitate early active range of motion (RoM) after elbow surgery. Our aim in this study was to calculate the minimum detectable change (MDC) during EMG...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Takahashi R,Sano K,Kimura K,Ishioka T,Suzuki M,Nakaya N,Ozeki S,Hamaguchi T

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shexiang Baoxin Pills (SBP) is widely used for the treatment of unstable angina pectoris (UAP) in China. However, the clinical evidence on the efficacy of SBP for the treatment of UAP is not well concluded. METHODS:Seven electronic databases will be searched for eligible studies: MEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochra...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen H,Dong Q,Zheng X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease. To date, the specific mechanisms that drive RA disease remain unknown and provide the impetus for genetic investigations into the development of RA. Researchers hope to identify gene polymorphisms that could serve as treatment targets in patients wi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang L,Tang CH,Lu T,Sun Y,Xu G,Huang CC,Yang SF,Su CM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) refers to a small, short non-coding RNA of endogenous class. They have shown to have an increasingly altered expression in many types of cancer, including colorectal cancer (CRC).In the present study, miRNA TaqManMGB and qRT-PCR was used to quantify the expression and clinical significance of 3 matu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Brînzan C,Aşchie M,Cozaru G,Dumitru E,Mitroi A

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Remifentanil and nitrous oxide (N2O) are 2 commonly used anesthetic agents. Both these agents are known risk factors for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). However, remifentanil and N2O have not been directly compared in a published study. Remifentanil can induce acute tolerance or hyperalgesia, thus affecting ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim MK,Yi MS,Kang H,Choi GJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male fertility has gradually become a worldwide problem. Because of the limitation of treatment, many drugs have been used for improving sperm quality. Among them, alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), as a treatment of diabetic neuropathy, has been applied to improve the quality of sperm in clinical practice, with satis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong L,Zhang X,Yang F,Li J,Yu X,Li Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and glycated albumin (GA) are used to evaluate glycemic control in diabetic patients, but they cannot reflect insulin deficiency and/or insulin resistance.We investigated the feasibility of using estimated average glucose to fasting plasma glucose ratio (eAG/fPG ratio) to estima...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Guo J,Lei S,Zhou Y,Pan C

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a single institution nonexperimental study intended to analyze the therapeutic efficacy of topical diazepam in treating symptoms of chronic anal fissures.Anal fissures are a common cause of anal pain. Conventional treatments include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, topical creams, such as nitroglycerin an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hang MTH,Smith BE,Keck C,Keshavarzian A,Sedghi S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bee venom acupuncture has been used in treating patients with shoulder adhesive capsulitis, yet the effectiveness and safety remains unclear. Therefore, this systematic review will aim to assess the effectiveness and safety of bee venom acupuncture for shoulder adhesive capsulitis. METHODS:Electronic databa...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen X,Fan H,Chen J,Fan H,Wu P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Creatine kinase (CK) values are a critical part of the workup of suspected myopathies and are often assessed in patients that develop myalgia on statin therapy. CK elevations may influence the initiation and cessation of statin treatment, and incidentally discovered CK elevation may lead to further testing. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： George MD,McGill NK,Baker JF

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Elbow injury in children by improper treatment or a delay of more than 3 weeks could lead to old unreduced Monteggia fracture, which are difficult to manage. Conservative or normal surgical methods usually fail. PATIENT CONCERNS:Herein, we present a 6-year-old boy with sustaining injury approximately 1 month...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang J,Chen M,Du J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the necessity of concurrent chemotherapy in T1-2N1 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The retrospective analysis was conducted using the paired comparison method. We matched cases to controls using the greedy ma...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu T,Shen C,Zhu G,Hu C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Granulocytic sarcoma (GS), also known as chloroma, is a tumor comprising myeloblasts or monoblasts, potentially occurring as an extramedullary mass. Systemic chemotherapy should be used to induce complete remission. However, such patients with chloroma have a poorer treatment outcome than those without extram...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Choi JY,Kim HY,Kang MG,Shin JK,Lee WS,Song HN

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of an anesthesia pre-operative evaluation clinic (APEC) based on outpatients are well described in previous literatures. In the majority of hospitals in South Korea, preoperative anesthetic evaluation for surgical patients is limited to hospitalized patients on the day before surgery. Thus, we would like ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park JY,Park SJ,Ri HS,Choi EJ,Choi YM,Yoon JU

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer patients with significant comorbidities present reconstructive challenges due to a predictably high complication rate. During expander-based breast reconstruction, human acellular dermal matrix (ADM) is often used to prevent pectoralis muscle retraction, facilitate early expansion, and improve cosmetic o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wilson HB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the impact of perigastric lipolymphatic tissue grouping by the surgeon on the number of pathologic sampled lymph nodes and to explore the appropriate lymph node delivery process.The authors collected the medical records of gastric cancer patients who were hospitalized in Wuhan Union Hospital during the peri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao Y,Xiong L,Deng S,Shen L,Li J,Wu K,Wang J,Tao K,Wang G,Cai K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with several diseases. However, the diagnostic value of RDW and its related factors remain unclear in colorectal cancer (CRC).This single-center retrospective study evaluated 211 Chinese CRC patients and 103 healthy controls. The association of RDW with the clinica...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shi C,Xie M,Li L,Li K,Hu BL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tianqi Jiangtang Capsule is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in China. The purpose of this study is to systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Tianqi Jiangtang Capsule in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS:Random...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Piao C,Zhang Q,Jin,Shao M,Bi C,Wang L,Tang C,Lian F,Tong X

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of acute myocarditis complicated with ventricular tachycardia (VT) is unknown. This study aimed to investigate the association between myocarditis and the incidence of VT and mortality. We also aimed to determine the independent predictors that increased the VT risk in those patients. From 2000 to 2004, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Te ALD,Wu TC,Lin YJ,Chen YY,Chung FP,Chang SL,Lo LW,Hu YF,Tuan TC,Chao TF,Liao JN,Chien KL,Lin CY,Chang YT,Chen SA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether scrotoscopy could be used to diagnose testicular rupture (TR) with accuracy.This retrospective study included all patients receiving scrotoscopy followed by immediate open exploration (OE) for suspected TR at two Chinese tertiary care centers between March 2014 and March 2018.Fifteen patients suspec...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei Y,Yang J,Hong H,Gao Y,Wu J,Wu X,Zhang R,Lin L,Li T,Yang F,Ye L,Zhu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the effect of auxiliary Kirschner wire (K-wire) technique in the closed reduction of children with Gartland type III supracondylar humerus fractures by comparing with manual reduction alone.Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 68 cases of supracondylar humerus fr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong L,Wang Y,Qi M,Wang S,Ying H,Shen Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aim is to compare anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) progression and regression rates in a cytology inception cohort to estimates based on the subcohort referred for ≥1 high-resolution anoscopies (HRAs).A cytology-based retrospective cohort was assembled including the anal cytology histories and invasive a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Mathews WC,Cachay ER,Agmas W,Jackson C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Simultaneous multiple myeloma (MM) and pulmonary adenocarcinoma is a rare occurrence, and thus, treatment is a challenge. This study reports on 1 such case of MM with concurrent lung cancer, where an accurate diagnosis was made and the patient underwent treatment for both cancers. CASE SUMMARY:A 68-year-old...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zuo W,Zhu X,Yang J,Mei Z,Deng M,Lin Q,Song Y,Yin Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The preoperative diagnosis of massive pulmonary tumor embolism associated with renal neoplasms is relatively rare. In most cases, pulmonary tumor embolism is detected intraoperatively during renal tumor resection. Moreover, primary renal sarcoma is rare, and primary renal sarcoma complicated by pulmonary tumo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang JH,Song DH,Lee C,Kang DH,Jung JJ,Kim SH,Byun JH,Kim JW,Moon SH

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the outcome of renal transplantation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been studied, there are few reports about the outcome of patients with systemic sclerosis who have undergone renal transplantation. We retrospectively collected data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Sc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang YJ,Spiera H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cancer of the splenic flexure of the colon is a rare medical entity with severe morbidity because of its insidious onset. METHODS:We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient with dull left upper quadrant pain, leukocytosis, and anemia. A splenic abscess described as an air-fluid level with splenoc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Awotar GK,Luo F,Zhao Z,Guan G,Ning S,Ren J,Liu Y,Wang G,Liu P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the risk factors for developing renal involvement and severe kidney disease in Chinese childhood Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) patients.This was a retrospective study of 2731 children with HSP diagnosed between 2012 and 2015. We analyzed their demographic data, clinical manifestations, and laboratory test...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang K,Sun X,Cao Y,Dai L,Sun F,Yu P,Dong L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to establish a new model for predicting acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) (defined by the Chinese Medical Association), which potentially occurs among patients with acute deterioration (AD) of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related chronic liver disease (CLD).A total of 754 patients with AD of HBV-relate...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li C,Zhu B,Lv S,You S,Xin S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00