Kawasaki disease shock syndrome complicated with bilateral lung consolidation in a child: A case report.

abstract：:We investigated the role of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign pleural effusion. We studied 36 consecutive patients with histologically proven cancer (excluding malignant mesothelioma) who underwent FDG-PET/CT...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nakajima R,Abe K,Sakai S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum albumin (SA) is associated with inflammation and thrombosis, which are involved in acute aortic dissection (AAD). Our aim was to investigate the effect of SA level on survival in patients with AAD.We analyzed 777 patients with AAD. The patients were divided into hypoalbuminemia and non-hypoalbuminemia groups acc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Y,Li D,Cao Y,Zhu X,Zeng Z,Tang L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Deep cerebral venous thrombosis (DCVT) is a rare disease, but always results in poor prognosis. PATIENT CONCERNS:We reported a 79-year-old female with coma after traumatic brain injury (TBI). DIAGNOSIS:The epidural hematoma was first diagnosed on non-contrast computerized tomography (CT). The hypodense area...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng H,Xu W,Chen Y,Gai S,Chen G

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The receptor for advanced glycosylation end products (RAGE) has been widely linked to diabetic atherosclerosis, but its effects on coronary artery disease (CAD) and ischemic stroke (IS) remain controversial. The Gly82Ser polymorphism is located in the ligand-binding V domain of RAGE, suggesting a possible in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma WQ,Qu QR,Zhao Y,Liu NF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Auricular acupressure has been used for treating obesity, but inconsistent outcomes have been reported. Moreover, systematic reviews and meta-analyses have seldom addressed the effects of auricular acupressure and duration of treatment in overweight/obese individuals. This study reviewed research articles on...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Huang CF,Guo SE,Chou FH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug resistant epilepsy (DRE) is very common among children and adults and studies had found some related risk factors for DRE, while the results were not consistent. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for drug-resistant epilepsy. METHODS:Three electronic databases (Medline, Embase and Cochr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xue-Ping W,Hai-Jiao W,Li-Na Z,Xu D,Ling L

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:This article compares the clinical characteristics and prognosis of young patients in different age groups with liver cancer (LC). In this retrospective study, we searched the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results population-based database and identified 2641 patients who had been diagnosed with LC between 1988 ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang W,Jiang R,Hou J,Sun B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, and it is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in Croatia. BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations are the most common cause of hereditary breast cancer. PATIENT CONCERNS:In this report we describe a Croatian patient with no apparent family history of ca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Musani V,Sušac I,Ozretić P,Eljuga D,Levanat S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001567.]. ...

journal_title：Medicine

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更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of clusters and drug resistance of CRF01_AE among newly diagnosed, treatment-naïve HIV-infected teenagers and young adults in 3 major HIV-affected geographic regions of Guangxi Province, including the cities of Hezhou, Liuzhou, and Nanning. Samples were sequentiall...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang J,Shen ZY,Li Z,Liang SJ,He C,Liang FX,Feng Y,Li JJ,Ruan YH,Zhou YJ,Shao YM,Xing H,Liao LJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to obtain overall and regional estimates of hypertension prevalence, and to examine the pattern of this disease condition across different socio-demographic characteristics in low-and middle-income countries. We searched electronic databases from inception to August 2015. We included population-based studies ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sarki AM,Nduka CU,Stranges S,Kandala NB,Uthman OA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the new oral P2Y12 inhibitors, prasugrel/ticagrelor have shown greater efficacy than clopidogrel in patients with the acute coronary syndrome, but they have not shown better efficacy in Korean patients. So we evaluated the efficacy of the prasugrel/ticagrelor in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and di...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ahn KT,Seong SW,Choi UL,Jin SA,Kim JH,Lee JH,Choi SW,Jeong MH,Chae SC,Kim YJ,Kim CJ,Kim HS,Cho MC,Gwon HC,Jeong JO,Seong IW,Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry - National Institute of Health (KAMIR-NIH) Investigato

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have eosinophilic inflammation which may be evaluated via the measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) like asthma. The aim of this prospective study was to assess whether FeNO levels can be used to identify patients with COPD with eosinophil...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu YK,Su WL,Huang CY,Yang MC,Chen SY,Lan CC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy for solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) < 20 mm.A total of 248 patients who were diagnosed a SPN of < 20 mm underwent CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy were reviewed.Specimens of 248 patients were obtained succes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu C,Yuan Q,Chi C,Zhang Q,Wang Y,Wang W,Yu L,Zhan P,Lin Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common and genetically heterozygous inflammatory rheumatic disease characterized by new bone formation, ankylosis and inflammation of hip, sacroiliac joints and spine. Until now, there is no method for early diagnosis of AS and the effective treatment available for AS patients remain l...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Wong SH,Shen J,Chan MTV,Wu WKK

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Danshen injection (DSI) is a traditional Chinese medicine preparation extracted from Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza), which has the functions of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Heart failure (HF) is a complex cardiovascular disease, always leading to frequent onset and hospitalization, d...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yuan T,Chen Y,Zhou X,Lin X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system diseases such as stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis can be fatal or cause sequelae, affecting sensorimotor and cardiorespiratory systems and quality of life. These subjects present a low response to aerobic and resistance exercise, due to decreas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Pinto AP,Guimarães CL,Souza GADS,Leonardo PS,Neves MFD,Lima FPS,Lima MO,Lopes-Martins RAB

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:It is largely unknown about the tumor growth of breast cancer naturally. We devised and analyzed an appropriate mathematical tool of the equations that describe how fast tumors grow without treatment on the basis of the ellipsoid shape of solid breast cancer. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 31-year-old woman presented wi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Mao X,Zhou M,Fan C,Chen B,Jin F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in children, and laparoscopy is the main surgical method. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a new modified 2-port laparoscopic herniorrhaphy with Kirschner wire (TLHK) for inguinal hernia in children. METHODS:A total of 5304 children wit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao Z,Chen J,Li Z,Li G

更新日期：2018-10-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Stroke is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years in neurological diseases and has become one of the top 3 fatal diseases in the world. Cerebral hemorrhage accounts for approximately 18% to 24% of all strokes in Asian countries. Cerebral hemorrhage is one of the most destructive subtypes of str...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma Y,Zhang D,Lv Z,Cui Y,Fei Y,Chang T,Yu M,Lu J,Huang Q,Zhang Y,Xu P,Lan T,Wang J

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To verify the accuracy of serum dickkopf-1 protein (DKK-1) in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by an updated meta-analysis. METHODS:We searched potential eligible studies in PubMed and Embase before July 8, 2018. Sensitivity (SN), specificity (SP), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative li...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Mou L,Gao H,Zeng Y,Tang X,Deng X,Pu Z,Ni Y,Zhan Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Among all dermatomyositis (DM) patients, antimelanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody (anti-MDA5 Ab) positive patients have significantly poor short-term mortality, whereas they experience less relapses over the long term after the remission. We report the case of a patient with anti-MDA5 Ab-positi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Endo Y,Koga T,Ishida M,Fujita Y,Tsuji S,Takatani A,Shimizu T,Sumiyoshi R,Igawa T,Umeda M,Fukui S,Nishino A,Kawashiri SY,Iwamoto N,Ichinose K,Tamai M,Nakamura H,Origuchi T,Kuwana M,Hosono Y,Mimori T,Kawakami A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD) with anti-depressant drugs is partly practical. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) offers the potential for a novel treatment modality for adult patients with PSD. In this study, we will assess the efficacy and safety of tACS for treating PSD and...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang H,Zhang W,Zhao W,Wang K,Wang Z,Wang L,Peng M,Xue Q,Leng H,Ding W,Liu Y,Li N,Dong K,Zhang Q,Huang X,Xie Y,Chu C,Xue S,Huang L,Yao H,Ding J,Zhan S,Min B,Fan C,Zhou A,Sun Z,Yin L,Ma Q,Baskys A,

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcal (GAS) necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection. Elderly and chronically ill individuals are at greatest risk, particularly when skin breakdown is present. Reports suggest that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of developing GAS necrotizing ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Aronoff DM,Bloch KC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occipitalization of atlas (OA) is a congenital disease with the possibility of anomalous bony anatomies and the C2 pedicle screw insertion is technically challenging. However, there are no existing literatures clarified the dimensions and angulations of the C2 pedicles, lamina and lateral masses for screw insertion in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ji W,Liu X,Huang W,Huang Z,Li X,Chen J,Wu Z,Zhu Q

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus (EV) infection is common among children and adolescents. Few studies have investigated the relationship of depression after EV infection. This study explores an association between EV infection and subsequent depression in children and adolescents and assesses the risk of depression after EV infection with...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liao YT,Hsieh MH,Yang YH,Wang YC,Tsai CS,Chen VC,Gossop M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The minimally invasive surgery possesses an essential and growing function in treating the calcaneal fractures, but the related literature on this topic is limited. For our study, the main purpose was to compare the early prognosis of a group of the patients with Sanders type II fracture of calcaneus treated...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xue D,Lou B,Tan R,Yu H

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Current study was to evaluate the prevalence of guideline recommended medications adherence in myocardial infarction (MI) patients postpercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and the association of medication nonadherence and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs).MI patients who underwent PCI in the last 12 mon...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hou Y,Yue Y,Zhao M,Jiang S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00