Acupotomy for third lumbar vertebrae transverse process syndrome: A protocol for systematic review.

abstract：RATIONALE:Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is an effective method to treat single compartment disease of the knee joint. Report about the complications of UKA, especially tibial plateau fractures, is rare. Given its rarity, its pathogenesis is not well described, and a standard of treatment is still not establi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lu C,Ye G,Liu W,Wu H,Wu G,Chen J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the levels of self-perceived burden (SPB) and self-management behavior in elderly stroke survivors during the first 3 months after acute stroke, and to explore the correlation between them.A total of 203 consecutive hospitalized elderly patients diagnosed with stroke were recruited....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ren XR,Wei YY,Su XN,Hua Y,Shao P,Xiao T,Wang J,Ni CP,Guo HX

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitalizations are common in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and are associated with high mortality. We used data from the Premier Healthcare Database to determine in-hospital mortality rates and the factors associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with IPF in the era of approved antifibro...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Durheim MT,Judy J,Bender S,Neely ML,Baumer D,Robinson SB,Conoscenti CS,Leonard TB,Lazarus HM,Palmer SM

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of HER-2 positive breast cancer patients failed to trastuzumab treatment. Recent reports have indicated the correlation between plasma coagulation parameters and clinical characteristics in breast cancer. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of coagulation parameters in trastuzumab treated patients. Coag...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu YL,Lu Q,Liang JW,Xia Y,Zhang W,Hu BQ,Shang FF,Ji YR,Wang J,Wang Q,Liang B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the posttransplant setting; however, it is increasingly recognized in pediatric leukemia during chemotherapy. This study assessed the prevalence and associated factors of CMV infection in pediatric non-transplant leukemia patients.Thi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Phasuk N,Keatkla J,Rattanasiri S,Techasaensiri C,Anurathapan U,Apiwattanakul N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Malformative uropathies represent a major cause of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in children. Genitourinary system is the most frequent and sever affected in Prune-Belly syndrome cases. That is why the findings of early diagnosis and vigilant monitoring for these situations remain a major challenge for the med...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cornel A,Duicu C,Delean D,Bulata B,Starcea M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate major complications or symptoms of pregnant women, causes of maternal near-miss, and issues that are relevant to severe maternal disease.A retrospective analysis was performed in the "maternal individual investigation form," which included all critical maternity patients admitted to the ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang YY,Fang YH,Wang X,Zhang Y,Liu XJ,Yin ZZ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune infiltration of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is closely associated with the patients' prognosis. However, previous studies have not interpreted the difference of infiltrating immune cells in NPC.We comprehensively analyzed the tumor-infiltrating immune cells present in NPC for the first time, which was based ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luo MS,Huang GJ,Liu BX

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) need accurate estimations of the risk of recurrence and progression. Physicians can offer individualized therapy after identifying high-risk tumors. In our study, we compared the applicability of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Canc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang H,Ding W,Jiang G,Gou Y,Sun C,Chen Z,Xu K,Xia G

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The stomach is always used to reconstruct the upper digestive tract for esophageal cancer operation. However, problems arise when the esophageal cancer and gastric cancer present at the same time. No medical literature mentioned about this surgical procedure till now. PATIENT CONCERNS:Majority of the patient...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao Y,Cong B

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital auricular deformities (CAD) are prevalent worldwide. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and safety of ear molding for children with CAD at their early days. METHODS:One hundred and nighty children (under 3 days) with CAD will be included in the study. Participants wil...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zou K,Fan Y,Jiang L,Huang J,Miao Y,Yang C,Yang M,Zhao L

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to report the outcomes of patients with symptomatic locally advanced/recurrent gastric cancer treated with radiotherapy (RT) using modern 3-dimensional conformal techniques.We retrospectively reviewed patients who had palliative RT for index symptoms of gastric bleeding, pain, and obstruc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tey J,Choo BA,Leong CN,Loy EY,Wong LC,Lim K,Lu JJ,Koh WY

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint and injury to distal forearm are commonly encountered. However, delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis has been relatively rare due to improved diagnosis and treatment. Treatment of old dislocation of radioulnar joint is challenging due to development of secondary chronic...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Qian H,Chen G,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine postoperative surveillance is recommended for the patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). This study aimed to clarify the conditions indicate initial suspicion of CRC recurrence in different preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level groups, including positive physical signs/symptoms, elevated CEA ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hung H,You J,Chiang J,Hsieh P,Chiang S,Lai C,Tasi W,Yeh C

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Like research in general internal medicine, family medicine research can play an important role in improving medical knowledge. We aimed to compare articles published in family medicine journals with articles published in general internal medicine journals. In this bibliometric study, we retrieved 658 randomly selecte...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sebo P

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhosis and idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) are 2 major diseases showing portal hypertension. However, characteristics and outcomes of IPH with ascites have not yet been determined. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of ascites on the long-term clinical course of IPH.This observational study comp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Maruyama H,Kondo T,Sekimoto T,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:X-linked dominant hypophosphatemia rickets (XLH, OMIM 307800) is the most common hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets and characterized by growth retardation, skeletal malformations, dental dysplasia, spontaneous fractures and osteomalacia. PHEX gene was identified for XLH and novel mutations were consistent w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Y,Wang ZM,Li XL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is 1 of the common microvascular complications of diabetes, and the therapeutic effect of modern medicine on DKD is limited. At present, patented Chinese medicine Qizhijiangtang (QZJT) capsule has been widely used in the treatment of DKD. We aim to systematically assess the eff...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tan Y,Hu J,Zhang Y,Wu Q,Ni Q

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade has passed since the introduction of the concept that inhibition of platelet function may be helpful in preventing the initiation of thrombus formation. Aspirin has been recognized as inhibiting normal platelet function and the mechanism has been clearly delineated. Legions of patients have been stu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lekstrom JA,Bell WR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the prevalence of chronic diseases and income level has now become a main theme in poor national economic situations. We examined the prevalence of well-controlled chronic diseases according to income level. Data from the 2008 to 2014 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, con...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim S,Lee B,Park M,Oh S,Chin HJ,Koo H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vedolizumab is an anti-inflammatory monoclonal antibody that exclusively targets the α4β7 integrin. We aimed to systematically review the efficacy and safety of vedolizumab for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched up to May 2014. Randomized controlled...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang MC,Zhang LY,Han W,Shao Y,Chen M,Ni R,Wang GN,Wei FX,Zhang YW,Xu XD,Zhang YC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is highly prevalent in our aging world and has no effective pharmaceutical treatment. Intense efforts have been made but the underlying molecular mechanisms of CAVD are still unclear.This study was designed to identify the critical genes and pathways in CAVD by bioinformatics analy...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Teng P,Xu X,Ni C,Yan H,Sun Q,Zhang E,Ni Y

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Ramsay Hunt syndrome in conjunction with cranial polyneuritis is not extensively documented, and is very easily misdiagnosed. PATIENT CONCERNS:A case of a 53-year-old male with Ramsay Hunt syndrome in conjunction with cranial polyneuritis is presented with early symptoms of vertigo, cephalalgia, and facial p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng RW,Liu D,Eric TE,Ning YZ,Chen LL,Hu H,Ren Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor organ shortage continues to limit the availability of liver transplantation, a successful and established therapy of end-stage liver diseases. Strategies to mitigate graft shortage include the utilization of marginal livers and recently ex-situ normothermic machine perfusion devices. A 59-year-old woman with cir...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Athanasopoulos PG,Hadjittofi C,Dharmapala AD,Orti-Rodriguez RJ,Ferro A,Nasralla D,Konstantinidou SK,Malagó M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the relative frequency of CIC was determined in 60 patients with chronic hepatitis C alone, 19 patients co-infected with hepatitis B and C, 15 asymptomatic HCV carriers, and 54 healthy controls. Levels of CIC were de...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tsai JF,Jeng JE,Chang WY,Ho MS,Lin ZY,Tsai JH

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:The surgical pleth index (SPI) is proposed for titration of analgesic drugs during general anesthesia. Several reports have investigated the effect of SPI on the consumption of opioids including remifentanil, fentanyl, and sufentanil during anesthesia, but there are no reports about oxycodone. We aimed to in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Won YJ,Lim BG,Lee SH,Park S,Kim H,Lee IO,Kong MH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence and causes of visual impairment (VI) in the elderly Chinese rural population in Shaanxi Province.A population-based, cross-sectional study design was used to determine the extent of VI in Chinese people over the age of 50 years in Shaanxi Province. Visual acuity and best-corrected visual acuit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He Y,Nie A,Pei J,Ji Z,Jia J,Liu H,Wan P,Ji M,Zhang C,Zhu Y,Wang X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, many studies have been carried out to investigate the clinicopathological significance of E-cadherin expression in thyroid cancer. However, the results remained inconsistent. In the present study, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the associations of E-cadherin expression with susceptibility...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou C,Yang C,Chong D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hyperthyroidism is one of the major clinical causes of hypercalcaemia, however, hyperthyroidism-related hypercalcemic crisis is rare, only 1 case have been reported. The potential mechanisms are still not too clear. It may be related that thyroid hormone stimulate bone turnover, elevate serum calcium, increas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen K,Xie Y,Zhao L,Mo Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00