Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the detection of small renal masses: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) often suffer from progressive disease despite previous therapy. It has been a great challenge for those patients. In 2012, regorafenib was approved for mCRC. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to collect and present existing data to explorethe clinical use of re...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xue WS,Men SY,Liu W,Liu RH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure (CHF), the final phase of various heart diseases, is a serious public health problem resulting in high hospitalization rates, mortality, and increasing health care costs. Nuanxin capsule (NXC), a Chinese herbal formula, has been widely used in the treatment of CHF. However, the safety a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Zhang Y,Yuan T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of oral ketamine versus oral midazolam for sedation during laceration repair at a pediatric emergency department. METHODS:Children between 1 and 10 years requiring laceration repair were randomly assigned to 2 groups, treated either with oral midazolam (0.7 mg/kg) or with oral ketamine...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Rubinstein O,Barkan S,Breitbart R,Berkovitch S,Toledano M,Weiser G,Karadi N,Nassi A,Kozer E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum adiponectin levels have been suggested to be predictors of type 2 diabetes mellitus in diverse populations. However, the relationship between circulating adiponectin levels and the risk of development of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women has not been investigated.A total of 382 healthy postmenopausal women...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Darabi H,Raeisi A,Kalantarhormozi MR,Ostovar A,Assadi M,Asadipooya K,Vahdat K,Dobaradaran S,Nabipour I

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergic rhinitis is a major chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract. A large number of epidemiological investigations have shown that the prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) is increasing, resulting in a large burden of disease. Desensitizing drugs such as nasal glucocorticoids and antihistam...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bao H,Si D,Gao L,Sun H,Shi Q,Yan Y,Damchaaperenlei D,Li C,Yu M,Li Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are widely used for reducing blood pressure of hypertensive patients. Recent reports document the beneficial effects of CCB for preventing dementia; however, the results are controversial. We aim to evaluate the risk of developing dementia among elderly hypertensive patients treated wit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu CL,Wen SH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic macular edema (DME) can cause severe vision impairments for patients with diabetes. Recently, Conbercept has shown efficacy on DME with 3-monthly loading dose injection and pro re nata (PRN, 3+PRN) thereafter in retrospectivetrials. Furthermore, there are some other approaches have been recommended ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ba T,Zhou L,Zhang H,Zhang X,Guo S,Li H,Tian H,Caihan Q,Bai G,Zhou J,Qi L,Zhang X,Zhang G

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Poikilothermia, the inability to maintain a constant core temperature independent of ambient temperature, markedly influences both the mental and physical function of affected patients; furthermore, prolonged hypothermia can induce numerous complications. To establish the pathophysiology of thermoregulation underlying...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： MacKenzie MA,Hermus AR,Wollersheim HC,Pieters GF,Smals AG,Binkhorst RA,Thien T,Kloppenborg PW

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the myocardial protective effect of liquid sodium phosphocreatine cardiac arrest in extracorporeal circulation surgery treating infants with atrial septal defects.Eighty-four infants with atrial septal defects who required extracorporeal circulation surgery treatment at our hospital fro...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yang F,Wang J,Zhai B

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with nonspecific complaints (NSC) presenting to the emergency department (ED) are at risk of life-threatening conditions. New stress biomarkers such as the midregional portion of adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) promise to support decision-making. This study tested the following hypotheses: biomarker-assisted dispo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nickel CH,Messmer AS,Ghanim L,Ilsemann-Karakoumis J,Giersdorf S,Hertel S,Ernst S,Geigy N,Bingisser R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pneumonia is one of the most important characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and imaging findings of COVID-19 pneumonia are diverse and change over disease course. However, the detailed clinical course of organizing pneumonia (OP) caused by COVID-19 has not been clarified. PATIENT CONCERN...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Okamori S,Lee H,Kondo Y,Akiyama Y,Kabata H,Kaneko Y,Ishii M,Hasegawa N,Fukunaga K

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：INDUCTION:Liver transplantation (LT) is the only final therapy for patients with acute liver failure (ALF) that cannot be controlled by conservative treatment. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a recognized complication of ALF. The pathogenesis of AP in ALF patients has not yet been elucidated. The appearance of AP complicate...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yan L,Qian C,Duan X,Ding J,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:African Americans (AA) with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a worse prognosis compared to Americans of European descent (EA). We conducted the current study to test the hypothesis that AA patients with SSc have more severe disease and poorer outcomes compared to EA patients when afflicted with pulmonary arterial hyperte...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Blanco I,Mathai S,Shafiq M,Boyce D,M Kolb T,Chami H,K Hummers L,Housten T,Chaisson N,L Zaiman A,M Wigley F,J Tedford R,A Kass D,Damico R,E Girgis R,M Hassoun P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to study sonoelastographic features of the saphenous nerve.The study included 72 saphenous nerves in 36 healthy subjects. High resolution ultrasound and Shearwave elastography were used to evaluate the saphenous nerve. Cross sectional area (CSA) and stiffness were measured.The mean CSA of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bedewi MA,Elsifey AA,Kotb MA,Bediwy AM,Ahmed YM,Swify SM,Abodonya AM

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differences in treatment outcomes between ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (PMWA) and endoscopic thyroidectomy for patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains unknown. METHODS:An electronic search will be performed for randomized controlled trials or observational...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shen Y,Liu M,He J,Wu S,Wan YL,Ding J,Cai XY,Fu XH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elevated platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), determined using an easy blood test based on platelet and lymphocyte counts, is reported to be a predictor of poor survival in patients with several cancers. The prognostic role of preoperative PLR in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has, until now, b...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen Q,Dai Z,Yin D,Yang LX,Wang Z,Xiao YS,Fan J,Zhou J

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：RATIONALE:Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the most common diseases of gastroenterological emergency with a highly variable clinical course and the incidence being on the rise in recent years. Posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia is an uncommon disease and may manifest immediately or several years after the incident. De...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lai Y,Yu C,Zhu Y,Pan X

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Despite the approval of antiangiogenic therapy for high grade glioma (HGG) patients, survival benefits are still limited. New treatment plans have always been developed to improve the survival. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 26-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for distending pain of head and eye. DIAGNOSES:R...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ding X,Sun J,Fan T,Li B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bazex syndrome, a rare paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by psoriasiform eruptions, palmoplantar keratosis, and symmetric onychodystrophy, is most prevalent with squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract.Here, we reported an uncommon case of Bazex syndrome about an 83-year-old man with pulmonary ad...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao J,Zhang X,Chen Z,Wu JH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nowadays, psychiatric morbidities are more and more common, which imposes huge social and economic burden on all countries across the world. Mental illnesses are found to be related to genetics. Over the past few years, a large number of risk genes and loci related to psychiatric morbidities have been report...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Su J,Liu P,Liu B,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-11-06 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

abstract：RATIONALE:Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is characterized by rapidly progressive hypertension, headache, and disturbance of consciousness. Moreover, RPLS is rarely reported after apatinib treatment. PATIENT CONCERNS:We present a case of RPLS induced by apatinib in this report. The patient had...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lv Y,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Liang N,Liu F,Liu R

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly common condition that is highly correlated with obesity; however, it is not uncommon among nonobese individuals. Triglyceride (TG) and glucose index combined with body mass index (TyG-BMI) has been proposed as a favorable marker of insulin resistance. We soug...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang S,Du T,Li M,Jia J,Lu H,Lin X,Yu X

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No risk assessment tool is available for identifying high risk population of breast cancer (BCa) in Hong Kong. A case-control study including 918 BCa cases and 923 controls was used to develop the risk assessment model among Hong Kong Chinese women.Each participant received an in-depth interview to obtain their lifest...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang F,Dai J,Li M,Chan WC,Kwok CC,Leung SL,Wu C,Li W,Yu WC,Tsang KH,Law SH,Lee PM,Wong CK,Shen H,Wong SY,Yang XR,Tse LA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) has well-established links with several drugs. Whether a link also exists with serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor such as duloxetine is unclear. METHODS:We report on a patient who developed PRES with a coma and myoclonus related to hypertensive en...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zappella N,Perier F,Pico F,Palette C,Muret A,Merceron S,Girbovan A,Marquion F,Legriel S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interest in the anesthetic use of xenon, a noble gas, has waxed and waned for decades, and the clinical effects of xenon are still debated. We performed a meta-analysis to compare the clinical efficacy of xenon with that of propofol. METHODS:Electronic searches were performed through December 2017 using var...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia Y,Fang H,Xu J,Jia C,Tao G,Yu B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this observational study was to test whether ABO blood type was a prognostic factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients and whether other risk factors could influence pancreatic cancer patients' survival. This study included 610 patients who were diagnosed as pancreatic cancer and had under...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li SS,Zhou CY,Liao R,Xiong L,Weng NN,Zhao YQ,Mason C,Gou HF,Yi C,Zhu Q

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to identify differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in gastric cancer by comparing gastric cancerous tissues with normal tissues, explore the potential roles.The miRNA expression microarray was employed on gastric cancer tissues, and apparently normal para-cancerous tissues from 3 patients undergoi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu C,Xie J,Liu Y,Tang F,Long Z,Wang Y,Luo J,Li J,Li G

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a clinical prediction rule for acute bilirubin encephalopathy (ABE) in term/near-term neonates with extreme hyperbilirubinemia.A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 2015 and December 2018. Six hundred seventy-three out of 26,369 consecutive neonates with extreme hyperbilirubinemia wer...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang F,Chen L,Shang S,Jiang K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00