Rickettsialpox: report of an outbreak and a contemporary review.

abstract：RATIONALE:We report on a patient with injury of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar tract (CPCT) following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), diagnosed by diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). PATIENT CONCERNS:A 53-year-old female patient was injured in a car crash. While under treatment at a local medical center for headache...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jang SH,Kwon HG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of intravenous vancomycin has been associated with the development of linear IgA bullous disease (LABD). In contrast to the idiopathic variant, vancomycin-induced LABD (VILABD) appears to be more transient and to be associated with lower morbidity. The characteristics of this entity remain undefined. Ou...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nousari HC,Kimyai-Asadi A,Caeiro JP,Anhalt GJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study was trying to investigate the association of hot food and beverage consumption and the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Hotan, a northwest area of China with high risk of esophageal squmous cell carcinoma. METHODS:A population-based case-control study was designed. For the study, 167...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tai WP,Nie GJ,Chen MJ,Yaz TY,Guli A,Wuxur A,Huang QQ,Lin ZG,Wu J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common complication in infants who undergo cardiac surgery in the intensive care unit. We report on a modified drainage catheter used in peritoneal dialysis (PD) for the treatment of ARF associated with cardiac surgery in infants. Thirty-nine infants with congenital heart disease undergo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen Q,Cao H,Hu YN,Chen LW,He JJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Far-infrared irradiation (FIR) is used in the medical field to improve wound healing, hemodialysis with peripheral artery occlusive disease, and osteoarthritis but seldom used in ameliorating poor lower extremity circulation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of FIR on changes in foot skin...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Peng TC,Chang SP,Chi LM,Lin LM

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:To compare pregnancy outcomes between patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with and without their own blood glucose meter.We conducted a retrospective-cohort study of 835 women with GDM at the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018. Pe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong W,Li Y,Sun JJ,Chen LH,Guo J,Dong L

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous previous studies have investigated the mental health status of medical staff in China and explored its associated determinate factors; however, scope and methods associated with these have introduced uncertainty regarding the results. The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive examination of the men...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou C,Shi L,Gao L,Liu W,Chen Z,Tong X,Xu W,Peng B,Zhao Y,Fan L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Up to one third of all schizophrenic patients are classified as having treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). This subgroup faces remarkable medical and psychosocial damages, and pharmacotherapy is often limited due to nonresponse and/or side effects. Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT) might be e...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moeller S,Kalkwarf N,Lücke C,Ortiz D,Jahn S,Först C,Braun N,Philipsen A,Müller HHO

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To find out whether the intramedullary fixations are superior to the extramedullary fixations in treating unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures (UFIFs). METHODS:The meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted by searching the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases to evalu...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sun D,Wang C,Chen Y,Liu X,Zhao P,Zhang H,Zhou H,Qin C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Prevalence estimates of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) following cervical spine surgery varied greatly in current studies. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the point prevalence of ASD after cervical spine surgery. METHODS:Comprehensive electronic searches of PubMed, Embas...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kong L,Cao J,Wang L,Shen Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare enteropathy involving the expansion and rupture of intestinal lymphatic channels. Although several reports have studied cases of primary IL (PIL), this condition is very rare, and is even less commonly encountered in infants. This study aimed to investigate the nutri...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li S,Liu X,He Y,Li Q,Ji L,Shen W,Tong G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Given the relationship between innate immune activation and CVD, we investigated the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TLR4 and CD14 and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), a surrog...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yong YK,Shankar EM,Westhorpe CLV,Maisa A,Spelman T,Kamarulzaman A,Crowe SM,Lewin SR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

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：:We present 11 patients with immunotactoid glomerulopathy, a new syndrome characterized clinically by proteinuria (11/11), microscopic hematuria (9/11) and hypertension (9/11). The patients consisted of six females and five males, aged 25 to 59 years (mean, 44.6). Proteinuria was the presenting feature and the reason f...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Korbet SM,Schwartz MM,Rosenberg BF,Sibley RK,Lewis EJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study aimed to define the morphological characteristics of the distal femur in patients with hemophilia-related knee arthritis (HA) and develop precise femoral component installation during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using a reference axis.Computed tomography (CT) was performed in 75 patients [HA...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Q,Yao Y,Jing J

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Hyponatremia occurs frequently in the hospital setting and may be attributable to a host of etiologies. Drugs are frequently implicated. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) represents a well-recognized pharmacologic precipitant of drug-induced hyponatremia, with several reports extant in the retrievable l...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ghali MGZ,Kim MJ

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous literature on epidural pneumatosis (pneumorrhachis, or air in epidural cavity) associated with forceful vomiting in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has consisted of individual case reports without comprehensive syndrome characterization due to syndromic rarity, with the largest previous l...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gill I,Edhi AI,Cappell MS

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brain perfusion single photon computed tomography (SPECT) is a functional imaging modality and has been widely utilized in evaluation of various kinds of neurological disorders. Easy z-score imaging system (eZIS) is a computer-assisted statistical analysis, based on the comparison with age-classified ethyl...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wei CY,Chen TY,Shih I,Chiu PY,Hung GU,Matsuda H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This meta-analysis aimed to systematically evaluate the effects of probiotics on blood lipid and blood pressure among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) based on the randomized controlled studies. METHODS:PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, Wanfang, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and VIP database...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He J,Zhang F,Han Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the dosimetric parameters for incidental irradiation to the axilla during whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT) with 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Twenty left breast cancer patients treated with WBRT after breast-conservin...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee J,Kim SW,Son SH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive transformation of the germinal centers (PTGC) is a benign reaction pattern in lymph nodes. An association with Hodgkin disease (HD) has been reported and PTGC may precede, coexist, or present after the diagnosis of HD. This case report describes a patient who presented with unprovoked pulmonary embolism an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang CA,Kumar B,Nandurkar D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Angiosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor of endothelial origin. The majority of studies reporting angiosarcoma have been concerned with the clinical and pathological aspects, with limited reporting of their imaging findings. To our knowledge, angiosarcoma of the adrenal gland is very rare. Herein we ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li XM,Yang H,Reng J,Zhou P,Cheng ZZ,Li Z,Xu GH

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Investigations into the safety of ultrasonography in pregnancy have focused on the potential harm of ultrasound itself. However, no data have been published regarding the electromagnetic fields that ultrasound devices might produce. This study is the first to measure extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) exp...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park JS,Kim DW,Chung JW,Kwon JY,Park YW,Cho HY

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare bone mineral densities (BMDs) and body composition between Southeast Asia college students and Chinese college students, in order to provide a certain reference enhancing college students' physical fitness.A total of 1694 Chinese college students (294 men and 1400 women, aged 18-22...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu P,Ye Z,Lu J,Lu H,Guan L,Teng Z,Gao S,Li M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal variations in blood pressure (BP) were associated with carotid intima-media thickness. However, the precise relationship between circadian variations of BP and carotid plaques remains unknown. Therefore, the prognostic value of reverse-dipper pattern of BP for carotid plaque was investigated. In this cross-s...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yan B,Peng L,Han D,Sun L,Dong Q,Yang P,Zheng F,Ong H,Zeng L,Wang G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene has been implicated as one of the genes susceptible to temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), but the association is inconsistent. We carried out a study to investigate the association of APOEε4 allele with a subtype of TLE-nonlesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (NLMTLE) in Han Chinese people.T ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Ding C,Gong X,Wang X,Cui T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite gaining popularity, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) remains a controversial therapy for acute respiratory failure (ARF) in adult patients due to its equivocal survival benefits. The study was aimed at identifying the preinterventional prognostic predictors of hospital mortality in adul...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng YT,Wu MY,Chang YS,Huang CC,Lin PJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to detail the clinical outcomes of patients suffering from celiac arterial aneurysm (CAA) that underwent treatment via stent occlusion.This is a single-center, retrospective study. A total of 8 consecutive CAA patients were treated via stent occlusion from March 2014 to September 2018 at our hospital....

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yuan FK,Xi HL,Qin RH,Tian ZL,Li C,Lu F

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00