Liu, Boying Liu, Sudong Wen, Pingwu Wang, Shengbing Wang, Fuqun Gu, Xiaodong
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Background To identify the risk factors associated with rebleeding in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) patients from southern China. Methods This retrospective study involved 229 patients who underwent small bowel endoscopy in our hospital between 1 January 2018 and 1 December 2020. The clinical characteristics and risk factors related to r...
He, Yuling An, Tongtong
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Several clinical trials have proven that immunotherapy can improve survival and benefit non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. In patients who progress after chemotherapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy can prolong overall survival compared with patients receiving single-agent chemotherapy. A 61-year-old man diagnosed with adva...
Hou, Yu-Lei Zhang, Jian-Hong Guo, Jin-Bao Chen, Hui
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Objective To investigate the clinical significance of serum S100 calcium-binding protein A10 (S100A10) levels in lung cancer. Methods This prospective study enrolled patients with lung cancer, patients with benign lung nodules and healthy control subjects. Serum S100A10 levels and three biomarkers were measured and compared between the groups. Asso...
Yu, Guangcai Cui, Siqi Jian, Tianzi Sun, Cece Shi, Longke Li, Yaqian Kan, Baotian Jian, Xiangdong
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Olanzapine is a widely adopted atypical antipsychotic medication used to manage schizophrenia. Reports show that the incidence rate of adverse reactions to olanzapine is significantly lower than those of other classic antipsychotic medications. However, olanzapine overdose may be associated with severe consequences. Herein, we report a 21-year-old ...
Zhi, Wanying Xu, Qiuyan Chen, Zhengrong Jiang, Wujun Wang, Ting Zhou, Yewen Yu, Haifei Yan, Yongdong Pan, Tao
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Objective In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical epidemiology of lower respiratory tract infections with different respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) subtypes in hospitalized children in Suzhou and their correlation with climatic and environmental factors. Method In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we collected nasopharyngeal s...
Su, Quanguan Yin, Chenxi Liao, Wei Yang, Haoxian Ouyang, Liying Yang, Rong Ma, Gang
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Objective Esophagectomy is a high-risk surgical procedure with significant postoperative morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors of cervical anastomotic leakage and postoperative mortality. Methods In this retrospective, observational study, we recruited 1010 patients with esophageal cancer. Cox regression analysis...
Wang, Chen Xu, Bo Wang, Pengfei Yu, Weiguang Zeng, Xianshang Xiong, Nana Yin, Pingping Liu, Qilong Lin, Huanyi
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Objective The association of chronic non-malignant pain (CNP) with dyslipidemia is unclear. This retrospective study was performed to evaluate the association between CNP and dyslipidemia in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures (FNFs) treated by primary unilateral total hip arthroplasty (THA). Methods We retrospectively identified 521 conse...
Li, Zhehong Wei, Junqiang Cao, Haiying Song, Mingze Zhang, Yafang Jin, Yu
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Objective To identify risk factors and develop predictive web-based nomograms for the early death of patients with bone metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Methods Patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database diagnosed with bone metastasis of LUAD between 2010 and 2016 were included and randomly divided into training a...
Barrios, R. Haridian Sosa Burguera Vion, Víctor Álvarez Nadal, Marta Cintra Cabrera, Melissa Elías Triviño, Sandra Villa Hurtado, Daniel Ortego, Sofía Fernández Lucas, Milagros Rivera-Gorrin, Maite
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Background Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is invasive, and bleeding-related complications are a concern. Desmopressin (DDAVP) is a selective type 2 vasopressin receptor-agonist also used for haemostasis. Aim To evaluate the side effects of intravenous (IV) weight-adjusted desmopressin preceding PRB. Methods This was a retrospective study of renal ...
Ortega, Miguel A Fraile-Martínez, Oscar García-Montero, Cielo Ruiz-Grande, Fernando Barrena, Silve Montoya, Hector Pekarek, Leonel Zoullas, Sofia Alvarez-Mon, Miguel A Sainz, Felipe
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Objectives Chronic venous disease (CVeD) is a multifactorial and debilitating condition that has a high prevalence in Western countries and an important associated socioeconomic burden. Varicose veins (VVs) are the most common manifestations of CVeD. Pathologically, many morphological and functional changes have been described in VVs, which most no...
