Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2016
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers with a high mortality rate among women. With the early diagnosis of breast cancer survival will increase from 56% to more than 86%. Therefore, an accurate and reliable system is necessary fo...
We report the overall rate, locations and predictive factors of positive surgical margins (PSMs) in 271 patients with high-risk prostate cancer. Between April 2008 and October 2011, we prospectively collected data from patients classified as D'Amico ...
Bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafting may be associated with a higher risk of postoperative deep sternal wound infection than monolateral internal thoracic artery grafting due to a limited blood supply to the thoracic chest wall. Because...
The objective of this study was to study the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of levobupivacaine used for epidural anesthesia in patients with liver dysfunction. Twenty patients aged 20-60, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) graded I-II...
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
Dec 1, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of vitamin D supplement for three months on anthropometric and glucose homeostatic measures in Thai adults with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and/or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
Dec 1, 2015
BACKGROUND: Hyperuricemia has been associated with increased risk of endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular, and renal disease. Allopurinol is a potent xanthine oxidase inhibitor used in hyperuricemic patients. It has been shown to decrease cardiova...
Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion
Dec 1, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical efficacy between the combined acupuncture therapy of acupoint injection and fire needling and the oral administration of vitamin C and B2 as well as subcutaneous injection of transfer factor.
Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion
Dec 1, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects between acupuncture combined with rehabilitation and simple rehabilitation for shoulder pain after stroke, and to select the best plan of acupuncture manipulations at different stages by orthogonal design.
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Dec 1, 2015
INTRODUCTION: β-hemolytic streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes) groups A, C or G, secretes streptolysin O, toxin which causes in the infected individual an adaptive humoral immune response with production of serum antibodies called anti-streptolysin ...
Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
Dec 1, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation of bilateral Taichong (LR 3), Yan-glingquan (GB 34), Waiguan (TE 5) and Chize (LU 5) on pain and post-surgical gastrointestinal reactions in patients undergoing pneumectomy.
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