Effects of 6-month sitagliptin treatment on glucose and lipid metabolism, blood pressure, body weight and renal function in type 2 diabetic patients: a chart-based analysis [0.03%]
西格列汀治疗对2型糖尿病患者糖脂代谢、血压、体重及肾功能的影响：基于病历图表的分析
Hidekatsu Yanai,Hiroki Adachi,Hidetaka Hamasaki et al.
Hidekatsu Yanai et al.
Background: Sitagliptin is one of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors which prevent the inactivation of incretins, increasing the endogenous active incretin levels. Incretins stimulate insulin secretion from pan...
Missed Opportunities for Universal HIV Screening in Primary Care Clinics [0.03%]
初级保健诊所普遍开展艾滋病筛查的机遇流失
Angela L Hudson,Marysue V Heilemann,Michael Rodriguez
Angela L Hudson
Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that the number of new cases of HIV infection has been underreported annually by at least 40,000 cases. In 2006, the CDC recommended that volun...
On the management of hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients undergoing surgery [0.03%]
论危重病患者手术期间高血糖的管理
Iakovos Nomikos,Maria Kyriazi,Dimitra Vamvakopoulou et al.
Iakovos Nomikos et al.
Hyperglycaemia is a major health risk and a negative determinant of surgical outcome. Despite its increasing prevalence, the limited treatments for restoration of normoglycaemia make its effective management a highly complex individualized ...
Yannis Dionyssiotis
Yannis Dionyssiotis
Denervation of the spinal cord below the level of injury leads to complications producing malnutrition. Nutritional status affects mortality and pathology of injured subjects and it has been reported that two thirds of individuals enrolled ...
Bunyamin Sertogullarindan,Bulent Ozbay,Hasan Ali Gumrukcuoglu et al.
Bunyamin Sertogullarindan et al.
Acute viral myocarditis is one of the causes of heart failure. Cardiac asthma is commonly observed in elderly patients with left heart failure. If the pulmonary manifestations are prominent it can mask the involvement of heart. We report a ...
The Super-scan and Flare Phenomena in a Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patient: A Case Report [0.03%]
鼻咽癌患者的超级扫描与爆发现象病例报告
Min-Chuan Lu,Tzyy-Ling Chuang,Moon-Sing Lee et al.
Min-Chuan Lu et al.
A 26-year-old man with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) presented with bone metastasis. Bone scan revealed diffuse skeletal metastases with superscan appearance. Afterward, radiotherapy for bone lesions was arranged and the effec...
Remarkable Effect of Gefitinib Retreatment in a Lung Cancer Patient With Lepidic Predominat Adenocarcinoma who had Experienced Favorable Results From Initial Treatment With Gefitinib: A Case Report [0.03%]
吉非替尼再挑战治疗以漏斗状为主型肺腺癌患者的显著疗效——一例报告
Su Jin Lee,Ho Sung Lee,Jae Sung Choi et al.
Su Jin Lee et al.
Gefitnib is an oral agent of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and it has a certain efficacy against non-small cell lung cancer. There are some reports that the non-small cell lung cancer patients who experienced d...
Use of methylene blue in the treatment of refractory vasodilatory shock after cardiac assist device implantation: report of four consecutive cases [0.03%]
亚心机植入后难治性血管扩张性休克的亚甲蓝治疗：连续4例报告
Sebastian Michel,Florian Weis,R Sodian et al.
Sebastian Michel et al.
Vasodilatory shock frequently occurs after cardiac surgery, particularly after cardiac assist device implantation. This complication is often associated with high mortality, especially if refractory to conventional vasoconstrictor treatment...
Haemophilus aphrophilus associated spleen abscess: an unusual presentation of subacute endocarditis [0.03%]
与亚急性心内膜炎相关的脾脓肿的一个不常见表现——Haemophilus aphrophilus相关性感染
Ya-Chih Tien,Chia-Chu Chang,Yuan-Meng Liu
Ya-Chih Tien
The HACEK group of bacteria (Haemophilus spp., Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, Kingella spp.), is uncommon pathogens of infective endocarditis, but can cause life-threatening events such a...
Hiroki Adachi,Hidekatsu Yanai,Yuji Hirowatari
Hiroki Adachi
Olanzapine is an efficacious antipsychotic drug often used in the treatment for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, however, sometimes induces metabolic disorders. We will introduce a patient with bipolar disorder, who has been treated by ol...