Showing papers in "Medicine in 2015"

TL;DR: A reliable dataset could improve the characterization of IgG4-RD, particularly its unique demography and the frequency of each organ manifestation, using a large cohort of patients.

TL;DR: FDG-PET showed good performances in the diagnosis of large-vessel inflammation, with higher accuracy in GCA patients than in TA patients, and further studies are needed to define the threshold of significance as well as the clinical significance of the vascular uptake.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used random-effects meta-analyses to pool prevalence estimates of hypertension, overall, by World Bank region and country income group in low-and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies to summarize the point prevalence of depressive symptoms in adults with hypertension found that interview-defined depression affects approximately one third of hypertensive patients and effective interventions for depression on patient-centered are needed.

TL;DR: A lack of additional benefits and ease of use emerged as the key factors for the acceptance of diabetes apps among patients aged 50 or older.

TL;DR: Multivariate analysis revealed that the presence of pneumonia was predictive of poorer overall survival; the multivariate hazard ratio was 1.456 (95% confidence interval 1.020–2.079, P = 0.039).

TL;DR: With or without heat sink, BP radiofrequency ablated a larger volume and mass, compared with MP RFA or MW ablation, with latter device producing the highest density of tissue ablated.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the current literature regarding human exposure to BPA, the endocrine-disrupting effects of B PA, and the role of BPA in hormone-associated cancers of the breast, ovary, and prostate.

TL;DR: The importance of iron, vitamin B12 and folate deficiency anaemia; the interpretation of laboratory tests to differentiate between the causes of anaemia, especially anaemia of chronic disease; and the management options for patients with anaemia caused by gastrointestinal disease are detailed.

TL;DR: FCH-PET/CT is an adequate imaging tool in patients with primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism, since both adenomas and hyperplastic parathyroid glands can be detected and was not inferior to that of dual-phase dual-isotope 123I/99mTc-scintigraphy.

TL;DR: ASSD is a condition that should be carefully considered in all patients presenting with arthritis, myositis, and ILD, even when isolated, and multidisciplinary approach involving Rheumatology, Neurology, Pneumology, and Internal Medicine specialists is mandatory.

TL;DR: Bariatric surgery was significantly associated with an increased risk of fractures, mainly with malabsorptive procedures, with a trend of an increased fracture risk 1 to 2 years after surgery, providing further evidence for the adverse effects of bariatric surgery on the risk of fracture.

TL;DR: The diagnostic modality of “SMI-CDFI” can improve the diagnostic performance of ultrasound in the differentiation between benign and malignant masses and showed the best diagnostic performance.

TL;DR: The FLI could accurately identify nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the optimal cut-off point was 30 in middle-aged and elderly Chinese and the FLI-diagnosed NAFLD patients were in worse metabolism, so much attention should be paid to the metabolic controls and managements of NA FLD.

TL;DR: The mortality rate and degree of disability at last follow-up were greater in those with increasing age, cerebral infarctions on MRI, angiographic large vessel involvement, and diagnosis made by angiography alone, but were lower in Those with gadolinium-enhanced lesions on MRI and in thoseWith cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

TL;DR: Mindfulness-based interventions effectively relieved anxiety and depression among patients with cancer, however, additional research is still warranted to determine how long the beneficial effects of mindfulness-based therapy persist.

TL;DR: Criteria for proper definition and classification of the TCR in the light of increased knowledge are highlighted and a thinking model to overcome this complexity is presented.

TL;DR: PD-L1 or PD-1 expression status is a significant prognostic factor in epithelial-originated malignancies and all subgroups showed consistent trends toward unfavorable prognoses of patients with positive PD-L 1 expression, regardless of antibodies and evaluation cutoffs.

TL;DR: Strength training was found to significantly improve muscle strength in people with Parkinson disease and multiple sclerosis and several improvements in mobility, fatigue, functional capacity, and quality of life were found in individuals with multiple sclerosis after strength training.

TL;DR: IE remains a severe disease with a high rate of in-hospital mortality and 1-year mortality, and surgery was the only intervention that significantly reduced 1- year mortality.

TL;DR: HR is reasonably safe and effective at treating large/multinodular HCC and HCC with MVI, and the available evidence argues for expanding the indications for HR in official treatment guidelines.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that higher lycopene consumption/circulating concentration is associated with a lower risk of PCa and if there are other factors in tomato products that might potentially decrease PCa risk and progression.

TL;DR: Acupuncture may be more effective than drugs and may enhance the effect of drugs for treating AD in terms of improving cognitive function and at improving AD patients’ ability to carry out their daily lives.

TL;DR: It is suggested that short duration of IS treatments and compliance issues of treatment are the major problems in VBD associated with vascular relapses during follow-up.

TL;DR: ALK/ROS1/RET fusion-positive lung adenocarcinomas possess certain clinical and imaging features that enable good discrimination of fusion- positive from fusion-negative lung adeogenesis, and significant features for the fusion- negative tumor prediction model were extracted from all of the clinicoradiologic features.

TL;DR: Exercise and other exercise-based therapies, such as kinesio taping, specific exercises, and acupuncture, are ideal treatments for patients at an early stage of SIS and supported the robustness and reliability of these network meta-analyses.

TL;DR: Insight is provided for identifying the optimal BP for survival in older adults, and the knowledge of the impacts of hypertension on mortality risks among women and the older adults is extended.

TL;DR: This research presents a novel probabilistic procedure called “spot-spot analysis” that allows for real-time analysis of the response of the immune system to foreign substance abuse.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study to evaluate the risk of osteoporosis in Taiwanese residents exposed to air pollution and found that CO and NO2 exposure is associated with an increased risk of bone mineral density in the Taiwanese population.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the use of probiotics may improve lipid metabolism by decreasing total and LDL cholesterol concentrations and these associations seem stronger in studies supported by probiotics companies.