Medicine
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Observational Study
The effect of intra-articular stimulation by pulsed radiofrequency on chronic sacroiliac joint pain refractory to intra-articular corticosteroid injection: A retrospective study.
We investigated the degree of pain reduction following intra-articular (IA) pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) stimulation of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) in patients with chronic SIJ pain that had not responded to IA corticosteroid injection. Twenty patients were recruited. Clinical outcomes after applying PRF stimulation of the SIJ were evaluated by a numeric rating scale (NRS) and a 7-point Likert scale. ⋯ IA PRF stimulation of the SIJ was not successful in most patients (80% of all patients). Based on our results, we cannot recommend this procedure to patients with chronic SIJ pain that was unresponsive to IA SIJ corticosteroid injection. Further studies on the effective mode of PRF stimulation and appropriate patient group, and studies on pain conditions that are most responsive to PRF are needed in the future.
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Coronary artery spasm (CAS) could cause serious lethal ventricular arrhythmias. While implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been recommend for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death related to lethal ventricular arrhythmias. However, in resuscitated sudden cardiac death caused by CAS, the effect of ICD is still not well clear. ⋯ For the sudden cardiac death related to lethal ventricular arrhythmias caused by CAS, ICD therapy is an efficient secondary prevention base on administrating coronary vasodilators. Furthermore, administration of epinephrine should be avoided during cardiorespiratory resuscitation of sudden cardiac death caused by CAS.
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To estimate the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in Hebei province in 2013 and to investigate the real cancer burden in Hebei province to develop strategies for cancer prevention and control. Data on new cancer cases and deaths in 2013 were collected from 31 population-based cancer registries of Hebei province. All data were checked and evaluated based on data quality criteria from the "Chinese Guideline for Cancer Registration" and "Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Volume IX" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer/International Association of Cancer Registration (IARC/IACR). ⋯ Lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, and colorectal cancer were the major causes of cancer death in Hebei province. The coverage of cancer registration population has rapidly increased and may reveal the cancer burden in Hebei province more comprehensively. The cancer burden in Hebei province is heavy, and prevention and control measures should be enhanced.
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Observational Study
The association of six single nucleotide polymorphisms and their haplotypes in CDH13 with T2DM in a Han Chinese population.
T-cadherin (CDH13) is an adiponectin receptor. Genome-wide association studies have identified the CDH13 gene as one of the most important candidate genes in influencing plasma adiponectin levels. Several studies recently reported single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CDH13 gene were associated with T2DM. ⋯ The haplotype analysis showed that there were no associations between any haplotypes and T2DM. Our results revealed that genetic variations in the CDH13 gene were associated with T2DM susceptibility in a Han Chinese population. These results highlight the need to study the functional effects of these CDH13 gene variants in relation to the risk of developing T2DM.
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006908.].