Medicine
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Case Reports
Physiotherapeutic assessment and management of chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A case report.
Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is difficult for the diagnosis and therapy and that means the patient attending the physician or physiotherapist may present various symptoms. There are no guidelines concern physiotherapy diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. This study presents the physiotherapeutic assessment and management in men with pelvic pain symptoms. ⋯ Therapy of chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a process that involves application of different therapies and different approaches. Functional and structural assessment and also therapy conducted by physiotherapist is becoming an integral part of urology and represents 1 possible conservative treatment form.
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There is no study that has conducted a review or meta-analysis investigating a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention to patients with COVID19, with the aim of improving their psychological health. Therefore, in order to provide new evidence-based medical evidence for clinical treatment, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of CBT in relieving patients' psychological distress and improving quality of life during the COVID-19 epidemic. ⋯ Ethical approval and patient consent are not required because this study is a literature-based study. This systematic review and meta-analysis will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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This study aimed to assess the accuracy of ultrasonic grading in determining brain injury in very premature infants and analyze the affecting factors of these neonatal morbidity and mortality, and to investigate the relationship between serial cranial ultrasound (cUS) classification and Mental Developmental Index (MDI)/Psychomotor Developmental Index (PDI) in premature infants. ⋯ Moderate and severe brain injury at first ultrasound is the most important factor affecting the survival rate and brain development of very premature infants. The cUS classification had high sensitivity and high specificity for the prediction of CP, especially in TEA-cUS.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical study of combined application of indocyanine green and methylene blue for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer.
This study aims to investigate the feasibility of combined application of indocyanine green (ICG) and methylene blue (MB) for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with early breast cancer. ⋯ The combined application of ICG and MB for SLNB is much more effective than MB alone in detecting SLNs.
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Several studies have reported an association between the rapidity of reduction in peripheral blood blast count or recovery of normal hematopoiesis and treatment outcome during therapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, little is known about the impact of both of these aspects on prognosis in pediatric ALL. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the combined use of blood blast count and platelet count could predict event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) when minimal residual disease (MRD) detection was not available. ⋯ The combination of blast cell count on day 8 and platelet count on day 33 demonstrated a strong association with MRD-based risk stratification. Complete blood count is an inexpensive, easy to perform, and reliable measurement in children with ALL. The combination of blast count and platelet count during and after induction chemotherapy was a significant and independent prognostic factor for treatment outcome in pediatric ALL.