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Antituberculosis Treatment and Hepatotoxicity in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis
Whether antituberculosis (anti-TB) treatment in patients with chronic viral hepatitis affects the incidence and onset time of drug-induced hepatotoxicity (DIH) is still controversial. The aim of this retrospec...
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High expression of heme oxygenase-1 is associated with tumor invasiveness and poor clinical outcome in non-small cell lung cancer patients
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a rate-limiting enzyme in heme catabolism, is known to play a role in the protection of cells against oxidative stress, inflammation, anomalous proliferation and apoptosis. As yet, the...
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Open Access122 Regional myocardial functional patterns by quantitative tagged magnetic resonance imaging in an adult population free of cardiovascular risk factors: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)
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Expandable metal stents as an alternative treatment of cuff-related tracheal stenosis in tracheostomy-dependent ventilated patients: a prospective study of nine cases and description of the complications
In long-term intubated patients, cuff-related tracheal injury is occasionally complicated by tracheal stricture. To keep the airway patent, bougienage and deployment of stents are adopted in patients unfit for...
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Characteristics of Thymoma Successfully Resected by Videothoracoscopic Surgery
The inclusion criteria were established for a videothoracoscopic resection of early-stage thymoma. We retrospectively evaluated the validity of these criteria in the treatment of early-stage thymoma.
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Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in Acute Caustic Ingestion Injuries
Purpose. Quickly differentiating patients who need emergency salvage operation for caustic ingestion injury from those who do not remains difficult. We thus conducted a retrospective study to assess whether arte...
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in the Treatment of Chronic Empyema Thoracis
We prospectively analyzed the surgical results in chronic organizing empyema thoracis utilizing a video-assisted thoracoscopic technique, particularly in debilitated patients. From January 1999 to September 2...
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Management of an Anterior Mediastinal Teratoma: Report of a Case
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a newly developed technique, the advantages of which mainly benefit the patient. Its feasibility and indications have been described widely, but to the best of o...
