Journal of International Medical Research

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List of Papers (Total 2,921)

Evaluation of the anticoagulant effect and timing of the concomitant use of S-1 and warfarin

Objectives To evaluate the effects of the timing of warfarin (WF) administration in patients with gastric cancer who received S-1 oral chemotherapy.

Incidence and characteristics of hepatitis E virus infection in children in Assiut, Upper Egypt

Objective To describe the characteristics of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in a cohort of children from Upper Egypt using data from a large multicentre prospective study of acute viral hepatitis (AVH).

Relationship between bone mineral density and dietary intake of β-carotene, vitamin C, zinc and vegetables in postmenopausal Korean women: a cross-sectional study

Objective To examine the relationship between nutritional intake and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal Korean women.

Biopsy-proven kidney diseases in the elderly: clinical characteristics, renal histopathological spectrum and prognostic factors

Objective To explore the clinical characteristics, renal histopathological spectrum and prognostic factors of biopsy-proven kidney diseases in the elderly.

Ramipril + amlodipine and ramipril + hydrochlorothiazide fixed-dose combinations in relation to patient adherence

Objective To compare 1-year treatment adherence of ramipril + amlodipine and ramipril +hydroclorothiazide fixed-dose combination therapies in patients with hypertension.

Alleviated negative rather than positive attentional bias in patients with depression in remission: an eye-tracking study

Objective To investigate attentional bias toward happy and sad faces in remitted depressed (RD) patients compared with healthy control (HC) subjects.

Comparison of saddle, lumbar epidural and caudal blocks on anal sphincter tone: A prospective, randomized study

Objective To compare the effects of saddle, lumbar epidural and caudal blocks on anal sphincter tone using anorectal manometry.

Evaluation of a liquid culture system in the detection of mycobacteria at an antituberculosis institution in China; A retrospective study

Objective A retrospective study comparing the diagnostic performance of the BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 system (M960 system; BD Worldwide, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) with Löwenstein–Jensen (L–J) culture to detect mycobacteria in sputum specimens from patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

The effect and mechanism of action of metformin on in vitro FaDu cell proliferation

Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of action of metformin on proliferation of a human hypopharyngeal carcinoma cell line (FaDu).

Incidence of insulin resistance and diabetes in patients with portosystemic shunts without liver dysfunction

Objective To investigate the incidence of insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes in patients with chronic hepatic schistosomiasis japonica (HSJ) and portosystemic shunts (PSS).

Differential knee skin temperature following total knee arthroplasty and its relationship with serum indices and outcome: A prospective study

Objectives To monitor knee skin temperature changes for 12 months following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and identify potential reasons for any differences in skin temperature and to investigate if there is a relationship between the differential temperature and clinical outcome.

Effect-site concentration of remifentanil for smooth inhalational induction with desflurane

Objective To determine the effect-site concentration (Ce) of remifentanil target-controlled infusion required for a smooth inhalational induction without airway irritation using desflurane in a stepwise incremental manner for 50% of patients (EC50) and 95% of patients (EC95).

Speckled variance optical coherence tomography for the assessment of nail involvement in acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau: A case study

Noninvasive techniques for nail imaging would be useful for confirming diagnosis and monitoring treatment response at the microscopic level in patients with nail psoriasis. However, the use of ultrasound and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in nail evaluation is limited. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) produces high-resolution images of transversal tissue sections...

Glomerular filtration rate in patients with psoriasis treated with etanercept

Objective To estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and evaluate renal function in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis treated with etanercept (an anti-tumour necrosis factor-α drug).

Combination therapy with etanercept in psoriasis: Retrospective analysis of efficacy and safety outcomes from real-life practice

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety outcomes of combination therapy used to optimize etanercept treatment in patients with psoriasis treated in real-life clinical practice.

From patients’ needs to treatment outcomes in psoriasis: Results from the ‘pSORRIDI’ experience

Objective To evaluate results of the ‘pSORRIDI’ experience (which is a prevention campaign to evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities, multidisciplinary needs and appropriateness of the therapeutic approach for comorbidities) in patients already being treated for psoriasis.

Remission and low disease activity in a cohort of real-life patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with first-line antitumour necrosis factor

Objectives This retrospective study used various indices to evaluate remission and low disease activity in ‘real life’ patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), given antitumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) as a first-line treatment; changes in concomitant steroid and conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (csDMARD) treatment were also assessed.

Beneficial effects of long-term treatment with bosentan on the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis

Objective To investigate the effects of long-term treatment with bosentan on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Post-translational modifications in rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis: Focus on citrullination and carbamylation

Coronary heart disease is the main cause of mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease known to be associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. The role of inflammation and immunity in atherosclerotic process offers possible explanations for the increased cardiovascular risk in patients with RA. The immune response to citrullinated peptides has been...

Treatment of psoriasis with etanercept in immunocompromised patients: Two case reports

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α blocking agents have revolutionized the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Concerns remain about increased susceptibility to infection and onset of malignancies, and the use of TNF-α agents in patients with HIV infection or undergoing immunosuppressant treatment is debated. We report cases of severe plaque psoriasis in a patient with...

Suicide risk and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with psoriasis

Objectives To examine the occurrence of stressful life events, psychological comorbidity and suicide risk in patients with psoriasis or other dermatological conditions.

Long-term safety of etanercept in psoriasis: Retrospective study focused on infections

Objective Retrospective study to evaluate the incidence of infectious adverse events in patients with psoriasis treated with etanercept.

Serological markers associated with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with rituximab

Objective To evaluate prospectively serological markers at baseline and during treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating rituximab treatment, following failure of antitumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α therapy.

Cardiovascular risk evaluation through heart rate variability analysis in psoriatic patients before and after 24 weeks of etanercept therapy: Prospective study

Objective To assess the influence of etanercept, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α agent, on autonomic cardiovascular regulation in young patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis without cardiovascular risk factors.

How the immune system responds to therapeutic biological agents

Biological agents target disease mechanisms and have modified the natural history of several immune-mediated disorders. Biological agents are structurally immunogenic, and therefore usually elicit a minor, subclinical and transient phenomenon. Occasionally, however, these drugs induce complete cellular and humoral immune responses, with the main clinical consequences being...