retreatment for MIRI.Objective To observe the effect of acupoint catgut embedding on histopathological changes of gastric mucosa and expression of mucosal hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) proteins in chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) rats, so as to explore its mechanisms underlying improvement of CAG.…[Read more]

OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate whether gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in shoulders can contribute to more accurate diagnosis and prediction of recurrence in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS Gadolinium-enhanced MRI and ultrasonography (US) in shoulders were performed in the patients who had bilateral…[Read more]

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) affect millions of patients annually with up to 80,000 affected in Europe on any given day. This represents a significant societal and economic burden. Staff training, hand hygiene, patient identification and isolation and controlled antibiotic use are some of the standard ways to reduce HAI incidence but…[Read more]

Opiate use (n = 69) was associated with an increased degree of delayed gastric emptying (p = 0.03) with 50% of opiate users having very delayed gastric emptying. One-way analysis revealed that severely delayed gastric emptying correlated with both increased hospitalizations and ED visits. CONCLUSIONS Severe delay in gastric emptying is a risk fa…[Read more]