Acute decompensation in cirrhotic patients signifies the onset of clinically evident events due to portal hypertension.The transition from compensated to decom-pensated cirrhosis involves hemodynamic changes leading t...
Objective:Recent randomised controlled trials underestimated the incidence of genitourinary (GU) complications occurring more than 5 years following pelvic radiotherapy. This study aimed to determine the burden of tre...
the Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(Grant No.Z181100001518005);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB39000000).
Background Although vascular dementia(VaD)is not uncommon in the hospital,most studies on VaD are community based.This study on VaD is the first to use a national hospital information system(HIS)in China.Methods This ...
Background Rotavirus is the primary cause of gastroenteritis in children worldwide and is a leading cause of gastroenteritis in children,with a significant burden.Rotavirus vaccine became available in Ireland in 2016....
Background: Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon. It is common for older adults to develop multiple age-related illnesses and the prevalence of multimorbidity increases substantially with age. ...
supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2018YFC1312400);the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(2016YFC0901002,2016YFC0901001,2017YFC1310901,2017YFC1307905 and 2018YFC1312903);grants from Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals’Mission Plan(SML20150502);grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(81600999);grants from Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(D171100003017002 and D151100002015003);grants from National Science and Technology Major Project(2017ZX09304018).
Objective Gastrointestinal(GI)bleeding in patients who had a stroke is strongly associated with a higher risk of death and loss of independence.However,it is unknown whether GI bleeding increases risk for recurrence o...
BACKGROUND Proton pump inhibitors(PPIs)are widely prescribed,often without clear indications.There are conflicting data on its association with mortality risk and hepatic decompensation in cirrhotic patients.Furthermo...
AIMTo investigate the impact of physical frailty on risk of hospitalisation in cirrhotic patients on the liver transplant waitlist.METHODSCirrhotics listed for liver transplantation at a single centre underwent frailt...
Ulcerative colitis(UC) is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the large bowel and is associated with a significant risk of both requirement for surgeryand the need for hospitalisation. Thiopurines, and more rec...
Background: Behavioral feeding disorders are common among children, which sometimes become progressive, and consequently, children may refuse to eat anything. Parents have lots of difficulties to reset such a disturbe...