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Massoud Mahmoudi

Section Editor: Massoud Mahmoudi

 

Dr. Massoud Mahmoudi graduated from the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences/ Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1994. He works in Los Gatos, CA and specializes in Allergy & Immunology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Mahmoudi is affiliated with El Camino Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital.

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  1. Laparoscopy for abdominal surgical emergencies is gaining increasing acceptance given the spreading of advanced laparoscopic skills among modern surgeons, as it may allow at the same time an accurate diagnosis...

    Authors: A. Birindelli, G. Tugnoli, D. Beghelli, A. Siciliani, A. Biscardi, C. Bertarelli, S. Selleri, R. Lombardi and S. Di Saverio
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:16
    Content type: Case study Published on:

  3. Women with breast cancer are at increased risk of second malignancy (SM). However, the impact of race and the hormone receptor (HR) status of the primary breast tumor on risk of SM are not known. The purpose o...

    Authors: Nicholas Diab, Gary Clark, Lucy Langer, Yunfei Wang, Barbara Hamlington, Laura Brzeskiewicz, Joyce O’Shaughnessy, Sami Diab and Salma K. Jabbour
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:14
    Content type: Database Published on:

  4. The aim of this study is to compare the current state of lesion identification, the BI-RADS classification and the contrast-enhancement behavior at 7T and 3T breast MRI in the same patient group. Twenty-seven ...

    Authors: Gisela L. G. Menezes, Bertine L. Stehouwer, Dennis W. J. Klomp, Tijl A. van der Velden, Maurice A. A. J. van den Bosch, Floortje M. Knuttel, Vincent O. Boer, Wybe J. M. van der Kemp, Peter R. Luijten and Wouter B. Veldhuis
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in SpringerPlus 2016 5:1012

  5. To investigate the value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) in differentiating clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) from low-fat renal angiomyolipomas (RAML), and to obta...

    Authors: Qiang Feng, Zhijun Ma, Sujuan Zhang and Jianlin Wu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:12
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. Lithium intoxication can cause serious cardiac toxicity and is associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. This paper described a case of a 76-year-old man who was lithium intoxicated and showed a variety...

    Authors: Yiping Chen, Leilei Zheng, Weibo Liu, Huichun Li, Shaohua Yu, Qiaozhen Chen, Bin Pan, Hualiang Yu and Risheng Yu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:10
    Content type: Case study Published on:

  7. Warfarin therapy is associated with many drug interactions that may cause a significant alteration in its anticoagulant effect. Rifampin is a widely used antimicrobial that has major interactions with several ...

    Authors: Amr Mohamed Fahmi, Osama Abdelsamad and Hazem Elewa
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:8
    Content type: Case Study Published on:

  8. Contamination of perfusion fluid (PF) could lead to serious infections in kidney transplant recipients. Preemptive therapy (PE-T) in case of yeast contamination of PF is mandatory. The usefulness of PE-T in pr...

    Authors: A. Ranghino, D. Diena, F. Simonato, M. Messina, M. Burdese, V. Piraina, F. Fop, G. P. Segoloni and L. Biancone
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:7
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. There is some evidence that self-rated perceptions of health are predictive of objective health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, and mortality. The objective of this study was to examine the prospec...

    Authors: Hanis Hanum Zulkifly, Alexandra Clavarino, Yaman Walid Kassab and Kaeleen Dingle
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2016 5:6
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Recently, the impact of telomere dysregulation on malignant progression has been reported in many cancers. A few studies have examined TERT promoter mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Irregular...

    Authors: Keisuke Akaike, Midori Toda-Ishii, Yoshiyuki Suehara, Kenta Mukaihara, Daisuke Kubota, Keiko Mitani, Tatsuya Takagi, Kazuo Kaneko, Takashi Yao and Tsuyoshi Saito
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:836
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. To ensure implant durability following Modern total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, one long held principle in condylar total knee arthroplasty is positioning the components in alignment with the mechanical a...

    Authors: Mohammed Hadi, Tim Barlow, Imran Ahmed, Mark Dunbar, Peter McCulloch and Damian Griffin
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:835
    Content type: Review Published on:

  14. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the sensitivity of the lever sign test and the widely used basic tests of the Lachman, anterior drawer and pivot shift tests, both under anaesthesia and without ana...

    Authors: Alper Deveci, Deniz Cankaya, Serdar Yilmaz, Güzelali Özdemir, Emrah Arslantaş and Murat Bozkurt
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:830
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Extubation failure (EF), defined as need for re-intubation within 24–72 h, is multifactorial. Factors predicting EF in adults generally are not useful in children.

    Authors: Bedangshu Saikia, Nirmal Kumar and Vishnubhatla Sreenivas
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:827
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. The efficacy and safety of OnabotulinumtoxinA 155-195 U (BOTOX®) in adults with chronic migraine (CM) were demonstrated in both the Phase III Research Evaluating Migraine Prophylaxis Therapy (PREEMPT) studies. Ho...

    Authors: Andrea Negro, Martina Curto, Luana Lionetto, Dorotea Crialesi and Paolo Martelletti
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:826
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Several reproductive factors are known to be associated with risk of breast cancer; however, relationships between these factors with risk of second primary asynchronous contralateral breast cancer (CBC) have ...

    Authors: Julia S. Sisti, Jonine L. Bernstein, Charles F. Lynch, Anne S. Reiner, Lene Mellemkjaer, Jennifer D. Brooks, Julia A. Knight, Leslie Bernstein, Kathleen E. Malone, Meghan Woods, Xiaolin Liang and Esther M. John
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:825
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. Vascular graft infections are infrequent complications with important morbidity and mortality rates. Pasteurella multocida, a Gram negative bacillus, is a normal oral commensal of many animals. For mankind, it is...

    Authors: F. Fourreau, F. Méchaï, J. Brossier, O. Bouchaud and B. Picard
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:824
    Content type: Case Study Published on:

  19. Numbness and pain are currently evaluated using subjective methods such as the visual analog scale (VAS). However, because assessment of pain can vary greatly depending on the mood and physical state of the pa...

    Authors: Yoichiro Yoshida, Ai Mogi, Teppei Yamada, Naoya Aisu, Taisuke Matsuoka, Daibo Kojima, Syu Tanimura, Tomoko Koganemaru, Mayumi Oda, Mahiru Fukuda, Fumiaki Kiyomi, Keita Noda, Keiji Hirata and Yuichi Yamashita
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:822
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the difference in inotrope use between patients who underwent left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation with preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation...

    Authors: Takuma Maeda, Koichi Toda, Masataka Kamei, Shigeki Miyata and Yoshihiko Ohnishi
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:821
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. The role of family doctors in the management of obesity in primary care will become increasingly important as more of the adult population become overweight or obese. Having a solid understanding of the family...

    Authors: Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss, Nicholas Elmitt, Chris van Weel, Emily Haesler, Ginny Sargent, Alex Stevenson, Mark Harris and Kirsty Douglas
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:820
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has become a standard therapy for patients with advanced breast cancer. Pathological complete response (pCR) after NAC is an important prognostic indicator, but some patients wit...

    Authors: Toshiyuki Ishiba, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Takanobu Sato, Makoto Nagahara, Goshi Oda, Hitoshi Sugimoto, Mai Kasahara, Tokuko Hosoya, Kazunori Kubota, Tomoyuki Fujioka, Peter Danenberg, Kathleen Danenberg and Hiroyuki Uetake
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:817
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the external auditory canal (EAC) is rare, usually presents at an advanced stage, and is a more aggressive tumor with poor prognosis. The University of Pittsburgh TNM staging s...

    Authors: Yasuko Okado, Mikiko Aoki, Makoto Hamasaki, Kaori Koga, Takayuki Sueta, Hideki Shiratsuchi, Yoshinao Oda, Takashi Nakagawa and Kazuki Nabeshima
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:814
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic autoimmune bullous disease, the initiation of autoimmunity has been linked to viral infections. In 1974, Krain first reported the association between herpes simplex virus and pe...

    Authors: María Elisa Vega-Memíje, Francisco Javier García-Vázquez, Juan Carlos Cuevas-González, Erika Rodríguez-Lobato and Marco Antonio Aguilar-Urbano
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:811
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  27. Brain abscess is a rare but serious, life-threatening infection in children. It may arise from parameningeal infections such as otitis media, sinusitis and mastoiditis.

    Authors: Nurhayat Yakut, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Ayse Karaaslan, Serkan Atici, Gulsen Akkoc, Sevliya Ocal Demir, Adnan Dagcinar, Fatih Akbulut, Ahmet Soysal and Mustafa Bakır
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:809
    Content type: Case study Published on:

  28. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy using two needles in difficult and poorly cooperative patients; and to examine the usefulness of the ma...

    Authors: Ji Young Ha, Kyung Nyeo Jeon, Mi Jung Park, Kyungsoo Bae, Won Sup Lee and Seung Ick Cha
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:807
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Vasoconstrictor therapy with terlipressin and concomitant albumin can improve renal function in patients with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) type 1, but the efficacy of therapy in patients with active infection is...

    Authors: Reskan Altun, Murat Korkmaz, Emre Yıldırım, Serkan Öcal, Enver Akbaş and Haldun Selçuk
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:806
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Trastuzumab has been widely used among the breast cancer patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression. The genetically engineered trastuzumab traded as Cipterbin® was developed ...

    Authors: Xinna Zhou, Jing Yu, Wenmiao Wang, Guohong Song, Xiaoli Wang, Jun Ren, Lijun Di and Xinghe Wang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:803
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an important liver disease in China, owing to the country’s huge population and the availability of a multitude of drugs. Consequently, DILI is becoming an increasingly seri...

    Authors: Pengcheng Ou, Yi Chen, Baozhen Li, Min Zhang, Xingyu Liu, Fangfang Li, Yi Li, Chengwei Chen, Yimin Mao and Jun Chen
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:802
    Content type: Review Published on:

  33. To examine prevalence of mental health problems among adolescents with chronic headache and compare internal and external coping strategies in young people with chronic headaches with and without mental health...

    Authors: Silje Hartberg, Jocelyne Clench-Aas, Ruth Kjærsti Raanaas and Christofer Lundqvist
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:801
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Dexmedetomidine (Dex), a highly selective α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, has been shown to attenuate systemic inflammatory response induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The protective effects of Dex may repor...

    Authors: Zhaoguo Liu, Yaoqi Wang, Qiaoqing Ning, Chunzhi Gong, Yong Zhang, Li Zhang, Xiangmei Bu and Guangjian Jing
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:800
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. In typically developing children, participation in sports has been proven to be positively correlated to both physical and psychosocial health outcomes. In children and adolescents with a physical disability o...

    Authors: Kristel Lankhorst, Karin van der Ende-Kastelijn, Janke de Groot, Maremka Zwinkels, Olaf Verschuren, Frank Backx, Anne Visser-Meily and Tim Takken
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:796
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  36. The Snoring, Tiredness, Observed apnea, high blood Pressure (STOP)-Body mass index (BMI), Age, Neck circumference, and Gender (BANG) questionnaire is a well validated screening tool for diagnosis of Obstructiv...

    Authors: Viral Doshi, Reuben Walia, Kellie Jones, Christopher E. Aston and Ahmed Awab
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:795
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. To assess and validate the incorporation of the multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) tumour category (mT-category) to the conventional clinical tumour category (cT-category), in order to guide th...

    Authors: Felipe Couñago, Elia del Cerro, Ana Aurora Díaz-Gavela, Francisco José Marcos, Manuel Recio, David Sanz-Rosa, Israel Thuissard, Karmele Olaciregui, María Mateo and Laura Cerezo
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:789
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. For the production of tumor-specific vaccines, including dendritic cell (DC) vaccines, the tumor cells themselves are an ideal source. Floating tumor cells in the ascites fluid from patients with malignant asc...

    Authors: Yukino Kimura, Yui Harada, Noriko Yasuda, Takefumi Ishidao, Seiichi Yusa, Keisuke Matsusaki and Yoshikazu Yonemitsu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:780
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  40. Cervicogenic headache (CEH) is a secondary headache which affects 1.0–4.6 % of the population. Although the costs are unknown, the health consequences are substantial for the individual; especially considering...

    Authors: Aleksander Chaibi, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Peter J. Tuchin and Michael Bjørn Russell
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:779
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. With the globally increasing prevalence, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) becomes the predominant cause of chronic liver disease. A global look at the publication trends and the research hotspots of NA...

    Authors: Tong-shuo Zhang, Hua-lei Qin, Tong Wang, Hai-tao Li, Hai Li, Shi-hai Xia and Xiao-hui Xiang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:776
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. No uniform consensus has been established regarding post-pneumonectomy lung regeneration. This study was undertaken to determine whether airway-instilled lung- or bone marrow-derived cells are able to differen...

    Authors: Masayuki Okui, Taichiro Goto, Keisuke Asakura, Ikuo Kamiyama and Takashi Ohtsuka
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:770
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. We intended to assess knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAP-MV) of family members of PLWHA. A cross-sectional retrospective study conducted in Anti-retroviral centre of Mahatma Gandhi M...

    Authors: Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Deepak Kumar Bandari, Asim Ahmad Elnour, Akram Ahmad, Muhammad Umair Khan, Mohamed Baraka, Farah Hamad and Abdulla Shehab
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:769
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Maintenance following implant treatment is essential to ensure long-term stability. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to investigate the factors leading patients to discontinue maintenance following...

    Authors: Korenori Arai, Yoshihiro Takeda, Yurie Mori, Rie Terauchi, Takashi Furumori, Sachiko Tanaka, Tatsuro Miyake, Shunsuke Baba and Takayoshi Kawazoe
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:767
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in SpringerPlus 2016 5:32

  47. Bilateral and isolated abducens nerve palsy is a rare initial presentation after aneurysms rupture. Several possible mechanisms including intracranial hypertension have been purposed. To date, there have been ...

    Authors: Tse-Lun Wang, Chieh-Hsin Wu, Chao-Wen Chen, Tai-Hsin Tsai, Sui-sum Kung, Chia-Hung Chao, Chih-Lung Lin and Yu-Feng Su
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:765
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  48. The measurement of free immunoglobulin light chains is typically performed on serum; however, the use of alternative specimen types has potential benefits. Using the Freelite™ kappa and lambda free light chai...

    Authors: Louis S. Nelson, Bryan Steussy, Cory S. Morris and Matthew D. Krasowski
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:760
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Petersen hernia is a rare internal hernia that occurs after Roux-en-Y (R-Y) reconstruction. To our knowledge, there are a few reports on internal hernia, especially Petersen hernia after open gastrectomy for g...

    Authors: Akira Baba, Shinji Yamazoe, Murat Dogru, Yumi Okuyama, Takuji Mogami, Yuko Kobashi, Yosuke Nozawa, Yutaka Aoyagi, Hiroto Fujisaki, Masaharu Ogura and Junichi Matsui
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:753
    Content type: Case Study Published on:

  50. Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is the most widely used interdialytic lock solution but has no anti-infectious properties. Ethanol at a content ≥40 %v/v eradicates experimental biofilm but has no anticoagulant pr...

    Authors: Laure Calvet, Michèle Piot, Claire Lartigue, Bertrand Souweine and Brigitte Tardy-Poncet
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2015 4:746
    Content type: Research Published on: