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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Healthcare•Taipei, Taiwan•
About: Taipei Veterans General Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in Taipei, Taiwan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 11878 authors who have published 16478 publications receiving 363424 citations. The organization is also known as: Táiběi Róngmín Zǒngyī Yuàn.
Topics: Population, Cancer, Medicine, Hazard ratio, Atrial fibrillation
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TL;DR: ADI-PEG 20 is safe and efficacious in stabilising the progression of heavily pretreated advanced HCC in an Asian population, and deserves further exploration.
Abstract: A randomised phase II study of pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG 20) in Asian advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients
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TL;DR: To evaluate the association of cognitive impairment, depressive mood and sarcopenia among older men living in the veterans retirement community in southern Taiwan, a large number of men in their 60s and 70s are recruited for military service.
Abstract: Aim
To evaluate the association of cognitive impairment, depressive mood and sarcopenia among older men living in the veterans retirement community in southern Taiwan
Methods
This cross-sectional study recruited 353 men aged 65 years and older. In addition to demographic characteristics, all participants were measured for gait speed, handgrip strength and muscle mass by using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). The diagnosis of sarcopenia was made according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People criteria. Slow walking speed was defined as ≤0.8 meter/second. Low muscle strength was defined as the handgrip strength less than 22.5 kg which was adjusted according to Taiwanese norms. A height-adjusted muscle mass of 8.87 kg/m2 from a previous Taiwanese study was defined as low muscle mass. Cognitive function was evaluated by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) was used for screening of depressive symptoms.
Results
Among the 353 participants (mean age 82.7 ± 5.3 years), 30.9% (109/353) were classified as sarcopenic. Multivariate logistic regression showed that sarcopenia was independently associated with cognitive impairment (adjusted OR 3.03, 95% CI 1.63–5.65, P < 0.001) and depressive symptoms (adjusted OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.03–4.89, P = 0.04).
Conclusions
Sarcopenia was significantly associated with cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms among otherwise healthy older men living in the veterans retirement community. Further outcome study is required to explore the interrelationship of cognition, depressive symptoms and sarcopenia in older adults. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2014; 14 (Suppl. 1): 102–108.
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Stanford University1, Taipei Veterans General Hospital2, Academia Sinica3, National Taiwan University4, Seoul National University Hospital5, University of Hong Kong6, Carlos III Health Institute7, Chulalongkorn University8, Mahidol University9, Sun Yat-sen University10, Palo Alto Medical Foundation11, University of California, San Francisco12, Kaohsiung Medical University13, Tri-Service General Hospital14, University of Michigan15, China Medical University (Taiwan)16
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies found a low rate of HBsAg seroclearance in untreated and treated patients (pooled annual rate, approximately 1%), which occurred mainly in patients with less active disease.
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TL;DR: In the evaluation of abnormal masses, high-resolution US cannot clearly differentiate neurofibromas from schwannomas but it can clarify the relationship between tumor and neural trunk and help the clinician plan treatment strategies.
Abstract: The peripheral nerve is demonstrated as a reticular pattern in a transverse section at high-resolution ultrasonography (US). Its echogenicity is between that of tendon and muscle. High-resolution US applied to lesions of peripheral nerves yields impressive results in that the nerve is highly differentiated from surrounding soft tissue. In cases of trauma, high-resolution US can easily differentiate between a rupture of the nerve bundle and fibroblast infiltration that results in traumatic neuroma. In cases of inflammation or compressive syndrome, high-resolution US can easily demonstrate lesion location and cause. In the evaluation of abnormal masses, high-resolution US cannot clearly differentiate neurofibromas from schwannomas but it can clarify the relationship between tumor and neural trunk and help the clinician plan treatment strategies. The authors discuss the success that can be achieved with the application of high-resolution US in the evaluation of peripheral nerve lesions.
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TL;DR: Procalcitonin performs better than leukocyte count and C-reactive protein for detecting serious bacterial infection among children with fever without source and considering the poor pooled positive likelihood ratio and acceptable pooled negative likelihood ratio, procalcionin is better for ruling out seriousacterial infection than for ruling it in.
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Peng Huang | 95 | 590 | 39098 |
Hui Y. Lan | 86 | 248 | 23383 |
Yau-Huei Wei | 78 | 385 | 22286 |
Chunyu Liu | 76 | 450 | 26738 |
Ching-Yu Cheng | 75 | 541 | 39780 |
Shou-Dong Lee | 75 | 788 | 26066 |
Shih Ann Chen | 73 | 698 | 28441 |
Shuu Jiun Wang | 71 | 502 | 24800 |
Pesus Chou | 65 | 481 | 16907 |
Jong Ling Fuh | 65 | 383 | 19559 |
Shing Jong Lin | 63 | 401 | 13236 |
Charles Y. Chiu | 62 | 236 | 13185 |
Bor-Luen Chiang | 60 | 460 | 13597 |
Tzeng Ji Chen | 60 | 541 | 13644 |
Shih Hwa Chiou | 58 | 262 | 12289 |