Showing papers in "Journal of the Formosan Medical Association in 2015"

TL;DR: Using five-digit ICD-9 codes to identify AIS cases will markedly decrease the false-positive rate compared with using the commonly used three-digit method.

TL;DR: The epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and the treatment of membranous nephropathy are reviewed, which consists of the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotsin II receptor blockers, lipid-lowering agents, and optimal control of blood pressure.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the use of computer-assisted technique in orthognathic surgery provides the benefit of optimal functional and aesthetic results, patient satisfaction, precise translation of the treatment plan, and facilitating intraoperative manipulation.

TL;DR: It is concluded that there is a significant association of deficiencies of Hb, iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12 and abnormally high blood homocysteine level with OLP and there may be a close relation of high bloodhomocysteines level to severity of OLP.

TL;DR: Virologically, HBV genotype C/D and core promote/pre-S mutations correlate with an increased HCC risk, and a risk calculator has been developed to predict HCC in noncirrhotic patients with external validation.

TL;DR: Major strides have been made recently in the management of chronic hepatitis E patients, and an effective vaccine is also available that promises better control of hepatitis E burden in the near future.

TL;DR: Simulation results suggest that, in a certain setting, the best timing for implementing AD is when the crowdedness index reaches the critical value, 1.0 - an indicator that ED is operating at its maximal capacity.

TL;DR: There are high frequencies of vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiencies and of serum GPCA positivity in male OSF patients, and none of the nine G PCA-positive OSf patients had pernicious anemia based on the strict World Health Organization definition.

TL;DR: In this article, the blood hemoglobin, iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, and homocysteine concentrations and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) were measured and compared with the corresponding data in 120 age-and sex-matched healthy control participants.

TL;DR: Newborn screening to measure the number of TREC copies successfully identifies newborns with T-cell lymphopenia, 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome, and other high-risk conditions.

TL;DR: NAFLD and SUA levels were strongly and independently associated in this nationally representative sample of men and women after adjustment for multiple factors.

TL;DR: Assessment of the effectiveness of ozone therapy in the management and prevention of caries, reviewing clinical and in vitro studies found ozone to be insufficient for preventing caries and reducing microorganisms in open occlusal carious lesions.

TL;DR: ADSCs inhibit the proliferation and activation of HSCs in vitro and inhibit liver fibrogenesis in rat model, suggesting the potential application of ADSCs in liver Fibrogenesis therapy.

TL;DR: Erythropoietin protects the kidneys against IRI by attenuating injury of the renal microvasculature and tubule epithelial cells, by promoting Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation, and by regulating miRNA expression.

TL;DR: The hematinic deficiencies and anemia statuses in oral mucosal disease patients with FAD were assessed, finding that in addition to macrocytic anemia (2.0%), FAD patients may have concomitant normocytic (23.7%) or microcytic (11.1%) anemia.

TL;DR: A need for more cautious use of MPs in children is suggested, because children are expected to experience a longer lifetime exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from MPs.

TL;DR: In this article, a non-calcifying variant of intraosseous CEOT with the presence of Langerhans cells within tumor epithelial nests in a 52-year-old Taiwanese woman was presented.

TL;DR: A WHO ad-hoc group proposed a modified grouping list split into two broad cause categories, cancers and accidents, and then into more specific subcategories for ranking.

TL;DR: Adenocarcinoma and lymph nodes metastases were poor prognostic factors for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, and Chemotherapy with a high cumulative dose of cisplatin tended to result in better survival.

TL;DR: Investigations into the Hh pathway will serve as a paradigm for studying signal transduction/integration in homeostasis and disease, and for translating discovery from bench to bedside.

TL;DR: Once the dental surgeon becomes familiar with the procedure, the stability of orthodontic mini-implants depends on the type of mini-implant, age of the patient, implantation site, and the healing time of theMiniplates are a more feasible anchorage system when miniscrews fail repeatedly.

TL;DR: After the surgery, characteristic nasal changes occurred with an increase of nasolabial angle and nostril show, but a preserved nasal width, and the majority of patients did not perceive adverse nasal changes.

TL;DR: GO patients suffered from more severe bulbar conjunctival damage and inflammation with the superior site than the temporal site, and in vivo confocal microscopy can be a rapid and noninvasive tool for the quantitative evaluation of ocular surface changes in patients with GO.

TL;DR: Scores on the Chinese (Taiwan) version of the GO-QOL were strongly correlated with disease severity and clinical activity, and can be used to evaluate health-related QOL in GO patients.

TL;DR: Almost 73%, 30%, and 24% of patients with both vitamin B12 and iron deficiencies are found to have normal MCV, abnormally high blood homocysteine level, and serum GPCA positivity, respectively.

TL;DR: Goals of future HCV clinical research will be to identify combinations of DAAs with high genetic barriers, investigate optimal treatment doses and durations, and determine the role of ribavirin in DAA therapies.

TL;DR: Increased global slow-to-fast power ratio and decreased centroparietal interhemispheric alpha band coherence are strongly correlated with disease progress in AD patients, and may help evaluate AD patients in daily clinical practice.

TL;DR: FIB-4 better predicts advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis than APRI in CHC patients by adding two parameters (age and alanine aminotransferase), according to a formula using the four clinical parameters.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared bacterial adhesion on various GTR membranes with or without antibiotics and found that incorporation of tetracycline or amoxicillin greatly reduced the adhesion of S. mutans and A. actinomycetemcomitans.

TL;DR: Implementation of an insertion bundle for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections is warranted, especially for those patients with hematological and head and neck cancers, as well as for patients receiving chemotherapy in the metastatic settings.