Showing papers in "Tzu Chi Medical Journal in 2012"

TL;DR: The basic principles of atomic force microscopy and recent developments in its applications in biological and biochemical research, including those in the fields of virology, bacteriology, cell biology and nucleic acid, protein and peptide studies, as well as electrostatic measurements in biological samples are introduced.

TL;DR: The LRINEC score is an impressive diagnostic tool to distinguish necrotizing fasciitis from other severe soft tissue infections, but it is not useful for early recognition of necrotized fAsciitis.

TL;DR: The history of informed consent is reviewed, the components of an ethically valid informed consent are discussed, deception in research is examined and the reasons that deception is necessary for the study purpose need to be justified in depth.

TL;DR: There remains much to learn about the toxic effect that prenatal cigarette smoking exposure appears to have on neurodevelopment, and further and improved studies across all fields are encouraged in order to form a complete picture of nicotine as a teratogen.

TL;DR: Cryptosporidium prevailed in HIV-positive patients with diarrhea, and interestingly, polyparasitic infections were demonstrated in chronic cases with a low CD4 count, therefore, regular antienteric parasitic prophylactic trials are recommended in for patients with lowCD4 cell count.

TL;DR: There remains a need to further increase the proportion of patients undergoing LAVH and to further improve the minimal invasive surgery techniques used for hysterectomy.

TL;DR: This study confirmed that sincerity is a characteristic of medical professionalism and medical humanities, and participant observation can be used as an ideal tool for identifying humanistic medical practices in daily clinical settings, and an interview can become a supplemental method to validate what has been observed.

TL;DR: Assessment of the prevalence of and factors associated with overactive bladder (OAB) and urinary incontinence (UI) in the Taiwanese community found several chronic illnesses coexisted with OAB and UI.

TL;DR: This article will examine the traditional Chinese understanding of health in comparison with Hindu thought, which holds an integrated view of health.

TL;DR: Although the case described here is rare, preoperative evaluation can help considerably in early detection of cancer, and postoperative pathology can help define tuberculosis.

TL;DR: This report describes NPAC in a 50-year-old man with symptoms of blood-tinged rhinorrhea and morning headache, and concludes that the patient is currently well without tumor recurrence after surgical treatment.

TL;DR: Clinicians should be aware of this potential interaction and closely monitor serum VPA levels and possible failure to control seizures with the concomitant use of carbapenems.

TL;DR: In Taiwan, Western medicine is the main treatment option delivered during hospice care, but many patients and families are still influenced by traditional medicine concepts, and the understanding of traditional medicine can provide culturally sensitive care for terminally ill patients of different cultures.

TL;DR: Although current FE models are useful for better understanding of human middle ear biomechanics, at present none of the FE models have been accepted as tools for diagnosis and surgical planning.

TL;DR: Complications after treating proximal humeral fracture in the elderly are frequently encountered because of poor bone quality, so adjuvant use of intramedullary strut allograft can significantly enhance the result and reduce the incidence of malunion, nonunion and varus collapse.

TL;DR: The YOPD group had relatively less improvement from acute deep brain stimulation than the LOPd group during long-term follow-up, which could possibly be explained by different disease evolutions and underlying pathophysiology in these two groups.

TL;DR: A novel method of creating a PF rat model using chlorhexidine digluconate without ethanol via a PD catheter is developed, which will be useful in the study of PF.

TL;DR: The aim of the article is to provide an up-to-date literature review of video laryngoscopy, especially focus on learning with mannequins, and clinical performance in normal and difficult airways in the ED and prehospital settings.

TL;DR: Clinically, patients present with multiple systemic disorders include distinctive facial features, and moderate intellectual disability but with specific strengths in verbal short-term memory and language, overfriendliness, and an empathetic personality are commonly observed.

TL;DR: Detrusor BoNT-A injections improved AD in 62% of SCI patients with AD at baseline, and a significantly greater improvement in the UDI-6 was noted in patients without AD and those in whom AD improved than in those with AD.

TL;DR: Except for patients with phasic DO, the baseline urodynamic parameters did not affect the treatment outcome of intravesical injection of 100 U BoNT-A for IDO, however, acute urinary retention and difficult urination occurred more often in patients with a baseline PVR of > 100 mL.

TL;DR: Storage and voiding symptoms are common in women with voiding dysfunction and VUDS is the best diagnostic tool in the differential diagnosis of femalevoiding dysfunction.

TL;DR: This presentation discusses how a consultation is done through three aspects of ethics consultation: first, explore the situation based on compassion, second, find a reasonable recommendation that is not contrary to social propriety, and third, appeal to the law for a legal verdict.

TL;DR: A 24-year-old man with clinical symptoms of chronic sinusitis is reported, believed to be the first reported case arising from the paranasal sinuses in the English literature.

TL;DR: Human pituitary tumor-transforming gene-1 links changes in microtubule integrity to RhoA-dependent regulation of the actin cytoskeleton, and therefore promotes cancer metastasis.

TL;DR: Pretreatment with EPO improved the survival rate at 2 hours, preserved the MAP, decreased tachycardia and markers of organ injury (GOT, GPT, BUN, Cre, CPK, lactate), and suppressed the release of TNF-α and IL-6 after HS in SHRs.

TL;DR: The apoptosis and growth arrest of bladder tissues of IC/PBS patients could be due to upregulation of inflammatory signals, including p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and tumor necrosis factor alpha.

TL;DR: It is important to obtain a detailed history, and to perform a physical examination (positive SLRT) and imaging studies (lack of vertebral rotation in the standing anterior–posterior radiographs) in adolescents or young adults with painful scoliosis, which may help to make a differential diagnosis from idiopathicScoliosis.

TL;DR: A man aged 79 years with a rapidly growing large thyroid mass is reported, characterized by an admixture of anaplastic epithelial and mesenchymal components, and the prognosis is poor and survival beyond 1 year is very rare.