A5013508094- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Biological Stains and Phytochemicals
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Hernia repair and management
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Disaster Response and Management
Wan Fang Hospital
2016-2025
Taipei Medical University
2016-2025
Florida State University
2024
Taipei Municipal YangMing Hospital
2006-2019
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
2010
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
2010
To compare the clinical efficacy between salvage antimicrobial regimen consisting of tigecycline plus extended-infusion imipenem/cilastatin (TIC) and sulbactam (SIC) for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia pneumonic bacteremia due to extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) isolates, determine correlation results in vitro tigecycline–imipenem synergy test efficacy. The comparative survey was conducted at a medical center Taiwan 2013. Patients comprising TIC...
Dementia is a significant risk factor for adverse health outcomes, including pneumonia-related hospitalizations and readmissions. While comorbidities have been shown as predictors of poor pneumonia the interplay between chronic acute physiological conditions, reflected by systemic biomarkers, remains underexplored. This study investigates independent joint effects dementia biomarkers on 30-day readmission following hospitalization. We conducted multicenter cohort using data from three...
Motorcycle full-coverage helmet use may reduce fatalities and head injuries.This retrospective cohort study extracted injury data from eight level-I trauma centres in Taiwan performed a questionnaire survey to investigate injuries sustained by motorcyclists for the period between January 2015 June 2017.As many as 725 patients participated reported their types or phone during crashes. The results of multivariate logistic models demonstrated that nonstandard (half open-face helmet) was...
Data on susceptibility to ceftobiprole and colistin, the complete evolutionary trends of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) important carbapenem agents among pathogens collected in intensive care units (ICUs) Taiwan are lacking.We surveyed MIC distribution patterns colistin profiles some from patients hospitalized major teaching hospitals throughout 2007. We also investigated rates nonsusceptibility powerful carbapenems (imipenem, meropenem) four species Enterobacteriaceae (Escherichia...
Introduction . The relationship between cervical spine injury (CSI) and helmet in head (HI) patients following motorcycle crashes is crucial. Controversy still exists; therefore we evaluated the effect of various types helmets on CSI HI researched mechanism this effect. Patients Methods A total 5225 2000 2009 were extracted from Head Injury Registry Taiwan. These divided into case control groups according to presence concomitant CSI. Helmet use separately compared two odds ratio was obtained...
Objectives Recurrent falls not only have risk factors different from those of single but also less favorable outcomes. The aim our study was to determine the association between injury characteristics a first fall and likelihood recurrent injurious in cohort hospitalized patients. Methods We designed nationwide retrospective selected patients who had 2001 2010. Cox proportional hazards models were used estimate hazard ratios (HRs) requiring hospitalization following year on basis patients'...
Objective In Taiwan, light motorcycles (LMCs) with cylinder capacities between 50 and 250 cc are widely used for daily commute. These vehicles operated in a mixed traffic environment prohibited on highways. of increasing motorcycle casualties, we conducted multicentre study to analyse rider factors affecting injury severity. Methods Riders hospitalised upon LMC crashes were contacted. Information demographics, comorbidities, riding behaviours was collected through questionnaires linked...
Exposure to air pollutants may elevate the injury severity scores (ISSs) for road traffic injuries (RTIs). This multicenter cross-sectional study aimed investigate associations between pollution, weather conditions, and RTI severity. retrospective was performed in Taiwan 2018. The location of each accident (RTA) used determine nearest quality monitoring station, time RTA matched corresponding hourly pollutant concentration factors. Five multiple logistic regression models were compute risk...
University neighborhoods in Taiwan have high-volume traffic, which may increase motorcyclists’ risk of injury. However, few studies analyzed the environmental factors affecting motorcycle crash injury severity university neighborhoods. In this multicenter cross-sectional study, we explored that such injuries, especially among young adults. We retrospectively connected hospital data to Police Traffic Accident Dataset. Areas within 500 m a were considered 4751 patients, including 513 with...
This study compares the serological markers between runners who are hepatitis B virus carries (HBVc) and non-HBVc in a 100-km ultra-marathon race. Blood samples of 8 HBVc 18 were drawn 1 week before, immediately following, 24 h after Samples analyzed compared 2 groups for liver function tests, muscle damage oxidative stress cytokines. For runners, HBV-DNA (hepatitis virus-deoxyribonucleic acid) levels also evaluated reactivation. The results demonstrate statistically significant increase...
This study determined the prevalence of medical conditions in patients with cancer and their impact on outcome. We evaluated a cohort 37,411 diagnosed between 2000 2008 Taiwan, collecting diagnosis chronic disease diagnoses. The severity comorbid condition was correlated Overall, 71.9% population had 1 or more conditions. Patients none (n = 10 508), 8881), 2 6583), 3 11 439) mortality rates 11.49%, 15.99%, 19.61%, 29.39%, respectively. Older significantly higher chance death. Dementia, heart...
Leclercia adecarboxylata, a ubiquitous Gram-negative bacillus, is generally viewed as an opportunistic pathogen because it rarely cultured from clinical samples. Although rare, bacteremia due to L. adecarboxylata tends occur in immunocompromised hosts and patients with systemic comorbidities. Only one case of has been reported previously healthy patient. We describe male patient active peptic ulcer who developed after long-term use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The abdomen believed...
Few therapeutic options exist for various infections caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii (XDR-Acb) complex isolates, including pneumonia. This study investigated the clinical efficacy between aerosolized colistimethate sodium (AS-CMS, 2 million units thrice a day) treatment alone or in combination with standard-dose tigecycline (TGC) patients non-bacteremic pneumonia due to XDR-Acb, and explored factors influencing patients' 30-day...
Background Previous studies have identified COVID-19 risk factors, such as age and chronic health conditions, linked to severe outcomes mortality. However, accurately predicting illness in patients remains challenging, lacking precise methods. Objective This study aimed leverage clinical real-world data multiple machine-learning algorithms formulate innovative predictive models for assessing the of or mortality hospitalized with COVID-19. Methods Data were obtained from Taipei Medical...