Early diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) are vital for a better prognosis. Still, because obscure anatomical sites insidious symptoms, nearly 80% patients with NPC diagnosed at late stage. This study aimed to validate machine learning (ML) model utilizing symptom-related diagnoses procedures in medical records predict occurrence reduce the prediagnostic period.

This nationwide retrospective cohort study examines the association between adults with hearing loss (HL) and subsequent injury risk. Utilizing data from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (2000–2017), included 19,480 patients HL 77,920 matched controls. Over an average follow-up of 9.08 years, 18.30% 97,400 subjects sustained all-cause injuries. The incidence was significantly higher in group compared to control (24.04% vs. 16.86%, p < .001). After adjusting for...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes several long-term disabilities, particularly headaches. An association between TBI and subsequent migraine has been reported. However, few longitudinal studies have explained the link TBI. Moreover, modifying effects of treatment remain unknown. This retrospective cohort study used records from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 to evaluate risk among patients with determine different modalities. Initially, 187,906 patients, aged ≥ 18...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common type of sleep-related breathing disorder, and polysomnography (PSG) remains the gold standard for its diagnosis. However, it takes significant amount time to perform PSG in well-equipped laboratory, patients typically have wait long test. In view this, over recent years portable even wearable tools OSA classification been developed as low-cost easy-to-use alternative PSG. this paper, deep neural network (DNN)-based model was classify severity using...

Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic breathing disorder where the recursive collapse of upper airway causes cessation airflow during sleep. Quantitative assessments dynamic tongue motion may provide better understanding mechanism obstructive apnea. Tongue area changes, in submental ultrasound images recorded wakefulness from normal by Müller manoeuvre, were tracked using modified optical flow-based method. The results demonstrated that patients with had larger mid-sagittal compared to...

Summary Tongue base deformation may play a critical role in the phenomenon of obstructive sleep apnea, but polysomnography provides limited information regarding effect tongue motion during natural sleep. We reported on preliminary results combining novel ultrasound system and for simultaneous recordings volunteers patients with apnea. All participants underwent time‐synchronized submental transcutaneous examinations. The wearable device detected air–mucosal interface surface automatically...

This study aimed to evaluate the initial implementation of competency-based medical education (CBME) through entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in Taiwan dental education, focusing on tooth extraction EPAs across undergraduate year (UGY), postgraduate (PGY), and oral maxillofacial surgery-residency (OS-R) levels. Using Delphi method, an advisory team developed validated three levels trial EPAs, which were implemented Emyway platform. A structured questionnaire was used teachers'...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a breathing disorder characterized by repetitive collapse of the pharyngeal airway during sleep, can cause intermittent hypoxemia and frequent arousal. Many studies have demonstrated that deformation tongue base plays an important role in OSA. Currently, several medical imaging modalities been used to record changes, such as cine MRI ultrafast CT. However, most them are difficult be widely clinical diagnosis for continuous recording real-time, particularly...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been a common disorder for years, and polysomnography (PSG) remains the gold standard diagnosing OSA. Nevertheless, PSG is time money consuming test, patients have to wait long arranging test in hospital. In light of this, portable wearable tools OSA classification developed recently as low‐cost easy‐to‐use screening method before undergoing PSG. Using unsegmented electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, deep neural network (DNN)‐based model here categorize severity...

A carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA) is an epithelial malignancy arising in or from a benign salivary adenoma. The parotid gland the most common location of CXPAs. Minor CXPAs nasal cavity are exceedingly rare, with only 6 documented literature.We present 7th case: unusual pedunculated intranasal CXPA, which had favorable outcome after wide endoscopic excision and longest follow-up period reported to date. clinical features, immunohistochemical characteristics, treatment choices,...

Adenotonsillectomy (AT) is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in children and adults. We aim to assess factors associated with changes incidence indications for AT using population-level data.This retrospective cohort study investigated patients who underwent between 1997 2010 by data from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. examined rates calendar year as well age, sex, hospital level, insured residence areas correlating factors.The average annual rate was...

Abstract Objective To investigate the risk of injury in patients with Ménière's disease (MD) and effects treatment. Study Design Population‐based retrospective cohort study. Setting Data were collected from Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005, containing information 2 million randomly selected individuals Taiwan. Methods We enrolled 90,481 newly diagnosed MD between 2000 2017 361,924 matched without MD. The study outcomes diagnoses all‐cause injuries. Kaplan‐Meier method was used to...

Abstract Tongue deformation during whole‐night natural sleep in adult patients with obstructive apnea has not been well evaluated. Through simultaneous ultrasonography and polysomnography sleep, we examined the prevalence patterns of tongue depth changes their relationship severity apnea. Sixty consecutive eligible adults presenting symptoms suggesting were enrolled. We observed that 88.4% (38/43) exhibited a significant increase maximum ultrasonographic when hypopnea or occurred sleep. A...