A5010172528- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Abdominal Surgery and Complications
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Travel-related health issues
- Lung Cancer Research Studies
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
National Defense Medical Center
2013-2024
Tri-Service General Hospital
2010-2024
Weatherford College
2022
Background and Objectives: Amebiasis remains an important public health problem worldwide, immigration increased international travel have affected incident disease cases. This study assesses the prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica in Taiwan between 2011 2020 by analyzing data from surveillance programs conducted Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) on laboratory-confirmed Materials Methods: The E. infection-related reported to National Infectious Diseases Statistics System at TCDC 1 January...
Gastric neuroendocrine tumors (GNETs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasm with varying biological characteristics. This study aimed to investigate the clinical features and outcomes GNET patients after endoscopic diagnosis treatment in multicenter registry. Patients GNETs confirmed histologically were recruited from 17 hospitals between January 2010 April 2016 Taiwan. Clinical, laboratory, radiological, endoscopic, pathological data, strategies, follow-up periods, survivals collected...
Colonic angiodysplasia (AGD) is a common cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. However, information on the characteristics and prevalence colonic AGD limited. We determined clinical features risk factors for active bleeding in Taiwanese population.From February 2007 to December 2016, 13,047 patients undergoing 16,760 colonoscopies at Tri-Service General Hospital were included this study. Eighty-four diagnosed with AGD. conducted retrospective study by analyzing medical records these patients....
The risk of the geographic transmission emerging infectious diseases through air travel varies greatly. In this study, we collected data on cases food-borne between years 2011 and 2020 in Taiwan to access epidemiological features, differences, trends domestic imported typhoid paratyphoid terms patient sex, age, month confirmation, area residence. made use open website provided by Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) extract reported numbers January December from comparison. Univariate...
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), and may cause miscarriage birth defects during pregnancy. This study aimed to assess epidemiological features, epidemic trends, correlations between before number of confirmed toxoplasmosis cases in Taiwan from 2007 2020 gender, age, season, residential area, hypothesized environmental climate factors also might affect Taiwan.This reviewed publicly available annual summary data on reported...
Botulinum toxin is produced by Clostridium botulinum , a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium. This study aimed to examine the epidemiological characteristics, including sex, age, season in which infection occurred, place of residence, and trends, confirmed botulism cases Taiwan from 2003 2020. examined annual summary data on reported Taiwan’ s Center for Disease Control 2020 available public internet. We found that there were 50 domestic botulism. The incidence ranged 0 0.48 per 1000,000...
Acute diarrhea is mainly caused by norovirus and rotavirus. Numerous factors modify the risk of cluster infections outbreaks. The purpose this study was to explore epidemiological characteristics, differences, trends in distribution viral bacterial pathogens that cause events as well public places where took place Taiwan from 2011 2019. We examined publicly available, annual summary data on 2865 clusters confirmed Centers for Disease Control (CDC) There were statistically significant...
Early initiation of enteral nutrition improves clinical outcomes in critical patients with serious burns. Post-pyloric tube feeding is a valuable therapeutic option for severely burned poor gastric emptying. How early post-pyloric can be initiated to provide more benefits has not yet been examined. A fire erupted at recreational water park New Taipei City, Taiwan, on June 27, 2015. The results versus delayed this mass-casualty incident were compared. Door-to-post-pyloric time ≤ 24 h was...
The risk of geographic transmission infectious diseases due to air travel varies greatly. Our aim is survey empirical data that provide a retrospective historical perspective on measles and rubella. This study used the open website provided by Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) extract reported numbers rubella case between 2011 2020. There were 306 cases 135 incidence per million population 0 6.0 2.6, respectively. was gradual increase in those aged 20-39 years, distinct duration...
Abstract Background Young children are susceptible to enterovirus (EV) infections, which cause significant morbidity in this age group. Objective This study investigated the characteristics of virus strains and epidemiology EVs circulating among young Taiwan from 2011 2020. Methods Children diagnosed with EV infections 2020 were identified routine national health insurance data monitoring disease system, real-time outbreak surveillance laboratory Statistics Communicable Diseases Surveillance...
Upper gastrointestinal angiodysplasia (UGIA) is a unique mucosal vascular lesion that causes acute or recurrent bleeding. Despite the increasing incidence of UGIA, risk factors for bleeding in this condition remain unclear. We investigated predictors active and among patients with UGIA. conducted retrospective cohort study 104,086 who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at Tri-Service General Hospital Taiwan between October 2011 September 2021. UGIA was diagnosed 112 patients, data...
To evaluate the efficacy and accuracy of bleeder localization in a pre-enteroscopic bleeding scan patients with obscure gastrointestinal (OGIB). From January 2009 to December 2014, 98 OGIB undergoing single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) were enrolled. These classified based on their history previous scan; 56 had undergone scan, whereas 42 not. The clinical characteristics, endoscopic findings, rebleeding rate compared between these two groups. ability localize site was analyzed. mean age ± 22...
Summary Backgrounds Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) accounts for approximately 5‐10% of all events, and its detection treatment remain challenging. We aimed to investigate the performance, diagnostic yield, outcome single‐balloon enteroscopy (SBE) OGIB in Taiwan. Patients methods The data 81 patients who underwent SBE between September 2009 February 2015 a tertiary medical center Taiwan were retrospectively analyzed. Results A total 132 procedures. Anterograde retrograde approaches...