58 hasil untuk "How-Ran Guo"

Survival of glioblastoma treated with a moderately escalated radiation dose—Results of a retrospective analysis

Li-Tsun Shieh; How-Ran Guo; Chung-Han Ho dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 15 No. 5 · 2020 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Glioblastoma (GBM) has the highest fatality rate among primary malignant brain tumors and typically tends to recur locally just adjacent to the original tumor site following surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy. We conducted a study to evaluate the survival outcomes between a standard dose…

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Clinical implications of multiple glioblastomas: An analysis of prognostic factors and survival to distinguish from their single counterparts

Li-Tsun Shieh; How-Ran Guo; Yu-Kang Chang dkk.

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol. 119 No. 3 · 2020 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) has the highest fatality rate among primary malignant brain tumors. GBMs with synchronous multiple foci (multiple GBMs) is rarely diagnosed in the clinical scenario. This study aims to compare the clinical characteristics between multiple and single GBMs and to identify…

Incidence of second primary malignancies in women with different stages of breast cancer

Cheng-Yao Lin; Sheng-Yen Hsiao; Wen-Tsung Huang dkk.

Frontiers in Oncology, Vol. 12 · 2023 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

IntroductionBreast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Because of the extended survival of patients with BC, the occurrence of second primary malignancies (SPMs) after BC is an important issue.MethodsWe identified female patients with BC in the Breast Cancer Health Database of…

Increased risk of depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a seven-year population-based cohort study

Miao-Chiu Lin; How-Ran Guo; Ming-Chi Lu dkk.

Clinics, Vol. 70 No. 2 · 2015 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

OBJECTIVE: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a costly and crippling autoimmune disease that can lead to the development of depression, contributing to suboptimal clinical outcomes. However, no longitudinal studies have identified an association between rheumatoid arthritis and subsequent depression…

Psychometric evaluation of the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale in Chinese adults with rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional study

How-Ran Guo; Ming-Chi Lu; Ning-Sheng Lai dkk.

BMJ Open, Vol. 11 No. 2 · 2021 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Objective The Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) was designed to assess the degree of self-efficacy among patients with arthritis. Though the original English version of this instrument has shown a high degree of reliability and validity, a Chinese version of this scale has yet to be validated…

Assessment of a New Method to Verify Feeding Tube Placement by Syringe Aspiration in a Porcine Model

Hung-Jung Lin; Ning-Ping Foo; How-Ran Guo dkk.

International Journal of Gerontology, Vol. 6 No. 3 · 2012 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Background: Malpositioned feeding tubes carry the risk of serious complications. However, common bedside methods of differentiating tracheal from gastric feeding tube placement are neither accurate nor practical. Therefore, we conducted an animal study to verify feeding tube placement by syringe…

External validation of geriatric influenza death score: A multicenter study

Yuan Kao; Wei-Jing Lee; Kang-Ting Tsai dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 18 No. 3 · 2023 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

The Geriatric Influenza Death (GID) score was developed to help decision making in older patients with influenza in the emergency department (ED), but external validation is unavailable. Thus, we conducted a study was to fill the data gap. We recruited all older patients (≥65 years) who visited the…

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A sarcopenia screening test predicts mortality among hospitalized cancer patients

Wen‐Li Lin; Jyh‐Jou Chen; Li‐Min Wu dkk.

Physiological Reports, Vol. 12 No. 15 · 2024 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract This study investigated the ability of a sarcopenia screening test to predict mortality among cancer inpatients. We conducted a prospective study of patients admitted to the oncology ward of a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. Over a 5‐month period, 82 patients were enrolled for…

A Stabilization Device That Promotes the Efficiency of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation during Ambulance Transportation to the Level as under Non-Moving Conditions

Ning-Ping Foo; Jer-Hao Chang; Shih-Bin Su dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 9 No. 10 · 2014 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: The survival rate of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is low, and measures to improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during ambulance transportation are desirable. We designed a stabilization device, and in a randomized crossover trial we found performing…

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Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Doubled after Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding: A Nationwide Nested Case-Control Study

Chia-Jung Wu; Hung-Jung Lin; Shih-Feng Weng dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10 No. 11 · 2015 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Prior studies of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are small, and long-term effects of UGIB on AMI have not been delineated. We investigated whether UGIB in patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) increased their risk of subsequent AMI. This…

Peptic Ulcer Disease in Healthcare Workers: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

Hong-Yue Lin; Shih-Feng Weng; Hung-Jung Lin dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10 No. 8 · 2015 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Health care workers (HCWs) in Taiwan have heavy, stressful workloads, are on-call, and have rotating nightshifts, all of which might contribute to peptic ulcer disease (PUD). We wanted to evaluate the PUD risk in HCWs, which is not clear. Using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database…

Association between Blood Dioxin Level and Chronic Kidney Disease in an Endemic Area of Exposure

Chien-Yuan Huang; Cheng-Long Wu; Jin-Shang Wu dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2016 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Dioxin is an industrial pollutant related to various diseases, but epidemiological data on its effects on the kidney are limited. Therefore, we conducted a study to evaluate the association between dioxin exposure and chronic kidney disease (CKD) and identify the related factors…

Lack of Pupil Reflex and Loss of Consciousness Predict 30-Day Neurological Sequelae in Patients with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Jian-Fang Zou; Qiming Guo; Hua Shao dkk.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2015 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Predicting the neurological sequelae of carbon monoxide poisoning (COP) has not been well studied. We investigated the independent predictors of neurological sequelae in patients with COP and combined these predictors to predict the prognosis. Methods: This study was conducted at four…

Physiological changes and symptoms associated with short-term exposure to electromagnetic fields: a randomized crossover provocation study

Po-Chang Huang; Jui-chin Chiang; Ya-Yun Cheng dkk.

Environmental Health, Vol. 21 No. 1 · 2022 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background The biological association between electromagnetic fields (EMF) and idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to EMF (IEI-EMF) has not been established. To assess the physiological changes and symptoms associated with exposure to EMF, we conducted a randomized crossover…

Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Chien-Cheng Huang; Min-Hsien Chung; Shih-Feng Weng dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 9 No. 8 · 2014 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Carbon monoxide poisoning (COP) often produces severe complications and can be fatal. Because this topic has not been well delineated, we investigated long-term prognoses of patients with COP (COP[+]). Methods: In this retrospective nationwide cohort study, 441 COP[+] patients and 8820…

Geriatric Fever Score: A New Decision Rule for Geriatric Care

Min-Hsien Chung; Chien-Cheng Huang; Si-Chon Vong dkk.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 9 No. 10 · 2014 · Inggris · PLOS Scopus

Background: Evaluating geriatric patients with fever is time-consuming and challenging. We investigated independent mortality predictors of geriatric patients with fever and developed a prediction rule for emergency care, critical care, and geriatric care physicians to classify patients into…

Prolonged persistence of IgM against dengue virus detected by commonly used commercial assays

Yu-Wen Chien; Zi-Hu Liu; Fan-Chen Tseng dkk.

BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2018 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background Initial symptoms of dengue fever are non-specific, and thus definite diagnosis requires laboratory confirmation. Detection of IgM against dengue virus (DENV) has become widely used for dengue diagnosis. Understanding the persistence of anti-DENV IgM in subjects after acute…