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Changing risk awareness and personal protection measures for low to high pathogenic avian influenza in live-poultry markets in Taiwan, 2007 to 2012

Outbreaks of low and high pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI, HPAI) H5N2 in chickens have occurred in Taiwan since 2003 and 2012, respectively. Fully understanding the different awareness, attitudes and protecti...

Ming-Der Liu, Ta-Chien Chan, Cho-Hua Wan, Hsiu-** Lin… in BMC Infectious Diseases (2015)

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Erratum to: Geographic difference in safety and efficacy of systemic chemotherapy for advanced gastric or gastroesophageal carcinoma: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

Chiun Hsu, Ying-Chun Shen, Chia-Chi Cheng, Ann-Lii Cheng, Fu-Chang Hu… in Gastric Cancer (2013)

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Kidney function decline after a non-dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury is associated with higher long-term mortality in critically ill survivors

The adverse consequences of a non-dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury (AKI) are unclear. This study aimed to assess the long-term prognoses for critically ill patients experiencing a non-dialysis-requiring ...

Chun-Fu Lai, Vin-Cent Wu, Tao-Min Huang, Yu-Chang Yeh, Kuo-Chuan Wang… in Critical Care (2012)

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Geographic difference in safety and efficacy of systemic chemotherapy for advanced gastric or gastroesophageal carcinoma: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

The standard of chemotherapy regimens for advanced or metastatic gastric cancer and the clinical outcome were heterogeneous in Asian versus non-Asian countries. This study aimed to explore predictors of safety...

Chiun Hsu, Ying-Chun Shen, Chia-Chi Cheng, Ann-Lii Cheng, Fu-Chang Hu… in Gastric Cancer (2012)

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Life expectancies and incidence rates of patients under prolonged mechanical ventilation: a population-based study during 1998 to 2007 in Taiwan

The present study examined the median survival, life expectancies, and cumulative incidence rate (CIR) of patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) stratified by different underlying diseases.

Mei-Chuan Hung, Hsin-Ming Lu, Likwang Chen, Fu-Chang Hu, Soa-Yu Chan… in Critical Care (2011)

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Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination for prevention of cervical cancer in Taiwan

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been shown to be a major risk factor for cervical cancer. Vaccines against HPV-16 and HPV-18 are highly effective in preventing type-specific HPV infections and related...

Pang-Hsiang Liu, Fu-Chang Hu, **-Ing Lee, Song-Nan Chow… in BMC Health Services Research (2010)

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Late initiation of renal replacement therapy is associated with worse outcomes in acute kidney injury after major abdominal surgery

Abdominal surgery is probably associated with more likelihood to cause acute kidney injury (AKI). The aim of this study was to evaluate whether early or late start of renal replacement therapy (RRT) defined by...

Chih-Chung Shiao, Vin-Cent Wu, Wen-Yi Li, Yu-Feng Lin, Fu-Chang Hu… in Critical Care (2009)

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Risk factors of early redialysis after weaning from postoperative acute renal replacement therapy

The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for redialysis in postoperative patients with acute renal failure (ARF) who had previously been weaned from acute dialysis. Although recovery of renal functio...

Vin-Cent Wu, Wen-Je Ko, Hong-Wei Chang, Yung-Wei Chen… in Intensive Care Medicine (2008)