Computed tomography for diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adults

B Rud, TS Vejborg, ED Rappeport… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Diagnosing acute appendicitis (appendicitis) based on clinical evaluation,
blood testing, and urinalysis can be difficult. Therefore, in persons with suspected …

Correlation of proton pump inhibitors with pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study in Taiwan

KC Cheng, KF Liao, CL Lin, SW Lai - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background and Objectives: Although the relationship between the use of proton pump
inhibitors (PPIs) and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Taiwan published in 2014. Due to just …

Population-based cohort study investigating the correlation of diabetes mellitus with pleural empyema in adults in Taiwan

SW Lai, CL Lin, KF Liao - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Population-based cohort study investigating the correlation... : Medicine Population-based
cohort study investigating the correlation of diabetes mellitus with pleural empyema in adults in …

Use of oral corticosteroids and risk of hip fracture in the elderly in a case-control study

SW Lai, CL Lin, KF Liao - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Aim: Little is known regarding the relationship between use of oral corticosteroids and hip
fracture in the elderly in Taiwan. The aim of the study was to examine this issue. Methods: A …

Tamoxifen usage correlates with increased risk of Parkinson's disease in older women with breast cancer: a case–control study in Taiwan

HF Lin, KF Liao, CM Chang, CL Lin, SW Lai - European Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Background and objectives Little is known about the association between tamoxifen usage
and risk of Parkinson's disease in women with breast cancer. The present study aimed to …

Head and neck cancer associated with increased rate of pulmonary tuberculosis in a population-based cohort study

SW Lai, CL Lin, KF Liao - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Head and neck cancer associated with increased rate of pulmo... : Medicine Head and neck
cancer associated with increased rate of pulmonary tuberculosis in a population-based cohort …

Proton pump inhibitors therapy and the risk of hip fracture in older people in Taiwan

SW Lai, CH Lin, CL Lin, KF Liao - European Geriatric Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Conflicting results exist on the relationship between proton pump inhibitors use
and hip fracture in old people. The objective of the paper was to explore this issue in …

Predialysis chronic kidney disease correlates with increased risk of pyogenic liver abscess: a population‐based cohort study

SW Lai, CL Lin, KF Liao - European Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background/Objective The incidence of pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan appears
to be much higher than that in western countries. However, little is known about the …

Relationship between chronic complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypomagnesemia

O Akyuz, I Ardahanli, R Aslan - Journal of Elementology, 2020 - agro.icm.edu.pl
Chronic complications of diabetes are an important cause of morbidity, mortality and health
costs worldwide. Magnesium is involved in many important physiological processes in the …

[HTML][HTML] One-Month Follow-Up of Patients with Unspecified Abdominal Pain Referring to the Emergency Department; a Cohort Study

SM Hoseininejad, R Jahed, M Sazgar… - Archives of academic …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: This cohort study was conducted on subjects who were evaluated in ED with
unspecified abdominal pain and were referred to the gastroenterology clinic and followed for …