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A modified sequential organ failure assessment score to predict hospital mortality of postoperative acute renal failure patients requiring renal replacement therapy

scientific article published on 2 December 2008

ATPase family AAA domain-containing 3A is a novel anti-apoptotic factor in lung adenocarcinoma cells

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Abdominal compartment syndrome caused failure of venous return in a neonate during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Acetyl-l-carnitine and oxfenicine on cardiac pumping mechanics in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in male Wistar rats

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Acute kidney injury network staging in geriatric postoperative acute kidney injury patients: shortcomings and improvements.

scientific article published in August 2013

Acute-on-chronic kidney injury at hospital discharge is associated with long-term dialysis and mortality

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

Advanced age affects the outcome-predictive power of RIFLE classification in geriatric patients with acute kidney injury

scientific article published on 04 July 2012

After-hours physician care for patients with do-not-resuscitate orders: an observational cohort study.

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

Aggressive management of massive hemothorax in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

scientific article published in January 2012

Airway obstruction following bronchoscopic photodynamic therapy in early centrally located lung cancer requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on 08 September 2012

An observational study of extracorporeal CPR for in-hospital cardiac arrest secondary to myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 09 October 2013

Analysis and results of prolonged resuscitation in cardiac arrest patients rescued by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on 21 January 2003

Analysis of the outcome for patients experiencing myocardial infarction and cardiopulmonary resuscitation refractory to conventional therapies necessitating extracorporeal life support rescue

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Associations of exposure to noise with physiological and psychological outcomes among post-cardiac surgery patients in ICUs

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Biomarkers of early sepsis may be correlated with outcome.

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Bosentan is an alternative treatment option in a child with severe idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension and abnormal liver enzymes

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation with assisted extracorporeal life-support versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study and propensity analysis

scientific article published on 06 July 2008

Caspase-14 is an anti-apoptotic protein targeting apoptosis-inducing factor in lung adenocarcinomas

scientific article published on April 29, 2011

Clinical Features and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Clinical implication of blood levels of B-type natriuretic peptide in pediatric patients on mechanical circulatory support

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Comparing the survival between extracorporeal rescue and conventional resuscitation in adult in-hospital cardiac arrests: propensity analysis of three-year data

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Correlation Between Body Temperature and Survival Rate in Patients With Hospital-Acquired Bacteremia: A Prospective Observational Study

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Correlation between early sublingual small vessel density and late blood lactate level in critically ill surgical patients

scientific article published on May 23, 2012

Delayed diagnosis of esophageal perforation following intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during valvular replacement--a case report

scientific article published on June 2003

Delayed occurrence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in Chinese heart transplant recipients compared with their western counterparts

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Demand and predictors for post-discharge medical counseling in home care patients: a prospective cohort study.

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Dexmedetomidine prevents alterations of intestinal microcirculation that are induced by surgical stress and pain in a novel rat model.

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Dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury increases risk of long-term malignancy: a population-based study

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

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Do interleukin-10 and superoxide ions predict outcomes of cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients?

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Early Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Postoperative Acute Liver Failure Associated with Acute Renal Failure: Effect on Postoperative Outcomes

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Early measurement of IL-10 predicts the outcomes of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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Effect of diuretic use on 30-day postdialysis mortality in critically ill patients receiving acute dialysis

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Effect of preoperative statin therapy on postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing major surgery: systemic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on December 2014

Effects of continuous intravenous epoprostenol therapy on advanced primary pulmonary hypertension in Taiwanese patients.

scientific article published in January 2005

Effects of eritoran tetrasodium, a toll-like receptor 4 antagonist, on intestinal microcirculation in endotoxemic rats

scientific article published on 01 May 2012

Effects of fish oil on inflammatory modulation in surgical intensive care unit patients

scientific article published on 06 January 2012

Effects of simvastatin on pulmonary C-fiber sensitivity in rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension

scientific article published on 13 November 2010

Efficacy of ventilator-associated pneumonia care bundle for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the surgical intensive care units of a medical center

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Eleven years of experience with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for paediatric patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Emergent Bedside Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Resuscitation of Sudden Cardiac Arrest after Tricuspid Inflow Obstruction and Pulmonary Embolism

scientific article published on 23 April 2011

Enoxaparin sodium prevents intestinal microcirculatory dysfunction in endotoxemic rats.

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Epidemiology and Outcome of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock in Surgical Intensive Care Units in Northern Taiwan

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Evaluating the performance of a hospitalist system in Taiwan: a pioneer study for nationwide health insurance in Asia

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Expanding the donor pool: use of renal transplants from non-heart-beating donors supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published in June 2005

Experience and result of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in treating fulminant myocarditis with shock: what mechanical support should be considered first?

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Experience with extracorporeal life support in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridge to adult heart transplantation

scientific article published on 11 September 2009

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for perioperative cardiac allograft failure.

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pulmonary crisis and primary graft dysfunction

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation rescue for cardiopulmonary collapse secondary to pheochromocytoma: report of three cases

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation rescue for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric patients

scientific article published in May 2008

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation resuscitation in adult patients with refractory septic shock

scientific article published on 7 September 2012

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support can extend the duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

scientific article published on September 2008

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support during repair of traumatic aortic transection

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for adult postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock.

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to rescue profound pulmonary hemorrhage due to idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis in a child

article by Li-Chuan Sun et al published 2006 in Pediatric Pulmonology

Extracorporeal membranous oxygenation support for acute fulminant myocarditis: analysis of a single center's experience

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Further Deliberating Burying the Dead Donor Rule in Donation After Circulatory Death

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Going home to die from surgical intensive care units

scientific article published on 12 March 2009

Health status and quality of life of survivors of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation: a cross-sectional study.

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Heart transplantation in endstage rheumatic heart disease-experience of an endemic area.

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

Heart transplantation in patients with extreme right ventricular failure.

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Hemojuvelin modulates iron stress during acute kidney injury: improved by furin inhibitor.

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

High Mortality in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in East Asia

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High Risk of Herpes Zoster among Patients with Advance Acute Kidney Injury--A Population-Based Study

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High-frequency power of heart rate variability can predict the outcome of thoracic surgical patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome on admission to the intensive care unit: a prospective, single-centric, case-controlled study.

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Hospital Mortality of Septic Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy in the Postoperative Elderly

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Identification and management of cardiac perforation from a double lumen catheter in an infant

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Idioventricular rhythm induced by therapeutic hypothermia

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Impact of body mass on outcomes of geriatric postoperative acute kidney injury patients

scientific article published in May 2014

Impact of timing of renal replacement therapy initiation on outcome of septic acute kidney injury

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

Improved outcome of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest--a comparison with that for extracorporeal rescue for in-hospital cardiac arrest.

scientific article published on 30 June 2014

In nonagenarians, acute kidney injury predicts in-hospital mortality, while heart failure predicts hospital length of stay

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Incidence and Significance of Clinically Abnormal Events in a Tertiary Referral Medical Center: Implementation of the Clinical Alert System (CAS)

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Incidence, risk factors, and prognosis of postoperative hyperbilirubinemia after heart transplantation.

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Increased dispersion of ventricular repolarization during head-up tilt test late after orthotopic heart transplantation in humans

scientific article published in May 2002

Increased flow resistance and decreased flow rate in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: The role of autonomic nervous modulation.

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

Increased risk of active tuberculosis following acute kidney injury: a nationwide, population-based study

scientific article published on 25 July 2013

Inducible heat shock protein 70, interleukin-18, and tumor necrosis factor alpha correlate with outcomes in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

Infections occurring during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in adult patients

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Infectious complications after heart transplantation in Chinese recipients.

scientific article published in August 2005

Influence of patient and provider factors on the workload of on-call physicians: A general internal medicine cohort observational study

scientific article published on August 2016

Initial experience with the AneuRx Stent Graft for the treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm.

scientific article published in October 2005

Integrated postdischarge transitional care in a hospitalist system to improve discharge outcome: an experimental study.

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Intrapleural steroid instillation for multiple organ failure with acute respiratory distress syndrome

scientific article published in November 2013

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

scientific article published on 12 July 2012

Laparoscopy decreases the laparotomy rate in hemodynamically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

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

scientific article published on 30 October 2009

Left ventricular assist for pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy using the Medos VAD cannula and a centrifugal pump

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Long-term outcome and effects of oral bosentan therapy in Taiwanese patients with advanced idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Long-term outcomes after dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury.

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Long-term risk of coronary events after AKI.

scientific article published on 06 February 2014

Low incidence of malignancy after transplantation in Chinese heart allograft recipients

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Lung transplantation from a deceased donor into an Asian cystic fibrosis patient

scientific article published on 04 February 2009

Microarray detection of gene overexpression in primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

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Multi-scale symbolic entropy analysis provides prognostic prediction in patients receiving extracorporeal life support

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Noncancer palliative care: the lost pieces in an acute care setting in Taiwan

scientific article published on 05 June 2012

Optimal Arterial Blood Oxygen Tension in the Early Postresuscitation Phase of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A 15-Year Retrospective Observational Study

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Organs By Firing Squad: The Medical and Moral Implausibility of Death Penalty Organ Procurement

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Out-of-center extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adult cardiogenic shock patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Outcome for pediatric cardiac transplantation with and without bridge methods

scientific article published in March 2007

Patient severity matters for night-shift workload for internal medicine residents in Taiwan

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Patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and acute dialysis: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation score in predicting hospital mortality

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Perioperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for critical pediatric airway surgery

scientific article published on 05 January 2007

Peroxiredoxin 1 induces inflammatory cytokine response and predicts outcome of cardiogenic shock patients necessitating extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an observational cohort study and translational approach

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Pharmacokinetics and dosing of vancomycin in patients undergoing sustained low efficiency daily diafiltration (SLEDD-f): A prospective study

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in adults receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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Plasma interleukin 11 levels correlate with outcome of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

scientific article published in December 2005

Predictors of survival in adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with severe infections

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Preoperative proteinuria is associated with long-term progression to chronic dialysis and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

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Preoperative proteinuria predicts adverse renal outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting

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Pressure criterion for placement of distal perfusion catheter to prevent limb ischemia during adult extracorporeal life support

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Prevalence of acute kidney injury and prognostic significance in patients with acute myocarditis

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Prevention of arterial stiffening by using low-dose atorvastatin in diabetes is associated with decreased malondialdehyde

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Prognostic factors for adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as mechanical circulatory support--a 14-year experience at a medical center

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Prolonged Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

scientific article published on 13 July 2009

Reactive hemophagocytic syndrome treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Renal dysfunction after heart transplantation: incidence, prognosis and risk factors

scientific article published in July 2005

Rescue a drowning patient by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 117 days

scientific article published on 02 April 2010

Rescue of a case of ventricular septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Rescue of cardiopulmonary collapse in anterior mediastinal tumor: case presentation and review of literature.

scientific article published on April 2010

Residual urine output and postoperative mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients

scientific article published in September 2009

Risk factor screening scale to optimize treatment for potential heart transplant candidates under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

scientific article published in November 2004

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

scientific article published on 14 August 2007

SAPS 3 at dialysis commencement is predictive of hospital mortality in patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and acute dialysis

scientific article published on 30 August 2008

Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Timing of Septic Shock Onset Matters

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Short-term intravenous iloprost for treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

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Short-term outcomes of cadaveric lung transplantation in ventilator-dependent patients.

scientific article published on 06 August 2009

Significant social events and increasing use of life-sustaining treatment: trend analysis using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as an example

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Simvastatin ameliorates established pulmonary hypertension through a heme oxygenase-1 dependent pathway in rats

scientific article published on 02 May 2009

Successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support patients with malignancy and septic shock.

scientific article published on 20 June 2011

Successful rescue of sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Successful treatment of traumatic coronary artery dissection with angiographic stenting

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Survey of do-not-resuscitate orders in surgical intensive care units

scientific article published in March 2010

Survey of outcome of CPR in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest in a medical center in Taiwan

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Survival of septic adults compared with nonseptic adults receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiopulmonary failure: A propensity-matched analysis

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Sustained low-efficiency dialysis versus continuous veno-venous hemofiltration for postsurgical acute renal failure

scientific article published on 17 April 2009

The 90-day mortality and the subsequent renal recovery in critically ill surgical patients requiring acute renal replacement therapy

scientific article published in September 2009

The ICNARC model is predictive of hospital mortality in critically ill patients supported by acute dialysis

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

The early presence of pneumatosis in traumatic colonic perforation: a sequential computed tomography demonstration.

scientific article published on 9 March 2010

The first case of severe novel H1N1 influenza successfully rescued by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Taiwan.

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The hemodynamic effects during sustained low-efficiency dialysis versus continuous veno-venous hemofiltration for uremic patients with brain hemorrhage: a crossover study

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The impact of acute kidney injury on the long-term risk of stroke

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The impact of acute kidney injury with temporary dialysis on the risk of fracture

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

The over-optimistic portrayal of life-supporting treatments in newspapers and on the Internet: a cross-sectional study using extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation as an example

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To evaluate the effectiveness of health care ethics consultation based on the goals of health care ethics consultation: a prospective cohort study with randomization

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U-Health: an example of a high-quality individualized healthcare service

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

U-curve association between timing of renal replacement therapy initiation and in-hospital mortality in postoperative acute kidney injury

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Ultra long cardiopulmonary resuscitation with intact cerebral performance for an asystolic patient with acute myocarditis

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Use of an endobronchial blocker as a bridge for the management of massive traumatic endobronchial haemorrhage before angiographic embolisation

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation resuscitation in diabetic ketoacidosis with hypothermic cardiocirculatory instability

scientific article published on 24 December 2010

When and how should physicians determine the need for palliative and hospice care for patients with end-stage liver disease?: an experience in Taiwan

scientific article published on 15 July 2013

Why do general medical patients have a lengthy wait in the emergency department before admission?

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