Evolving Paradigms in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in Taiwan: A Comparative Study of 2003 and 2021.

Background: The observational study examines the evolution of emergency medicine residency programs in Taiwan, comparing key program attributes between 2003 and 2021. To identify significant changes in emergency medicine resident program structure, educational resources, and operational aspects.

Methods: According to the previous study carried out in 2003, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of 22 specified items across four domains: contact information, training content, faculty and research, and patient care and benefits, comparing key program attributes between 2003 and 2021.

Steatosis Quantification on Ultrasound Images by a Deep Learning Algorithm on Patients Undergoing Weight Changes.

Introduction: A deep learning algorithm to quantify steatosis from ultrasound images may change a subjective diagnosis to objective quantification. We evaluate this algorithm in patients with weight changes.

Materials And Methods: Patients (N = 101) who experienced weight changes ≥ 5% were selected for the study, using serial ultrasound studies retrospectively collected from 2013 to 2021.

Acoustic radiation force impulse predicts long-term outcomes in a large-scale cohort: High liver cancer, low comorbidity in hepatitis B virus.

Background: Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) is used to measure liver fibrosis and predict outcomes. The performance of elastography in assessment of fibrosis is poorer in hepatitis B virus (HBV) than in other etiologies of chronic liver disease.

Aim: To evaluate the performance of ARFI in long-term outcome prediction among different etiologies of chronic liver disease.

Hepatitis C micro-elimination through the retrieval strategy of patients lost to follow-up.

Background And Aim: World Health Organization sets up an ambitious and attainable goal to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) by 2030. The previous diagnosed HCV patients lost to follow-up were considered as an important target group for HCV elimination. We conducted a call back program to retrieve the lost to follow-up HCV patients and link them to care in our hospital.

Accurate and generalizable quantitative scoring of liver steatosis from ultrasound images scalable deep learning.

Background: Hepatic steatosis is a major cause of chronic liver disease. Two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound is the most widely used non-invasive tool for screening and monitoring, but associated diagnoses are highly subjective.

Aim: To develop a scalable deep learning (DL) algorithm for quantitative scoring of liver steatosis from 2D ultrasound images.

Challenges of Using Instant Communication Technology in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Focus Group Study.

A record outbreak of community-spread COVID-19 started on 10 May 2021, in Taiwan. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, care facilities have adopted various protocols using instant communication technology (ICT) to provide remote yet timely healthcare while ensuring staff safety. The challenges of patient evaluation in the emergency department (ED) using ICT are seldom discussed in the literature.

Identification of the Representative Primary Biliary Cholangitis Cohort in Taiwan: A Comparison of Four Nationwide Cohorts.

Background/purpose: The rates and outcomes of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in Taiwan remain unclear.

Methods: A nationwide population-based cohort study (Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, 2002-2015) was conducted. Data from four PBC cohorts with various definitions were compared (cohort 1 (C1): ICD-9-CM (571.

Cloning, expression, and purification of a functional glutathione reductase from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam): kinetic studies and characterization.

A cDNA encoding a putative glutathione reductase (GR) was cloned from sweet potato (Ib). The deduced protein showed high level of sequence homology with GRs from other plants (79-38%). A three-dimensional (3-D) homology structure was created.