Preoperative Comorbidity and Mortality in Pediatric Liver Transplantation Recipients: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Objective: The purpose of this large, population-based study was to investigate preoperative comorbidities as risk factors of mortality in pediatric liver transplant recipients.

Methods: A total of 2,938 patients who underwent liver transplantation (LT) surgery from 1998 through 2012 in Taiwan were enrolled in this study. Based on the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision, Clinical Modifi cation (ICD-9-CM) codes, basic information regarding medical comorbidities was extracted from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).

Impact of preoperative chronic renal failure on liver transplantation: a population-based cohort study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess whether preoperative chronic renal failure (CRF) affects the rates of postoperative complications and survival after liver transplantation.

Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study included 2,931 recipients of liver transplantation performed between 1998 and 2012, enrolled from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Patients were divided into two groups, based on the presence or absence of preoperative CRF.

The Impact of Hospital/Surgeon Volume on Acute Renal Failure and Mortality in Liver Transplantation: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

The aim of this study was to assess whether the case volume of surgeons and hospitals affects the rates of postoperative complications and survival after liver transplantation. This population-based retrospective cohort study included 2938 recipients of liver transplantation performed between 1998 and 2012, enrolled from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. They were divided into two groups, according to the cumulative case volume of their operating surgeons and the case volume of their hospitals.

Nationwide population-based study reveals increased malignancy risk in taiwanese liver transplant recipients.

Post-transplant malignancy is a major cause of late mortality for liver transplant recipients (LTRs). This nationwide population-based cohort study investigated the cancer type, incidence, and risk factors associated with post-transplant malignancies in 2938 Taiwanese LTRs who underwent transplantation between 1998 and 2012. Data from the National Health Insurance Research Database were extracted on the basis of the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes.

Prevalence, predictive factors, and survival outcome of new-onset diabetes after liver transplantation: A population-based cohort study.

The aim of the present nationwide population-based cohort study was to explore the prevalence, risk factors, and survival outcome of new-onset diabetes (NOD) in recipients after liver transplantation.The National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan was searched for ICD-9-codes, 2248 patients who had received liver transplant without pretransplant diabetes from July 1, 1998 to December 31, 2012 were included in the study. The preoperative risks factors were considered and analyzed using logistic regression analysis, following adjustments for age and sex.

Recipient Age and Mortality Risk after Liver Transplantation: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

The aim of the present large population-based cohort study is to explore the risk factors of age-related mortality in liver transplant recipients in Taiwan. Basic information and data on medical comorbidities for 2938 patients who received liver transplants between July 1, 1998, and December 31, 2012, were extracted from the National Health Insurance Research Database on the basis of ICD-9-codes. Mortality risks were analyzed after adjusting for preoperative comorbidities and compared among age cohorts.

Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Renal Failure Following Liver Transplantation: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

The aim of our large, population-based, cohort study was to explore the risk factors of acute renal failure (ARF) after liver transplant (LT) in Taiwan.From the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database, 2862 patients who had undergone LT without pretransplant dialysis between July 1, 1998, and December 31, 2012, were identified. Preoperative, operative, and perioperative risks factors were considered and analyzed using logistic regression analysis, after adjusting for age and sex.

Effects of Interscalene Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Management in Patients after Shoulder Surgery.

Objectives: Shoulder surgery can produce severe postoperative pain and movement limitations. Evidence has shown that regional nerve block is an effective management for postoperative shoulder pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the postoperative analgesic effect of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) combined with interscalene nerve block in comparison to PCA alone after shoulder surgery.

Analgesic Effects of Intra-Articular Bupivacaine/Intravenous Parecoxib Combination Therapy versus Intravenous Parecoxib Monotherapy in Patients Receiving Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial.

Objectives: The purpose of this double-blind, randomized study was to investigate whether the addition of intra-articular bupivacaine to intravenous parecoxib could improve pain relief in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

Methods: A total of 36 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty were enrolled into our study. These patients were randomly allocated either to a placebo-controlled group or study group.

Comparison of sevoflurane versus propofol under auditory evoked potential monitoring in female patients undergoing breast surgery.

Background: General anesthesia is used for most major surgeries, and the most common side effects include headache, nausea, vomiting, and sore throat. Major breast surgery is associated with a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). We compared the postoperative nausea and vomiting of propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) and sevoflurane (SEVO) anesthesia under auditory evoked potential (AEP) monitoring in female patients undergoing breast surgery.

Anesthetic management of a repeat cesarean section in a parturient with severe peripartum cardiomyopathy requiring ECMO in a previous pregnancy: a case report.

The number of pregnant women with cardiac disease is increasing with improvements in technology. In addition, more people are part of the national health insurance plan. However, there are few reports concerning the best method for anesthesia and mode of delivery in these high-risk patients.

Embrittlement of metal by solute segregation-induced amorphization.

Impurities segregated to grain boundaries of a material essentially alter its fracture behavior. A prime example is sulfur segregation-induced embrittlement of nickel, where an observed relation between sulfur-induced amorphization of grain boundaries and embrittlement remains unexplained. Here, 48x10(6)-atom reactive-force-field molecular dynamics simulations provide the missing link.