Outcomes following dialysis for acute kidney injury among different stages of chronic kidney disease.

Background: Information is limited regarding the outcomes of patients with preexisting chronic kidney disease (CKD) who develop dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury.

Methods: 131 adult patients with advanced CKD who received emergent hemodialysis from January to June in 2002 were recruited and monitored for all-cause mortality and end-stage renal disease until the end of 2007.

Results: Among patients investigated, 21 (16%) were successfully withdrawn from acute hemodialysis after an average of 8 sessions of dialysis therapy (range: 1-44).

Evaluation of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis.

Background/aims: The optimal timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in the treatment of acute cholecystitis remains controversial. This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the clinical outcomes, possible advantages and disadvantages of early versus delayed LC for acute cholecystitis.

Materials And Methods: Records of all patients admitted for acute cholecystitis in whom laparoscopic cholecystectomy was attempted between January 2004 and January 2006, at National Taiwan University Hospital were reviewed.

Long-term prognosis of patients with biliary atresia: a 25 year summary.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to delineate the long-term prognosis of biliary atresia (BA) in Taiwan.

Study Design: From 1976 to 2000, 185 children were diagnosed with BA, 22 underwent exploratory laparotomy without Kasai operation, and 163 underwent Kasai operation, of which 141 cases had long-term follow-up and formed the basis of this study. The outcome was analyzed.