[The "regulating conception-governor vessel" acupuncture method for infertility of polycystic ovarian syndrome].

Objective: To compare clinical efficacy differences between"regulating conception-governor vessel" acupuncture method and clomiphene for infertility of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: One hundred patients of PCOS were randomly assigned into an observation group and a control group, 50 cases in each one. The patients in the observation group were treated with"regulating Conception-Governor Vessel" acupuncture method at Zhongwan (CV 12), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Yaoyangguan (GV 3) and Yaoshu (GV 2).

Gastroesophageal reflux disease and risk for bipolar disorder: a nationwide population-based study.

Background: Studies have shown that chronic inflammation may play a vital role in the pathophysiology of both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and bipolar disorder. Among patients with GERD, the risk of bipolar disorder has not been well characterized.

Objective: We explored the relationship between GERD and the subsequent development of bipolar disorder, and examined the risk factors for bipolar disorder in patients with GERD.

Hemichorea as a presentation of acute rheumatic fever.

There has been a decline in the incidence of acute rheumatic fever in recent decades in developed countries and in Taiwan. Sydenham's chorea, a major manifestation of rheumatic fever, was the most common cause of chorea in children in the past. But the incidence of Sydenham's chorea has declined in recent years in concert with the decline in rheumatic fever.

Protein-losing enteropathy after the Fontan operation: clinical analysis of nine cases.

Background: Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a serious complication of a Fontan operation and has a very high mortality rate. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence, clinical manifestations, diagnostic approaches, laboratory findings, therapeutic modalities and outcome of patients with PLE at our institution.

Methods: The diagnosis of PLE was based on clinical manifestations and laboratory studies.

Reexpansion pulmonary edema following patent ductus arteriosus ligation in a preterm infant.

Reexpansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is rare and usually follows rapid reexpansion of a collapsed lung. We report on a preterm infant who developed pulmonary edema within an hour of surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). There were no other cardiac anomalies, fluid overload or airway obstruction to explain the change in clinical status.