Publications by authors named "Y Tsau"
Article Synopsis
- Phthalates, commonly found in plastics, may negatively impact kidney health, particularly through oxidative stress, but their link to kidney stones (urolithiasis) is not well established.
- A case-control study with 285 patients who have calcium urolithiasis and 594 healthy controls examined urinary levels of phthalate metabolites and biomarkers for oxidative stress and early kidney injury.
- Results showed that kidney stone patients had higher levels of phthalate metabolites and biomarkers of oxidative stress and injury, indicating a potential increased risk of urolithiasis linked to phthalate exposure.
Background: Cases of glomerulopathy after COVID-19 vaccination have been reported in the adult population, while only a few cases have been reported in children and adolescents. For better understanding of this association in pediatric population, we aimed to describe clinical course of patients with glomerulopathy within 60 days of COVID-19 vaccination who were under followed up in the pediatric nephrology department of National Taiwan University Children's Hospital.
Methods: We reviewed the clinical characteristics, vaccine types, and outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed glomerular diseases or relapse of underlying glomerulopathy within 60 days after COVID-19 vaccination at our facility between January 2021 and July 2022.
To assess age- and sex-specific serum creatinine levels in a pediatric population using a hospital-based database in Taiwan. Data on serum creatinine levels were obtained from the National Taiwan University Hospital-integrated Medical Database (NTUH-iMD). Due to the possibility of having acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease, individuals with multiple serum creatinine measurements were excluded, and outliers in each age- and sex-specific group were also subsequently removed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most frequent complication in critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. This study analyzed risk factors for in-hospital mortality and the incidence of AKI in neonatal and pediatric patients received ECMO support.
Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 105 neonatal and 171 pediatric patients who received ECMO support at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care university hospital between January 2008 and December 2015.