5 results match your criteria: "Feng-Yuan Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare[Affiliation]"
The anti-platelet drug cilostazol enhances heart rate and interrenal steroidogenesis and exerts a scant effect on innate immune responses in zebrafish.
PLoS One
November 2023
Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Rationale: Cilostazol, an anti-platelet phosphodiesterase-3 inhibitor used for the treatment of intermittent claudication, is known for its pleiotropic effects on platelets, endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells. However, how cilostazol impacts the endocrine system and the injury-induced inflammatory processes remains unclear.
Methods: We used the zebrafish, a simple transparent model that demonstrates rapid development and a strong regenerative ability, to test whether cilostazol influences heart rate, steroidogenesis, and the temporal and dosage effects of cilostazol on innate immune cells during tissue damage and repair.
Acute Effects of Combining Dynamic Stretching and Vibration Foam Rolling Warm-up on Lower-Limb Muscle Performance and Functions in Female Handball Players.
J Strength Cond Res
June 2023
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate the effects of three different warm-up methods on knee muscle performance in elite female collegiate handball players.
- It found that the combination of dynamic stretching and vibration foam rolling (DS + VR) resulted in improved knee flexion range of motion and reduced hamstring stiffness compared to general running warm-ups.
- Additionally, the DS + VR method enhanced hamstring muscle endurance more effectively than both general running and dynamic stretching alone.
[Applying Team Resource Management to the Reduction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit].
Hu Li Za Zhi
June 2015
Department of Nursing, Feng-Yuan Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, ROC.
Background & Problems: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common healthcare-associated infection in the intensive care unit. The average VAP rate was .128% in our unit during 2011.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMesenchymal Stem Cell Derived Exosomes: A New Hope for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease?
Acta Cardiol Sin
September 2014
L5 Research Center, China Medical University (CMU) Hospital, CMU; ; Center for Lipid Biosciences, Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU) Hospital, KMU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; ; Vascular and Medicinal Research, Texas Heart Institute, 6770 Bertner Avenue, MC 2-255, Houston, TX 77030; ; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Unlabelled: Cardiovascular disease is a major target for numerous experimental stem (progenitor) cell-based therapies. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from different sources confer regenerative effects in animal models of cardiovascular disease. Some of these investigations have proceeded into phase I and II clinical trials for limb ischemia, heart failure, and acute myocardial infarction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreventing phrenic nerve stimulation by a patch insulation in an intact swine heart model.
PLoS One
December 2015
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Introduction: Phrenic nerve stimulation (PNS) could be prevented by a silastic patch over the epicardial lead. We studied the effects in preventing PNS by placing a silastic patch directly over an epicardial lead or placing a graft around the phrenic nerve (PN).
Methods And Results: Fourteen Lanyu swine were enrolled.