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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Wu Chang YangSummaryAffiliation: Taipei Veterans General Hospital Country: Taiwan Publications
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The impact of diabetes on economic costs in dialysis patients: experiences in TaiwanW C Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming University, No 201, Shih Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan, ROC
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 54:S47-54. 2001..Once diabetic patients reach stage of ESRD, an optimized pre-ESRD care and consideration of kidney transplantation are essential in terms of better patient survival and cost savings...
Incidence, prevalence and mortality trends of dialysis end-stage renal disease in Taiwan from 1990 to 2001: the impact of national health insuranceWu Chang Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University Taipei 11217, Taiwan
Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:3977-82. 2008..Our aim was to explore the impact of NHI on the status and trends of ESRD epidemiology in Taiwan...- Mesenteric ischemia in patients with end-stage renal disease: a nationwide longitudinal studySzu Yuan Li
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Am J Nephrol 35:491-7. 2012..The objective of this study was to evaluate the risks of mesenteric ischemia among ESRD patients and compare the incidence between two dialysis modalities... - Impact of the clinical conditions at dialysis initiation on mortality in incident haemodialysis patients: a national cohort study in TaiwanShang Jyh Hwang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:2616-24. 2010..We studied factors potentially related to the mortality in incident haemodialysis (HD) patients... 
Ankle-brachial index is a powerful predictor of renal outcome and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney diseaseFu An Chen
School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, No 155, Section 2, Linong Street, Taipei, Taiwan
ScientificWorldJournal 2012:238494. 2012..719, P = 0.015) and a higher incidence of cardiovascular events (OR = 3.260, P = 0.001). Our findings illustrated that ABI is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events and renal outcome in patients with CKD...- Aggressive immunosuppressant reduction and long-term rejection risk in renal transplant recipients with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumoniaChih Yu Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Exp Clin Transplant 10:344-9. 2012..Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is a rare but lethal complication in renal transplant recipients. Dose reduction of immunosuppressive agents in such situations is recommended, but its quantity and safety are unclear... - Serum creatinine determined by Jaffe, enzymatic method, and isotope dilution-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in patients under hemodialysisWen Sheng Liu
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R O C
J Clin Lab Anal 26:206-14. 2012..The validity of enzymatic method is also unknown... - Postdialysis blood pressure rise predicts long-term outcomes in chronic hemodialysis patients: a four-year prospective observational cohort studyChih Yu Yang
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
BMC Nephrol 13:12. 2012..The blood pressure (BP) of a proportion of chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients rises after HD. We investigated the influence of postdialysis BP rise on long-term outcomes... - Tacrolimus-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: a case analysisChih Ching Lin
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
J Nephrol 16:580-5. 2003..Tacrolimus is an effective organ transplantation immunosuppressant. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare but severe complication of tacrolimus... - Far-infrared therapy: a novel treatment to improve access blood flow and unassisted patency of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patientsChih Ching Lin
Division of Nephrology, Institute of Clinical Medicine and School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
J Am Soc Nephrol 18:985-92. 2007..9 versus 67.6%; P < 0.01). In conclusion, FIR therapy, a noninvasive and convenient therapeutic modality, can improve Qa and survival of the AVF in HD patients through both its thermal and its nonthermal effects... - Effect of add-on direct renin inhibitor aliskiren in patients with non-diabetes related chronic kidney diseaseSzu Yuan Li
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
BMC Nephrol 13:89. 2012..The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential renoprotective effect of add-on direct renin inhibitor in non-DM CKD patients... - The waveform fluctuation and the clinical factors of the initial and sustained erythropoietic response to continuous erythropoietin receptor activator in hemodialysis patientsWen Sheng Liu
School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
ScientificWorldJournal 2012:157437. 2012..We evaluated factors determining the response after treatment of a new ESA (continuous erythropoietin erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA))... - Abnormal thyroid function predicts mortality in patients receiving long-term peritoneal dialysis: a case-controlled longitudinal studyYen Chung Lin
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 75:54-9. 2012..We aimed to elucidate the clinical impact of abnormal thyroid function in long-term PD patients... - Training of peritoneal dialysis patients--Taiwan's experiencesTzen Wen Chen
Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Perit Dial Int 28:S72-5. 2008..Training on certain issues such as the signs and symptoms of peritonitis should be especially enhanced... - Volume status and blood pressure during long-term hemodialysis: role of ventricular stiffnessChen Huan Chen
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and the Department of Social Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Hypertension 42:257-62. 2003..Therefore, ventricular stiffness at end systole is a determinant of the enhanced volume sensitivity of blood pressure in hemodialysis patients... - Functional polymorphisms in matrix metalloproteinases-1, -3, -9 are associated with arteriovenous fistula patency in hemodialysis patientsChih Ching Lin
School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5:1805-14. 2010..This study evaluated the association of genotype polymorphisms of MMPs and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in hemodialysis (HD) patients with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure... - Essential trace element status and clinical outcomes in long-term dialysis patients: a two-year prospective observational cohort studyChih Yu Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Clin Nutr 31:630-6. 2012..Therefore, we investigated the predictive values of trace element status on clinical outcomes in dialysis patients, who are more prone to trace element deficiency... - The clinicopathological implications of endothelial tubuloreticular inclusions found in glomeruli having histopathology of idiopathic membranous nephropathyAn Hang Yang
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ultrastructural and Molecular Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Nephrol Dial Transplant 24:3419-25. 2009..Since treatment of the underlying diseases is the primary consideration for the management of secondary MN, it is important to make out the clinical significance of TRI expression in MN... - Prognostic factors influencing the patency of hemodialysis vascular access: literature review and novel therapeutic modality by far infrared therapyChih Ching Lin
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
J Chin Med Assoc 72:109-16. 2009.... - Severe proteinuria secondary to amyloidosis requiring bilateral renal artery embolizationChun Tung Yeh
Department of Medicine, Ten Chan General Hospital, Jhongli City, Taiwan, ROC
Case Rep Nephrol Urol 2:78-82. 2012..Our case and selected previous reports reveal important information for physicians and patients while discussing prognoses and considering the pros and cons of bilateral RAE... - Acute kidney injury network classification predicts in-hospital and long-term mortality in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgerySzu Yuan Li
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 39:323-8. 2011..The study aims to evaluate the association between this determination and in-hospital as well as long-term mortality in patients receiving elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery... - Increased risk of mortality in the elderly population with late-stage chronic kidney disease: a cohort study in TaiwanShang Jyh Hwang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:3192-8. 2008..However, the transition from chronic kidney disease (CKD) to death or ESRD remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the impact of late-stage CKD on all-cause and cause-specific mortality by identifying the CKD population... - Risk Factors for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in Glomerulonephritis Patients Receiving ImmunosuppressantsChih Yu Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Intern Med 51:2869-75. 2012..Conclusion Prophylactic therapy for P. jiroveci and immunosuppressant dose reduction should be considered in GN patients with high chronicity of their kidney diseases and/or persistent lymphocytopenia... - Prevalence of clinical and subclinical thyroid disease in a peritoneal dialysis populationYee Yung Ng
Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Perit Dial Int 32:86-93. 2012..We investigated dialysis duration, dose of erythropoietin (EPO), and clinical manifestations in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with subclinical hypothyroidism... - Far infrared therapy inhibits vascular endothelial inflammation via the induction of heme oxygenase-1Chih Ching Lin
Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 28:739-45. 2008..In this study, we evaluated whether there is an interaction between FIR radiation and HO-1 in regulating vascular inflammation... - Determinants of catheter loss following continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitisChih Yu Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Perit Dial Int 28:361-70. 2008..The aim of the present study was to evaluate factors influencing catheter loss in patients suffering from continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) peritonitis. Patients and.. - Association of anion gap with thyroid dysfunction and nodular goiter in CAPD patientsChih Ching Lin
Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Perit Dial Int 22:394-9. 2002..Therefore, thyroid function screening and goiter detection using ultrasound should be considered when examining CAPD patients with progressively elevating serum anion gap... - Timing of Doppler examination for the detection of arteriovenous fistula after percutaneous renal biopsyChih Yu Yang
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No 201, Sec 2, Shih Pai Rd, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
J Clin Ultrasound 36:377-80. 2008..A follow-up Doppler examination of the kidney soon after renal biopsy and 6 months later is recommended for early detection of nonresolving AVFs to prevent further complications... - Antioxidant supplementation may improve renal transplant function: a preliminary reportC C Loong
Division of General Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Transplant Proc 36:2438-9. 2004..From our limited experience, antioxidant supplementation with vitamin C or E may improve renal transplant function, especially in grafts donated from marginal donors... - Kidney transplantation in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection: is the prognosis worse?T I Huo
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Dig Dis Sci 46:469-75. 2001..In conclusion, HBV infection is not a contraindication to kidney transplantation. However, pretransplant candidates should be warned of potentially serious liver-related complications...