J Formos Med Assoc
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been linked to pediatric asthma patients treated with montelukast. This study is the first to use a nationwide health insurance research database (NHIRD) to study whether asthmatic children using montelukast are at an increased risk of ADHD. ⋯ This nationwide population-based cohort study reveals that asthma children treated with montelukast were not at an increased risk of developing ADHD. Nevertheless, validation of our retrospective survey requires further prospective study.
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Very few studies have explored the changes of serum pepsinogen after bariatric surgery and no research has evaluated the feasibility of ABC classification to predict gastric cancer risk after bariatric surgery. ⋯ Both of SG and RYGB resulted in significant reduction of serum PGI and PGII after bariatric surgery, and significantly influenced the ABC classification. The application of ABC classification for gastric cancer screening was limited after bariatric surgery.
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There are few studies demonstrating how the effectiveness of various extents of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) before and after vaccination periods. The study aimed to demonstrate such an effectiveness in the alteration of the epidemic curves from theory to practice. ⋯ We demonstrated how various NPIs stamp out and delay the epidemic curve of COVID-19. The optimal implementation of these NPIs has to be planned before wide vaccine uptake worldwide.
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The surge of COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe respiratory conditions and a large number of deaths due to the shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) in many countries. ⋯ Two congestion indices for isolation wards and ICU beds using open assessed tabulated data with a compartment queue model underpinning were developed to monitor the clinical capacity in hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.