Volume 75   Number 12   December 2012

EDITORIALS

• Unmet needs of diabetic patients
  Chern-En Chiang, Kang-Ling Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 615-616.     Full Text [PDF]
• Towards elder-friendly outpatient services
  Liang-Kung Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 617-618.     Full Text [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE

• The heart: Pathophysiology and clinical implications of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
  Ying-Ying Yang, Han-Chieh Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 619-623.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Application of stent placement or nasojejunal feeding tube placement in patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction: A retrospective series of 38 cases
  Chin-Lung Lin, Chin-Lin Perng, Yee Chao, Chung-Pin Li, Ming-Chih Hou, Hsiuo-Shan Tseng, Han-Chieh Lin, Kuei-Chuan Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 624-629.     Full Text [PDF]
• Less invasive cardiac surgery via partial sternotomy
  Chen-Yuan Hsiao, Chih-Pei Ou-Yang, Cheng-Hsiung Huang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 630-634.     Full Text [PDF]
• The association between the IL-4, ADRβ2 and ADAM 33 gene polymorphisms and asthma in the Taiwanese population
  Chi-Huei Chiang, Ming-Wei Lin, Ming-Yi Chung, Ueng-Cheng Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 635-643.     Full Text [PDF]
• High serum DcR3 levels are associated with the occurrence of peritonitis in patients receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis
  En-Pen Chang, Yi-Sheng Lin, Szu-Chun Huang, Der-Cherng Tarng, Tung-Po Huang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 644-648.     Full Text [PDF]
• Change in brain perfusion after extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery detected using the mean transit time of computed tomography perfusion
  Michael Mu Huo Teng, Sen-Li Jen, Fang-Ying Chiu, Yi-Hsuan Kao, Chung-Jung Lin, Feng-Chi Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 649-653.     Full Text [PDF]
• Fluid management guided by stroke volume variation failed to decrease the incidence of acute kidney injury, 30-day mortality, and 1-year survival in living donor liver transplant recipients
  Shen-Chih Wang, Wei-Nung Teng, Kuang-Yi Chang, M. Susan Mandell, Chien-Kun Ting, Ya-Chun Chu, Che-Chuan Loong, Kwok-Hon Chan, Mei-Yung Tsoua
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 654-659.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORTS

• Nasopharyngeal branchial cleft cyst
  Po-Shao Chen, Yu-Chieh Lin, Yaoh-Shiang Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 660-662.     Full Text [PDF]
• Optical coherence tomography in resolution of photoreceptor damage in multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
  Chang-Sue Yang, An-Guor Wang, Yu-Hao Lin, Yi-Ming Huang, Fenq-Lih Lee, Shui-Mei Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2012; 75: 663-666.     Full Text [PDF]