Volume 78   Number 11   November 2015

EDITORIALS

• Is there adequate evidence to encourage early feeding in patients with acute esophageal variceal bleeding?
  Ming-Chih Hou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 631-632.     Full Text [PDF]
• Evolving health care strategy: A look into the future
  Hao-Min Cheng, Shih-Hsien Sung
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 633-634.     Full Text [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE

• Nanotechnology-based drug delivery treatments and specific targeting therapy for age-related macular degeneration
  Tai-Chi Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Hung, Chi-Hsien Peng, Jorn-Hon Liu, Lin-Chung Woung, Ching-Yao Tsai, Shih-Jen Chen, Yan-Ting Chen, Chih-Chien Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 635-641.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• A controlled trial of early versus delayed feeding following ligation in the control of acute esophageal variceal bleeding
  Gin-Ho Lo, Chih-Wen Lin, Yao-Chun Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 642-647.     Full Text [PDF]
• The effects of a self-care program on patients with heart failure
  Huey-Ling Liou, Hsing-I Chen, Shu-Chuan Hsu, Shu-Chin Lee, Chun-Ju Chang, Meei-Ju Wu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 648-656.     Full Text [PDF]
• Psychological status of patients with nephrotic syndrome undergoing percutaneous renal biopsy
  Tao Peng, Hongyu Li, Zhao Hu, Lejin Yang, Xiangdong Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 657-661.     Full Text [PDF]
• Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy in Taiwan: A nationwide database study
  Tzu-Chun Wei, Tzu-Ping Lin, Yen-Hwa Chang, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Alex T.L. Lin, Kuang-Kuo Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 662-665.     Full Text [PDF]
• Dynamic-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cirrhotic liver parenchyma: A comparison between gadolinium–diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid and gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid
  Chun-Yi Lin, Wei-Chou Chang, Chen-Te Chou, Ran-Chou Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 666-672.     Full Text [PDF]
• Depression among infertile women in Basrah, Iraq: Prevalence and risk factors
  Jasim Naeem Al-Asadi, Zainab B. Hussein
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 673-677.     Full Text [PDF]
• Effects of diagnosis-related group payment on health-care provider behaviors: A consecutive three-period study
  Wei-Yuan Hu, Chien-Fu Yeh, An-Suey Shiao, Tzong-Yang Tu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2015; 78: 678-685.     Full Text [PDF]