October 2020   Volume 83   Issue 10

EDITORIALS

• Posttraumatic epilepsy after traumatic brain injury and prophylactic administration of antiepileptic drugs
  Wei-Hsin Yuan, Shuu-Jiun Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 885-886.     Full Text [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLE

• Ground glass opacity on chest CT scans from screening to treatment: A literature review
  Yi-Han Lin, Han-Shui Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 887-890.     Full Text [PDF]

MINI-REVIEWS

• New COVID-19 saliva-based test: How good is it compared with the current nasopharyngeal or throat swab test?
  Kai-Feng Hung, Yi-Chen Sun, Bing-Hong Chen, Jeng-Fan Lo, Chao-Min Cheng, Cho-Yi Chen, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Shou-Yen Kao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 891-894.     Full Text [PDF]
• A review of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in the reproductive system
  Hsin-Hui Huang, Peng-Hui Wang, Yi-Ping Yang, Shih-Jie Chou, Po-Wei Chu, Gwo-Jang Wu, Cheng-Chang Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 895-897.     Full Text [PDF]
• A novelty route for smartphone-based artificial intelligence approach to ophthalmic screening
  Ying-Chun Jheng, Yu-Bai Chou, Chung-Lan Kao, Aliaksandr A. Yarmishyn, Chih-Chien Hsu, Tai-Chi Lin, Po-Yin Chen, Zih-Kai Kao, Shih-Jen Chen, De-Kuang Hwang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 898-899.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Amlodipine/valsartan fixed-dose combination treatment in the management of hypertension: A double-blind, randomized trial
  Kang-Ling Wang, Wen-Chung Yu, Tse-Min Lu, Lung-Ching Chen, Hsin-Bang Leu, Chern-En Chiang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 900-905.     Full Text [PDF]
• The clinical outcomes of elderly esophageal cancer patients who received definitive chemoradiotherapy
  Hao-Wei Lu, Chien-Chih Chen, Hsin-Hua Chen, Hui-Ling Yeh
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 906-910.     Full Text [PDF]
• Postoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels cannot predict survival in colorectal cancer patients with type II diabetes
  Chih-Sheng Huang, Chin-Yau Chen, Li-Kuo Huang, Wei-Shu Wang, Shung-Haur Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 911-917.     Full Text [PDF]
• Printing a patient-specific instrument guide for skull osteoma management
  Tien-Hsiang Wang, Hsu Ma, Li-Ying Huang, Yu-Cheng Hung, Te-Han Wang, Wen-Chan Yu, Fang-Yau Chiu, Shyh-Jen Wang, Wei-Ming Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 918-922.     Full Text [PDF]
• Combination of peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor gamma and retinoid X receptor agonists induces sodium/iodide symporter expression and inhibits cell growth of human thyroid cancer cells
  Jui-Yu Chen, Jane-Jen Wang, Hsin-Chen Lee, Chin-Wen Chi, Chen-Hsen Lee, Yi-Chiung Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 923-930.     Full Text [PDF]
• Arterial stiffness late after Kawasaki disease in children: Assessment by performing brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity
  Kuang-Jen Chien, Hurng-Wern Huang, Ken-Pen Weng, Shih-Hui Huang, Sung-Chou Li, Chu-Chuan Lin, Kai-Sheng Hsieh
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 931-935.     Full Text [PDF]
• Computed tomography-based differentiation of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma and small-cell lung cancer
  Kang-Lung Lee, Mei-Han Wu, Ying-Yu Jhang, Chun-Ku Chen, Yi-Chen Yen, Yi-Chun Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 936-942.     Full Text [PDF]
• Nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery with high-flow oxygen therapy shorten hospital stay
  Hui-Hsuan Ke, Po-Kuei Hsu, Mei-Yung Tsou, Chien-Kun Ting
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 943-949.     Full Text [PDF]
• Preventing epilepsy after traumatic brain injury: A propensity score analysis
  Jaw-Horng Liou, Yen-Lin Chang, Hsu-Tung Lee, Ming-Fen Wu, Yu-Chi Hou, Wen-Shyong Liou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 950-955.     Full Text [PDF]
• Developing a novel meatal areolar tissue autograft for minimally invasive tympanoplasty
  Yen-Chi Chen, Chii-Yuan Huang, Ying-Ju Kuo, Hsiu-Lien Cheng, Yen-Fu Cheng, Wen Huei Liao
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 956-961.     Full Text [PDF]
• Image quality and diagnostic accuracy of a handheld nonmydriatic fundus camera: Feasibility of a telemedical approach in screening retinal diseases
  Tai-Chi Lin, Yueh-Hua Chiang, Chih-Lu Hsu, Long-Sheng Liao, Yi-Ying Chen, Shih-Jen Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 962-966.     Full Text [PDF]
• The effects of a Chinese herbal medicine (VGHBPH0) on patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: A pilot study
  Hsin-Fu Yeh, Tsai-Feng Li, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Pei-Wen Wu, Yi-Hsiu Huang, William J. Huang, Fun-Jou Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang, Fang-Pey Chen, Ta-Peng Wu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 967-971.     Full Text [PDF]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Protective barrier enclosure during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
  Hsien-Yung Lai, Mu-Liang Cheng, Steven H. Hsu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 972.     Full Text [PDF]
• Preparedness for the next emerging infectious disease outbreak by implementing strategic human resource management
  Lin-Kun Wu, Wen-Hui Su, Shih-Huai Hsiao, Ming-Feng Hou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 973-974.     Full Text [PDF]