Volume 80   Number 8   August 2017

EDITORIALS

• Dual organ beneficial effects of metformin in cirrhotic rats with hepatopulmonary syndrome
  Chih-Wei Liu, Ying-Ying Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 463-464.     Full Text [PDF]
• Urinary incontinence: Is vaginal delivery a cause?
  Huann-Cheng Horng, Yi-Jen Chen, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 465-466.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Metformin reduces intrahepatic fibrosis and intrapulmonary shunts in biliary cirrhotic rats
  Mu-Tzu Ko, Hui-Chun Huang, Wen-Shin Lee, Chiao-Lin Chuang, I-Fang Hsin, Shao-Jung Hsu, Fa-Yauh Lee, Ching-Chih Chang, Shou-Dong Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 467-475.     Full Text [PDF]
• Effects of small-dose dexmedetomidine on hyperdynamic responses to electroconvulsive therapy
  Xiang Li, Fang Tan, Chao-Jun Jian, Na Guo, Zhi-Yong Zhong, Zi-Qing Hei, Shao-Li Zhou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 476-481.     Full Text [PDF]
• Endovascular stenting for end-stage lung cancer patients with superior vena cava syndrome post first-line treatments - A single-center experience and literature review
  Tzu-Ting Kuo, Po-Lin Chen, Chun-Che Shih, I-Ming Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 482-486.     Full Text [PDF]
• Initial experience of transcatheter closure of subarterial VSD with the Amplatzer duct occluder
  Tsung-Cheng Shyu, Ming-Chih Lin, Yeak-Wun Quek, Sheng-Je Lin, Hean-Pat Saw, Sheng-Ling Jan, Yun-Ching Fu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 487-491.     Full Text [PDF]
• Nasogastric tube placement with video-guided laryngoscope: A manikin simulator study
  Xiao-Lun Lee, Li-Chun Yeh, Yau-Dung Jin, Chun-Chih Chen, Ming-Ho Lee, Ping-Wun Huang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 492-497.     Full Text [PDF]
• Effects of delivery mode and sociodemographic factors on postpartum stress urinary incontinency in primipara women: A prospective cohort study
  Roya Kokabi, Dorna Yazdanpanah
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 498-502.     Full Text [PDF]
• Outcomes of 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy for acute postoperative endophthalmitis
  Chia-Ming Hsu, Shih-Chou Chen, Tsung-Tien Wu, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 503-507.     Full Text [PDF]
• Learning curve for endoscopic tympanoplasty: Initial experience of 221 procedures
  Chih-Chieh Tseng, Ming-Tang Lai, Chia-Che Wu, Sheng-Po Yuan, Yi-Fang Ding
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 508-514.     Full Text [PDF]
• The expression of transglutaminase 2 (TG-2) in oral squamous cell carcinoma and its clinical significance
  Elva Lim, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Sin-Hua Moi, Man-Tin Lui, Cheng-Hong Yang, Cheng-Chieh Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 515-520.     Full Text [PDF]
• Trends in global acupuncture publications: An analysis of the Web of Science database from 1988 to 2015
  Yen-Ying Kung, Shinn-Jang Hwang, Tsai-Feng Li, Seong-Gyu Ko, Ching-Wen Huang, Fang-Pey Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 521-525.     Full Text [PDF]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

• Vitamin D and jaundiced newborns
  Kuan-Chin Wang, Wen-Ling Lee, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2017; 80: 526-527.     Full Text [PDF]