August 2020   Volume 83   Issue 8

EDITORIALS

• Prognostic value of total retrieved lymph nodes on the survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer
  Jiunn-Wei Wan, Chih-Yen Chen
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 691-692.     Full Text [PDF]
• Pulmonary embolism: A warning sign of occult malignancy
  Peter Mu-Hsin Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 693-694.     Full Text [PDF]
• Healing
  Li-Te Lin, Wen-Ling Lee, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 695-696.     Full Text [PDF]
• Advanced technology offers a safer and better laparoscopic surgery
  Kuan-Hao Tsui, Wen-Ling Lee, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 697-698.     Full Text [PDF]
• Less invasive surfactant administration: Will it change the outcome of preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome?
  Mei-Jy Jeng
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 699-700.     Full Text [PDF]

MINI-REVIEWS

• Novel biosensor platforms for the detection of coronavirus infection and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
  Kung-Hao Liang, Tai-Jay Chang, Mong-Lien Wang, Ping-Hsing Tsai, Ta-Hsien Lin, Chin-Tien Wang, De-Ming Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 701-703.     Full Text [PDF]
• Cardiovascular manifestation and treatment in COVID-19
  Yen-Bo Su Ming-Jen Kuo Ting-Yu Lin Chian-Shiu Chien Yi-Ping Yang, Shih-Jie Chou Hsin-Bang Leu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 704-709.     Full Text [PDF]
• Role of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in patients with diabetes infected with coronavirus-19
  Chun-Fan Chen, Chian-Hsu Chien, Yi-Ping Yang, Shih-Jie Chou, Mong-Lien Wang, The-Ia Huo, Chih-Ching Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 710-711.     Full Text [PDF]

REVIEW ARTICLES

• The pharmacological development of direct acting agents for emerging needed therapy against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
  Sheng-Fan Wang, Kuan-Hsuan Chen, Szu-Yu Wang, Aliaksandr A. Yarmishyn, Wei-Yi Lai, Yi-Ying Lin, Mong-Lien Wang, Shih-Jie Chou, Yi-Ping Yang, Yuh-Lih Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 712-718.     Full Text [PDF]
• Emerging trends in gene-modified-based chimeric antigen receptor–engineered T-cellular therapy for malignant tumors: The lesson from leukemia to pediatric brain tumors
  Wen-Ying Lin, Yi-Wei Chen, Chun-Fu Lin, Yi-Ping Yang, Mong-Lien Wang, Kai-Feng Hung, Pin-I Huang, Yi-Yen Lee, Shih-Hwa Chiou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 719-724.     Full Text [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Genomic variance of Open Reading Frames (ORFs) and Spike protein in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  Ping-Hsing Tsai, Mong-Lien Wang, De-Ming Yang, Kung-How Liang, Shih-Jie Chou, Shih-Hwa Chiou, Ta-Hsien Lin, Chin-Tien Wang, Tai-Jay Chang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 725-732.     Full Text [PDF]
• Post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography cholecystitis: The incidence and risk factors analysis
  Po-Hsiang Ting, Jiing-Chyuan Luo, Kuey-Chung Lee, Tseng-Shing Chen, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Ming-Chih Hou, Fa-Yauh Lee
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 733-736.     Full Text [PDF]
• The indocyanine green retention test as a noninvasive marker for esophageal varices in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
  Hsiao-Sheng Lu, I-Fang Hsin, Ping-Hsien Chen, Tsung-Chieh Yang, Chung-Yu Chang, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Ming-Chih Hou
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 737-742.     Full Text [PDF]
• Difference in thrombotic microangiopathy between concurrently and previously diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus
  Wen-Chun Chen, Po-Shen Ko, Hao-Yuan Wang, Yao-Chung Liu, Liang-Tsai Hsiao, Jyh-Pyng Gau, Jin-Hwang Liu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 743-750.     Full Text [PDF]
• The clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with node-positive gastric cancer after curative surgery
  Chih Yean Lum, Kuo-Hung Huang, Ming-Huang Chen, Wen-Liang Fang, Yee Chao, Su-Shun Lo, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Chew-Wun Wu, Yi-Ming Shyr
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 751-755.     Full Text [PDF]
• Better endovascular mechanical thrombectomy outcome in atrial fibrillation patients with acute ischemic stroke: A single-center experience
  Chun-Jen Lin, Chao-Bao Luo, Chun Chien, Feng-Chi Chang, Chung-Jung Lin, I-Hui Lee, Li-Chi Hsu, Chih-Ping Chung, Hung-Yu Liu, Nai-Fang Chi, Chorng-Kuang How, Shuu-Jiun Wang, Wan-Yuo Guo, Yung-Yang Lin
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 756-760.     Full Text [PDF]
• Surfactant lavage for neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome - An updated meta-analysis
  Rong Hui, Pan Jing-Jing, Zou Yun-Su, Zhou Xiao-Yu, Chen Xiao-Qing, Yang Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 761-773.     Full Text [PDF]
• Neonatal hospice care utilization in a tertiary hospital in Taiwan before and after the legalization of life-sustaining treatment withdrawal
  Szu-Jung Chen, Yu-Sheng Lee, Pei-Chen Tsao, Chi Wang, Chia-Sui Chou, Mei-Jy Jeng
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 774-778.     Full Text [PDF]
• Effectiveness of a machine-assisted healthy physical fitness promotion program for community elderly
  Ya-Hsien Wang, Nai-Wei Hsu, Huan-Yang Huang, Chih-Chun Tsai, Po-Jung Pan
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 779-783.     Full Text [PDF]
• Hematologic adverse drug reactions leading to hospitalization among cancer patients: A retrospective case-control study
  Be-Ling Chiou, Chin-Chin Ho, Chen-Chang Yang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 784-790.     Full Text [PDF]

CASE REPORT

• Extramedullary plasmacytoma of hypopharynx treated using transoral laser microsurgery and adjuvant radiotherapy
  Hung Chang, Pen-Yuan Chu
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 791-793.     Full Text [PDF]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

• Uric acid in diabetic nephropathy
  Wen-Ling Lee, Peng-Hui Wang
  J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83: 794.     Full Text [PDF]