1.Development of seven secondary neoplasms in a nevus sebaceous: a case report and literature review
Yi-Wen KUO ; Jung-Chia LIN ; Wei-Hsuan TSAI
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery 2022;23(2):83-88
Nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn is a congenital cutaneous hamartoma with epidermal, sebaceous, follicular, and apocrine structures that usually appears at birth or in early childhood. It has the potential to generate a variety of secondary neoplasms of different lineages, and the risk increases with patient age. Although multiple neoplasms may occasionally arise within the same lesion, the coexistence of more than five secondary tumors is extremely rare. Here we report a case of seven secondary tumors including syringocystadenoma papilliferum, desmoplastic trichilemmoma, sebaceoma, trichoblastoma, pigmented trichoblastoma, sebaceous adenoma, and tumor of follicular infundibulum arising within a nevus sebaceous. The complete diagnosis relies on the histopathological analysis of multipoint biopsies and delicate pathological sections.
3.Salivary Gland Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma.
Jung Chia LIN ; Jia Bin LIAO ; Hsiao Ting FU ; Ting Shou CHANG ; Jyh Seng WANG
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2015;49(4):351-353
No abstract available.
Hyalin*
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Salivary Glands*
4.Factors Influencing Breast Symptoms in Breastfeeding Women After Cesarean Section Delivery.
Chia Fen HSIEN ; Jung Chung FU ; Cheng Yu LONG ; Huey Shyan LIN
Asian Nursing Research 2011;5(2):88-98
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to explore postpartum stress and breast symptoms in postpartum breastfeeding of parturient mothers as well as to identify the factors influencing the breast symptoms in breastfeeding women after cesarean section delivery. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. A total of 162 breastfeeding women after cesarean section delivery were recruited from five hospitals in Taiwan. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data. RESULTS: The five highest postpartum stress comes from the flabby flesh of maternal belly, the baby getting sick suddenly, interrupted sleep, insufficient breast milk, and discomfort due to breast engorgement. The most two common breast symptoms in breastfeeding encountered by subjects in this study were breast engorgement and breast hardening, whereas the least common one was nipple bloody discharge. Cesarean section women with early suckling on the operating table had more breast symptoms in postpartum breastfeeding; and the higher the postpartum stress of them, the more the breast symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Breastfeeding in a comfortable condition is a key factor of precipitating breast milk secretion, so early suckling on the operating table may result in discomfort and stress of the woman and interfere with the secretion or production of breast milk. Additionally, it is a crucial factor of the success in breastfeeding that the nursing personnel can provide women help in maintaining breast milk production and secretion, taking care of a baby, and reminding women's families (especially their husbands) of giving their assistance, encouragement and praises to relieve women's postpartum stress.
Breast
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Breast Feeding
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Cesarean Section
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Female
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Humans
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Milk, Human
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Mothers
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Nipples
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Operating Tables
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Postpartum Period
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Pregnancy
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Taiwan
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Surveys and Questionnaires
5.Effect of Government Guidelines and Corporate Governance on Telework Adoption and Occupational Health Measures in Taiwanese-Listed Companies
Chia-Jung LI ; Louise E. ANTHONY ; Tomohisa NAGATA ; Yawen CHENG ; Ro-Ting LIN
Safety and Health at Work 2024;15(2):164-171
Background:
Telework adoption in Taiwan has surged because of government guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the disclosure practices of Taiwanese-listed companies, assessing their adherence to government telework guidelines and their correlation with corporate governance, focusing on occupational health measures.
Methods:
We conducted a guideline-adherent cohort analysis of the 2020 and 2021 sustainability reports of 295 Taiwanese-listed companies. We assessed their disclosure of corporate measures for teleworking in alignment with two government guidelines, specifically occupational health measures. Using the McNemar test and general estimating equation analysis, we compared the 2020 and 2021 responses and examined their associations with corporate governance rankings.
Results:
Telework adoption increased significantly from 2020 to 2021, with 68% of companies reporting new work modes. The mentioning of government guidelines also increased to 67% by 2021. Companies with higher governance rankings were more likely to adopt online occupational health measures, including occupational health services (RR = 2.03; 95% CI = 1.41–2.94; p < 0.001) and mental health promotion activities (RR = 2.01; 95% CI = 1.06–3.82; p = 0.032), than those with low rankings. Although on-site and online occupational health services increased, home workspace assessments did not.
Conclusion
Our findings highlight significant upward trends in the disclosure of telework measures following the issuance of government guidelines. Corporate governance is significantly associated with the implementation of occupational health measures. Amid the evolution of teleworking, both government guidelines and corporate governance have become essential for shaping work arrangements and ensuring workforce well-being.
6.Effect of auricular acupuncture on oxygen consumption of boxing athletes.
Zen-Pin LIN ; Chung-Yuan WANG ; Tsong-Rong JANG ; Tso-chiang MA ; Fan CHIA ; Jaung-Geng LIN ; Jen-Jeng HSU ; Tsung-Jung HO
Chinese Medical Journal 2009;122(13):1587-1590
Acupuncture, Ear
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Adult
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Boxing
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Humans
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Male
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Oxygen Consumption
7.Sleep Quality and Self-Stigma Mediate the Association Between Problematic Use of Social Media and Quality of Life Among People With Schizophrenia in Taiwan: A Longitudinal Study
Mohsen SAFFARI ; Kun-Chia CHANG ; Jung-Sheng CHEN ; Marc N. POTENZA ; Cheng-Fang YEN ; Ching-Wen CHANG ; Po-Ching HUANG ; Hsin-Chi TSAI ; Chung-Ying LIN
Psychiatry Investigation 2023;20(11):1034-1044
Objective:
Problematic use of social media (PUSM) may affect sleep quality and self-stigma in people with schizophrenia and consequently reduce their quality of life (QoL). This longitudinal study investigated if sleep quality and self-stigma mediated relationships between PUSM and QoL.
Methods:
One-hundred-and-ninety-three outpatients with schizophrenia were recruited from a psychiatric center in Taiwan from April 2019 to August 2021 and participated in a longitudinal study at intervals of three months between measurements. QoL was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire Brief Version; sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; self-stigma using the Self-Stigma Scale-Short; and PUSM using the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. Via SPSS 20.0, general estimating equation models assessed temporal associations between variables. Via R software, mediating effects of self-stigma and sleep quality were examined through Monte Carlo simulations with 20,000 repetitions.
Results:
Mean scores of physical, psychological, social and environmental QoL ranged from 11.86 to 13.02. Mean scores of sleep quality and self-stigma were 9.1±4.5 and 2.2±0.8, respectively. Sleep quality and self-stigma were directly related to QoL (p<0.001) and mediated indirect relationships between PUSM and all components of QoL with a range of 95% confidence intervals spanning from -0.0591 to -0.0107 for physical QoL; -0.0564 to -0.0095 for psychological QoL; -0.0292 to -0.0035 for social QoL; and -0.0357 to -0.0052 for environmental QoL.
Conclusion
Sleep quality and self-stigma mediated relationships between PUSM and QoL in people with schizophrenia. Developing interventions targeting PUSM, sleep, and self-stigma may help improve QoL in people with schizophrenia.
8.Comedications and potential drug-drug interactions with direct-acting antivirals in hepatitis C patients on hemodialysis
Po-Yao HSU ; Yu-Ju WEI ; Jia-Jung LEE ; Sheng-Wen NIU ; Jiun-Chi HUANG ; Cheng-Ting HSU ; Tyng-Yuan JANG ; Ming-Lun YEH ; Ching-I HUANG ; Po-Cheng LIANG ; Yi-Hung LIN ; Ming-Yen HSIEH ; Meng-Hsuan HSIEH ; Szu-Chia CHEN ; Chia-Yen DAI ; Zu-Yau LIN ; Shinn-Cherng CHEN ; Jee-Fu HUANG ; Jer-Ming CHANG ; Shang-Jyh HWANG ; Wan-Long CHUANG ; Chung-Feng HUANG ; Yi-Wen CHIU ; Ming-Lung YU
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology 2021;27(1):186-196
Background/Aims:
Direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) have been approved for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis. Nevertheless, the complicated comedications and their potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with DAAs might limit clinical practice in this special population.
Methods:
The number, class, and characteristics of comedications and their potential DDIs with five DAA regimens were analyzed among HCV-viremic patients from 23 hemodialysis centers in Taiwan.
Results:
Of 2,015 hemodialysis patients screened in 2019, 169 patients seropositive for HCV RNA were enrolled (mean age, 65.6 years; median duration of hemodialysis, 5.8 years). All patients received at least one comedication (median number, 6; mean class number, 3.4). The most common comedication classes were ESRD-associated medications (94.1%), cardiovascular drugs (69.8%) and antidiabetic drugs (43.2%). ESRD-associated medications were excluded from DDI analysis. Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir had the highest frequency of potential contraindicated DDIs (red, 5.6%), followed by glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (4.0%), sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (1.3%), sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (1.3%), and elbasvir/grazoprevir (0.3%). For potentially significant DDIs (orange, requiring close monitoring or dose adjustments), sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir had the highest frequency (19.9%), followed by sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (18.2%), glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (12.6%), sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (12.6%), and elbasvir/grazoprevir (7.3%). Overall, lipid-lowering agents were the most common comedication class with red-category DDIs to all DAA regimens (n=62), followed by cardiovascular agents (n=15), and central nervous system agents (n=10).
Conclusions
HCV-viremic patients on hemodialysis had a very high prevalence of comedications with a broad spectrum, which had varied DDIs with currently available DAA regimens. Elbasvir/grazoprevir had the fewest potential DDIs, and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir had the most potential DDIs.