There are about 10560 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Taiwan. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Background: A conventional configured prosthetic arteriovenous graft (AVG) usually wastes most upper arm vessels that a reverse-loop design may conserve. This study examined the feasibility of the AVG construction and its outcome. Methods: Retrospective review of clinical outcomes of reverse-loop upper arm AVG patients. Measures included hemodialysis function, duplex scan, procedural complications, and follow-up interventions
The purpose of this study is to determine whether N-acetylcysteine is effective in the prophylaxis of post-cardiopulmonary bypass acute renal impairment.
The purpose of this series of study has a many-fold intention depicted as follows: to describe and characterize schizophrenic patients' aggressive acts in hospital and community, to identify and specify heterogeneity in their structure, and to look for and set up risk factors for prevention. This study investigates four major issues: (1) Establishing an objective behavior rating scale for measuring aggressive acts; (2) Understanding the characteristics and incidence of aggressive acts by patients with schizophrenia; (3) Exploration of the heterogeneous structure of aggressive acts by patients with schizophrenia; and (4) Identifying the risk factors of aggressive acts of patients with schizophrenia.
Cardiovascular events are the leading cause of death in developed countries worldwide, including Taiwan. The disruption of atherosclerotic plaques and the subsequent formation of thrombi are currently recognized as the major cause of morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, early detection of vulnerable plaques is clinically important for risk stratification and also to provide early treatment. Several imaging approaches have been adapted to detect vulnerable plaques, however, most of them are based on morphologic characteristics of atheroma. We hypothesize that PPARĪ³-induced plaque regression could be monitored clinically by use of 18FDG PET/CT approach, which could assess the inflammatory activity, and can be detected noninvasively earlier than previously reported.