Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital

Aortic Dissection Mimicry Under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) After Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report of Emergency Imaging Dilemmas

Background and Clinical Significance: Peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) substantially alters aortic flow dynamics, generating catastrophic false-positive pathology on standard imaging. We report a case of ECMO-induced artifacts mimicking a Sta...

Diabetes mellitus and risk of injury requiring medical care: a nationwide population-based matched cohort study in Taiwan

Abstract Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with multiple microvascular and macrovascular complications; however, its association with clinically significant injury requiring medical care remains incompletely understood. This study aimed to investigate the associatio...