EDUCATION
Associate Professor School of Medicine National Defense Medical Center Taipei, Taiwan
(2017.02~)
CAREER HISTORY
Residency in Department of Anesthesiology Tri-Service General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan
(1996.08~2000.07)
Attending Physician, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Tri-Service General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan
(2000.08~2001.07)
Director, Division of Anesthesiology Granite Hospital Kinmen, Taiwan (2001.08~2002.07)
SPECIALTY
Anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Critical Care, Pain Medicine
PUBLICATIONS IN RECENT 5 YEARS
1. Lin TC, Hsu CH, Lu CC, Tsai YC, Ho ST. Chronic opioid therapy in patients with chronic noncancer pain in Taiwan. J Anesth 2010;24(6):882-7.
2. Chan WH, Hsu CH, Lu CC, Tsai CS, Yang HY, Liaw WJ, Lin TC*. Early recognition of an entrapped pulmonary artery catheter by blood leaking into the syringe and thermistor connector during cardiac surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan. 2012;50(1):38-40. (*corresponding author)
3. Pan HH, Ho ST, Lu CC, Wang JO, Lin TC*, Wang KY. Trends in the consumption of opioid analgesics in Taiwan from 2002 to 2007: A population-based study. J Pain Symptom Manage 2013;45(2):272-8.(*equal contribution)
4. Lin TC, Lu CC, Hsu CH, Wu GJ, Lee MS, Ho ST. Duration effect of desflurane anesthesia and its awakening time and arterial concentration in gynecologic patients. Clinics 2013;68(10):1305-11.
5. Lin TC, Lu CC, Hsu CH, Su HY, Lee MS, Ho ST. Arterial blood and end-tidal concentrations of sevoflurane during the emergence from anesthesia in gynecologic patients. Clinics 2015;70(3):196-201.
6. Lin TC, Lin FY, Lin YW, Hsu CH, Huang GS, Wu ZF, Tsai YT, Lin CY, Li CY, and Tsai CS. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 production following cardiopulmonary bypass was not associated with pulmonary dysfunction after cardiac surgery. Mediators Inflamm 2015, Article ID 341740.
7. Hsu YC, Hsu CH, Huang GS, Lu CC, Wu ZF, Tsai YT, Lin CY, Lin YC, Tsai CS, and Lin TC*. Extreme hyperlactatemia following heart transplantation- one center’s experience. Transplant Proc
2015;47(6):1945-8 (*corresponding author)
8. Lin TC, Lu CC, Hsu CH, Pergolizzi Jr JV, Chang CC, Lee MS, Ho ST. Awakening arterial blood and end-tidal concentrations of isoflurane in female surgical patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016;95(30):e4370.
9. Hsu CH, Hsu YC, Huang GS, Lu CC, Ho ST, Liaw WJ, Tsai YT, Lin CY, Tsai CS, Lin TC*. Isoflurane compared with fentanyl-midazolam-based anesthesia in patients undergoing heart transplantation- A retrospective cohort study. Medicine 2016;95(35):e4699. (*corresponding author)
10. Lin TC, Ger LP, Pergolizzi Jr JV, Raffa RB, Wang JO, Ho ST. Knowledge, attitude and practice survey of prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain in Taiwan - Comparison of pain and non-pain physicians. Pain Med. First published online: 22 August 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnw189
11. Lin TC, Ger LP, Pergolizzi Jr JV, Raffa RB, Wang JO, Ho ST. Long-term use of opioids in 210 officially registered patients with chronic noncancer pain in Taiwan: A cross-sectional study. J Formos Med Assoc 2017;116(4):257-65.