Association between time to surgery and hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired limb necrotizing fasciitis: an 11-year multicenter retrospective cohort analysis

Authors: Chi Ho Lau, Lowell Ling, Jack Zhenhe Zhang, Pauline Yeung Ng, Cheuk Yan Chan, Alwin Wai Tak Yeung, Ka Man Fong, Jacky Ka Hing Chan, Gary Ka Fai Au, Ting Liong, Manimala Dharmangadan, Fu Loi Chow, Koon Ngai Lam, Kai Man Chan, Steven Ling, Anna Lee

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Subject Terms: Risk factors, Debridement, Soft tissue infections, Anti-bacterial agents, Electronic health records, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d048e6d9bc984726bba765904bfbd4f0

Comparison of COVID-19 with influenza A in the ICU: a territory-wide, retrospective, propensity matched cohort on mortality and length of stay

Authors: Shi Zhao, Wai Tat Wong, Gavin Matthew Joynt, Lowell Ling, Kai Man Chan, Pauline Yeung Ng, Jack Zhenhe Zhang, Alwin Wai Tak Yeung, Fu Loi Chow, Raymond Bak Hei Chu, King Chung Kenny Chan, Carol Chan, Ka Man Fong, Shek Yin Au, Jacky Ka Hing Chan, Hin Hung Tsang, Kin Ip Law, Koon Ngai Lam, Manimala Dharmangadan, Maggie Haitian Wang

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 7 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e067101.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/38afe8b9b80a48339104669182bf47c4

Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to adult intensive care units in Hong Kong: a population retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2018

Authors: Lowell Ling, Chun Ming Ho, Pauline Yeung Ng, King Chung Kenny Chan, Hoi Ping Shum, Cheuk Yan Chan, Alwin Wai Tak Yeung, Wai Tat Wong, Shek Yin Au, Kit Hung Anne Leung, Jacky Ka Hing Chan, Chi Keung Ching, Oi Yan Tam, Hin Hung Tsang, Ting Liong, Kin Ip Law, Manimala Dharmangadan, Dominic So, Fu Loi Chow, Wai Ming Chan, Koon Ngai Lam, Kai Man Chan, Oi Fung Mok, Man Yee To, Sze Yuen Yau, Carmen Chan, Ella Lei, Gavin Matthew Joynt

Source: Journal of Intensive Care, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)

Subject Terms: Intensive care, APACHE IV, Benchmarking, Hong Kong, Standard mortality ratio, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2052-0492

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/f3649074d30a49b9be47df79d097ee4b

Development of a scoring system as reference tool to support ICU triage.

Authors: Lau, Lawrence, Leung, Clement C. C., Kong, Harriet H. Y., Cheung, Emily W. S., Tang, Michele M. Y., Fu-loi Chow

Source: Critical Care & Shock; 2024, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p205-219, 15p

Subject Terms: MEDICAL logic, PATIENTS, PATIENT safety, RESOURCE allocation, RECEIVER operating characteristic curves, ACUTE diseases, HOSPITAL admission & discharge, SCIENTIFIC observation, DECISION making in clinical medicine, RETROSPECTIVE studies, HOSPITAL mortality, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, CHRONIC diseases, INTENSIVE care units, REFERENCE sources, SOCIAL support, CONFIDENCE intervals, MEDICAL triage, COMORBIDITY

Geographic Terms: HONG Kong (China)

Population study on diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of critically ill patients with tuberculosis (2008–2018).

Authors: So, Christina, Lowell Ling, Wai Tat Wong, Zhenhe Zhang, Jack, Chun Ming Ho, Yeung Ng, Pauline, Hoi Ping Shum, Alwin Wai Tak Yeung, Kai Cheuk Sin, Chan, Jacky, Ka Fai Au, Ting Liong, Eunise Ho, Fu Loi Chow, Laptin Ho, Kai Man Chan, Joynt, Gavin Matthew

Source: Thorax; Jul2023, Vol. 78 Issue 7, p674-681, 15p

Subject Terms: MULTIDRUG-resistant tuberculosis, TUBERCULOSIS patients, CENTRAL nervous system infections, CRITICALLY ill, TREATMENT effectiveness

Hyperimmune IV Immunoglobulin Treatment.

Authors: Ivan E. N. Hung, Kelvin K. W. To, Cheuk-Kwong Lee, Kar-Lung Lee, Wing-Wa Yah, Kenny Chart, Wai-Ming Chan, Chun-Wai Ngai, Kin-Ip Law, Fu-Loi Chow, Raymond Liu, Kang-Yiu Lai, Candy C. Y. Lau, Shao-Haei Lilt, Kwok-Hung Chan, Che-Kit Lin, Kwok-Yung Yuen

Source: CHEST; Aug2013, Vol. 144 Issue 2, p464-473, 10p

Subject Terms: IMMUNOGLOBULINS, H1N1 influenza, VIRAL load, THERAPEUTICS, CYTOKINES, INTENSIVE care units

Convalescent Plasma Treatment Reduced Mortality in Patients With Severe Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection.

Authors: Hung, Ivan F. N., To, Kelvin K. W., Cheuk-Kwong Lee, Kar-Lung Lee, Chan, Kenny, Wing-Wah Yan, Liu, Raymond, Chi-Leung Watt, Wai-Ming Chan, Kang-Yiu Lai, Chi-Kwan Koo, Buckley, Tom, Fu-Loi Chow, Kwan-Keung Wong, Hok-Sum Chan, Chi-Keung Ching, Tang, Bone S. F., Lau, Candy C. Y., Li, Iris W. S., Shao-Haei Liu

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 2/15/2011, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p447-456, 10p

Subject Terms: H1N1 influenza, BLOOD plasma, RESPIRATORY infections, MULTIVARIATE analysis, INFLUENZA treatment, VIRUS diseases, PATIENTS

Delayed Clearance of Viral Load and Marked Cytokine Activation in Severe Cases of Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza Virus Infection.

Authors: To, Kelvin K. W., Hung, Ivan F. N., Li, Iris W. S., Kar-Lung Lee, Chi-Kwan Koo, Wing-Wa Yan, Liu, Raymond, Ka-Ying Ho, Kwok-Hong Chu, Chi-Leung Watt, Wei-Kwang Luk, Kang-Yiu Lai, Fu-Loi Chow, Mok, Thomas, Buckley, Tom, Chan, Jasper F. W., Wong, Samson S. Y., Bojian Zheng, Honglin Chen, Lau, Candy C. Y.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 3/15/2010, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p850-859, 10p

Subject Terms: VIRAL load, CYTOKINES, H1N1 influenza, PULMONARY manifestations of general diseases, COHORT analysis, OXYGEN in the body, CHEMOKINES, DYSPNEA, RESPIRATORY distress syndrome, PATIENTS