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Acute care service utilisation and the possible impacts of a user-fee policy in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2002
OBJECTIVES: To examine the utilisation pattern of accident and emergency services and to study the possible impact of a user-fee policy on non-emergency attendances in Hong Kong. DESIGN: Retrospective study.
Law, CK, Yip, PSF
core  

Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing on Adverse Drug Events, Health Related Quality of Life and Emergency Hospital Attendance in Older People Attending General Practice: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) describes medications where risk generally outweighs benefit for older people. Cross-sectional studies suggest an association between PIP and poorer health outcomes but there is a paucity of ...
Bennett, Kathleen, Fahey, Tom, McDowell, Ronald, Smith, Susan M, Wallace, Emma   +4 more
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Bioprinting Organs—Science or Fiction?—A Review From Students to Students

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprinting artificial organs has the potential to revolutionize the medical field. This is a comprehensive review of the bioprinting workflow delving into the latest advancements in bioinks, materials and bioprinting techniques, exploring the critical stages of tissue maturation and functionality.
Nicoletta Murenu, Camilla Mussoni, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Paula Buettner, Nathaly Chicaiza‐Cabezas, Yi‐Yu Robin Dai, Jessica Faber, Maren Fiedler, Zan Lamberger, Xuen Jen Ng, Vanessa Moessler, Anna Rederer, Jonas Roeder, Sabrina Stecher, Katinka Theis, Jeanette Weigelt, Silvia Budday, Gregor Lang, Natascha Schaefer   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of virtual reality on anxiety and pain in adult patients undergoing wound-closure procedures: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Digital Health
Background In emergency departments, suturing is a typical procedure for closing lacerated wounds but is invasive and often causes anxiety and pain. Virtual reality (VR) intervention has been reported as a relaxing measure.
SY Ko, Eliza ML Wong, TL Ngan, HK Leung, Kennis TY Kwok, HF Tam, CC Chan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of cocaine-associated chest pain in a London hospital [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of cocaine misuse in patients presenting to an Accident and Emergency department with chest pain.
Bandeeri, N., Henry, J. A., Meredith, C., Treacy, C.   +3 more
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Current Challenges in Hemostasis and Advances in Particle‐Assisted Styptic Devices

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Here persistent limitations in hemostatic technologies are highlighted and cutting‐edge biomimetic, microparticle‐assisted, and nanoengineered systems with integrated drug delivery are showcased. Moreover, the article identifies fresh directions toward the next‐generation of multifunctional hemostatic devices with superior efficacy and accessibility ...
Daniele Baiocco, Zhibing Zhang, Neil M. Eisenstein, Nigel Tai, Liam M. Grover   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical experience of using high‐flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for treating SARS‐CoV‐2019 (COVID‐19)‐infected patients in the emergency medicine ward

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction During the fifth‐wave outbreak of COVID‐19 in Hong Kong in 2022, North Lantau Hospital (NLTH), as the designated COVID‐19 hospital in Kowloon West Cluster, offered medical support for COVID‐19 patients in the district and nearby isolation ...
Yiu Chung Ng, Shing Ko, Safiyyah Nok Sze Lui, Ka In Chan, Kevin Ching Hin Wong, Oi Fung Wong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Simulation-Based Reliability of Complex Emergency Logistics Networks in Post-Accident Rescues

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
This paper investigates the reliability of complex emergency logistics networks, as reliability is crucial to reducing environmental and public health losses in post-accident emergency rescues.
Wei Wang, Li Huang, Xuedong Liang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Metallofullerenol Sc3N@C80(OH)18: A New Generation Radioprotector Protecting Human Erythrocytes Against Multiple Biochemical Damage Modes Upon Gamma Irradiation, Identifying It as a Scavenger of Short‐ and Long‐Lived Radicals

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Metallofullerenol Sc3N@C80(OH)18 demonstrates strong radioprotective properties as a scavenger of both short‐ and long‐lived radicals. The study reveals protection of human erythrocytes from γ‐radiation–induced biochemical damage via post‐irradiation removal of primary and secondary reactive oxidants, supported by pulse radiolysis kinetics.
Jacek Grebowski, Maciej Studzian, Szymon Lekki‐Porebski, Anna Konarska, Marian Wolszczak, Grzegorz Litwinienko, Lukasz Pulaski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing accuracy of clinical prediction rules to predict pneumonia in children and adolescents with acute febrile respiratory illness

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background It is a common challenge for emergency physicians to differentiate pneumonia from simple upper respiratory tract infections. Several clinical prediction rules exist to assist the diagnosis process and guide the clinical decisions of ordering ...
Yuet Hong Wu, Jeremy Ho Hei Chiu, Choi Fung Tse, Yuet Yan Fiona Chan, Kin Ming Poon, Chun Tat Lui   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source