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IntroductionA patient registry is a database of patients, which includes personal information, clinical information and/or information on complications, collected in a systematic and comprehensive way. It is a valuable tool for providing a real-world view of clinical practice, patient outcomes, safe...

The approach to prenatal diagnosis has been revolutionised by advances in prenatal molecular diagnostics. The most important breakthrough in prenatal screening using maternal plasma cell-free fetal DNA as a non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for fetal chromosomal abnormalities was discovered by Pr...

Before we can engage colleagues, in the speaker’s opinion, we should admit that there is real crisis in physician morale. Over half of physicians are burned out. This affects everyone. The lecture has been dedicated for anyone who has to lead people on a daily basis, and in particular in a busy wo...

The Gram-negative bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae has consistently evolved over the past two decades, generating genetic variants that exhibit mixed phenotypes of hyper-resistance and hypervirulence including carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP), hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (HvKP) and ...

Hong Kong trauma system started from 1994. Before that, there is no interdisciplinary collaboration. This year, Professor Donald Trunkey, an US trauma expert advised on the development of trauma services through a multi-disciplinary approach. 24-hour trauma service has embarked the next year sequent...

IntroductionDorsogluteal (DG) region, the upper outer quadrant, of buttock is a common site for intramuscular injection by nurses. In December 2016, the Medical Council of Hong Kong recommended changing to the ventrogluteal (VG) site. Therefore, an evidence-based project group was established under ...

Risk, in regulatory terms, is usually considered in terms of risk to patients, but students and practitioners may, themselves be at risk  of harm or self-harm in environments where they are unsupported or subject to unreasonable demands. Students and doctors are at risk of poor performance because...

Modern health systems remain built around acute care in hospitals. These miracle factories have delivered dramatic improvements in life expectancy, but they were ill adapted to cope with the consequences of their success – an ageing population with a complex mix of chronic health conditions and so...

ICU beds are expensive and critical resources in modern healthcare. Its under provision would jeopardise the quality of healthcare, while its over provision overburden the limited resources. However, there is no hard and fast rule on what is the optimal number of ICU beds for a given population. Hon...

The demonstrated capacity of immune cells to kill tumor cells suggests that they could be used to treat cancer. Conceivably, immune cells could overcome the resistance of cancer cells to standard treatment modalities while sparing normal tissues. Results of recent clinical trials with autologous T c...