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Poon DMC, Chan CK, Chan K, Chu WH, Kwong PWK, Lam W, Law KS, Lee EKC, Liu PL, Sze HCK, Wong JHM, Chan ESY. Recommendations for the management of advanced and metastatic renal cell carcinoma: joint consensus statements from the Hong Kong Urological Association and the Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology. Hong Kong Med J 2022; 28:475-481. [PMID: 35815480 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj219727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Kidney cancer, primarily renal cell carcinoma (RCC), ranks among the top 10 most common malignancies in the male population of Hong Kong. In 2019, members of two medical societies in Hong Kong formed an expert panel to establish a set of consensus statements for the management of metastatic RCC. On 22 June 2021, the same panel met to review recent evidence and reassess their positions regarding the management of advanced and metastatic RCC, with the aim of providing recommendations for physicians in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS The panel included 12 experts (6 clinical oncologists and 6 urologists) who had extensive experience managing patients with RCC in Hong Kong. EVIDENCE The panel reviewed randomised controlled trials, observational studies, systematic reviews/meta-analyses, and international clinical guidelines to address key clinical questions that were identified before the meeting. CONSENSUS PROCESS In total, 15 key clinical questions were identified before the meeting, covering the surgical and systemic treatment of advanced or metastatic clear cell, sarcomatoid, and non-clear cell RCCs. At the meeting, the panellists voted on these questions, then discussed relevant evidence and practical considerations. CONCLUSIONS The treatment landscape for advanced and metastatic RCC continues to evolve. More immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based combination regimens will be indicated for the treatment of metastatic clear cell RCC. There is increasing evidence concerning the benefit of adjuvant ICI treatment for resected advanced RCC. This article summarises recent evidence and expert insights regarding a series of key clinical questions about the management of advanced and metastatic RCC.
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- D M C Poon
- Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Urological Association, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Urological Association, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Urological Association, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Urological Association, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Urological Association, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Urological Association, Hong Kong
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Liu E, Smyth RL, Li Q, Qaseem A, Florez ID, Mathew JL, Amer YS, Estill J, Lu Q, Fu Z, Lu X, Chan ESY, Schwarze J, Wong GWK, Fukuoka T, Ahn HS, Lee MS, Nurdiati D, Cao B, Tu W, Qian Y, Zhao S, Dong X, Luo X, Chen Z, Li G, Zhang X, Zhao X, Xu H, Xu F, Shi Y, Zhao R, Zhao Y, Lei J, Zheng X, Wang M, Yang S, Feng X, Wu L, He Z, Liu S, Wang Q, Song Y, Luo Z, Zhou Q, Guyatt G, Chen Y, Li Q. Guidelines for the prevention and management of children and adolescents with COVID-19. Eur J Pediatr 2022; 181:4019-4037. [PMID: 36109390 PMCID: PMC9483317 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-022-04615-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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UNLABELLED Children are the future of the world, but their health and future are facing great uncertainty because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In order to improve the management of children with COVID-19, an international, multidisciplinary panel of experts developed a rapid advice guideline at the beginning of the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. After publishing the first version of the rapid advice guideline, the panel has updated the guideline by including additional stakeholders in the panel and a comprehensive search of the latest evidence. All recommendations were supported by systematic reviews and graded using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Expert judgment was used to develop good practice statements supplementary to the graded evidence-based recommendations. The updated guideline comprises nine recommendations and one good practice statement. It focuses on the key recommendations pertinent to the following issues: identification of prognostic factors for death or pediatric intensive care unit admission; the use of remdesivir, systemic glucocorticoids and antipyretics, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and high-flow oxygen by nasal cannula or non-invasive ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure; breastfeeding; vaccination; and the management of pediatric mental health. CONCLUSION This updated evidence-based guideline intends to provide clinicians, pediatricians, patients and other stakeholders with evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and management of COVID-19 in children and adolescents. Larger studies with longer follow-up to determine the effectiveness and safety of systemic glucocorticoids, IVIG, noninvasive ventilation, and the vaccines for COVID-19 in children and adolescents are encouraged. WHAT IS KNOWN • Several clinical practice guidelines for children with COVID-19 have been developed, but only few of them have been recently updated. • We developed an evidence-based guideline at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and have now updated it based on the results of a comprehensive search of the latest evidence. WHAT IS NEW • The updated guideline provides key recommendations pertinent to the following issues: identification of prognostic factors for death or pediatric intensive care unit admission; the use of remdesivir, systemic glucocorticoids and antipyretics, intravenous immunoglobulin for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and high-flow oxygen by nasal cannula or non-invasive ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure; breastfeeding; vaccination; and the management of pediatric mental health.
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- Enmei Liu
- grid.488412.3Department of Respiratory Medicine Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201UCL Great Ormond St Institute of Child Health, London, UK ,grid.420468.cGreat Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- grid.488412.3Department of Respiratory Medicine Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.417947.80000 0000 8606 7660Clinical Policy and Center for Evidence Reviews, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, USA
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- grid.25073.330000 0004 1936 8227School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada ,grid.412881.60000 0000 8882 5269Department of Pediatrics, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Antioquia Colombia ,Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinica Las Americas, Medellin, Colombia
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- grid.415131.30000 0004 1767 2903Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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- grid.56302.320000 0004 1773 5396Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ,grid.56302.320000 0004 1773 5396Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Research Unit, Quality Management Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ,grid.56302.320000 0004 1773 5396Pediatrics Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ,grid.7155.60000 0001 2260 6941Alexandria Center for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- grid.8591.50000 0001 2322 4988Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Shanghai Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Respiratory Medicine Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.33199.310000 0004 0368 7223Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children’s Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei China
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- grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore ,grid.452814.e0000 0004 0451 6530Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.4305.20000 0004 1936 7988Children’s Research Network and Department of Child Life and Health, Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- grid.10784.3a0000 0004 1937 0482Department of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- grid.415565.60000 0001 0688 6269Emergency and Critical Care Center, the Department of General Medicine, Department of Research and Medical Education at Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan ,Advisory Committee in Cochrane Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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- grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea ,grid.512461.50000 0004 5935 134XKorea Cochrane Centre, Seoul, South Korea ,grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678Institute for Evidence-Based Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea ,grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678Korea University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- grid.418980.c0000 0000 8749 5149Clinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea ,grid.412786.e0000 0004 1791 8264Korean Convergence Medicine, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea ,grid.410648.f0000 0001 1816 6218Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China ,grid.32566.340000 0000 8571 0482Research Unit of Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2021RU017), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- grid.8570.a0000 0001 2152 4506Cochrane Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- grid.415954.80000 0004 1771 3349Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China ,grid.506261.60000 0001 0706 7839Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China ,grid.452723.50000 0004 7887 9190Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.418633.b0000 0004 1771 7032Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- grid.411609.b0000 0004 1758 4735Beijing Children’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Shanghai Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.412793.a0000 0004 1799 5032Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- grid.411360.1Department of Pulmonology, Children’s Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen, China ,grid.410741.7Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- grid.411333.70000 0004 0407 2968Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, National Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Pediatric Research Institute, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China ,grid.488412.3Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Infection Diseases Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Critical Care Medicine Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Neonatology Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Infection Diseases Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.488412.3National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- grid.412643.60000 0004 1757 2902Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- grid.488412.3Department of Nursing, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- grid.412643.60000 0004 1757 2902Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- grid.411304.30000 0001 0376 205XChengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China
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- grid.413856.d0000 0004 1799 3643Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Shenzhen Health Development Research Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Chongqing Ninth People’s Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- grid.414360.40000 0004 0605 7104Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- grid.25073.330000 0004 1936 8227Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada ,grid.25073.330000 0004 1936 8227McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- grid.413396.a0000 0004 1768 8905Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre-Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.488412.3Department of Respiratory Medicine Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- grid.32566.340000 0000 8571 0482Research Unit of Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2021RU017), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- grid.25073.330000 0004 1936 8227Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Research Unit of Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2021RU017), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. .,Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. .,WHO Collaborating Centre for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou, China. .,Lanzhou University GRADE Centre, Lanzhou, China.
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- Department of Nephrology Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China.
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Patel A, Irani FG, Pua U, Tay KH, Chong TT, Leong S, Chan ESY, Tan GWL, Burgmans MC, Zhuang KD, Quek LHH, Kwan J, Damodharan K, Gogna A, Tan BP, Too CW, Chan SXJM, Chng SP, Yuan W, Tan BS. Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Drug-coated Balloon Angioplasty versus Conventional Balloon Angioplasty for Treating Below-the-Knee Arteries in Critical Limb Ischemia: The SINGA-PACLI Trial. Radiology 2021; 300:715-724. [PMID: 34227886 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021204294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Background There is a paucity of randomized trials demonstrating superior efficacy of drug-coated balloon angioplasty (DCBA) compared with conventional percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for below-the-knee arterial disease in patients with -critical limb ischemia. Purpose To compare DCBA versus PTA for below-the-knee lesions in participants with critical limb ischemia through 12 months. Materials and Methods In this prospective, randomized, two-center, double-blind superiority study, participants with critical limb ischemia with rest pain or tissue loss with atherosclerotic disease in the native below-the-knee arteries were randomly assigned (in a one-to-one ratio) to DCBA or PTA after stratification for diabetes and renal failure between November 2013 and October 2017. The primary efficacy end point was angiographic primary patency at 6 months analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis. Secondary end points through 12 months were composed of major adverse events including death and major amputations, wound healing, limb salvage, clinically driven target-lesion revascularization, and amputation-free survival. Primary and binary secondary end points, analyzed by using generalized-linear model and time-to-event analyses, were estimated with Kaplan-Meier survival curves and hazard ratios (Cox regression). Results Seventy participants (mean age, 61 years ± 10 [standard deviation]; 43 men) in the DCBA group and 68 (mean age, 64 years ± 10; 50 men) in the PTA group were evaluated. The percentage of patients with angiographic primary patency at 6 months was 43% (30 of 70) in the DCBA group and 38% (26 of 68) in the PTA group (P = .48). Through 12 months, the percentage of deaths was similar: 21% in the DCBA group and 16% in the PTA group (P = .43). Amputation-free survival rate assessed with Kaplan-Meier curves differed through 12 months: 59% (41 of 70) in the DCBA group compared with 78% (53 of 68) in the PTA group (P = .01). Conclusion In participants with critical limb ischemia, the drug-coated balloon angioplasty group and the conventional percutaneous transluminal angioplasty group had similar primary patency rates at 6 months after treatment of below-the-knee arteries. Amputation-free survival rates through 12 months were higher in the percutaneous transluminal angioplasty group. © RSNA, 2021 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
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- Ankur Patel
- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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- From the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Division of Radiological Sciences (A.P., F.G.I., K.H.T., S.L., K.D.Z., K.D., A.G., C.W.T., S.X.J.M.C., B.S.T.), and Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology (T.T.C., S.P.C.), Singapore General Hospital, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth-Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Outram Road, Singapore 169608; Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (U.P., L.H.H.Q., J.K., B.P.T.) and General Surgery (G.W.L.T.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Department of Biostatistics, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore (E.S.Y.C., W.Y.); and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.C.B.)
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Liu E, Smyth RL, Luo Z, Qaseem A, Mathew JL, Lu Q, Fu Z, Zhao X, Zhao S, Estill J, Chan ESY, Liu L, Qian Y, Xu H, Wang Q, Fukuoka T, Luo X, Wong GWK, Lei J, Nurdiati D, Tu W, Zhang X, Zheng X, Ahn HS, Wang M, Dong X, Wu L, Lee MS, Li G, Yang S, Feng X, Zhao R, Lu X, He Z, Liu S, Li W, Zhou Q, Ren L, Chen Y, Li Q. Erratum to rapid advice guidelines for management of children with COVID-19. Ann Transl Med 2020; 8:807. [PMID: 32647730 PMCID: PMC7333161 DOI: 10.21037/atm-2020-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Enmei Liu
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- UCL Great Ormond St Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Clinical Policy and Center for Evidence Reviews, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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- Shanghai Children's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore.,Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore
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- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen 518020, China.,Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Laboratory of Virology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Etiology of Viral Diseases in Children, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Emergency and Critical Care Center, the Department of General Medicine, Department of Research and Medical Education, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan.,Advisory Committee in Cochrane Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.,Korea Cochrane Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Evidence Based Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Korea University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Shenzhen Health Development Research Center, Shenzhen 518028, China
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- Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.,University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.,London Southbank University, London, UK.,Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen 518020, China.,Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- College of Medical Information Engineering, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.,Digital Institute of Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- Department of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430015, China
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- Chongqing Ninth People's Hospital, Chongqing 400700, China
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- Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.,WHO Collaborating Centre for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou 730000, China.,GIN Asia, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Chinese GRADE Centre, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Lanzhou University, an Affiliate of the Cochrane China Network, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine & Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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Liu E, Smyth RL, Luo Z, Qaseem A, Mathew JL, Lu Q, Fu Z, Zhao X, Zhao S, Estill J, Chan ESY, Liu L, Qian Y, Xu H, Wang Q, Fukuoka T, Luo X, Wong GWK, Lei J, Nurdiati D, Tu W, Zhang X, Zheng X, Ahn HS, Wang M, Dong X, Wu L, Lee MS, Li G, Yang S, Feng X, Zhao R, Lu X, He Z, Liu S, Li W, Zhou Q, Ren L, Chen Y, Li Q. Rapid advice guidelines for management of children with COVID-19. Ann Transl Med 2020; 8:617. [PMID: 32566554 PMCID: PMC7290610 DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-3754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Enmei Liu
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- UCL Great Ormond St Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Clinical Policy and Center for Evidence Reviews, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, USA
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- Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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- Shanghai Children's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore.,Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore
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- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen 518020, China.,Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Laboratory of Virology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Etiology of Viral Diseases in Children, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Emergency and Critical Care Center, the Department of General Medicine, Department of Research and Medical Education, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan.,Advisory Committee in Cochrane Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.,Korea Cochrane Centre, Seoul, Korea.,Evidence Based Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Korea University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
| | - Mengshu Wang
- Department of Radiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
| | - Xiaoyan Dong
- Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
| | - Liqun Wu
- Shenzhen Health Development Research Center, Shenzhen 518028, China
| | - Myeong Soo Lee
- Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.,University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.,London Southbank University, London, UK.,Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
| | - Guobao Li
- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen 518020, China.,Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
| | - Shu Yang
- College of Medical Information Engineering, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.,Digital Institute of Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
| | - Xixi Feng
- Department of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China
| | - Ruiqiu Zhao
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430015, China
| | - Zhihui He
- Chongqing Ninth People's Hospital, Chongqing 400700, China
| | - Shihui Liu
- Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China
| | - Weiguo Li
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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- Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.,WHO Collaborating Centre for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou 730000, China.,GIN Asia, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Chinese GRADE Centre, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Lanzhou University, an Affiliate of the Cochrane China Network, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine & Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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Yee CH, Chan CK, Teoh JYC, Chiu PKF, Wong JHM, Chan ESY, Hou SSM, Ng CF. Survey on prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in an Asian population. Hong Kong Med J 2019; 25:13-20. [PMID: 30655460 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj187502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) have a strong effect on socio-economic and individual quality of life. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of LUTS in an Asian population. METHODS A telephone survey of individuals aged ≥40 years and of Chinese ethnicity was conducted. The survey included basic demographics, medical and health history, drinking habits, International Prostate Symptom Score, overactive bladder symptom score, Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score, and Short Form (SF)-12v2 score. RESULTS From March to May 2017, 18 881 calls were made, of which 1543 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. In the end, 1000 successful respondents were recruited (302 men and 698 women). Age-adjusted prevalence of overactive bladder syndrome was 15.1%. The older the respondent, the more prevalent the storage symptoms and voiding symptoms (storage symptoms: r=0.434, P<0.001; voiding symptom: r=0.190, P<0.001). Presence of hypertension and diabetes were found to be significantly and positively correlated with storage and voiding symptoms. Storage and voiding symptoms were found to affect PHQ-9 scores (storage symptoms: r=0.257, P<0.001; voiding symptoms: r=0.275, P<0.001) and SF-12v2 scores (storage symptoms: r=0.467, P<0.001; voiding symptoms: r=0.335; P<0.001). Nocturia was the most prominent symptom among patients who sought medical help for their LUTS. CONCLUSIONS Lower urinary tract symptoms are common in Asian populations. Both storage and voiding symptoms have a negative impact on mental health and general well-being of individuals.
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- C H Yee
- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Siddiqui FJ, Assam PN, de Souza NN, Sultana R, Dalan R, Chan ESY. Diabetes Control: Is Vinegar a Promising Candidate to Help Achieve Targets? J Evid Based Integr Med 2018; 23:2156587217753004. [PMID: 29756472 PMCID: PMC5954571 DOI: 10.1177/2156587217753004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Renewed interest in vinegar as a glucose-lowering agent led to several small trials in the recent past. However, none of the trials could independently provide sufficient evidence. OBJECTIVES Our review aimed to obtain reliable estimates of effects of vinegar on short-term and long-term blood glucose control. METHODS Large bibliographic databases were searched from inception to date of search without language and publication date restrictions. All clinical trials evaluating effect of vinegar on diabetes mellitus patients were eligible. Two authors independently extracted data on fasting and 2-hour postprandial blood glucose, insulin, and HbA1c levels at the various time points. MS Excel, SAS® v9.3, and RevMan v5.3 were used for data analysis. RESULTS Small significant reduction in mean HbA1c was observed after 8 to 12 weeks of vinegar administration: -0.39% (95% confidence interval = -0.59, -0.18; I2 = 0%). Other long-term outcomes favored vinegar but were not significant. Short-term outcomes showed significantly lower pooled mean difference in glucose levels at 30 minutes in the vinegar group. Readings at 60, 90, and 120 minutes were lower in the vinegar group but not statistically significant. Adverse effects profile also favored the vinegar group. CONCLUSIONS It is worthwhile to carry out carefully planned large trails to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of vinegar as an adjunct treatment modality.
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- Fahad Javaid Siddiqui
- 1 Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- 2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,3 Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- 2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,3 Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- 2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- 2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,4 National University of Singapore, Singapore.,5 Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- 2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,3 Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,6 Cochrane Singapore, Singapore
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Maneeton N, Suttajit S, Maneeton B, Likhitsathian S, Eurviyanukul K, Udomratn P, Chan ESY, Si TM, Sulaiman AH, Chen CH, Bautista D, Srisurapanont M. Clinical and socio-demographic correlates of anxious distress in Asian outpatients with major depressive disorder. Nord J Psychiatry 2017. [PMID: 28632428 DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2017.1335344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anxious distress in major depressive disorder (MDD) is common and associated with poor outcomes and management difficulties. AIMS This post hoc analysis aimed to examine the socio-demographic and clinical correlates of anxiety distress in Asian outpatients with MDD. METHODS Instead of two out of five specifiers defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Version-5, anxious distress defined in this study was operationalized as the presence of at least two out of four proxy items drawn from the 90-item Symptom Checklist, Revised (SCL-90-R). Other measures included the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), the Fatigue Severity Scale, the Sheehan Disability Scale and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. RESULTS The data of 496 patients with MDD were included. Anxious distress was found in 371 participants (74.8%). The binary logistic regression analysis found that anxious distress was independently and significantly correlated with working status, higher MADRS scores, severe insomnia and functional impairment. CONCLUSIONS Three-fourths of Asian patients with MDD in tertiary care settings may have DSM-5 anxious distress of at least moderate distress. Its prevalence may vary among working groups. The specifier was associated with greater depressive symptom severity, severe insomnia and functional impairment.
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- Narong Maneeton
- a Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- a Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- a Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- a Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- a Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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- b Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Prince of Songkla University , Songkhla , Thailand
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- d National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and the Key Laboratory of Mental Health , Ministry of Health (Peking University) , Beijing , China.,e Peking University Institute of Mental Health (The Sixth Hospital) , Beijing , China
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- f Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
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- g Department of Psychiatry , Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan
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- c Singapore Clinical Research Institute , Singapore.,h Duke-NUS Medical School , Singapore
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- a Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine , Chiang Mai University , Chiang Mai , Thailand
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Zheng Q, Djohan AH, Lim E, Ding ZP, Ling LH, Shi L, Chan ESY, Chin CWL. Effects of Aortic Valve Replacement on Severe Aortic Stenosis and Preserved Systolic Function: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:5092. [PMID: 28698585 PMCID: PMC5505951 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05021-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The survival benefits of aortic valve replacement (AVR) in the different flow-gradient states of severe aortic stenosis (AS) is not known. A comprehensive search in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI and OpenGrey were conducted to identify studies that investigated the prognosis of severe AS (effective orifice area ≤1.0 cm2) and left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%. Severe AS was stratified by mean pressure gradient [threshold of 40 mmHg; high-gradient (HG) and low-gradient (LG)] and stroke volume index [threshold of 35 ml/m2; normal-flow (NL) and low-flow (LF)]. Network meta-analysis was conducted to assess all-cause mortality among each AS sub-type with rate ratio (RR) reported. The effects of AVR on prognosis were examined using network meta-regression. In the pooled analysis (15 studies and 9,737 patients), LF states (both HG and LG) were associated with increased mortality rate (LFLG: RR 1.88; 95% CI: 1.43-2.46; LFHG: RR: 1.77; 95% CI: 1.16-2.70) compared to moderate AS; and NF states in both HG and LG had similar prognosis as moderate AS (NFLG: RR 1.11; 95% CI: 0.81-1.53; NFHG: RR 1.16; 95% CI: 0.82-1.64). AVR conferred different survival benefits: it was most effective in NFHG (RRwith AVR/RRwithout AVR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.22-0.82) and least in LFLG (RRwith AVR/RRwithout AVR: 1.19; 95% CI: 0.74-1.94).
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- Qishi Zheng
- Department of Epidemiology, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Cochrane Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Center, Singapore, Singapore.,Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Cochrane Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Cochrane Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. .,Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
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Acticoat is a polyethylene mesh coated with nanocrystalline silver. It has been used widely as a dressing for chronic wounds, acute partial-thickness burn wounds and donor sites. In this study, the in vitro cytotoxicity of Acticoat on cultured keratinocytes is tested. Human keratinocytes are cultivated on a pliable hyaluronate-derived membrane (Laserskin) using dermal fibroblasts as the feeder layer. When the cultured Laserskin (CLS) is subconfluent it is covered by Acticoat, which is exposed to water (Group 1), phosphate-buffered saline (Group 2) or culture medium (Group 3). The control group is not exposed to the Acticoat. After 30 minutes incubation at 37 degrees C, the inhibitory effect of the nanocrystalline silver on keratinocyte growth is measured by an MTT assay. Compared with the control, the relative viability of the CLS dropped to 0%, 0% and 9.3%, respectively. Thus, Acticoat is cytotoxic to cultured keratinocytes and should not be applied as a topical dressing on cultured skin grafts.
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- P K Lam
- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
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Lee LL, Kuo YL, Chan ESY. The Association Between Built Environment Attributes and Physical Activity in East Asian Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Asia Pac J Public Health 2016; 28:206-18. [PMID: 26969634 DOI: 10.1177/1010539516628174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Asian adolescents living in Australia and England were found to be less active than their Western peers. We aimed to systematically examine evidence of the associations between attributes of the built environment and physical activity in adolescents dwelling in East Asian countries. A total of 10 electronic databases for relevant observational studies without time limit were searched. Five studies met the eligibility criteria, which involved a total of 43 817 schoolchildren aged 11 to 17 years. The majority of the built environment attributes measured was significantly associated with reported physical activity. Difficult access to public facilities was associated with physical inactivity. Inconsistent finding of the association between residential density and physical activity was found. Further studies comparing participants from different Asian countries using a longitudinal design with an appropriate period of follow-up and both objective and reported measures of built environment attributes and physical activity are needed.
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- Ling-Ling Lee
- Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
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Ang TL, Fock KM, Tan MTK, Assam PN, Chan ESY. Impact of Asia-Pacific guidelines on gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori infection on prevailing clinical practices. J Dig Dis 2016; 17:122-7. [PMID: 26754297 DOI: 10.1111/1751-2980.12317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of the Asia-Pacific guidelines on gastric cancer prevention and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection on clinical practice. METHODS An electronic survey was carried out among Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) medical delegates in 2012. The survey questionnaire captured details such as participants' characteristics, their awareness of the guidelines and knowledge of the key guideline recommendations, the impact of the guidelines on individual practice and on national policies and the sources of medical information that the individual used to make clinical decisions. A total of 1372 APDW medical delegates were invited via email to participate in the electronic survey and 432 (31.5%) responded. RESULTS Among the respondents, 57.6% were familiar with at least one of the guidelines. Among those familiar with the guidelines, 85.9% believed that they influenced their clinical practice. More than half (64.9%) reported that the guidelines clarified treatment indications for them. In terms of knowledge content, 85.0% of the participants provided correct responses to at least four of the six questions on understanding. More than half (52.7%) of the participants felt that the guidelines had made an impact on national policies. CONCLUSION The Asia-Pacific guidelines on gastric cancer and H. pylori had a positive impact on individual clinical practice and national policies.
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- Tiing Leong Ang
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
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Srisurapanont M, Likhitsathian S, Chua HC, Udomratn P, Chang S, Maneeton N, Maneeton B, Chen CH, Shih-Yen Chan E, Bautista D, Bin Sulaiman AH. Clinical and sociodemographic correlates of severe insomnia in psychotropic drug-free, Asian outpatients with major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord 2015; 186:26-31. [PMID: 26226430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little has been known regarding the correlates of severe insomnia in major depressive disorder (MDD). This post-hoc analysis aimed to examine the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of severe insomnia in psychotropic drug-free, Asian adult outpatients with MDD. METHODS Participants were psychotropic drug-free patients with MDD, aged 18-65 years. By using the Symptom Checklist-90 Items, Revised (SCL-90-R), a score of 4 (severe distress) on any one of three insomnia items was defined as severe insomnia. Other measures included the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), the nine psychopathology subscales of SCL-90-R, the Physical and Mental Component Summaries of Short Form Health Survey (SF-36 PCS and SF-36 MCS), and the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS). RESULTS Of 528 participants, their mean age being 39.5 (SD=13.26) years, 64.2% were females, and 239 (45.3%) had severe insomnia. The logistic regression model revealed that low educational qualifications (less than secondary school completion), high SCL-90-R Depression scores, high SCL-90-R Anxiety scores, and low SF-36 PCS scores were independently correlated with severe insomnia (p's<.05). LIMITATIONS Insomnia was determined only by the patient's distress. Middle insomnia was not assessed. Psychotropic drug-free patients with MDD are not commonly seen in psychiatric practice. CONCLUSION Severe insomnia is common in patients with MDD. It is closely related with low educational qualification, subjective depression and anxiety severity, and poor physical health. These findings may implicate the treatment of comorbid MDD and severe insomnia, for example, sleep hygiene education, pharmacological treatment.
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- Manit Srisurapanont
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- National Health Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taiwan
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- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Lim SH, Anantharaman V, Sundram F, Chan ESY, Ang ES, Yo SL, Jacob E, Goh A, Tan SB, Chua T. Stress myocardial perfusion imaging for the evaluation and triage of chest pain in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial. J Nucl Cardiol 2013; 20:1002-12. [PMID: 24026478 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9736-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) often present atypically. In a randomized controlled trial, we studied whether adding stress myocardial perfusion imaging (SMPI) to an evaluation strategy for emergency department (ED) patients presenting with chest pain more effectively identifies patients with ACS. METHODS Participants were randomized to standard ED chest pain protocol (clinical assessment) or standard protocol supplemented with SMPI results. During 6 hours of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring and serial cardiac markers (creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme, troponin), participants developing ST segment changes or elevated cardiac markers were admitted. Those with a negative observation period underwent SMPI (N = 1,004) or clinical assessment (N = 504) based on randomization, and admitted if their SMPI scan was abnormal or senior clinicians found a high or intermediate risk for ACS. RESULTS SMPI participants had a significantly lower admission rate than clinical assessment participants (10.16% vs 18.45%), with no significant between-group differences in risk of cardiac events (CEs) after 30 days (0.40% vs 0.79%) or 1 year (0.70% vs 0.99%). CONCLUSIONS When added to a standard triage strategy incorporating clinical evaluation, serial ECGs, and cardiac markers, SMPI improved clinical decision making for chest pain patients, significantly reducing the need for hospitalization without an increase in adverse CE rates at 30 days or 1 year.
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- Swee Han Lim
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore,
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Chan ESY, Yip SKH, Hou SM, Cheung HY, Lee WM, Ng CF. Age, tumour stage, and preoperative serum albumin level are independent predictors of mortality after radical cystectomy for treatment of bladder cancer in Hong Kong Chinese. Hong Kong Med J 2013; 19:400-6. [PMID: 23926174 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj133964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between patient age, other clinical factors and mortality following radical cystectomy for treatment of bladder cancer. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING A urology unit in Hong Kong. PATIENTS The outcomes of 117 patients who had radical cystectomies performed in one urological unit from 2003 to 2011 were reviewed. Demographic and perioperative data, including tumour stage, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and preoperative serum albumin levels were retrieved from computerised medical records. Risk factors for 30-day mortality, and cancer-specific, other-cause, and overall death rates at 5 years were calculated. The data were subsequently stratified and analysed according to age. RESULTS Of the 117 patients, 83 (71%) were aged 75 years or below. The mean follow-up duration was 31 (standard deviation, 29) months. Age, tumour stage, and preoperative serum albumin level, but not the Charlson Comorbidity Index, were found to be predictors of survival following radical cystectomy. The overall 30-day mortality rate was 3% in the full sample, 1% in patients aged 75 years or below, and 10% in patients aged over 75 years. There was no significant difference in 5-year cancer-caused mortalities between patients aged 75 years or below and those aged over 75 years (33% vs 33%, P=0.956). In patients older than 75 years, the 5-year other-cause and overall mortality rates were 47% and 80%, respectively; such rates were higher than those for younger patients (13% and 46%, respectively). CONCLUSION Age, tumour stage, and preoperative serum albumin level were predictors of survival after radical cystectomy. Non-cancer-related death played a crucial role in the overall mortality rate in elderly patients having radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.
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- E S Y Chan
- Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Siddiqui FJ, Venketasubramanian N, Chan ESY, Chen C. Efficacy and safety of MLC601 (NeuroAiD®), a traditional Chinese medicine, in poststroke recovery: a systematic review. Cerebrovasc Dis 2013; 35 Suppl 1:8-17. [PMID: 23548914 DOI: 10.1159/000346231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subsequent to a pooled analysis of 2 trials, several more studies have been published assessing the benefit of MLC601 in stroke patients. Hence, it is timely to conduct an updated meta-analysis to frame the interpretation of the results of an ongoing large multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of the efficacy of MLC601 in improving the recovery of stroke patients. METHODS PubMed® and the Cochrane Library® databases were searched for trials evaluating MLC601 in stroke patients. Primary outcome was functional independence, assessed by the Barthel Index or the Diagnostic Therapeutic Effects of Apoplexy scoring system, item 8. Secondary outcomes were improvement in functional independence scores, motor recovery, reduction in visual field defect and increase in cerebral blood flow. Two authors performed the article selection, appraisal and data extraction while resolving differences through discussion or consulting a third author. Data were analyzed in RevMan5®. Meta-analysis was conducted using a random effects model. RESULTS This review included 6 studies with overall low risk of bias but some clinical heterogeneity. MLC601 increased the chances of achieving functional independence after stroke compared to control treatments (risk ratio, 2.35; 95% CI, 1.31-4.23). No deaths and 4 serious adverse events were reported in the MLC601 group, although detail was sparse with inconsistent reporting. CONCLUSIONS There is evidence that MLC601 as an add-on to standard treatment could be effective in improving functional independence and motor recovery and is safe for patients with primarily nonacute stable stroke.
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Chen CC, Siddiqui FJ, Chen TL, Chan ESY, Tam KW. Dexamethasone for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. World J Surg 2012; 36:61-8. [PMID: 22083435 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1343-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication after thyroidectomy. Steroids effectively reduce nausea, pain, and inflammation; therefore, preoperative administration of steroids ought to improve these surgical outcomes. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared preoperative single-dose administration of dexamethasone with no dexamethasone in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. The primary outcome was occurrence of PONV within 24 h, and the secondary outcomes were pain, use of analgesics, and steroid-related complications. RESULTS Five RCTs were included with a total of 497 patients. A statistically and clinically significant difference in the incidence of PONV was found in favor of dexamethasone [relative risk (RR) 0.38; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.30-0.49). The visual analog pain score was significantly diminished (weighted mean difference, WMD)-1.50; 95% CI-2.54 to -0.46) at 24 h. The incidence of analgesics use was also reduced (RR 0.61; 95% CI 0.41-0.90) in the dexamethasone group. No steroid-related complications were noted. CONCLUSIONS A single preoperative administration of dexamethasone reduced the incidence of PONV and analgesic requirements in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. Prophylactic use of steroids for patients undergoing thyroidectomy is safe and should be considered for routine clinical practice.
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- Chia-Che Chen
- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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Chan QKY, Lam HM, Ng CF, Lee AYY, Chan ESY, Ng HK, Ho SM, Lau KM. Activation of GPR30 inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells through sustained activation of Erk1/2, c-jun/c-fos-dependent upregulation of p21, and induction of G(2) cell-cycle arrest. Cell Death Differ 2010; 17:1511-23. [PMID: 20203690 PMCID: PMC2897932 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2010.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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G-protein-coupled receptor-30 (GPR30) shows estrogen-binding affinity and mediates non-genomic signaling of estrogen to regulate cell growth. We here showed for the first time, in contrast to the reported promoting action of GPR30 on the growth of breast and ovarian cancer cells, that activation of GPR30 by the receptor-specific, non-estrogenic ligand G-1 inhibited the growth of androgen-dependent and androgen-independent prostate cancer (PCa) cells in vitro and PC-3 xenografts in vivo. However, G-1 elicited no growth or histological changes in the prostates of intact mice and did not inhibit growth in quiescent BPH-1, an immortalized benign prostatic epithelial cell line. Treatment of PC-3 cells with G-1 induced cell-cycle arrest at the G(2) phase and reduced the expression of G(2)-checkpoint regulators (cyclin-A2, cyclin-B1, cdc25c, and cdc2) and phosphorylation of their common transcriptional regulator NF-YA in PC-3 cells. With extensive use of siRNA-knockdown experiments and the MEK inhibitor PD98059 in this study, we dissected the mechanism underlying G-1-induced inhibition of PC-3 cell growth, which was mediated through GPR30, followed by sustained activation of Erk1/2 and a c-jun/c-fos-dependent upregulation of p21, resulting in the arrest of PC-3 growth at the G(2) phase. The discovery of this signaling pathway lays the foundation for future development of GPR30-based therapies for PCa.
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- Q K Y Chan
- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR China
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Goh SK, Samuel M, Su DHC, Chan ESY, Yeo SJ. Meta-analysis comparing total hip arthroplasty with hemiarthroplasty in the treatment of displaced neck of femur fracture. J Arthroplasty 2009; 24:400-6. [PMID: 18701252 DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Displaced neck of femur fracture is a common clinical problem among the elderly population. Our aim is to review previously published randomized controlled trials to establish if total hip arthroplasty (THA) or hemiarthroplasty will offer a superior clinical outcome in this group of patients. We conducted literature search for relevant randomized controlled trials. A total of 407 patients from 3 trials were included in this meta-analysis. In the long-term follow-up, we found that THA patients were able to ambulate better, reported less pain compared with their hemiarthroplasty counterparts, and were less likely to undergo a repeated hip surgery. Considering the more favorable long-term outcomes in THA patients, we conclude that there may be a case to offer THA as the primary treatment of these patients.
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- Seo-Kiat Goh
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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Thia KTJ, Chan ESY, Ling KL, Ng WY, Jacob E, Ooi CJ. Role of procalcitonin in infectious gastroenteritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Dig Dis Sci 2008; 53:2960-8. [PMID: 18415679 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0254-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM We have evaluated procalcitonin (PCT) as a diagnostic marker for bacterial gastroenteritis (GE) and as a disease activity marker in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. METHODS This was a prospective single-center study performed over a 1-year period. Venous blood samples were drawn from hospitalized patients with acute GE and tested for PCT, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and total white cell count (TWC); stools from the same patients were tested for standard pathogens. Venous blood samples from patients with IBD were tested for PCT, CRP, ESR, and platelet count. The PCT level was measured using an immunofluorescent assay, with normal being defined as <0.5 ng/ml. RESULTS The GE arm of study consisted of 81 patients, 18.5% of whom were diagnosed with bacterial GE. The PCT and CRP levels were good diagnostic markers of bacterial GE, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.727 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.580-0.874] and 0.786 (95% CI 0.627-0.946), respectively. An elevated PCT > or =0.5 ng/ml was associated with a 13-fold increased risk of renal impairment. The IBD arm of study consisted of 72 IBD patients. The PCT levels were not significantly different between active and inactive IBD in this patient cohort. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that PCT and CRP are comparably good diagnostic markers of bacterial GE but that PCT is not useful as in monitoring disease activity in patients with IBD.
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- Kelvin Teck-Joo Thia
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 169608, Singapore.
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Kan RKC, Liu EHC, Samuel M, Chan ESY. Single-lumen tube with enclosed bronchial blocker versus double-lumen tube for one lung ventilation. Hippokratia 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004478.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Tan DSW, Sim DKL, Chan ESY, Tan RS. Abciximab in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JAMA 2005; 294:1760-1; author reply 1761. [PMID: 16219877 DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.14.1760-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Su LL, Chong YS, Chan ESY, Samuel M. Oxytocin agonists for preventing postpartum haemorrhage. THE COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd005457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Zhu Q, Tan DCL, Samuel M, Chan ESY, Linn YC. Fludarabine in comparison to alkylator-based regimen as induction therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Leuk Lymphoma 2005; 45:2239-45. [PMID: 15512812 DOI: 10.1080/10428190412331283260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The superiority of Fludarabine over conventional therapy as primary induction therapy for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been shown in several studies but no studies have yet reported a pooled estimate of the treatment effect. We performed a systematic review of evidence from 5 randomized controlled trials involving approximately 1300 patients with CLL, comparing Fludarabine with several alkylator-based combination regimens in the primary treatment of CLL. Complete response rate was significantly higher for Fludarabine compared to alkylator-based chemotherapy (RR 1.87, 95% CI 1.10-3.19, P=0.02), while overall response, though superior, did not reach statistical significance (RR 1.22, 95% CI=0.88-1.69, P=0.24). Overall survival was similar for Fludarabine and alkylator-based therapy (the pooled log hazard ratio of death, HR=-0.05, 95% CI=-0.36-0.26, P=0.75). Infection rate was significantly higher (RR 1.58, 95% CI=1.10-2.27, P=0.01), but there was no significant difference in the incidence of thrombocytopenia, neutropenia and anemia. Therefore, this meta-analysis supports the findings that Fludarabine as an induction agent for patients with CLL yields a better clinical response with acceptable toxicity when compared with alkylator-based combination therapy, but without a survival benefit by 5-6 years of follow up.
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- Q Zhu
- Department of Hematology, Shanghai No 9 People's Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China
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Tong L, Saw SM, Chan ESY, Yap M, Lee HY, Kwang YP, Tan D. Screening for myopia and refractive errors using LogMAR visual acuity by optometrists and a simplified visual acuity chart by nurses. Optom Vis Sci 2004; 81:684-91. [PMID: 15365388 DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000144747.88341.b2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To compare the sensitivity and specificity of a widespread method of screening for refractive errors in Singapore schoolchildren using a simplified acuity screening chart with a more rigorous method using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart. A secondary aim is to estimate the best cutoff values for the detection of refractive errors using these two methods. METHODS This is a population-based study, involving 1779 schoolchildren from three schools in Singapore. Logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) visual acuity was recorded using a modified Bailey-Lovie chart by trained optometrists, and visual acuity measurement was also undertaken using a simplified 7-line visual acuity screening chart by school health nurses. The main outcome measures were the receiver-operating characteristics (ROC's) of logMAR and the simplified screening visual acuity to detect myopia or any refractive errors. The difference between measurements, simplified screening visual acuity--logMAR visual acuity, was calculated. RESULTS The optimal threshold using the simplified screening visual acuity chart for the detection of myopia or any refractive error was 6/12 or worse. Using logMAR visual acuity, the most efficient threshold for the detection of myopia was 0.26, but this was 0.18 for the detection of any refractive error. The area under the ROC curves was significantly greater in the case of the logMAR visual acuity measurement compared with the simplified screening visual acuity measurement for the detection of myopia or any refractive errors. The 95% limits of agreement for the two methods (simplified screening--logMAR acuity) was -0.219 to +0.339. CONCLUSIONS Bearing in mind that the visual acuity measurements were performed by two different groups of professionals, visual acuity screening using the ETDRS method appears to be more accurate than the simplified charts for the detection of myopia or any refractive errors in children.
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- Louis Tong
- Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore.
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Kan RKC, Liu EHC, Samuel M, Chan ESY. Single-lumen tube with enclosed bronchial blocker versus double-lumen tube for one lung ventilation. Hippokratia 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography is as sensitive as endoscopic retrograde pancreatography in the evaluation of biliary tract diseases but does not offer therapeutic options. The aim of the present study was to develop a mathematical model to predict 'therapeutic endoscopic retrograde pancreatography' using clinical variables so that patients with low probability could be more appropriately investigated by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in future. METHODS Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography cases between January 1996 to December 1997 were retrospectively reviewed (before introduction of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography). Clinical, biochemical and radiological variables were analysed and a model was developed using multiple logistic regression. RESULTS Case notes for 573 patients were successfully reviewed. A total of 330 patients underwent therapeutic endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (sphincterotomy or stent insertion). Clinical indications of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis, ultrasonographic findings of dilated common bile duct, and raised liver function tests (two or more elevated parameters) were each found to be predictive for 'therapeutic' endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. Using these variables, the mathematical model in the present study has specificity of 77% and sensitivity of 75% at the probability level of 50% or higher. This model has been tested in a separate group of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography cases carried out in 1998 and was found to have sensitivity 77.6%, specificity 80.3%, positive predictive value 68.5% and negative predictive value 86.6%. CONCLUSIONS The model reported in the present study can help clinicians to identify cases for therapeutic endoscopic retrograde pancreatography and diagnostic magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
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- W Luman
- Block 6, level 6, Department of Gastroenterology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore.
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Lam PK, Chan ESY, Liew CT. Tissue engineering--a shifting paradigm. Burns 2003; 29:194-5; author reply 195; discussion 195. [PMID: 12615473 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(02)00283-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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