Selected Publications 2016

  • Chan SS, Tse MM, Chan CP, Tai MC, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Haemodynamic changes in emergency department patients with poorly controlled hypertension. Hong Kong Med J. 2016 Apr;22(2):116-23. doi: 10.12809/hkmj154566. PubMed PMID: 26823386
  • Chan SS, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Hypertension in the Emergency Department. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2016 Apr;18(5):37. doi: 10.1007/s11906-016-0647-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 27072830.
  • Chen X, Li M, Jiang H, Li Y, Mo J, Lin P, Graham CA, Rainer TH. STEMI Outcomes in Guangzhou and Hong Kong: Two-Centre Retrospective Interregional Study. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 9;11(3):e0149981. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149981. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 26959984; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4784728.
  • Chen XH, Jiang HL, Li YM, Chan CP, Mo JR, Tian CW, Lin PY, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Prognostic values of 4 risk scores in Chinese patients with chest pain: Prospective 2-centre cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Dec;95(52):e4778. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004778. PubMed PMID: 28033243; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5207539
  • Holmes J, Rainer T, Geen J, Roberts G, May K, Wilson N, Williams JD, Phillips AO; Welsh AKI Steering Group. Acute Kidney Injury in the Era of the AKI E-Alert. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Dec 7;11(12):2123-2131. PubMed PMID: 27793961.
  • Leung SC, Chung AHY, Chan WK, Tsui SH. Case series of inflation pressures of the endotracheal tube cuffs among intubated patients at an Accident and Emergency Department In Hong Kong. Hong Kong J Emerg Med 2016;23(1):42-50. doi: 10.1177/102490791602300105
  • Leung SC, Leung LP, Fan KL, Yip WL. Can prehospital Modified Early Warning Score identify non-trauma patients requiring life-saving intervention in the emergency department? Emergency Medicine Australasia 2016;28(1):84-9. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12501
  • Leung SC, Tsui SH. Use and Interpretation of Toxicology Tests with Clinical Wisdom. Hong Kong Medical Diary 2016;21(2):19-22.
  • Mao H, Lin P, Mo J, Li Y, Chen X, Rainer TH, Jiang H. Development of a new stroke scale in an emergency setting. BMC Neurol. 2016 Sep 8;16:168. doi:10.1186/s12883-016-0695-z. PubMed PMID: 27608839; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC5017125.
  • Rainer TH, Cheng CH, Janssens HJ, Man CY, Tam LS, Choi YF, Yau WH, Lee KH, Graham CA. Oral Prednisolone in the Treatment of Acute Gout: A Pragmatic, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Apr 5;164(7):464-71. doi: 10.7326/M14-2070. PubMed PMID: 26903390
  • Rainer TH, Graham CA, Yeung HH, Poon WS, Ho HF, Kam CW, Cattermole GN, Cameron P. Functional outcome in patients sustaining moderate and major trauma. Hong Kong Med J. 2016 Feb;22 Suppl 2:29-32. PubMed PMID: 26908340.
  • Rainer TH, Leung LY, Chan CP, Leung YK, Abrigo JM, Wang D, Graham CA. Plasma miR-124-3p and miR-16 concentrations as prognostic markers in acute stroke. Clin Biochem. 2016 Jun;49(9):663-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.02.016. PubMed PMID: 26968104
  • Rainer TH, Leung YK, Lee A, Chan PY, Cheng NM, Wong JK, Yan BP, Ahuja AT, Graham CA. Add-on tests for improving risk-stratification in emergency department patients with chest pain who are at low to moderate risk of 30-day major adverse cardiac events. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 1;220:299-306. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.057. Epub 2016 May 14. PubMed PMID: 27390945
  • Schierenberg A, Minnaard MC, Hopstaken RM, van de Pol AC, Broekhuizen BD, de Wit NJ, Reitsma JB, van Vugt SF, Graffelman AW, Melbye H, Rainer TH, Steurer J, Holm A, Gonzales R, Dinant GJ, de Groot JA, Verheij TJ. External Validation of Prediction Models for Pneumonia in Primary Care Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 26;11(2):e0149895. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149895. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 26918859.
  • So JLT, Chow EPF, Cattermole GN, Graham CA, Rainer TH.  A comparison of the performance of different age-based paediatric weight estimation formulae in Hong Kong children.  HKJEM 2016 Jan;23(1):3 – 12
  • So JL, Chow EP, Cattermole GN, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Finger counting method is more accurate than age-based weight estimation formulae in estimating the weight of Hong Kong children presenting to the emergency department. Emerg Med Australas. 2016 Dec;28(6):691-697. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12644. PubMed PMID:27654988
  • Sung JJ, Tang RS, Ching JY, Rainer TH, Lau JY. Use of capsule endoscopy in the emergency department as a triage of patients with GI bleeding. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Dec;84(6):907-913. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.04.043. PubMed PMID:27156655
  • Wong MC, Nelson EA, Leung C, Lee N, Chan MC, Choi KW, Rainer TH, Cheng FW, Wong SY, Lai CK, Lam B, Cheung TH, Leung TF, Chan PK. Ad Hoc Influenza Vaccination During Years of Significant Antigenic Drift in a Tropical City With 2 Seasonal Peaks: A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Health Care Practitioners. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 May;95(19):e3359. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003359. PubMed PMID: 27175633.