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Selected Publications 2021

  • Chan EW, Lao KSJ, Lam L, Tsui SH, Lui CT, Wong CP, Graham CA, Cheng CH, Chung TS, Lam HF, Ting SM, Knott JC, Taylor DM, Kong DCM, Leung LP, Wong ICK. Intramuscular midazolam, olanzapine, or haloperidol for the management of acute agitation: A multi-centre, double-blind, randomised clinical trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Feb 11;32:100751. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100751. PMID: 33681744; PMCID: PMC7910711.
  • Cheung C.K.A., Lam P.K., Fok W.F.P., Ng P.H.E., Chaang V.K. and Rainer T.H.. Predictors for in-flight medical interventions during helicopter interfacility transport in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10249079211030110.
  • Choudhry M, Edwards M, Cooper A, Anderson P, Carson-Stevens A, Cooke M, Dale J, Hibbert P, Hughes T, Porter A, Rainer T, Siriwardena AN, Edwards A. Senior clinical and business managers' perspectives on the influence of different funding mechanisms, and barriers and enablers to implementing models of employing General Practitioners in or alongside emergency departments: Qualitative study. Health Policy. 2021 Jan 22:S0168-8510(20)30299-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.11.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33526280.
  • Edwards M., Cooper A., Hughes T., Davies F., Sherlock R., Anderson P., Evans B., Carson-Stevens A., Cooke M., Dale J., Hibbert P., Harrington B., Hepburn J., Porter A., Rainer T.H., Siriwardena A.N., Snooks H. and Edwards A., A classification of primary care streaming pathways in UK emergency departments: Findings from a multi-methods study comprising cross-sectional survey; site visits with observations, semi-structured and informal interviews, International Emergency Nursing. 2021, 56, 101000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2021.101000
  • Hung K.K.C., Rainer T.H., Yeung J.H.H., Cheung C., Leung Y., Leung L.Y., Chong M., Ho H.F., Tsui K.L., Cheung N.K. and Graham C., Seven-year excess mortality, functional outcome and health status after trauma in Hong Kong, European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01714-z
  • Jiang H, Mao H, Lu H, Lin P, Garry W, Lu H, Yang G, Rainer TH, Chen X. Machine learning-based models to support decision-making in emergency department triage for patients with suspected cardiovascular disease. Int J Med Inform. 2021 Jan;145:104326. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104326. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PMID: 33197878.
  • Jones J., Allen S., Davies J., Driscoll T., Ellis G., Fegan G., Foster T., Francis N., Islam S., Morgan M., Nanayakkara P.W.B., Perkins G.D., Porter A., Rainer T.H., Ricketts S., Sewell B., Shanahan T., Smith F.G., Smyth M.A., Snooks H. and Moore C., Randomised feasibility study of prehospital recognition and antibiotics for emergency patients with sepsis (PhRASe), Scientific Reports. 2021, 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97979-w
  • Latham J, Hicks Y, Yang X, Setchi R, Rainer T. Stable Automatic Envelope Estimation for Noisy Doppler Ultrasound. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2021 Mar;68(3):465-481. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2020.3011823. Epub 2021 Feb 25. PMID: 32746225.
  • Law CY, Leung SC, Loong F, Ling TK, Wong KC, Lau KC, Tsui SHM, Lai CL and Lam CW.  Serum ceruloplasmin monitoring in a case of silver intoxication due to intravenous silver infusion. Clinical Toxicology. 2021, 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2021.1919692 
  • Phillips AO, Foxwell DA, Pradhan S, Zouwail S, Rainer TH. Derivation of a prediction model for emergency department acute kidney injury. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Feb;40:64-69. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.12.017. Epub 2020 Dec 13. PMID: 33348226.
  • Wai K.C.A., Wong C.K.H., Wong J.Y.H., Xiong X., Chu C.K., Wong M.S., Tsui S.H.M. and Rainer T.H., Changes in emergency department visits, diagnostic groups and 28-day mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a territory-wide, retrospective, cohort study, Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.424
  • Wong K.W., Lam P.K., Sin W.C., Irwin M.G. and Rainer T.H., Comparison of the Efficiency and Usability of Aerosol Box and Intubation Tent on Intubation of a Manikin Using Personal Protective Equipment: A Randomized Crossover Study, The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.023
  • Xiong X, Wai AK, Wong JY, Tang EH, Chu OC, Wong CK, Rainer TH. Impact of varying wave periods of COVID‐19 on in‐hospital mortality and length of stay for admission through emergency department: A territory‐wide observational cohort study. Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2022 Mar;16(2):193-203 http://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12919