Selected Publications 2022

  • Cheung ACK (first and corresponding author), Yan, BTH, Sung HTT. An uncommon structure detected by point-of-care ultrasound. Vis J Emerg Med 2022 Jan; 26: 101203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visj.2021.101203  
  • Zhou J, Lee S, Wong WT, Waleed KB, Leung KS, Lee TT, Wai AK, Liu T, Chang C, Cheung BM, Zhang Q. Gender-specific clinical risk scores incorporating blood pressure variability for predicting incident dementia. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2021 Oct 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab173  
  • Lau F.L. and Wai K.C.A., Sex differences in presentation, management, and outcomes in chinese patients presenting to an emergency department with chest pain, Journal of Integratvie Cardiology. 2022. doi: 10.15761/JIC.1000312
  • Leung S.K. and Wai K.C.A., Metformin versus sulphonylureas for new onset atrial fibrillation and stroke in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-based study, Acta Diabetologica. 2022, 59, 697-709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00592-021-01841-4 
  • Lee S, Zhou J, Leung KS, Wai AK (co-author), Jeevaratnam K, King E, Liu T, Wong WT, Chang C, Wong IC, Cheung BM. Comparison of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor and Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor on the Risks of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke and Mortality in Diabetic Patients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study in Hong Kong. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 2022 Feb 10:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-022-07319-x 
  • Wai K.C.A. and Lee T.L.T., Hip fractures risks in edoxaban versus warfarin users: A propensity score-matched population-based cohort study with competing risk analyses, Bone. 2022, 156, 116303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2021.116303 
  • Park E, Ouyang H, Wang J, Savin S, Leung SC, Rainer TH (both Leung and Rainer are co-corresponding authors). Patient Sensitivity to Emergency Department Waiting Time Announcements (March 1, 2022). Available at SSRN as preprint: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4047005 http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4047005 
  • Zhou J, Chau YL, Yoo JW, Lee S, Ng K, Dee EC, Liu T, Wai AK (co-author), Zhang Q, Tse G. Liver Immune-related Adverse Effects of Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1) and Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Inhibitors: A Propensity Score Matched Study with Competing Risk Analyses. Clinical Oncology. 2022 Mar 20. (Letter) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2022.03.006 
  • Hung KKC, Lam RPK (co-author), Tsui MSH. Emergency medicine during COVID-19: Global challenges and Asian Solutions. Hong Kong J Emerg Med 2022 May. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10249079221086708 
  • Chou OH, Zhou J, Lee TT, Kot T, Lee S, Wai AK (co-author), Wong WT, Zhang Q, Cheng SH, Liu T, Vassiliou VS. Comparisons of the risk of myopericarditis between COVID-19 patients and individuals receiving COVID-19 vaccines: a population-based study. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 2022 Mar 25:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02007-0 
  • Zhou J, Lee S, Leung KS, Wai AK (co-author), Liu T, Liu Y, Chang D, Wong WT, Wong IC, Cheung BM, Zhang Q. Incident heart failure and myocardial infarction in sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 vs. dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitor users. ESC heart failure. 2022 Apr;9(2):1388-99. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13830  
  • 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
  • Zhou J, Lakhani I, Chou O, Leung KS, Lee TT, Wong MV, Li Z, Wai AK (co-author), Chang C, Wong IC, Zhang Q. Clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcomes of cancer patients with COVID‐19: A population‐based study. Cancer Medicine. 2022 Jan 31. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4888 
  • Lee, Y.H.A., Zhou, J., Hui, J.M.H., Liu, X., Lee, T.T.L., Hui, K., Chan, J.S.K., Wai, A.K.C. (co-author), Wong, W.T., Liu, T., Ng, K., Lee, S., Dee, E.C., Zhang, Q.*, Tse, G.* (2022) Risk of new-onset prostate cancer for metformin versus sulphonylurea use in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a propensity score-matched study. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2022.7010 
  • Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Danish Iltaf Satti, Yan Hiu Athena Lee, Jeremy Man Ho Hui, Teddy Tai Loy Lee, Oscar Hou In Chou, Abraham Ka Chung Wai (co-author), Ana Ciobanu, Ying Liu, Tong Liu, Qingpeng Zhang, Bernard Man Yung Cheung, Jiandong Zhou, Gary Tse . High visit-to-visit cholesterol variability predicts heart failure and adverse cardiovascular events: a population-based cohort study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac097 
  • Barlas R.S., Clark A.B., Loke Y.K., Kwok C.S., Angus D.C., Uranga A., España P.P., Eurich D.T., Huang D.T., Man S.Y., RainerT.H., Yealy D.M., Myint P.K., Mor M.K. and Fine M.J., Comparison of the prognostic performance of the CURB-65 and a modified version of the pneumonia severity index designed to identify high-risk patients using the International Community-Acquired Pneumonia Collaboration Cohort, Respiratory Medicine. Elsevier, 2022, 200, 106884. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106884
  • Cheung C.K.A. (first and corresponding author) and Sung H.T.T., Just another motorcycle accident?, Emergency Medicine Journal. 2022, 39, 369-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-210983 
  • Du R., Tsougenis E.D., Ho J.W.K., Chan J.K.Y., Chiu W.H.K., Fang X.H.B., Ng M.Y., Leung S.T., Lo C.S.Y., Wong H.Y.F., Lam H.Y.S., Chiu L.F.J., So T.Y., Wong K.T., Wong Y.C.I., Yu K., Yeung Y.C., Chik T., Pang J., Wai K.C.A., Kuo M.D., Lam T.P.W., Khong P.L., Cheung N.T. and Vardhanabhuti V., Machine learning application for the prediction of SARS-CoV-2 infection using blood tests and chest radiograph, Scientific Reports. 2021, 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93719-2
  • Hung K.K.C., Lam P.K. and Lui C.T., Bringing sepsis care back to the emergency department: New prognostic tools and extended role of emergency physicians, Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021, 28, 197-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10249079211019870 
  • Wong JY, Ko J, Nam S, Kwok T, Lam S, Cheuk J, Chan M, Lam V, Wong GTC, Ng ZLH, Wai AK. Virtual ER, a Serious Game for Interprofessional Education to Enhance Teamwork in Medical and Nursing Undergraduates: Development and Evaluation Study. JMIR Serious Games. 2022 Jul 14;10(3):e35269. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35269 . PMID: 35834309; PMCID: PMC9335172.
  • Ng W.S.V., GAO L., Chan E.W.Y., Lee H.M.E., Hayes J.F., Osborn D.P.J., Rainer T.H., Man K.C.K. and Wong I.C.K., Association between the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder and risk of traumatic injuries: a self-controlled case series study, Psychological Medicine. 2022, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722002215
  • Deng W., Wang S., Lam P.K.(corresponding author), Rainer T.H.(co-author) and Irwin M.G., Repurposing Polyvinyl Chloride Pipes in the Emergency Department for COVID-19, Annals of Emergency Medicine. Sep 2022, 80, 282-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.05.003
  • Ganotice FA, Chan CS, Chan EWY, Chan SKW, Chan L, Chan SSC, Lam AHY, Leung CYF, Leung SC (co-author), Lin X, Luk P, Ng ZLH, Shen X, Tam EYT, Wang R, Wong GHY, Tipoe GL. Autonomous motivation predicts students’ engagement and disaffection in interprofessional education: Scale adaptation and application. Nurse Education Today 2022;119:105549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026289.
  • Cheung B.M.Y., Wong I.C.K. and Wai K.C.A., Sulfonylurea Is Associated With Higher Risks of Ventricular Arrhythmia or Sudden Cardiac Death Compared With Metformin: A Population‐Based Cohort Study, Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026289
  • Ho J.W.K., Sit T.Y.C. and Wai K.C.A., An AI-enabled smartphone app for real-time pressure injury assessement. Fronties in Medical Technology. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmedt.2022.905074 
  • Satti DI, Lee YHA, Leung KSK, Hui JMH, Kot TKM, Babar A, Mahalwar G, Wai AK, Liu T, Roever L, Tse G, Chan JSK. Efficacy of vasopressin, steroid, and epinephrine protocol for in-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential analysis. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2022 Sep 28;19(9):705-711. http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2022.09.002 . PMID: 36284684; PMCID: PMC9548057.
  • Wai K.C.A. (first author), Chan C.Y., Cheung A.W.L., Wang K., Chan C.L., Lee T.L.T., Luk Y.F., Yip T.F., Ho J.W.K., Tsui W.K.O., Cheung W.Y.K., Lee S.Y., Tong C.K., Yamamoto T., Rainer T.H. and Wong E.L.Y., Association of Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir with preventable mortality, hospital admissions and related avoidable healthcare system cost among high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2022, 100602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100602 
  • Wong J.Y.H., Luk Y.F., Yip T.F., Lee T.L.T., Wai K.C.A. and Ho J.W.K., Incidence of Emergency Department Visits for Sexual Abuse Among Youth in Hong Kong Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, JAMA Network Open. 2022, 5, e2236278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36278
  • Cheng W, Lam RPK (corresponding author), Chan CK. Factors associated with seizure in tramadol overdose: a 12-year retrospective study in Hong Kong, Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2022 Nov;60(11):1220-1226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2022.2124919 . Epub 2022 Oct 26
  • Leong W., Zhang Y., Huang X., Luo Z., Wang Y., Rainer T.H., Wai K.C.A. and Huang Y., Seizure as the clinical presentation of massive pulmonary embolism: Case report and literature review, Frontiers in Medicine. 2022, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.980847 
  • Wai K.C.A. and Lee T.L.T., The Impact of Cardiac Comorbidity Sequence at Baseline and Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study, Life. 2022, 12, 1956. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12121956 
  • Lee, T.L.T., Leung S.K. and Wai K.C.A., Predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for atrial fibrillation and stroke in type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Hong Kong Diabetes Study, Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism. 2023, 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edm2.397