Selected Publications 2024

  • Cevik AA, Cakal ED, Kwan J, Chu S, Mtombeni S, Anantharaman V, Jouriles N, Peng DTK, Singer A, Cameron P, Ducharme J, Wai A, Manthey DE, Hobgood C, Mulligan T, Menendez E, Jakubaszko J; International Federation for Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Emergency Medicine Learning Outcomes Update Collaborators. IFEM model curriculum: emergency medicine learning outcomes for undergraduate medical education. Int J Emerg Med. 2024 Aug 5;17(1):98. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-024-00671-9 . PMID: 39103797; PMCID: PMC11302100.

  • Chan NTJ, Lam RPK, Chan CK, Tsui SH. The impact of the door-to-antivenom time on the resolution of coagulopathy caused by green pit viper bite-a retrospective cohort study. Toxicon. 2024 Nov 28;251:108139. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.108139. Epub 2024 Oct 19. PMID: 39427850.

  • Chan, Tsz & Lui, Chun & Wu, Wing & Rainer, Timothy & Leung, Chin. (2024). Burnout in emergency physicians in Hong Kong — A crosssectional study on its prevalence, associated factors, and impact. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hkj2.12025

  • Cheung KL, Lam RPK (corresponding author), Chan CK, Tse ML, Tsui MSH, Rainer TH. Comparing the acute toxicities of co-exposure to cocaine and ethanol versus cocaine alone. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2024 Jan-Dec;43:9603271241269024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09603271241269024. PMID: 39075331.

  • Cheung TY, Lam Kelvin, Leung SC, Rainer TH. Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes of Emergency Department-Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review, HELIYON, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30580

  • Cheung ACK, Ng PY, Lam RPK, Wong GTC. Cross-specialty point-of-care ultrasound education in The University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Med J. 2024 Jun;30(3):255. doi: https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj2411666.

  • Gao X, Zhang N, Lu L, Gao T, Chou OHI, Wong WT, Chang C, Wai AKC, Lip GYH, Zhang Q, Tse G, Liu T, Zhou J. Newonset syncope in diabetic patients treated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors versus dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors: a Chinese population-based cohort study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother. 2024 Feb 23;10(2):103-117. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcvp/pvad086. PMID: 37962962.

  • Hui JMH, Zhou J, Lee TTL, Hui K, Chou OHI, Lee YHA, Lee S, Wong WT, Wai AKC, Chang C, Jeevaratnam K, Liu T, Tse G. Metformin use is associated with lower risks of dementia, anxiety and depression: The Hong Kong diabetes study. Asian J Psychiatr. 2024 Jul;97:104086. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104086. Epub 2024 May 20. PMID: 38796398.

  • Hung KKC, Lam RPK, Lee HKH, Choi YF, Tenney J, Zhong Z, Chong KC, Hui TSI, Wong TK, Yiu TY, Chan SY, Mok CPY, Leung LY, Mak WK, Sun DTF, Cheng CH, Graham CA. No benefit of additional tramadol or tizanidine to diclofenac for acute low back pain: abridged secondary publication. Hong Kong Med J. 2024 Jun;30 Suppl 3(3):26-28.

  • Hung KK, Lam RPK, Lui CT. A new page for the Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hkj2.12012

  • Hung KKC, Lam RPK, Lee HKH, Choi YF, Tenney J, Zuo Z, Chong MKC, Hui TSI, Wong TK, Yiu TY, Chan SY, Mok CPY, Leung LY, Mak WK, Sun DTF, Cheng CH, Graham CA. Comparison of diclofenac with tramadol, tizanidine or placebo in the treatment of acute low back pain and sciatica: multi-center randomized controlled trial. Postgrad Med J. 2024 Apr 27:qgae052. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/postmj/qgae052

  • Jecker NS, Sparrow R, Lederman Z, Ho A. Digital Humans to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation: Ethics Concerns and Policy Recommendations. Hastings Cent Rep. 2024 Jan;54(1):7-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1562. PMID: 38390675.

  • Jecker, N.S., Lederman, Z. and Ho, A. (2024), Nancy S. Jecker, Zohar Lederman, and Anita Ho reply. Hastings Center Report, 54: 59-60. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1595 This letter replies to the letter “Colonial and Neocolonial Barriers to Companion Digital Humans in Africa,” by Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues, in the same, May-June 2024, issue of the Hastings Center Report

  • Jiao, Y., Tong, C.S.W., Zhao, L., Zhang Y., Nicholls, JM., Rainer, TR. Intraperitoneal versus intranasal administration of lipopolysaccharide in causing sepsis severity in a murine model: a preliminary comparison. Lab Anim Res 40, 18 (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42826-024-00205-7

  • Lam, R. P. K., Chan, C. K., Tse, M. L., Chow, A. T. Y., Chan, E. W. Y., & Rainer, T. H. (2024). The trajectory of serum salicylate concentrations after ingestion of medicinal oil containing methyl salicylate. Clinical Toxicology, 1–10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2409826

  • Lam RPK, Hung KKC, Lui CT, Kwok WS, Lam WWT, Lau EHY, Sridhar S, Ng PYT, Cheng CH, Tsang TC, Tsui MSH, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Early sepsis care with the National Early Warning Score 2-guided Sepsis Hour-1 Bundle in the emergency department: hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation pilot stepped wedge randomised controlled trial (NEWS-1 TRIPS) protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 1;14(2):e080676. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080676. PMID: 38307529; PMCID: PMC10836386.

  • Lam RPK, Dai Z, Lau EHY, Ip CYT, Chan HC, Zhao L, Tsang TC, Tsui MSH, Rainer TH. Comparing 11 early warning scores and three shock indices in early sepsis prediction in the emergency department. World J Emerg Med. 2024;15(4):273-282. doi: https://doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2024.052. PMID: 39050223; PMCID: PMC11265628.

  • Lam RPK, Wong RTM, Lau EHY, Wong KW, Cheung ACK, Chaang VK, Chen L, Tsang TC, Chan TK, Chee PPY, Ko FHF, Leung CS, Yang SM. Time Pattern of Presentation of Victims of High-Speed Passenger Ferry Mass Casualty Incidents to the Emergency Department. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2024 Sep 18;18:e123. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.90.PMID: 39291316.

  • Lerner H., Nordquist RE, Lederman Z., Keyel J, Nickel PM and Berg C. Ethics, One Health approahes, and SDGs: conference lessons for an emerging field. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024 Dec 11. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1448409

  • Lederman Z, Corcos S. The duty of care and the right to be cared for: is there a duty to treat the unvaccinated? Med Health Care Philos. 2024 Jan 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-023-10186-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38180693.

  • Lederman Z. Dying a lonely death: A conceptual and normative analysis. Bioethics. 2024 Jan 12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13267. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38215400.

  • Lederman Z. Towards an Ethical Analysis of Research in One Health (EAROH). Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2024 Dec 13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-024-10406-3

  • Lee TTL, Chan SCL, Chou OHI, Lee S, Chan JSK, Liu T, Chang C, Wong WT, Lip GYH, Cheung BMY, Wai AK, Tse G. Initiation of warfarin is associated with decreased mortality in patients with infective endocarditis: A population-based cohort study. ThrombRes. 2024 Jan;233:1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2023.11.009. Epub 2023 Nov 15. PMID: 37979284.

  • Markus Holmberg, Ville Hällberg, Hjalti M Björnsson, Timothy H Rainer, Colin A Graham, Marc B Sabbe, Wilhelm Behringer, Gayle Galletta, Hans Domanovits, Harri Pikkarainen, Bruce M Lo, Christophe Laurent, Pascal Vanelderen, Ari Palomäki. Heterogeneity in the role of emergency physicians and treatment of acute atrial fibrillation in emergency departments— results of the International Atrial Fibrillation Background (AFiB) Study. Signa Vitae. 2024. 20(4);25-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.22514/sv.2024.038

  • Orr Z, Lederman Z. Holocaust studies and structural competency. The Lancet 2024 Nov 29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00153-3

  • Satti DI, Chan JSK, Dee EC, Lee YHA, Wai AKC, Dani SS, Virani SS, Shapiro MD, Sharma G, Liu T, Tse G. Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Cardiovascular Health of U.S. Adult Cancer Survivors. JACC CardioOncol. 2023 Oct 24;6(3):439-450. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.07.010. PMID: 38983373; PMCID: PMC11229543.

  • Wai AK, Yip TF, Wong YH, Chu CK, Lee T, Yu KHO, So WL, Wong JYH, Wong CK, Ho JW, Rainer T. The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Non–COVID-19 Deaths: Population-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024;10:e41792. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/41792

  • Wong CY, Lam PRK*, Cheung KS, Kwok WM, Tsang TC, Tsui MSH, Rainer TH. Structured prehospital chest pain assessment and derivation of a clinical diagnostic score for prehospital ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction identification. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine (in press, *corresponding author)

  • Yang, Marc & Kwong, Wing & Rainer, Timothy. (2024). Characteristics and outcome of patients with malaria presented to a Hong Kong emergency department—A retrospective cohort analysis. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. 31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hkj2.12015.

  • Zhang, X., Jin, Y., Wang, M., Rainer, TH et al. The impact of anxiety on gait impairments in Parkinson’s disease: insights from sensor-based gait analysis. J NeuroEngineering Rehabil 21, 68 (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01364-3

  • Zhang, XX., Lederman, Z., Han, LF. et al. Towards an actionable One Health approach. Infect Dis Poverty 13, 28 (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-024-01198-0