Prof. Rainer and Dr. Arthur Cheung were the Discussion Leaders at the Hong Kong International Sports and Emergency Medicine Conference 2024 #HKISEM2024 #HongKongChinaRugby #GleneaglesHospitalHongKong #HKUMed #HKUDoEM #EmergencyMedicine #worldpoint #amber #otnphealthcare

With lanterns aglow and glutinous rice balls shared, we wishes you a Happy Lantern Festival with your loved ones! Please also remember to prioritize eating safety as we enjoy this delightful festival with our loved ones.
祝元宵節快樂，人月團圓! 今晚食湯圓，認識哽塞處理最安全。

We estimated hospital avoidance behavior during a #pandemic and quantified the consequent excess 28-day #mortality with a focus on older people, who had high frequencies of ED visits and deaths.
Joshua Ho Janet Wong PhD, RN, FHKCHSE, FCHSM, FAAN HKU Medicine HKUMed Emergency Medicine Carlos KH Wong

Our latest paper reports that using antivirals improves survival and reduces organ dysfunction events, especially cardiopulmonary ones, among COVID-19 patients.
@HKUMed HKUMed Emergency Medicine Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health CUHK JC School of Public Health and Primary Care HK PolyU-Remote Sensing Lab
nature.com/articles/s4159…

Connecting #EmergencyMedicine leaders from #MainlandChina , #HongKong and #Taiwan to the international community in #ICEM23 . All are dedicated to quality EM education. Ffion Davies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ching-Hsing Lee HKUMed Emergency Medicine

I would like to dedicate this award to my students and those who offered me opportunities.
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Janet Wong PhD, RN, FHKCHSE, FCHSM, FAAN too

The 10 most important skills for the next 10 years:

Prolonged public health interventions for Covid-19 may be followed by serious health and social outcomes, including #child #sexual #abuse

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Thanks to our team for visualizing the impact Joshua Ho Abraham Wai

Researchers from HKUMed and Harvard Medical School found that advanced dementia patients with feeding problems who received careful hand feeding had a 40% lower risk of pneumonia than those fed by nasogastric tube.

For more: hkumed.hk/8560a8

Oral Molnupiravir and Paxlovid effectively prevent hospitalization and mortality in clinics and wards. Paxlovid even helps reduce the overall treatment cost among COVID-19 patients.
HKUMed Emergency Medicine Joshua Ho HKU Medicine Crystal Ying Chan 陳盈 CUHK Medicine
doi.org/10.1016/j.lanw…

Men, here are 10 small things you can do today that make you more masculine:

#ArtificialIntelligence is expanding in healthcare. This is a golden opportunity in which #physicians , #nurses , #paramedics and #DataScientist collaborate for better care.

#Smoking harms health. #EmergencyDepartments are important forum to identify smokers and offer smoking cessation. #hkumed_emed #hkuson

In this Quote of the Week, Dr. Ming-yen Ng Ming Yen Ng, MBBS HKU Medicine, recipient of the Teaching Innovation Award, shares the importance of critical thinking in medical practice. Click here to know more about the posts: cetl.hku.hk/cetl-RTQ/twitt… #CETLQuoteofTheWeek

Metformin has extended benefits in patients with #ProstateCancer .
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The groundbreaking of Tech landmark is preparing us for ‘tomorrow’s world’, to expand understandings on #ageing , #SmartCities , and #BigData , and apply these to benefit social good.
The University of Hong Kong #hkumed #hkumed _emed

EM Practice often lacks evidence support. With proper RCT in #AnnalsofEM , we now found support to a treatment we did for decades. Salute to researchers!
#epistaxis
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Interprofessional education through online game provides a unique learning experience among #medical and nursing graduates. #VirtualER is fit for purpose with new post-pandemic #teaching practice.
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Congratulations to the teachers from HKU Pharmacy, HKU Nursing, HKU SBMS, BIMHSE and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology on their awards!

Ming Yen Ng, MBBS, @janetwong_hku