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Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease that is associated with repeated exacerbations and hospitalizations. The rapid increase in the number of HF patients is a global health problem now referred as the "heart failure pandemic". Despite remarkable advances in drug therapy for HF, the residual H...

BackgroundTranscutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring (TCM) offers a non-invasive and real-time assessment of patient's ventilation and oxygenation, making it a potential alternative to arterial blood gas analysis (ABG) for continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide. This pioneering clinical study represe...

Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) is a diagnosis that needs to be detected and managed promptly, and failure to do so can have serious consequences. An automated workflow incorporating vendor artificial intelligence (AI) software was devised for the detection and management of patients with ICH in the ...

Similar to other regions in the world, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD), which cause ill-health, disability and premature deaths, is expected to increase further in Hong Kong due to an expanding and ageing population. Recognising the significant health, social and economic impacts on ou...

Nurse clinic service in Hong Kong was first developed in year 2000 in the Hospital Authority (HA). The nurse clinic was introduced at the time with the aims to improve patients’ access to care and clinical outcomes. In 2016, there was a review on the nurse clinics which later on were transformed i...

Advances in reperfusion therapy greatly improve outcome of acute ischemic stroke. Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) became current standard treatment for stroke with large vessels occlusion. With the latest evidence, the indication of EVT keep expanding regarding the time window and size of infarct co...

Heart failure (HF) significantly impacts about 1.2% of the population in Hong Kong, leading to approximately 20,000 related hospitalizations annually. If left untreated, the 5-year mortality rate for HF can exceed 50%. Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is crucial, as it has been proven to re...

Development of public healthcare facilities has been on-going in Hong Kong. In particular, projects under the First Hospital Development Plan (HDP) have been in vigorous progress since the announcement of HK$200B Plan in the 2016 Policy Address. Another HK$300B have been set aside as announced in th...

"Engineering is a profession in which knowledge of the mathematical or physical sciences gained by study, experience and practice is applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind" (Accreditation Board of Engineering an...

A) The preparation of Donor Milk Bank, of HKU-SZHB) The data of DMB from 2021-2023;C) The effect and change in NICU before and after DMBD) The donor human milk distribution from HKU-SZH to other hospital in SZ

Ever since 1974, Glasgow Coma Scale has provided a practical tool for bedside assessment of impairment of conscious level (Teasdale et al., 2014). While widely adopted in general and specialty units, variations in techniques in performing the assessment have emerged over time affecting reliability a...

Chan V (1), Kong S (1), Chan S (2)(1) Nursing Services Department, Hospital Authority Head Office, (2) Department of Medicine & Geriatric, Ruttonjee & Tang Siu Kin Hospitals Introduction In 2023, the Hospital Authority Head Office’s Nursing Services Department (HAHO NSD), in collaboration with n...

There are many ethical issues associated with the application of genomic medicine in clinical practice. Although many of these have been debated for decades, the recent advances in genetic sequencing technologies, the development of new genomic diagnostics and advanced therapies, is raising new ques...

The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital (HKUSZH) is a public hospital that is operated by HKU and plays a crucial role in medical reform efforts. The hospital comprises six Areas of Excellence, one of which is the Division of Cardiology, which has been led by the applicant since its opening. T...

Dysphagia is estimated to affect 8% of the general population in the world. Texture modified foods and thickened drinks (i.e. Care Food) are commonly used in the management of patients with dysphagia. The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) was founded with the mission to...

Nursing has evolved, with the change in nursing landscape; nurses are capable to contribute more. In traditional practice, only doctors are allowed to perform certain tasks, such as intravenous cannulation. Comparing to our current nursing practices, nursing has come a long way in term of providing ...

The pathologic diagnosis of tumors involves many aspects of analysis and interpretation of plenties biomakers, however, the accuracy of pathologic diagnosis is limited by a shortage of differences in pathologists' diagnostic skill, and the availability of ancillary studies. We have developed an arti...

The commissioning of Kwong Wah Hospital Phase I was successfully completed in July 2023. The whole process was however started more than 1 year before the completion of major construction work in December of 2022. The various preparatory work for commissioning were taken up by respective functional ...

COVID-19 Vaccine Response and Evaluation (CARE) programme" is funded by the Hong Kong Government to monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccine. Our team at the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy of the University of Hong Kong are responsible for conducting the pharmacovigilance on COVID-19 vaccines...

Advancing the vision for Hong Kong to become a health and medical innovation hub requires harnessing the power of people to innovate. Design thinking is a problem-solving methodology that emphasizes empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing to create innovative solutions. It has emerged as a key ...

The development of specific desensitization regimens has significantly improved the outcome of ABO incompatible (ABOi) living donor kidney transplantation in many well-established centres across the world. In July 2023, we accomplished a milestone in the field of pediatric kidney transplant by succe...

Data-driven care in surgery refers to the integration of data analytics, advanced technologies, and computational methods in surgical practice to enhance decision-making, optimize procedures and improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. Back in early 2000s, the Hospital Authority (HA) Clinical Outc...

Advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is set to confront society, alter our ways of practice, and disrupt long-standing notions and boundaries of professional responsibility and accountability in healthcare. In response, the Professionalism and Ethics Committee under the Hong Kong...

Hong Kong's high life expectancy is juxtaposed with its relatively low ranking in the quality of death index. While recent improvements have been made, Hong Kong still lags behind neighbouring regions such as Taiwan and Singapore in terms of home deaths and legislation on advance medical directives ...

The provision of care foods has emerged as a significant focus in Hong Kong, owing to the collaborative endeavors of diverse industry stakeholders in recent years. With the Hong Kong government allocating funds to subsidize the procurement of care foods within NGO settings, individuals residing in r...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the global population’s physical, mental, and behavioral well-being through complex, multilateral mechanisms. Understanding the phenomena of ‘long-COVID’ is important for our clinical management of these patients and the preparedness for futur...

Pharmacogenetics/genomics has been around for a long time, and the impact of this has been largely hidden, but we are, in this century, beginning to see the effect pharmacogenomics can have on clinical practice. The first example of pharmacogenomics was when Pythagoras described the occurrence of ha...

The commissioning of Kwong Wah Hospital Phase I was successfully completed in July 2023. The whole process was however started more than 1 year before the completion of major construction work in December of 2022. The various preparatory work for commissioning were taken up by respective functional ...

The National Institutes for Health and Social Care have funded a network of Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) across England of which our BRC is the largest of 2 centres focused on brain and mental health. The BRCs bridge our hospital trusts and universities to conduct experimental medicine/first i...

In a rapidly evolving world where technological advancements, economic shifts, and societal changes occur at an unprecedented pace, competencies quickly become obsolete, and the concept of lifelong learning has become increasingly crucial. Modern technology plays a pivotal role in facilitating and e...