Review of the effectiveness of a 4-week intensive pulmonary rehabilitation program in COAD patients

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Post-stroke orthostatic hypotension, its pattern of recovery

Poster PresentationINTRODUCTION: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in stroke patients due to damage to central autonomic centres or pathways. Its pattern of recovery is not well defined. METHODS: First-ever stroke patients admitted to Queen Mary Hospital were recruited, excluded those with known cardiac illness or disorders that can affect ANS. 60° tilt table was performed in Tung Wah Hospital at 14 and 90 days post-stroke. NIHSS and BI were measured at 6-month follow-…published_or_final_versio

Clinical features and risk factors of cognitive impairment after stroke in Hong Kong Chinese

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Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in patients following stroke

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Impact of stroke on autonomic nervous system

INTRODUCTION: Disturbances of the autonomic nervous systems (ANS) are not uncommon in stroke patients, attributed to damage of the central autonomic networks. The resultant alternation in autonomic dynamics caused an imbalance between sympathetic and parasympathetic tone. The most common clinical problems include abnormalities in heart rate and blood pressure control. Vasomotor and sudomotor disturbances post stroke are less well defined …published_or_final_versio

Return to work after stroke in Hong Kong. Part 1: a biological perspective

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Return to work after stroke in Hong Kong. Part 2: a psychosocial perspective

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Haemorrhagic stroke vs ischaemic stroke: length of stay and functional outcome measures in stroke survivors

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Perception of Cantonese Parkinsonian speech

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香港華人多發性硬化症的流行病學研究：問卷調查

OBJECTIVE: To study the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Hong Kong Chinese. DESIGN: Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. SETTING: Neurology and paediatric neurology departments in Hong Kong from January through June 1999. PARTICIPANTS: All confirmed multiple sclerosis patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Demographic data, investigation results, Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale during the last follow-up visit, number of relapses between 1997 and 1998, and treatments used/currently in use. RESULTS: Fifty-three Chinese multiple sclerosis patients were identified. The prevalence was thus estimated to be 0.77 per 100,000 population. This low prevalence was also noted in other multiple sclerosis studies from South-East Asia (range, 0.8-4 per 100,000 population). The female to male ratio among the Chinese multiple sclerosis sufferers was 9.6:1, a figure somewhat higher than that reported in the other studies from South-East Asia (range, 3.2-6.6:1). The Chinese multiple sclerosis patients in this study also had a high spinal cord involvement (66%) and a low presence of cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding (40%). These findings were different from those in Caucasian multiple sclerosis patients. CONCLUSION: Multiple sclerosis in Hong Kong Chinese has a low prevalence, a high female to male ratio, and a low cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal banding presence.published_or_final_versio