Review of the microbiology and antibiotic sensitivities of fournier’s gangrene in a local centre: 12 years' experience

Oral (Free Paper) Session 4 - Stone, Infection & Nephrology: no. OP.4-4OBJECTIVE: To review the local microbiology & antibiotic sensitivities of organisms found in cultures from patients with Fournier’s gangrene in a local centre over 12 years …postprin

Novel use of Tachosil® in Bilateral Nerve-sparing Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (biNS-RaLRP)

Oral (Free Paper) Session 2I - Uro-Oncology: Prostate & Kidney: no. OP.2-4OBJECTIVE: To investigate the novel use of Tachosil® (an absorbable fibrin sealant patch) in biNS-RaLRP with conventional athermal dissection technique …postprin

Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy (RaLPN): the road to zero ischemia

Oral (Free Paper) Session 2 - Uro-Oncology: Prostate & Kidney: no. OP.2-5OBJECTIVE: Every minute counts in reducing ischemic time in RaLPN. We aim to review outcomes with advancement of clamping techniques from hilar clamping(HC) to parenchymal clamping(PC) and selective arterial clamping(SC) …postprin

Is pre-operative MRI really a Must for Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RaLRP)?

Oral (Free Paper) Session 2 - Uro-Oncology: Prostate & Kidney: no. OP.2-2OBJECTIVE: To evaluate MRI with endorectal coil (ER-MRI) in detecting laterality of tumor and T staging on patients with localized prostate cancer before RaLRP …postprin

The association between socioeconomic status and traditional chinese medicine use among children in Taiwan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) utilization is common in Asian countries. Limited studies are available on the socioeconomic status (SES) associated with TCM use among the pediatric population. We report on the association between SES and TCM use among children and adolescents in Taiwan.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A National Health Interview Survey was conducted in Taiwan in 2001 that included 5,971 children and adolescents. We assessed the children's SES using the head of household's education, occupation and income. This information was used to calculate pediatric SES scores, which in turn were divided into quartiles. Children and adolescents who visited TCM in the past month were defined as TCM users.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Compared to children in the second SES quartile, children in the fourth SES quartile had a higher average number of TCM visits (0.12 vs. 0.06 visits, p = 0.027) and higher TCM use prevalence (5.0% vs. 3.6%, p = 0.024) within the past month. The adjusted odds ratio (OR) for TCM use was higher for children in the fourth SES quartile than for those in the first SES quartile (OR 1.49; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-2.17). The corresponding OR was 2.17 for girls (95% CI 1.24-3.78). The highest-SES girls (aged 10-18 years) were most likely to visit TCM practices (OR 2.47; 95% CI 1.25-4.90).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Children and adolescents with high SES were more likely to use TCM and especially girls aged 10-18 years. Our findings point to the high use of complementary and alternative medicine among children and adolescents.</p

Telephone Consultation for Improving Health of People Living with or at Risk of HIV: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND: Low cost, effective interventions are needed to deal with the major global burden of HIV/AIDS. Telephone consultation offers the potential to improve health of people living with HIV/AIDS cost-effectively and to reduce the burden on affected people and health systems. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of telephone consultation for HIV/AIDS care. METHODS: We undertook a comprehensive search of peer-reviewed and grey literature. Two authors independently screened citations, extracted data and assessed the quality of randomized controlled trials which compared telephone interventions with control groups for HIV/AIDS care. Telephone interventions were voice calls with landlines or mobile phones. We present a narrative overview of the results as the obtained trials were highly heterogeneous in design and therefore the data could not be pooled for statistical analysis. RESULTS: The search yielded 3321 citations. Of these, nine studies involving 1162 participants met the inclusion criteria. The telephone was used for giving HIV test results (one trial) and for delivering behavioural interventions aimed at improving mental health (four trials), reducing sexual transmission risk (one trial), improving medication adherence (two trials) and smoking cessation (one trial). Limited effectiveness of the intervention was found in the trial giving HIV test results, in one trial supporting medication adherence and in one trial for smoking cessation by telephone. CONCLUSIONS: We found some evidence of the benefits of interventions delivered by telephone for the health of people living with HIV or at risk of HIV. However, only limited conclusions can be drawn as we only found nine studies for five different interventions and they mainly took place in the United States. Nevertheless, given the high penetration of low-cost mobile phones in countries with high HIV endemicity, more evidence is needed on how telephone consultation can aid in the delivery of HIV prevention, treatment and care

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy - evolution of techniques and peri-operative outcomes

Jointly organized by The Hong Kong Society of Endourology and Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong KongThe 1st Hong Kong Congress of Endourology, Hong Kong, 28-29 August 2009

Parental use and satisfaction with the child health record (CHR) in Hong Kong

Scientific Paper no. 12 (Abstract