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Aberrant Concentrations of Liver-Derived Plasma Albumin mRNA in Liver Pathologies.

Chan RW, Wong J, Chan HL, Mok TS, Lo WY, Lee V, To KF, Lai PB, Rainer TH, Lo YM, Chiu RW.

Clin Chem. 2009 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19833836 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Role of 'atypical pathogens' among adult hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Lui G, Ip M, Lee N, Rainer TH, Man SY, Cockram CS, Antonio GE, Ng MH, Chan MH, Chau SS, Mak P, Chan PK, Ahuja AT, Sung JJ, Hui DS.

Respirology. 2009 Nov;14(8):1098-105. Epub 2009 Oct 5.PMID: 19818051 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Willingness of Hong Kong healthcare workers to accept pre-pandemic influenza vaccination at different WHO alert levels: two questionnaire surveys.

Chor JS, Ngai KL, Goggins WB, Wong MC, Wong SY, Lee N, Leung TF, Rainer TH, Griffiths S, Chan PK.

BMJ. 2009 Aug 25;339:b3391. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3391.PMID: 19706937 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Derivation of a prognostic score for identifying critically ill patients in an emergency department resuscitation room.

Cattermole GN, Mak SK, Liow CH, Ho MF, Hung KY, Keung KM, Li HM, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Resuscitation. 2009 Sep;80(9):1000-5. Epub 2009 Jul 15.PMID: 19608327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Viral loads and duration of viral shedding in adult patients hospitalized with influenza.

Lee N, Chan PK, Hui DS, Rainer TH, Wong E, Choi KW, Lui GC, Wong BC, Wong RY, Lam WY, Chu IM, Lai RW, Cockram CS, Sung JJ.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 15;200(4):492-500.PMID: 19591575 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oral prednisolone is more cost-effective than oral indomethacin for treating patients with acute gout-like arthritis.

Cattermole GN, Man CY, Cheng CH, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Eur J Emerg Med. 2009 Oct;16(5):261-6.PMID: 19521293 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Abdominal thrusts are not recommended for infants with foreign body airway obstruction.

Cattermole GN, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Jun;15(3):237. No abstract available. PMID: 19494387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

EMS systems in Hong Kong.

Graham CA, Cheung CS, Rainer TH.

Resuscitation. 2009 Jul;80(7):736-9. Epub 2009 May 20. Review.PMID: 19467761 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

EMS systems in China.

Hung KK, Cheung CS, Rainer TH, Graham CA.

Resuscitation. 2009 Jul;80(7):732-5. Epub 2009 May 13. Review.PMID: 19443099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact on trauma patient management of installing a computed tomography scanner in the emergency department.

Lee KL, Graham CA, Lam JM, Yeung JH, Ahuja AT, Rainer TH.

Injury. 2009 Aug;40(8):873-5. Epub 2009 Apr 24.PMID: 19394016 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A comparison of emergency department utilization by elderly and younger adult patients presenting to three hospitals in Hong Kong.

Yim VW, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Int J Emerg Med. 2009 Apr;2(1):19-24. Epub 2009 Feb 14.PMID: 19390913 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Ethics and analgesia.

Cattermole GN, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Emerg Med J. 2009 May;26(5):389. No abstract available. PMID: 19386890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adult epiglottitis: 6 years experience in a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong.

Cheung CS, Man SY, Graham CA, Mak PS, Cheung PS, Chan BC, Rainer TH.

Eur J Emerg Med. 2009 Aug;16(4):221-6.PMID: 19282760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bicycle related injuries presenting to a trauma centre in Hong Kong.

Yeung JH, Leung CS, Poon WS, Cheung NK, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Injury. 2009 May;40(5):555-9. Epub 2009 Feb 4.PMID: 19195650 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Diagnostic utility of CRP to neopterin ratio in patients with acute respiratory tract infections.

Rainer TH, Chan CP, Leung MF, Leung W, Ip M, Lee N, Cautherley GW, Graham CA, Fuchs D, Renneberg R.

J Infect. 2009 Feb;58(2):123-30. Epub 2008 Dec 13.PMID: 19073345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of plasma DNA to predict mortality and need for intensive care in patients with abdominal pain.

Rainer TH, Chan AK, Lee LL, Yim VW, Lam NY, Yeung SW, Graham CA, Lo DY.

Clin Chim Acta. 2008 Dec;398(1-2):113-7. Epub 2008 Sep 3.PMID: 18801348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High risk trauma in older adults in Hong Kong: a multicentre study.

Yeung JH, Chang AL, Ho W, So FL, Graham CA, Cheng B, Cheung NK, Ho HF, Yuen WK, Kam CW, Rainer TH.

Injury. 2008 Sep;39(9):1034-41. Epub 2008 Jul 29.PMID: 18667201 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A significant step forward for gout.

Rainer TH, Graham CA.

Lancet. 2008 May 31;371(9627):1816-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18514713 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

InfectCheck CRP barcode-style lateral flow assay for semi-quantitative detection of C-reactive protein in distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections.

Leung W, Chan CP, Rainer TH, Ip M, Cautherley GW, Renneberg R.

J Immunol Methods. 2008 Jul 20;336(1):30-6. Epub 2008 Apr 10.PMID: 18442829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-consequence analysis comparing 2-octyl cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive and suture for closure of simple lacerations: a randomized controlled trial.

Man SY, Wong EM, Ng YC, Lau PF, Chan MS, Lopez V, Mak PS, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Feb;53(2):189-97. Epub 2008 Apr 28.PMID: 18440668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trauma care systems: a comparison of trauma care in Victoria, Australia, and Hong Kong, China.

Cheng CH, Graham CA, Gabbe BJ, Yeung JH, Kossmann T, Judson RT, Rainer TH, Cameron PA.

Ann Surg. 2008 Feb;247(2):335-42.PMID: 18216542 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of a bone marrow transplantation model system to demonstrate the hematopoietic origin of plasma S100B mRNA.

Chan RW, Graham CA, Rainer TH, Lam NY, Chiu RW, Chik KW, Lee V, Lo YM.

Clin Chem. 2007 Oct;53(10):1874-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17885146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Value of serum procalcitonin, neopterin, and C-reactive protein in differentiating bacterial from viral etiologies in patients presenting with lower respiratory tract infections.

Ip M, Rainer TH, Lee N, Chan C, Chau SS, Leung W, Leung MF, Tam TK, Antonio GE, Lui G, Lau TK, Hui DS, Fuchs D, Renneberg R, Chan PK.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Oct;59(2):131-6. Epub 2007 Jul 26.PMID: 17662560 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of the performance of a modified Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) scoring system for critically ill patients in emergency departments in Hong Kong.

Man SY, Chan KM, Wong FY, Wong KY, Yim CL, Mak PS, Kam CW, Lau CC, Lau FL, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Resuscitation. 2007 Aug;74(2):259-65. Epub 2007 Mar 26.PMID: 17379379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do trauma teams make a difference? A single centre registry study.

Rainer TH, Cheung NK, Yeung JH, Graham CA.

Resuscitation. 2007 Jun;73(3):374-81. Epub 2007 Feb 7.PMID: 17289243 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of oral prednisolone/paracetamol and oral indomethacin/paracetamol combination therapy in the treatment of acute goutlike arthritis: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

Man CY, Cheung IT, Cameron PA, Rainer TH.

Ann Emerg Med. 2007 May;49(5):670-7. Epub 2007 Feb 5.PMID: 17276548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Features discriminating SARS from other severe viral respiratory tract infections.

Rainer TH, Lee N, Ip M, Galvani AP, Antonio GE, Wong KT, Chan DP, Ng AW, Shing KK, Chau SS, Mak P, Chan PK, Ahuja AT, Hui DS, Sung JJ.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Feb;26(2):121-9.PMID: 17219094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patients' perceptions of nasopharyngeal aspiration in the emergency department of a teaching hospital in Hong Kong.

Wai AK, Kwok WO, Chan MS, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Emerg Med J. 2007 Jan;24(1):35-6.PMID: 17183041 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prospective comparison of three predictive rules for assessing severity of community-acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong.

Man SY, Lee N, Ip M, Antonio GE, Chau SS, Mak P, Graham CA, Zhang M, Lui G, Chan PK, Ahuja AT, Hui DS, Sung JJ, Rainer TH.

Thorax. 2007 Apr;62(4):348-53. Epub 2006 Nov 22.PMID: 17121867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Circulating nucleic acids and critical illness.

Rainer TH, Lam NY.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Sep;1075:271-7. Review.PMID: 17108220 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcome of traumatic extradural haematoma in Hong Kong.

Cheung PS, Lam JM, Yeung JH, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Injury. 2007 Jan;38(1):76-80. Epub 2006 Nov 13.PMID: 17097656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of laboratory variables in differentiating SARS-coronavirus from other causes of community-acquired pneumonia within the first 72 h of hospitalization.

Lee N, Rainer TH, Ip M, Zee B, Ng MH, Antonio GE, Chan E, Lui G, Cockram CS, Sung JJ, Hui DS.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;25(12):765-72.PMID: 17077967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Five year analysis of Jockey Club horse-related injuries presenting to a trauma centre in Hong Kong.

Yim VW, Yeung JH, Mak PS, Graham CA, Lai PB, Rainer TH.

Injury. 2007 Jan;38(1):98-103. Epub 2006 Oct 17.PMID: 17049524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Primary trauma diversion: initial experience in Hong Kong.

Cheung NK, Yeung JH, Chan JT, Cameron PA, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

J Trauma. 2006 Oct;61(4):954-60.PMID: 17033568 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of plasma beta-globin DNA and S-100 protein concentrations in acute stroke.

Rainer TH, Wong KS, Lam W, Lam NY, Graham CA, Lo YM.

Clin Chim Acta. 2007 Feb;376(1-2):190-6. Epub 2006 Aug 30.PMID: 17027951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Primary emergency surgical airway for trismus caused by electrical burn.

Graham CA, Yu AH, Chan SS, Rainer TH.

Burns. 2006 Dec;32(8):1062-3. Epub 2006 Sep 29. No abstract available. PMID: 17011130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Topographic patterns of small subcortical infarcts associated with MCA stenosis: a diffusion-weighted MRI study.

Wang X, Lam WW, Fan YH, Graham CA, Rainer TH, Wong KS.

J Neuroimaging. 2006 Jul;16(3):266-71.PMID: 16808829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Organized stroke care must include the emergency department.

Graham CA, Cheng CH, Rainer TH, Wong KS.

Stroke. 2006 Jul;37(7):1652; author reply 1653. Epub 2006 Jun 1. No abstract available. PMID: 16741168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: 1-year recurrence rate after simple aspiration.

Chan SS, Rainer TH.

Eur J Emerg Med. 2006 Apr;13(2):88-91.PMID: 16525236 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Associations of apolipoprotein E exon 4 and lipoprotein lipase S447X polymorphisms with acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

Baum L, Ng HK, Wong KS, Tomlinson B, Rainer TH, Chen X, Cheung WS, Tang J, Tam WW, Goggins W, Tong CS, Chan DK, Thomas GN, Chook P, Woo KS.

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2006;44(3):274-81.PMID: 16519597 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plasma beta-globin DNA as a prognostic marker in chest pain patients.

Rainer TH, Lam NY, Man CY, Chiu RW, Woo KS, Lo YM.

Clin Chim Acta. 2006 Jun;368(1-2):110-3. Epub 2006 Feb 14.PMID: 16480967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Paraoxonase 1 gene Q192R polymorphism affects stroke and myocardial infarction risk.

Baum L, Ng HK, Woo KS, Tomlinson B, Rainer TH, Chen X, Cheung WS, Chan DK, Thomas GN, Tong CS, Wong KS.

Clin Biochem. 2006 Mar;39(3):191-5. Epub 2006 Feb 9.PMID: 16472799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Circulating nucleic acid analysis: diagnostic applications for acute pathologies.

Chiu RW, Rainer TH, Lo YM.

Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2005;95:471-4.PMID: 16463903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plasma DNA as a prognostic marker for stroke patients with negative neuroimaging within the first 24 h of symptom onset.

Lam NY, Rainer TH, Wong LK, Lam W, Lo YM.

Resuscitation. 2006 Jan;68(1):71-8. Epub 2005 Dec 1.PMID: 16325316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduced time on the spinal board-effects of guidelines and education for emergency department staff.

Yeung JH, Cheung NK, Graham CA, Rainer TH.

Injury. 2006 Jan;37(1):53-6. Epub 2005 Oct 24.PMID: 16246337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Randomized double-blind trial comparing oral paracetamol and oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs for treating pain after musculoskeletal injury.

Woo WW, Man SY, Lam PK, Rainer TH.

Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Oct;46(4):352-61.PMID: 16187469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Computed tomography for cervical spine trauma. The impact of MDCT on fracture detection and dose deposition.

Chan PN, Antonio GE, Griffith JF, Yu KW, Rainer TH, Ahuja AT.

Emerg Radiol. 2005 Jul;11(5):286-90. Epub 2005 Jun 1.PMID: 16133623 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chest radiograph screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome in the ED.

Chan SS, Mak PS, Shing KK, Chan PN, Ng WH, Rainer TH.

Am J Emerg Med. 2005 Jul;23(4):525-30.PMID: 16032625 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on pulmonary function, functional capacity and quality of life in a cohort of survivors.

Hui DS, Joynt GM, Wong KT, Gomersall CD, Li TS, Antonio G, Ko FW, Chan MC, Chan DP, Tong MW, Rainer TH, Ahuja AT, Cockram CS, Sung JJ.

Thorax. 2005 May;60(5):401-9.PMID: 15860716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Assessment of hyperacute stroke like symptoms by diffusion-weighted images.

Lam WW, Wong KS, Rainer TH, So NM.

Clin Imaging. 2005 Jan-Feb;29(1):6-9.PMID: 15859011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles