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2012 Nov 29 to Dec 1 - The 11th Scientific Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT) PDF Print E-mail
Activity Schedules and Reports - Local Meetings (Others)
Date: Nov 29 to Dec 1, 2012
Theme: Poisoning in Asia Pacific: From Farmland to Skyscraper
Language: English
Venue: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

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2012 May 14/15 - Emergency Management of Severe Burns PDF Print E-mail
Activity Schedules and Reports - Local Meetings (Others)
Date: Class A - 14th May 2012, Class B - 15th  May 2012; Time: 0800 - 1800; Venue: A&E Training Centre, 3/F, Tang Shiu Kin Hospital, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Enclosed herewith Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) Poster & Application form for your kind reference.
The Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course is designed to teach the diagnosis and management of severe burns in the first 24 hours after injury.
It will teach the concepts of primary and secondary survey and specific areas that you will need to know will include the following:
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:00
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2012 May 15 - Fever Control Using External Cooling in Septic Shock: A Randomized Controlled Trial PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Am J of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
Frédérique Schortgen, Karine Clabault, Sandrine Katsahian, Jerome Devaquet, Alain Mercat6, Nicolas Deye, Jean Dellamonica, Lila Bouadma, Fabrice Cook, Olfa Beji, Christian Brun-Buisson, François Lemaire and Laurent Brochard  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. May 15, 2012 vol. 185 no. 10 1088-1095
Abstract
Rationale: Fever control may improve vascular tone and decrease oxygen consumption, but fever may contribute to combat infection.
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:59
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2012 May 15 - Refusal of Intensive Care Unit Admission Due to a Full Unit: Impact on Mortality PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Am J of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
René Robert, Jean Reignier, Caroline Tournoux-Facon, Thierry Boulain, Olivier Lesieur, Valérie Gissot, Vincent Souday, Mouldi Hamrouni, Cécile Chapon and Jean-Paul Gouello for the Association des Réanimateurs du Centre Ouest Group  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. May 15, 2012 vol. 185 no. 10 1081-1087
Abstract
Rationale: Intensive care unit (ICU) beds are a scarce resource, and patients denied intensive care only because the unit is full may be at increased risk of death.
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:59
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PYNEH ICU Pamphlets for Patients and Relatives PDF Print E-mail
Hong Kong ICUs - Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH)
Date: 16 May 2012: Designer: Dr Arthur CW Lau, ICU, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
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NEW VERSION!
 These information pamphlets are routinely given out to patients or their families by the ICU of PYNEH, Hong Kong. Various generations of the pamphlets since 2006 are shown below. Click Read More.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:56
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2012 May - Nutritional practices and their relationship to clinical outcomes in critically ill children-An international multicenter cohort study PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Critical Care Medicine (Highlights)

Mehta NM, Bechard LJ, Cahill N, Wang M, Day A, Duggan CP, Heyland DK.; Crit Care Med. 2012 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
OBJECTIVES: To examine factors influencing the adequacy of energy and protein intake in the pediatric intensive care unit and to describe their relationship to clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated children.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:32
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2012 May - Variation in use of intensive care for adults with diabetic ketoacidosis PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Critical Care Medicine (Highlights)

Gershengorn HB, Iwashyna TJ, Cooke CR, Scales DC, Kahn JM, Wunsch H.; Crit Care Med. 2012 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
OBJECTIVE: Intensive care unit beds are limited, yet few guidelines exist for triage of patients to the intensive care unit, especially patients at low risk for mortality. The frequency with which low-risk patients are admitted to intensive care units in different hospitals is unknown. Our objective was to assess variation in the use of intensive care for patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, a common condition with a low risk of mortality.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:32
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2012 May - Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction and Risk of Acute Renal Injury in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Others: All Other Overseas Journals

Qureshi AI, Palesch YY, Martin R, Novitzke J, Cruz Flores S, Ehtisham A, Goldstein JN, Kirmani JF, Hussein HM, Suri MF, Tariq N; Antihypertensive Treatment of Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Investigators.; Am J Med. 2012 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: Aggressive systolic blood pressure reduction may precipitate acute renal injury because of underlying hypertensive nephropathy in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. The study's objective was to determine the rate and determinants of acute renal injury during acute hospitalization among subjects with intracerebral hemorrhage using a post hoc analysis of a multicenter prospective study.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:32
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2012 May - Nephrotoxicity of alternative medicine practice PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Others: Renal-Related Journals

Luyckx VA.; Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2012 May;19(3):129-41.
The use of alternative medicine is highly prevalent around the world; in many areas, this is so because of lack of access to, or trust in, Western medicine, and also because they are considered "natural" and therefore safe. The kidney is an organ vulnerable to toxic insults by virtue of its anatomy and function. Reports of nephrotoxicity associated with alternative medicine use encompass all forms of renal dysfunction, ranging from electrolyte abnormalities and proteinuria to acute and CKD, renal failure, and death....

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:32
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2012 May - Recent advances in acute kidney injury epidemiology PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - Others: Renal-Related Journals
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:32
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1 and 2 June 2012 - USG Guided Vascular Access and DVT Course PDF Print E-mail
Activity Schedules and Reports - Local Meetings (Others)
Date: 1st and 2nd June 2012 (Two identical courses); Venue: TSKH, Hong Kong
Critical Care Medicine Foundation (CCMF)
-subsidized course, apply now!

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:28
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19 May 2012 - The 26th Critical Care Medicine Exit and Interim Assessment PDF Print E-mail
Activity Schedules and Reports - Tutorials/Assessments - CCM/ICM Specialty Boards
Date: 19th May 2012 (Saturday); Time: 13:45; Venue: E11 ward, 11/F, Main Block, PYNEH (Map attached)

Dear Doctors,

The 26th Critical Care Medicine Exit and Interim Assessment will be held on coming Saturday (19th May 2012), please arrive to the examination venue 15 minutes early (i.e. 13:45).
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2012 May 13 - FAQ in Brain Death Certification - Part 2 of 2 PDF Print E-mail
Useful Resources Store - Neurology & Neurosurgery
Date: 13 May 2012
Working group members: Dr So Hing Yu (coordinator), Dr Chan Wai Ming, Dr Koo Chi Kwan, Dr Yan Wing Wa, for the HKSCCM
This FAQ is a supplment to the Position Statement of the Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine: GUIDELINES ON CERTIFICATION OF DEATH FOLLOWING THE IRREVERSIBLE CESSATION OF BRAINSTEM FUNCTION
Part 1 of 2 is here
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 May 2012 22:19
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2012 May 10 - An Electrocardiographic Sine Wave in Hyperkalemia PDF Print E-mail
Journal and News Update - New England Journal of Medicine

Daniel B. Petrov, M.D.N Engl J Med 2012; 366:1824 May 10, 2012
A 62-year old man with chronic renal insufficiency reported having reduced exercise tolerance for the previous week. The physical examination was unremarkable, but oxygen saturation was diminished. An electrocardiogram showed a regular rhythm, with a widened QRS complex in a sine-wave configuration, and there were no discernible P waves.

Last Updated on Friday, 11 May 2012 00:13
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2012 May 22 - Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) PDF Print E-mail
Activity Schedules and Reports - Council Meetings - HKSCCM

Date: 22nd May 2012; Time: 1900; Venue: Lecture Theatre, M Block, QEH
Dear all HKSCCM members

I would like to inform you that HKSCCM will host an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) at 1900 on 22nd May 2012 which is the date of the inter-hospital grand-round. The venue will be the lecture theatre of M Block of QEH. Attached is the agenda for your reference.

Looking forward to seeing you all in the meeting.
Last Updated on Sunday, 06 May 2012 19:55
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2012 May 22 - HKSCCM & HKACCN Interhospital Grand Round PDF Print E-mail
Activity Schedules and Reports - Interhospital Grand Rounds & Meetings - HKSCCM

Date: 22nd May 2012; Time: 1815 - 2015; Venue: Lecture Theatre, M Block, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Dear HKSCCM council members
I would like to inform you that the next CCM inter-hospital grand-round, the bimonthly meeting co-organized by Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine Limited (HKSCCM) and Hong Kong Association of Critical Care Nurses (HKACCN), will be held at 1815-2015 on 22nd May 2012 at the lecture theatre of M block of QEH. The colleague of Union Hospital will present interesting case to us and share relevant literature updates of the related topics. The grand-roun will be furnished further by a lecture on fluid therapy by Dr Kulkarni. The poster is attached for your reference. As usual, both CME and CNE will be provided for attendee.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 22:18
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