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2010.03.14 Quiz: Antibiotic That Cannot Be Used for Pneumonia |
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Quiz -
2010 Mar
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Which of the following drug cannot be used to treat pneumonia?
A. Doripenem
B. Telavancin
C. Tigecycline
D. Ceftobiprole
E. Daptomycin
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Last Updated on Sunday, 14 March 2010 08:08 |
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2010 May 8 to 9 - 15th Hong Kong Medical Forum (15th HKMF) |
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Activity Schedules and Reports -
Local Meetings (Others)
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Date: 8 - 9 May 2010 (Saturday & Sunday)
Times: 14:00 - 19:00 (Saturday), 09:00 - 17:05 (Sunday)
Venue: Room N201, 2/F (New Wing), Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Organized by Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

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Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 22:16 |
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2010 Mar - Gastric perforation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: review of the literature |
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Journal and News Update -
Others: All Other Overseas Journals
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Spoormans I, Van Hoorenbeeck K, Balliu L, Jorens PG.; Resuscitation. 2010 Mar;81(3):272-80.
The risk of complications of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) does not outweigh the benefit of a successful restoration of a spontaneous circulation. Despite the frequent occurrence of gastric distension (caused by air entering the stomach because of too forceful and/or too quick rescue breathing), there are few reports of massive gastric distension causing gastric rupture and pneumoperitoneum after CPR. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2010 15:07 |
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2010 Mar 3 - Comprehensive Sedation Course (CSC) |
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Activity Schedules and Reports -
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Date: 3 to 5 March 2010
Organiser: Intensive Care Unit, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 20:39 |
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2010 Jan 20 - Enteral versus parenteral nutrition for acute pancreatitis |
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Mohammed Al-Omran1, Zaina H AlBalawi2, Mariam F Tashkandi3, Lubna A Al-Ansary4. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jan 20;(1):CD002837
Background
Acute pancreatitis creates a catabolic stress state promoting a systemic inflammatory response and nutritional deterioration. Adequate supply of nutrients plays an important role in recovery. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) has been standard practice for providing exogenous nutrients to patients with severe acute pancreatitis. However, recent data suggest that enteral nutrition (EN) is not only feasible, but safer and more effective.Therefore, we sought to update our systematic review to re-evaluate the level of evidence.
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 17:01 |
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2010 Mar 12 - Towards a modern classification of the epilepsies? |
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Journal and News Update -
Lancet and the Lancet series of journals
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Anne T Berg a, J Helen Cross b. The Lancet Neurology, Early Online Publication, 12 March 2010
The original international classifications of seizures and epilepsies began with proposals by Henri Gastaut in 1969. The accepted classifications were published in 1970. 1 , 2 They were last updated for seizures in 1981 3 and syndromes in 1989, 4 although changes were minimal.
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2010 Mar 11 - 超級惡菌藏醫院布簾 鮑氏不動桿菌抗藥可致命 |
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Journal and News Update -
Media & Other Organisations
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Date: 11 Mar 2010
... 多重抗藥性鮑氏不動桿菌(MDR-AB: Multiply Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii)短短數年間極速變惡,05/06年只有1.7%患者感染此菌後出現抗藥性,08/09年暴增至最高46% ...
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:55 |
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2010 Mar 9 -- HKSCCM Scientific Symposium: Management of MRSA Infection |
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2010 May 4 & 6 - The Fourth Critical Care Nephrology Course (CCNC4) at PYNEH |
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Activity Schedules and Reports -
Critical Care Nephrology Course at PYNEH
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Date: 4 & 6 May 2010
Organizer: Department of Intensive Care (ICU), Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH)
Course Director: Dr. Yan Wing Wa (ICU Director, PYNEH)

Introduction
Renal Replacement Therapies (RRT) are common and crucial to critically ill patients having acute renal failure. Modes of RRT are different from those prescribed for chronic renal failure patients. The one and half day programme consisting of lectures and workshops will provide updated knowledge for the management of acute renal failure patients in Intensive Care Unit.
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Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 10:33 |
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2010 Jan - Cold saline infusion and ice packs alone are effective in inducing and maintaining therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest |
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Journal and News Update -
Others: Critical Care-Related Journals
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Larsson IM, Wallin E, Rubertsson S. Resuscitation. 2010 ;81(1):15-9.
AIM OF THE STUDY: Hypothermia treatment with cold intravenous infusion and ice packs after cardiac arrest has been described and used in clinical practice. We hypothesised that with this method a target temperature of 32-34 degrees C could be achieved and maintained during treatment and that rewarming could be controlled. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2010 15:07 |
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2010 Mar 11 - Commentary: Critical care in the developing world - a challenge for us all |
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Charles D Gomersall. Critical Care 2010, 14:131. Published: 11 March 2010
Abstract (provisional): The rapid economic growth in parts of the developing world is being accompanied by an expansion of critical care. Hurdles to expansion include lack of critical care training for healthcare workers. This is coupled with a need for a huge number of healthcare workers due to the high populations of countries such as China and India. Intensivists in the developed world can and should help.
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2010 Jun 17 to 20 - Basic Sciences in Intensive Care |
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Activity Schedules and Reports -
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Date: 17 to 20 June, 2010; Venue: Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

" .... we have invited Gill Bishop (the former Chairperson of the Primary Examiners) and Yahya Shehabi (a Primary examiner) to conduct a course on Basic Sciences in Intensive Care from June 17th to 20th. While this course is primarily aimed at part I candidates it will also be useful to supervisors and those wishing to get a solid grounding in the basic sciences underlying Intensive Care practice."
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 12:40 |
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Journal and News Update -
Lancet and the Lancet series of journals
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Prof Hervé Puy MD a b, Prof Laurent Gouya MD a b c, Prof Jean-Charles Deybach MD a b The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9718, Pages 924 - 937, 13 March 2010
Hereditary porphyrias are a group of eight metabolic disorders of the haem biosynthesis pathway that are characterised by acute neurovisceral symptoms, skin lesions, or both. Every porphyria is caused by abnormal function of a separate enzymatic step, resulting in a specific accumulation of haem precursors.
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 10:44 |
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2010 Mar 23 - HKSCCM & HKACCN Interhospital Grand Round |
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Activity Schedules and Reports -
Interhospital Grand Rounds & Meetings - HKSCCM
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Date: 23 Mar 2010
Organised by the HKSCCM & HKACCN
Dear HKSCCM members
I am writing to inform you that the next inter-hospital grand-round will be held at 6pm on 23rd March 2010 at the lecture theatre of M block of QEH. Colleagues from KWH and CMC will present two interesting cases followed by literature review. Attached is the poster of the event for reference.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 19:21 |
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2010 Jun 29 & 30 - The Second Critical Care Respiratory Course (CCRC2) |
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Activity Schedules and Reports -
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Date: Tue 29 & Wed 30 June 2010
Organiser: Department of Intensive Care, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Target participants: Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working with acute respiratory failure patients
Fee: $1800 per 2-day course for early-bird registration on or before 30 April 2010; $2000 on or after 1 May 2010; Fee includes breakfasts and lunches
Refund: 50% on or before 15 May 2010, no refund on or after 16 May 2010
REGISTRATION FORM AVAILABLE.

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Last Updated on Friday, 12 March 2010 18:00 |
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2010 Mar 4 - HKSCCM Scientifc Symposium: Meeting Infection Challenges in the Era of Resistance |
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