Publications by authors named "Benny Lau"
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- The study examines the feasibility and acceptability of implementing thrice-daily physiotherapy for hip fracture patients, with two sessions delivered by alternative staff like students and allied health professionals.
- Qualitative data from interviews with patients, carers, healthcare professionals, and physiotherapy students revealed that higher frequency physiotherapy is generally well-received and considered safe and valuable by those involved in the care process.
- Five key themes emerged from the analysis: perceptions of the intervention, implementation context, effective strategies, barriers to implementation, and future directions for the BOOST study.
Cardiac rehabilitation programs across Canada have suspended in-person services as a result of large-scale physical distancing recommendations designed to flatten the COVID-19 pandemic curve. Virtual cardiac rehabilitation (VCR) offers an alternate mechanism of care delivery, capable of providing similar patient outcomes and safety profiles compared with centre-based programs. To minimize care gaps, all centres should consider developing and implementing a VCR program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic has raised ethical questions for the cardiovascular leader and practitioner. Attention has been redirected from a system that focuses on individual patient benefit toward one that focuses on protecting society as a whole. Challenging resource allocation questions highlight the need for a clearly articulated ethics framework that integrates principled decision making into how different cardiovascular care services are prioritized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiovascular diseases are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer survivors. Furthermore, some cancer therapies are now being increasingly recognized to have negative cardiovascular effects, or cardiotoxicity. Exercise therapy has been found to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with cancer as well as attenuate the cardiotoxic effects of cancer therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Myocardial infarction (MI) remains under-recognized in chronic lung disease (CLD) patients. Rehabilitation health professionals need accessible clinical measurements to identify the presence of prior MI in order to determine appropriate training prescription.
Objectives: To estimate prior MI in CLD patients entering a pulmonary rehabilitation program, as well as its association with heart rate parameters such as resting heart rate and chronotropic response index.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether Fungizone or amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC; ABELCET) affects the transfer of cholesteryl ester (CE) by lipid transfer protein I (LTP I; also known as cholesteryl ester transfer protein) between HDL and LDL (bidirectional transfer HDL to LDL and LDL to HDL).
Methods: Increasing concentrations of either Fungizone or ABELCET (1.25-12.