Publications by authors named "Chan King Chung Kenny"
Article Synopsis
- A study compared hospital outcomes between critically ill patients with COVID-19 and those with influenza A, focusing on mortality rates and risk factors.
- The research involved a retrospective analysis of adult patients in Hong Kong, matching 373 COVID-19 patients with 373 influenza A patients based on similar characteristics.
- Findings showed that COVID-19 patients had a significantly higher hospital mortality rate (17.5%) compared to influenza A patients (7.5%), with factors such as age and coinfections impacting these outcomes.
Background: To compare the outcomes of patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support who had a restrictive transfusion strategy with those who had a liberal strategy.
Study Design And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all adult patients from 2010 to 2019 who received a minimum of one packed red blood cell (pRBC) during ECMO. Hemoglobin values before each transfusion were retrieved.
Background: The utilization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has increased rapidly around the world. Being an overall low-volume high-cost form of therapy, the effectiveness of having care delivered in segregated units across a geographical locality is debatable.
Methods: All adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cases admitted to public hospitals in Hong Kong between 2010 and 2019 were included.
Article Synopsis
- * The research utilized data from a population electronic health record database and found that the APACHE IV standard mortality ratio (SMR) improved significantly, indicating better predictive performance over time as well.
- * Overall, despite limited healthcare resources, Hong Kong's ICU services have become more efficient and of higher quality, with shorter than predicted length of stay for patients.
Article Synopsis
- * This study is the first to investigate insensible water loss in adult ECMO circuits, revealing a direct correlation between water loss, sweep-gas flow rates, and fluid temperature.
- * Specifically, water loss rates increase linearly with sweep-gas flow rates and temperature changes, with an average daily loss of water ranging from 51.3 to 73.7 ml/day depending on the temperature.