Publications by authors named "F K Lim"

Background: As climate change raises global temperatures, there remains a notable gap in understanding the body's mechanisms of heat stress defense exhibited by Heat Shock Protein (HSP) within the populations.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the expression level of HSP70 in response to indoor heat exposure among vulnerable populations in both urban and rural settings.

Methods: A comparative cross-sectional was conducted among 108 participants from urban and rural areas in Klang Valley, Malaysia.

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The transition period from undergraduate nursing education to professional practice is a time of uncertainty and great difficulty for new graduate nurses (NGNs). Nurse residency programs (NRPs) provide structured education, simulation-based learning, and preceptorship to ease the transition. Although its effect on improving retention of NGNs is well established in the literature, the effect on clinical competency has not been documented as well.

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Background And Aims: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a major cause of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Testing for and eradication of H.

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Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T)-mediated therapies have shown promising clinical benefit in patients with refractory or relapsing (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). However, CAR-T treatment presents challenges such as lack of drug accessibility, financial barriers, variable physician preference or experience, and risk assessment based on patient-specific characteristics. This article thus aims to provide an overview of the CAR-T landscape for R/R DLBCL in Asia, with a focus on identifying barriers to access, from the perspective of Asian and international lymphoma experts.

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