Publications by authors named "Hon Tang"
Clinical features and outcomes of renal amyloidosis in Hong Kong.
Nephrology (Carlton)
November 2022
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to identify baseline risk factors that predict poor kidney outcomes and overall survival in patients with primary amyloidosis, a rare disease with non-specific early symptoms that can delay diagnosis and treatment.
- - Researchers analyzed data from 36 patients with biopsy-proven renal amyloidosis from three hospitals in Hong Kong, discovering that hypertension, diabetes, proteinuria, and low eGFR were significant risk factors for poor kidney outcomes and survival.
- - Results showed autologous stem cell transplant led to the best outcomes, while a significant number of patients experienced severe kidney decline or death, highlighting the need for early identification and treatment of risk factors to improve prognosis.
Aim: To investigate methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta dosing regimen in treatment naïve subjects and dose conversion in darbepoetin alpha treated subjects, in Chinese dialysis patients.
Methods: Adult Chinese patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) or haemodialysis (HD), with no prior treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and haemoglobin below 8 g/dL (Group I) or receiving darbepoetin alpha and had stable haemoglobin at 10-12 g/dL (Group II) were included in this prospective open-label study. In Group I methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta was started at 0.
The authors present the first reported case of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) precipitated by trigeminal nerve microvascular decompression (MVD). The presentation of this specific case together with the pathogenesis and management of HSE are discussed, with a relevant literature review. This 29-year-old woman with treatment-resistant trigeminal neuralgia underwent a successful elective MVD of the right trigeminal nerve.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections are the major cause of technique failure. Exit-site infections (ESI) can be prevented by local application of antibiotics. Mupirocin (M) is the most extensively studied drug for this application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute rejection constitutes a significant proportion of renal allograft loss. Peritubular capillary deposition of C4d has been recognized as the footprint of humoral alloimmunity and proven to be a sensitive and specific marker for humoral rejection in the appropriate clinical context. Its presence in indication biopsies is the most important independent risk factor for graft failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerged infection from a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Apart from fever and respiratory complications, acute renal impairment has been observed in some patients with SARS. Herein, we describe the clinical, pathologic, and laboratory features of the acute renal impairment complicating this new viral infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Solute removal index (SRI) is an adequacy index that estimates haemodialysis dose based on urea removal in the spent dialysate. We examined the SRI, single pool Kt/V (spKt/V) and equilibrated Kt/V (eKt/V) in two groups of chronic haemodialysis patients; group A, 25 patients received haemodialysis twice weekly and group B, 11 patients received haemodialysis thrice weekly.
Method And Results: The Ing's partial dialysate collection method was used for spent dialysate collection.