Publications by authors named "Wah Hon Yau"
Background: Two recent double-blind, randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) showed that oral steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have similar analgesic effectiveness for management of gout, but the trials had small sample sizes and other methodological limitations.
Objective: To compare the effectiveness and safety of oral prednisolone versus oral indomethacin in patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with acute gout.
Design: Multicenter, double-blind, randomized equivalence trial.
Background: Literature on prognosis of transient ischemic attack (TIA) in Chinese is scarce. The short-term prognosis of TIA and the predictive value of the ABCD(2) score in Hong Kong Chinese patients attending the emergency department (ED) were studied to provide reference for TIA patient management in our ED.
Methods: A cohort of TIA patients admitted through the ED to 13 acute public hospitals in 2006 was recruited through the centralized electronic database by the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA).
Objective: Hyponatremia and the associated life-threatening complications have emerged as an important issue among marathon runners. This study was conducted to estimate the serum sodium level among local marathon runners and to identify the associated risk factors of dysnatremia.
Design: Prospective observational cohort study.