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COMING IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE

ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

Prevalence of infections in residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong

Surveillance and outcome of liver metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer who had undergone curative-intent operation

MEDICAL PRACTICE:

Conservative management of placenta praevia with accreta

October 2008 issue HKMJ is now online

Hong Kong Medical Journal October 2008 issue is now available for download. Click on the "Current Issue" button to surf the table of contents.

 
Endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms: the first hundred cases

A review of the first 100 cases where endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms used by doctors from Queen Mary Hospital has found the procedure promising.

                        
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The first nocturnal home haemodialysis patient in Hong Kong

Doctors from the Princess Margaret Hospital reported their experience of the first use of nocturnal home haemodialysis in Hong Kong where a 40-year-old patient with end-stage renal failure was recruited into the Nocturnal Home Haemodialysis Programme at the hospital.

                        
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Grayanotoxin poisoning from Rhododendron simsii in an infant

Hospital Authority Toxicology Reference Laboratory from Princess Margaret Hospital reported a case where a 57-day-old infant arrived at hospital in shock and convulsing after drinking a bottle of milk to which his grandmother had added a decoction of Rhododendron simsii.

                    

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