TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 16, Number 1, FEBRUARY 2010
 
Editorial
The role of the Emergency Department: beyond gatekeeping
TW Wong

 
Original Articles
Emergency department presentation of ketamine abusers in Hong Kong: a review of 233 cases
SH Ng, ML Tse, HW Ng, FL Lau 

 
If not appendicitis, then what else can it be? A retrospective review of 1492 appendectomies
KW Ma, NH Chia, HW Yeung, MT Cheung 

 
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of obstetric patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: a 10-year retrospective review
Natalie YW Leung, Arthur CW Lau, Kenny KC Chan, WW Yan 

 
Pulmonary valve replacement after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot
Flora HF Tsang, X Li, YF Cheung, KT Chau, LC Cheng 

 
Short-term outcome of patients with robot-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy: for localised carcinoma of prostate
KL Lo, CF Ng, Cleo NY Lam, Simon SM Hou, KF To, Sidney KH Yip 

 
Five-year experience with Chinese cobra (Naja atra)-related injuries in two acute hospitals in Hong Kong
OF Wong, Tommy SK Lam, HT Fung, CH Choy 

 
Medical Practice
Magnetoencephalography and its role in evaluation for epilepsy surgery
TL Poon, FC Cheung, Colin HT Lui 

 
Transcatheter embolisation of intrahepatic arteriovenous shunts in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Winnie SW Chan, WL Poon, Danny HY Cho, Sonny SH Chiu, SH Luk 

 
Case Reports
Q fever: underdiagnosed in Hong Kong?
Jasper FW Chan, Herman Tse, Kelvin KW To, Iris WS Li, Bone SF Tang, Vincent CC Cheng, KY Yuen 

 
Ambiguous genitalia, impaired steroidogenesis, and Antley-Bixler syndrome in a patient with P450 oxidoreductase deficiency
WM But, Ivan FM Lo, CC Shek, WY Tse, Steven TS Lam 

 
Orbital myiasis complicating squamous cell carcinoma of eyelid
CS Wong, Tiffany YC Chu, KF Tam 

 
Retroperitoneal schwannoma: a common tumour in an uncommon site
Jane CC Yeung, CF Chung, Jimmy SM Lai 

 
Pictorial Medicine
Cervical spine disease in Asian populations
KC Chang, Dino Samartzis, Keith DK Luk, Kenneth MC Cheung

 
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: uncommon but important
YF Cheung, KW Tang, Phillip YC Chan, YW Wong, FC Cheung, John HM Chan,

 
Commentary
Strengthening primary care: the role of clinical practice guidelines
Amy KL Chan, Richard Baker, TP Lam, Mary BL Kwong, Loretta WY Chan, Timothy TC Hong

 
Letters to the Editor
A cautionary note on the use of intravenous metoclopramide
Anselm CW Lee

 
Reading vintage news of 1909: change in prevalence of group B Streptococcus
KP Fung, SP Lau

 
Piperazines: a new class of drug of abuse has landed in Hong Kong
WT Poon, CF Lai, MC Lui, Albert YW Chan, Tony WL Mak

 
Thalassaemia and influenza: a consideration
Viroj Wiwanitkit

 
The Back Page
Seeking local answers to local questions
Margaret Harris Cheng