Melissa Ho

Sa1761 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE PROGRAM FOR RECENTLY DIAGNOSED INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CLINICAL REMISSION RATES AND LOWER STEROID USE

Ryan C. Ungaro, Melissa Ho, Stephanie G. Stanley, William J. Rivera Carrero et autres

Intestinally-restricted Janus Kinase inhibition: a potential approach to maximize the therapeutic index in inflammatory bowel disease therapy

David T. Beattie, Maria Teresa Pulido-Rios, Fei Shen, Melissa Ho et autres

BACKGROUND: An unmet need remains for safe and effective treatments to induce and maintain remission in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. The Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, tofacitinib, has demonstrated robust efficacy in ulcerative colitis patients although, like other systemic immunosuppressants, there may …

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Do daily ward interviews improve measurement of hospital quality and safety indicators? A prospective observational study

Mitchell Sarkies, Kelly‐Ann Bowles, Elizabeth H. Skinner, Romi Haas et autres

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine if the addition of daily ward interview data improves the capture of hospital quality and safety indicators compared with incident reporting systems alone. An additional aim was to determine the …

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Disinvestment research in high-risk clinical populations: weekend allied health services to acute medical and surgical ward tracheostomy patients – a pilot non-randomised controlled clinical trial

Mitchell Sarkies, Kelly‐Ann Bowles, Elizabeth H. Skinner, Deb Mitchell et autres

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Abstract #283: Eeffect of Team-Based Clinical Intervention on Glycaemic Control and Variability in type 2 Diabetic Chronic Haemodialysis Patients: Report of 2 Cases

Yin Chian Kon, Rinkoo Dalan, Joyce Xia, Hui Li et autres

Data Collection Methods in Health Services Research

Kelly‐Ann Bowles, Debra Mitchell, Romi Haas, Melissa Ho et autres

BACKGROUND: Hospital length of stay and discharge destination are important outcome measures in evaluating effectiveness and efficiency of health services. Although hospital administrative data are readily used as a data collection source in health services research, no research has assessed this data …

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Inhibition of Janus kinase signaling during controlled mechanical ventilation prevents ventilation‐induced diaphragm dysfunction

Ira J. Smith, Guillermo L. Godinez, Baljit K. Singh, Kelly McCaughey et autres

Controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) is associated with the development of diaphragm atrophy and contractile dysfunction, and respiratory muscle weakness is thought to contribute significantly to delayed weaning of patients. Therefore, therapeutic strategies for preventing these processes may have clinical benefit. The aim …

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Rapid Infusion Rituximab for Maintenance Therapy: Is It Feasible?

Jolly Patel, Melissa Ho, Viet Q. Ho, Celeste M. Bello et autres

Rituximab is an anti-CD-20 monoclonal antibody used in the management of lymphoproliferative disorders. The use of maintenance rituximab has improved progression free survival and overall survival in follicular lymphomas. Although rapid rituximab infusions have been studied extensively, there is little data on …

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Extracting, integrate and search healthcare knowledge from web (I)

Melissa Ho

Searching for medical information online had been increasingly popular. However, results are usually irrelevant or inaccurate. Hence, this project focuses on building an online healthcare search portal, Finder, that aims to provide users with a search engine (CQA service) focusing particularly on …

Polymicrobial Outbreak of Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis during External Wall Renovation at a Dialysis Center

Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng, Wai Kei Lo, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Shiu Bing Chan et autres

OBJECTIVE: To investigate an outbreak of peritonitis in intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) patients. DESIGN: An outbreak investigation was performed to identify the etiology of the polymicrobial outbreak, and a retrospective case-control study was conducted to assess the risk factors for development of …

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Comparison of screening methods for detection of extended‐spectrum β‐lactamases and their prevalence among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species in Hong Kong

Pak‐Leung Ho, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Tak‐Lun Que, Melissa Ho et autres

Three tests, the disk diffusion test, the double-disc synergy test and the inhibitor-potentiated disc diffusion test, were compared for their abilities to detect production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) in 702 Escherichia coli and 472 Klebsiella spp. strains from four hospitals. Eleven percent …

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Opisthorchis viverrini Infection in Thailand: Studies on the Morbidity of the Infection and Resolution Following Praziquantel Treatment

Swangjai Pungpak, Chaisin Viravan, B Radomyos, K Chalermrut et autres

A community study on opisthorchiasis was conducted in Prachinburi Province in eastern Thailand during 1990-1992. The morbidity from opisthorchiasis in the community and reversibility of biliary pathology following treatment with praziquantel at a single dose of 40 mg/kg were assessed by longitudinal …

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