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Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and CPAP adherence in the elderly Chinese population.
Autor:
Susanna S S Ng, Tat-On Chan, Kin-Wang To, Ken K P Chan, Jenny Ngai, Alvin Tung, Fanny W S Ko, David S C Hui
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e0119829 (2015)
This study assessed the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and CPAP adherence in the elderly Chinese in Hong Kong.We conducted a sleep questionnaire survey among the elders aged ≥60 years in the community centres followed by leve
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https://doaj.org/article/ba845b47b4b54c86a0e141ebc57ea165
Autor:
Vivian Wing Ngar Cheung, Bo Xue, Maria Hernandez-Valladares, Maybelle Kho Go, Alvin Tung, Adeleke H Aguda, Robert C Robinson, Wen Shan Yew
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 7, p e103598 (2014)
Due to the emergence of resistance toward current antibiotics, there is a pressing need to develop the next generation of antibiotics as therapeutics against infectious and opportunistic diseases of microbial origins. The shikimate pathway is exclusi
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https://doaj.org/article/89322fbd3c1149c8a87ecc325ad9f878
Autor:
Wing Cheong Chan, Jenny C. L. Ngai, David S.C. Hui, Kin Wang To, Kah Lin Choo, Alvin Tung, Tat-On Chan, Susanna S.S. Ng
Publikováno v:
Internal Medicine Journal. 42:e107-e114
Background: Polysomnography is labour-intensive for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). We compared two algorithms for initiating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for patients with suspected OSA. Methods: Symptomatic OSA pa
Autor:
David S.C. Hui, Christopher K.W. Lai, Hong-yin Chu, Alvin Tung, Ting Fan Leung, Fanny W.S. Ko, Susanna S.S. Ng, Jenny Ngai, Gary W.K. Wong
Publikováno v:
Respirology. 17:370-378
Background and objective: This study assessed the asthma control test (ACT) cut-off values for asthma control according to the Global Initiative for Asthma guideline in adults and the effectiveness of ACT scores in predicting exacerbations and serial
Autor:
David S.C. Hui, Wilson W.S. Tam, Alvin Tung, Fanny W.S. Ko, Jenny Ngai, Susanna S.S. Ng, Kenneth Lai, Herman Lau, Ricky Fong, David L. K. Dai
Publikováno v:
Respirology. 16:617-624
Background and objective: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) incur heavy utilization of health-care resources for patients who require hospitalization. We evaluated whether an early outpatient pulmonary rehabilitati
Publikováno v:
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285:40911-40920
A thermostable quorum-quenching lactonase from Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 (GI: 56420041) was used as an initial template for in vitro directed evolution experiments. This enzyme belongs to the phosphotriesterase-like lactonase (PLL) group of enz
Autor:
Alvin Tung, John A. Cooper, Balakrishnan Kannan, Robert Robinson, Maria Hernandez-Valladares, Taekyung Kim, Adeleke H. Aguda, Mårten Larsson
Publikováno v:
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17:497-503
Capping protein (CP) regulates actin dynamics by binding the barbed ends of actin filaments. Removal of CP may be one means to harness actin polymerization for processes such as cell movement and endocytosis. Here we structurally and biochemically in
Autor:
Susanna S.S. Ng, Alvin Tung, David S.C. Hui, Jenny C. L. Ngai, Tat-On Chan, Fanny W.S. Ko, Kin Wang To
Publikováno v:
Internal Medicine Journal. 39:757-762
Background: Polysomnography (PSG) is currently the standard diagnostic procedure for sleep apnoea. This study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of a portable recording device, ApneaLink (AL; ResMed, Poway, CA, USA) for detection of sleep apnoea in co
Autor:
Alvin Tung, Wilson W.S. Tam, Tze Wai Wong, Doris P S Chan, Fanny W.S. Ko, Christopher K.W. Lai, David S.C. Hui
Publikováno v:
Thorax
Aims: To assess any relationship between the levels of ambient air pollutants and hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Hong Kong. Methods: A retrospective ecological study was undertaken. Data of daily emergency hos
Autor:
Fanny W.S. Ko, David S.C. Hui, Kin-Wang To, Ken K. P. Chan, Tat-On Chan, Alvin Tung, Jenny Ngai, Susanna S.S. Ng
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e0119829 (2015)
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e0119829 (2015)
Background This study assessed the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and CPAP adherence in the elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. Methods We conducted a sleep questionnaire survey among the elders aged ≥60 years in the community cent