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2010 世界胸肺年– 香港胸肺基金會謝婉雯醫生紀念獎學金 中學生公開徵文比賽

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 世界胸肺年 Year of the Lung

主辦機構:香港胸肺基金會
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報名日期 ~ 2010年9月6日
截止報名 ~ 2010年10月6日(以郵戳日期為準)
作品評審 ~ 2010年10月至11月中
公佈結果 ~ 2010年11月20日(請瀏覽本會網頁查核公佈事項, 得獎者亦有專函通知)
頒獎典禮 ~ 2010年12月4日


The late Dr Tse Yuen Man (1968 - 2003); 謝婉雯,金英勇勳章 M.B.G.(追授)(1968年3月31日-2003年5月13日),香港對抗嚴重急性呼吸道症候群(SARS)流行期間為搶救SARS病人而殉職的首位公立醫院醫生。
請按 READ MORE 閲覽比賽章程。

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2010 Sep 1 - Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

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Catharina C. Boehme, M.D., Pamela Nabeta, M.D., Doris Hillemann, Ph.D., Mark P. Nicol, Ph.D., Shubhada Shenai, Ph.D., Fiorella Krapp, M.D., Jenny Allen, B.Tech., Rasim Tahirli, M.D., Robert Blakemore, B.S., Roxana Rustomjee, M.D., Ph.D., Ana Milovic, M.S., Martin Jones, Ph.D., Sean M. O'Brien, Ph.D., David H. Persing, M.D., Ph.D., Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, M.D., Eduardo Gotuzzo, M.D., Camilla Rodrigues, M.D., David Alland, M.D., and Mark D. Perkins, M.D. September 1, 2010 (10.1056/NEJMoa0907847)

Global control of tuberculosis is hampered by slow, insensitive diagnostic methods, particularly for the detection of drug-resistant forms and in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Early detection is essential to reduce the death rate and interrupt transmission, but the complexity and infrastructure needs of sensitive methods limit their accessibility and effect.

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2010 Sep 1 - NEJM Editorial: Tuberculosis Diagnosis — Time for a Game Change

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Peter M. Small, M.D., and Madhukar Pai, M.D., Ph.D. September 1, 2010 (10.1056/NEJMe1008496)

The effective treatment of tuberculosis is a lifesaving intervention. The global scale-up of tuberculosis therapy has averted 6 million deaths over the past 15 years, making it one of the greatest public health interventions of our lifetime.1

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2010 Sep - Best drug treatment for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

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Dr José A Caminero MD a b , Giovanni Sotgiu PhD c, Alimuddin Zumla FRCP d, Giovanni Battista Migliori MD e. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 621 - 629, September 2010

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are generally thought to have high mortality rates. However, many cases can be treated with the right combination and rational use of available antituberculosis drugs. This Review describes the evidence available for each drug and discusses the basis for recommendations for the treatment of patients with MDR and XDR tuberculosis.

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2010 Nov 27 to 28 - The 6th Hong Kong Allergy Convention

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Date: 27 to 28 November 2010; Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

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2010 Sep 2 - Cases Presentation: Effectiveness of Xolair in Real Life Experience

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Date: 2 Sep 2010; Venue: Diamond Room 8, B1, Eaton Hotel Hong Kong; Moderator: Dr Lai Kei Wai, Christopher

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2010 Aug 25 - CLINICIAN'S CORNER: Does This Coughing Adolescent or Adult Patient Have Pertussis?

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Paul B. Cornia, MD; Adam L. Hersh, MD; Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD; Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH; Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH. JAMA. 2010;304(8):890-896.

Context Pertussis is often overlooked as a cause of chronic cough, especially in adolescents and adults. Several symptoms are classically thought to be suggestive of pertussis, but the diagnostic value of each of them is uncertain.

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2010 Aug 25 - Health and philanthropy—the tobacco connection

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Simon Chapman. The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 25 August 2010

On June 14, the world's two richest men, Mexico's Carlos Slim Helú and the USA's Bill Gates, jointly announced that they would each contribute US$50 million to the Latam health project to increase vaccinations and improve child nutrition and natal health in central America.1 Slim already contributes reputedly $2·5 billion annually to his Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud, which runs a large variety of health programmes in Latin America.2 The latest announcement will naturally attract widespread acclaim as an outstanding example of philanthropy. But it also invites important questions about consistency and competing interests.

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2010 Aug 19 - Clinical Practice: Emergency Treatment of Asthma

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Stephen C. Lazarus, M.D. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:755-764, August 19, 2010

A 46-year-old woman who has had two admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) for asthma during the past year presents with a 4-day history of upper respiratory illness and a 6-hour history of shortness of breath and wheezing. An inhaled corticosteroid has been prescribed, but she takes it only when she has symptoms, which is rarely. She generally uses albuterol twice per day but has increased its use to six to eight times per day for the past 3 days. How should this case be managed in the emergency department?

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2010 Oct 17 - The 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Respirology

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Date: 17 October 2010; Venue: Eaton Hotel Hong Kong, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan, Hong Kong

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2010 Aug - Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and its associated morbidity in adults with asthma: a multicentre study

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Fanny WS Ko, Mary SM Ip, CM Chu, Loletta KY So, David CL Lam, David SC Hui. Hong Kong Med J 2010;16:Epub 2010 Aug 5

OBJECTIVE. To assess the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in adult patients with asthma in Hong Kong, and to compare the morbidity endured by asthma patients with and without allergic rhinitis.

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2010 Aug 28 - Lancet Correspondence: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

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Helen Cox a b, Nathan Ford b, Cheryl McDermid b, Gilles van Cutsem b, Eric Goemaere b. The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9742, Page 681, 28 August 2010. (Correspndences on tuberculosis on Pages 681 to 683)

Keertan Dheda and colleagues (May 22, p 1798)1 report extremely poor treatment outcomes for patients with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis in South Africa and conclude that prevention of XDR tuberculosis through strengthening of tuberculosis programmes overall should be prioritised.

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2010 Aug 19 - Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Jennifer S. Temel, M.D., Joseph A. Greer, Ph.D., Alona Muzikansky, M.A., Emily R. Gallagher, R.N., Sonal Admane, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Vicki A. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Constance M. Dahlin, A.P.N., Craig D. Blinderman, M.D., Juliet Jacobsen, M.D., William F. Pirl, M.D., M.P.H., J. Andrew Billings, M.D. and Thomas J. Lynch, M.D. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:733-742August 19, 2010

Background
Patients with metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer have a substantial symptom burden and may receive aggressive care at the end of life. We examined the effect of introducing palliative care early after diagnosis on patient-reported outcomes and end-of-life care among ambulatory patients with newly diagnosed disease.

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2010 Aug 26 - State of Allergic Rhinitis Treatment Symposium

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Date: 26 August, 2010; Venue: Grand Ball Room, JW Marriott Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong; Organizers: Hong Kong Institute of Allergy, Hong Kong Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

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