Paradoxical deterioration during anti-tubercular treatment in a dialysis patient on maintenance steroid therapy

We report a 38-year-old Chinese woman with lupus nephritis on peritoneal dialysis and long-term maintenance steroid therapy. This patient developed paradoxical deterioration during anti-tubercular therapy for tuberculous lymphadenitis. The deterioration resolved spontaneously without change to pharmacotherapy. Paradoxical deterioration that may spontaneously resolve is a potential complication of anti-tubercular treatment in patients on long-term renal replacement therapy.published_or_final_versio

Acupuncture for frozen shoulder

This randomised controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for frozen shoulder. Thirty-five patients with a diagnosis of frozen shoulder were randomly allocated to an exercise group or an exercise plus acupuncture group and treated for a period of 6 weeks. Functional mobility, power, and pain were assessed by a blinded assessor using the Constant Shoulder Assessment, at baseline, 6 weeks and 20 weeks. Analysis was based on the intention-to-treat principle. Compared with the exercise group, the exercise plus acupuncture group experienced significantly greater improvement with treatment. Improvements in scores by 39.8% (standard deviation, 27.1) and 76.4% (55.0) were seen for the exercise and the exercise plus acupuncture groups, respectively at 6 weeks (P=0.048), and were sustained at the 20-week re-assessment (40.3% [26.7] and 77.2% [54.0], respectively; P=0.025). We conclude that the combination of acupuncture with shoulder exercise may offer effective treatment for frozen shoulder.published_or_final_versio

An improved tabu-based vector optimal algorithm for design optimizations of electromagnetic devices

Author name used in this publication: S. Y. YangAuthor name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: J. M. MachadoAuthor name used in this publication: Edward W. C. Lo2003-2004 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Integrated RBF network based estimation strategy of the output characteristics of brushless DC motors

Author name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: W. N. FuAuthor name used in this publication: H. C. WongAuthor name used in this publication: Edward W. C. Lo2001-2002 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Refinement computations of electromagnetic fields using FE and meshless methods

Author name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: H. C. WongAuthor name used in this publication: Edward W. C. Lo2004-2005 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Impact of dye interlayer on the performance of organic photovoltaic devices

The influences of buffer interlayer at the donor/acceptor interface on the open circuit voltage (VOC) of typical copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) / C60 organic photovoltaic devices are studied. Six fluorescent dyes with progressively increasing ionization potentials (I P) were used to investigate the factors influencing the VOC. The short-circuit current and fill factor of CuPc/ C60 device incorporating dye interlayer are lower than those of standard bilayer device. On the other hand, the VOC increases linearly with the I P of dye material and falls off when the I P is equal to or greater than 5.6 eV, in which the energy offset between the highest occupied molecular orbitals at the interlayer/ C60 heterojunction is smaller than the C60 exciton binding energy. The findings underscore the importance of energy offsets in photovoltaic responses. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.published_or_final_versio

Calculations of eddy current, fluid and thermal fields in an air insulated bus duct system

Author name used in this publication: S.L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: Edward W.C. LoAuthor name used in this publication: K. W. E. ChengRefereed conference paper2005-2006 > Academic research: refereed > Refereed conference paperVersion of RecordPublishe

A particle swarm optimization-based method for multiobjective design optimizations

Author name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: Edward W. C. LoAuthor name used in this publication: H. C. Wong2004-2005 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Peritoneal computed tomography: A diagnostic tool for genital oedema in patients on peritoneal dialysis

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