Tseung Kwan O Hospital

Anaesthetist-led perioperative transthoracic echocardiography service: a clinical audit

INTRODUCTION: Growing enthusiasm for transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) among non-cardiac specialties has led to the development of multiple focused TTE protocols in recent years. The role of echocardiography in anaesthesiology is also evolving; an increasing number of anaesthe...

Cost utility analysis of two BK polyomavirus screening strategies: quantitative polymerase chain reaction vs 2-stage approach

Screening for BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) with quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) or a 2-stage approach with urine cytology followed by qPCR are acceptable strategies. However, the magnitude of the health benefits and incremental cost of adopting these 2 screening strategi...