Publications

complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema thoracis: microbiology and predictors of adverse outcomes.	to describe the microbiological characteristics of a cohort of patients with complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema thoracis, and to identify the potential risk factors for adverse outcomes, with particular reference to the choice of empirical antibiotics, intrapleural fibrinolytics, adherence to management guidelines, and input from pulmonologists.	2007	17548905
management outcome of npc-related and non-npc-related brain abscess in hong kong.	objectives: (1) to review the patient profile, management outcome and prognostic factors of brain abscess; (2) to compare the neurological outcome of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc)-related brain abscess with non-npc related brain abscess. method: retrospective review of consecutive patients diagnosed (radiologically and/or microbiologically) with brain abscess in a regional neurosurgical center in hong kong over a nine year period. results: fifty-four patients were recruited into this study. the ...	2011	22178290