Clinical and Polygraphic Characteristics of Patients with Respiratory Dyskinesia

1993 ◽  
Vol 162 (6) ◽  
pp. 828-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen F. K. Chiu ◽  
Linda C. W. Lam ◽  
Christopher H. S. Chan ◽  
Crover K. W. Ho ◽  
Patrick P. S. Shum
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Tardive Dyskinesia ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Polygraphic Recording

Respiratory dyskinesia is characterised by irregularity in rate, rhythm and depth of breathing. This study reports on the clinical features of 11 patients with respiratory dyskinesia identified from a mental hospital in Hong Kong, together with the results of the 24-hour polygraphic recording of seven patients. Virtually all patients with respiratory dyskinesia had tardive dyskinesia. However, the condition was missed or misdiagnosed in all cases by the case psychiatrists. The respiratory irregularity persisted for most of the day and only disappeared when patients took a prolonged rest or fell asleep. A standardised clinical examination for respiratory dyskinesia is proposed.

Tardive Dyskinesia in Alzheimer's Disease: Clinical Features and Neuropathologic Correlates

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith D. McDaniel ◽  
Ann Marie Kazee ◽  
Thomas A. Eskin ◽  
Robert W. Hamill
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Tardive Dyskinesia ◽  
Clinical Features

Bulimia Nervosa in Hong Kong Chinese Patients

1992 ◽  
Vol 161 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sing Lee ◽  
L. K. George Hsu ◽  
Y. K. Wing
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Bulimia Nervosa ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
The West

In contrast to the West, bulimic disorders are rarer than anorexia nervosa in Hong Kong. Four female normal-weight bulimic patients with mostly typical clinical features and conspicuous morbidity are reported. The case histories support the hypothesis that binge-eating is used to regulate unpleasant affect.

Anorexia Nervosa in Hong Kong

1989 ◽  
Vol 154 (5) ◽  
pp. 683-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sing Lee ◽  
Helen F. K. Chiu ◽  
Char-Nie Chen
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Chinese Community ◽  
Western Countries

Anorexia nervosa is a geographically distinct psychiatric disorder; it is rapidly increasing in incidence in Western countries, while being virtually unreported in China, or in the Chinese community of Hong Kong. This is surprising when the Chinese preoccupation with food and their reported readiness to somatise dysphoria are considered. Three Chinese anorectics born and living in Hong Kong and exhibiting mostly typical clinical features are reported. The rarity of the disorder in the East could be related to protective biological and sociocultural factors specific to the Chinese, and while it may become more common, anorexia nervosa is unlikely to reach Western proportions.

Spondyloarthropathies

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-118
Author(s):  
Deborah Turner ◽  
Philip Helliwell
Keyword(s):  
Psoriatic Arthritis ◽  
Ankylosing Spondylitis ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Skin Disease ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Spinal Disease ◽  
Steroid Injections ◽  
Nail Changes ◽  
Mechanical Factors

The spondyloarthropathies include ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. The hallmark clinical features are inflammatory spinal disease, dactylitis, and enthesitis, together with an asymmetrical oligoarthritis, often of the lower limbs. Psoriaform skin and nail changes are also frequently seen, and, less commonly, but characteristically, a mutilating arthritis with severe deformity of the toes. These unique features often allow a diagnosis to be made purely on clinical examination of the lower limbs. However, these features also provide challenges for local treatments as skin disease may complicate the use of orthoses and percutaneous steroid injections. However, the importance of mechanical factors in the pathogenesis of these disorders almost mandates a combined mechanical and pharmacological approach to treatment.

scholarly journals Homeopathic Clinical Features of 18 Patients in COVID-19 Outbreaks in Hong Kong

Homeopathy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 109 (03) ◽  
pp. 146-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka Lun Aaron To ◽  
Yuen Ying Yvonne Fok
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Conventional Treatment ◽  
Symptomatic Relief ◽  
Case Series ◽  
The Common ◽  
Gelsemium Sempervirens

Abstract Background Hong Kong is geographically located in the province of Guangdong which, after Hubei, has been the region of China second-most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to the pathognomonic symptoms of the named disease, homeopathic symptoms are always more helpful for homeopathic prescriptions. Aim This study reports and summarizes the homeopathic symptoms observed in 18 confirmed/suspected epidemiologically related cases in cluster outbreaks of COVID-19 in Hong Kong in early 2020. Methods Homeopathic symptoms from this case series were collected from 18 consecutive patients who, in addition to their concurrent conventional treatment or traditional Chinese medicine, actively sought help from homeopathy as an adjunctive measure for symptomatic relief from COVID-19. Cases were categorized according to outbreak clusters, focusing mainly on the homeopathic symptoms. In the analysis, frequency of all homeopathic medicines, common rubrics in all the cases, common rubrics in each of the top-ranked remedies, and differentiating symptoms for each top-ranked remedy were determined. Results Homeopathic symptoms of 18 cases, each identified as mild and belonging to one of six separate clusters, are reported. Eighteen common symptoms screened out of 79 selected rubrics constituted two sets of homeopathic symptom pictures: Bryonia alba (n = 4) and Gelsemium sempervirens (n = 12). Eight and seven differentiating features, respectively, were identified for Bryonia alba and Gelsemium sempervirens. Conclusion The common symptoms of 18 mild COVID-19 cases constituted two sets of homeopathic symptom pictures, indicating Bryonia alba or Gelsemium sempervirens; they were indicated in 4 and 12 cases, respectively, out of the 18 in total.

Acute Infectious Diarrhoea in Adults: Identifying Clinical Parameters Associated with Specific Pathogens

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
SSW Chan ◽  
KC Ng ◽  
PKW Lam ◽  
DJ Lyon ◽  
WL Cheung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Acute Care Hospital ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Infectious Diarrhoea ◽  
Specific Pathogen ◽  
Stool Cultures ◽  
Culture Positive ◽  
Culture Negative

Introduction Infectious diarrhoea may be caused by viral, bacterial or protozoan agents. The objective of this study was to explore the possibility of correlating presenting clinical and demographic features with the specific types of stool pathogens subsequently identified. Materials & Methods A retrospective study was performed in the setting of an Accident & Emergency (A&E) department of an urban acute-care hospital in Hong Kong. The inclusion criteria were adults (age ≥16); presentation with features of acute infectious diarrhoea; treated as out-patients with or without observation; and with stool cultures requested from A&E. All consecutive culture-positive cases (n=130) satisfying the above criteria were included. The control-group (n=119) consisted of a random sample of culture-negative cases during the same study period. For each of the six pathogens identified, statistical analyses were performed to compare differences in clinical features amongst three groups: (i) cases positive for the specific pathogen; (ii) cases positive for other pathogens; and (iii) cases with negative culture. Results Salmonella was associated with significantly higher body temperatures at presentation. Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) was associated with a significantly shorter duration of diarrhoea and of abdominal pain at presentation. Other variables were not helpful in predicting the type of stool pathogen. Conclusion In patients presenting with acute infectious diarrhoea in an A&E setting in Hong Kong, Salmonella and VP may be suspected according to the clinical features identified in this study.

Prevalence of tardive dyskinesia in samples of elderly people in Hong Kong

1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 266-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.F.K. Chiu ◽  
Y.K. Wing ◽  
P.K. Kwong ◽  
C.M. Leung ◽  
L.C.W. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Tardive Dyskinesia ◽  
Elderly People
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