The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 25 / January 2003

The Hong Kong Practitioner - Title Index 2002



A correlation study of the bacteriology and clinical features of sore throat in general practice (K Choi)   292
A matter of choice (D V K Chao) 327
A new look (D V K Chao) 383
A patient requiring three hours of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (H H Sze, S C Siu, K P Leung)   608
A review of the impact of CPD on QA activities: a study from 1999-2001 (K W Chan) 474
A sustainable improvement in the antimicrobial prescribing habit (W L Lo) 271
Acute bronchiolitis: a Hong Kong perspective (D K K Ng, K L Kwok) 16
An introductory course on priority teaching methods for family medicine trainers in Hong Kong (R C Fraser, Y K Yiu) 547
An update on management of common paediatric respiratory emergencies (E Y T Chan, D K K Ng, P Y Chow, C K L Kwok) 491
Antibiotic use by practitioners in Hong Kong (J A Dickinson, C S Y Chan) 282
Approach and management of constitutional delay in growth and sexual maturation (L P K Yeung, L C K Low) 21
Atypical chest pain - a review of latest research (E B Wu, C P Lau) 331
Barrett's oesophagus (A C W Mui) 594
Causal agents, clinical presentation and management of fungal skin and nail infections (D T Roberts, F A Campbell) 72
Chemotherapy in palliative medicine (V S P Chan) 138
Clinical Challenge - Gardnerella vaginalis and sexually transmitted diseases (A A T Chuh, T S Au) 41
Clinical Challenge - Sleep paralysis or something more sinister? (B W K Lau) 363
Comorbidities among patients with tuberculosis in Hong Kong (E C C Leung, C M Tam) 170
Clinical Quiz - A self-limiting rash preceded by upper respiratory tract infection (L Y Chong) 40
Clinical Quiz - A man with a scaly and itchy rash over his face and neck (C Y Leung) 94
Clinical Quiz - A man with chronic pruritic papular rash on his lower limbs (K K Lo) 148
Clinical Quiz - A man with an itchy rash over his back (K K Lo) 204
Clinical Quiz - A baby with a rash over his forehead (K M Ho) 253
Clinical Quiz - A student presenting with a recurring itchy rash (L Y Chong) 306
Clinical Quiz - A man with a pigmented lesion over his back (K K Lo) 362
Clinical Quiz - A man presented with non-itchy lesions over his abdomen (C Y Leung) 406
Clinical Quiz - A nodular facial lesion in an elderly man (K M Ho) 456
Clinical Quiz - A woman presenting with a protracted itchy rash (L Y Chong) 504
Clinical Quiz - A man presented with an itchy rash over his hands (C Y Leung) 559
Clinical Quiz - A girl presented with arthralgia and a leg rash (K K Lo) 614
Dengue fever (N Y Chan, D V K Chao) 395
Do we need a definition of general practice/family medicine? (F Olesen) 527
Does our discipline have a sharp and clear image? (T P Lam) 471
Dr Sun Yat-Sen Oration - The core of medicine (R C Fraser) 354
Dr Sun Yat-Sen Oration - From modern China to modern medicine (C H Leong) 553
Elderly health centres - the first year experience (R S Y Lee, K S Ho, K L Chua, K Y Lee, N S C Wu, W M Chan) 530
Enteral feeding and aspiration pneumonia in the frail patient (S L Hui, W H C Hu, K W T Tsang, C P Chung, L W Chu) 90
Examination of the lower limbs in children with abdominal pain (Henoch-Schonlein Purpura) (Y W Cheng, K T So) 450
Evidence-based psychosocial clinical practice guidelines for women with breast cancer (C Fabrizio, W W T Lam) 132
Frequency and pattern of antibiotic prescription for common infections in a family practice (H C Chan) 274
Hold your head high (D K T Li) 1
Hong Kong Practitioner on-line (D Owens) 57
Hospice care - a paradigm shift in the care of cancer patients (M M K Sham) 143
Hydrofluoric acid burn (S K Leung, D V K Chao) 41
Internet - What's in the web for family physicians - neurology (A K Y Tang) 93
Internet - What's in the web for family physicians - local medical resources (A K Y Tang) 202
Internet - What's in the web for family physicians - health information (A K Y Tang) 305
Internet - What's in the web for family physicians - online medical books (A K Y Tang) 405
Internet - What's in the web for family physicians - drug information (A K Y Tang) 503
Internet - What's in the web for family physicians - online CME lectures (A K Y Tang) 612
Knowledge of asthma and its management: a study in primary schoolteachers in Hong Kong (K L Tse, T S Yu) 4
Letter to The Editor - Clinical management of neuropathic pain (K W Chan, K F Chin) 113
Letter to The Editor - A simple way to find a simple answer to a simple question (H S Bryden, R W M Chow) 226
Letter to The Editor - The Hong Kong Practitioner (D K T Li) 330
Letter to The Editor - Antibiotic wastage costs in Hong Kong (K F Lam, T P Lam) 580
Life-threatening diuretic-induced hyponatraemia: a review of seven patients (Y T Hung, D D Ho, H M So, M W Lo, V T F Yeung) 337
Management of advanced breast cancer - a multidisciplinary approach (K L Cheung, S Y Chan, A J Evans, L Winterbottom, J F R Robertson) 114
Management of mild systemic lupus erythematosus (S Y Chau, C C Mok) 34
Management of stroke in the new millennium (R T K Ho) 83
Managing (D V K Chao) 575
Medical records can be improved (K W Chan) 228
Mental health in Hong Kong: desideratum or mirage (B W K Lau) 240
Murmur - The ecstasy and agony of post-graduate education: a nine-month odyssey (R W M Chow) 308
Murmur - Towards better primary healthcare in Hong Kong (W W Lam) 308
Murmur - Do you have a family doctor for you and your family, my friend? (G W W Tsoi) 364
Nephrotic syndrome in adults - a common clinical syndrome of kidney diseases (K K L Ho) 66
Neurological sequelae of acute otitis media in a six-month-old baby - facial nerve palsy (Y L Cheuk, C K Chow, Y Hui) 401
Oesophageal candidiasis after prolonged use of inhaled corticosteroid (C H Chung) 248
Overbundling as a cause of fever in a 6-day old boy (Y M Fu, D K K Ng, C K L Kwok) 606
Patient characteristics of encounters in general practice (Y T Wun, T W Wong, W Tam, T S Yu) 59
Pre-conception care in general practice (C M Yan) 233
Psychological well-being in the community: our goal, our call, our mission (B W K Lau) 223
Radiotherapy in palliative medicine (V S P Chan) 436
Rational prescribing for upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) (C L K Lam) 298
Scabies in the elderly: a revisit (J K H Luk, H H L Chan, N S L Yeung, F H W Chan) 426
Scope for chronic disease management (D V K Chao) 167
Stroke and heart disease prevention through lipid management (R S Scott) 179
Study on behaviour change after dietary education intervention in elderly people with hypercholesterolaemia (R S Y Lee, R H Y Li, K S Ho) 583
Systemic lupus erythematosus: when to refer? (C C Mok) 444
The challenges of family medicine (D Owens) 23
The interesting but confusing phenomenon of personality disorders (K Y Mak) 193
Thyrotoxicosis in different faces (M W Tsang) 186
To embrace death with dying in dignity (V S P Chan) 111
Treatment of atopic eczema in adults and children (A Drummond,F A Campbell, D T Roberts) 480
Update in prevention of ischaemic stroke (A C F Hui, K S Wong) 344
What is general/family practice? Let us define it (Y T Wun) 498
Why general practitioners do not implement evidence: qualitative study (A C Freeman, K Sweeney) 386