TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 24, Number 4, AUGUST 2018
 
Editorials
Genetic testing and counselling
Raymond Liang
 
Somewhere between no-blame culture and treating medical errors as crimes
Derrick KS Au
 
Medical manslaughter
Philip SL Beh
 
Original Articles
Ambulance use affects timely emergency treatment of acute ischaemic stroke
KK Lau, Ellen LM Yu, MF Lee, SH Ho, PM Ng, CS Leung
 
Genetic basis of channelopathies and cardiomyopathies in Hong Kong Chinese patients: a 10-year regional laboratory experience
Chloe M Mak, Sammy PL Chen, NS Mok, WK Siu, Hencher HC Lee, CK Ching, PT Tsui, NC Fong, YP Yuen, WT Poon, CY Law, YK Chong, YW Chan, TC Yung, Katherine YY Fan, CW Lam
 
Multidrug-resistant organism carriage among residents from residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong: a prevalence survey with stratified cluster sampling
H Chen, KM Au, KE Hsu, Christopher KC Lai, Jennifer Myint, YF Mak, SY Lee, TY Wong, NC Tsang
 
Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis: risk factors and effect on mortality among older adults in Hong Kong
Eric CC Leung, CC Leung, KC Chang, CK Chan, Thomas YW Mok, KS Chan, KS Lau, CH Chau, Wilson KS Yee, WS Law, SN Lee, KF Au, LB Tai, WM Leung
 
Mesh-related complications from reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in Chinese patients in Hong Kong
Osanna YK Wan, Symphorosa SC Chan, Rachel YK Cheung, Tony KH Chung
 
Telepsychiatry for stable Chinese psychiatric out-patients in custody in Hong Kong: a case-control pilot study
KM Cheng, Bonnie WM Siu, Cherie CY Au Yeung, TP Chiang, MH So, Mick CW Yeung
 
Review Articles
Medical manslaughter in Hong Kong—how, why, and why not
Gilberto KK Leung
 
Palliative care: the need of the modern era
KS Chan
 
Mixed methods study on elimination of tuberculosis in Hong Kong
Greta Tam, H Yang, Tammy Meyers
 
Medical Practice
Guidance on the management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Hong Kong: an expert panel consensus viewpoint  CME
Brian Tomlinson, Juliana CN Chan, WB Chan, Walter WC Chen, Francis CC Chow, SK Li, Alice PS Kong, Ronald CW Ma, David CW Siu, Kathryn CB Tan, Lawrence KS Wong, Vincent TF Yeung, Betty WM But, PT Cheung, CC Fu, Joanna YL Tung, WC Wong, HC Yau
 
Joint recommendations on management of anaemia in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding in Hong Kong  CME
LY Mak, CW Lau, YT Hui, C Ng, E Shan, Michael KK Li, James YW Lau, Philip WY Chiu, HT Leong, J Ho, Justin CY Wu, CK Lee, WK Leung
 
Case Report
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis—more than just skin deep
Philip H Li, Pamela PW Lee, SL Fung, CS Lau, YL Lau
 
Pictorial Medicine
Emphysematous epididymo-orchitis: an uncommon but life-threatening cause of scrotal pain
HW Lau, CH Yu, SM Yu, LF Lee
 
Inadvertent arterial insertion of a central venous catheter
Victor WT Chan, KW Shek
 
Letters to the Editor
Population-based mammography screening programme should be rigorously evaluated
TH Lam
 
Dextrose prolotherapy for improvement of rotator cuff lesions: ready for clinical use?
Reza Ganji
 
Corrections
 
Doctor for Society
The secret to disease-free living: a wholefood plant-based diet. An interview with Dr Irene Lo
Joey HY Chan, Hilary HC Kwok, Venice SW Li
 
Reminiscence: Artefacts from the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
The porcelain autopsy table and early post-mortem examinations in Hong Kong
Philip SL Beh, Harry YJ Wu