David C K Luk
United Christian Hospital
18 Papers
88 Citations
David C K Luk is an academic researcher from United Christian Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications.
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Papers
Severe acute respiratory syndrome in children: experience in a regional hospital in Hong Kong.
Wa-Keung Chiu,Patrick C H Cheung,Kwok Leung Ng,Patricia L. S. Ip,V. K. Sugunan,David C K Luk,Louis Che-Kwan Ma,Bill H. B. Chan,Kit Lin Lo,W. M. Lai +9 more
TL;DR: Adolescents (age, ≥12 yrs) resembled adults in their clinical features, and when compared with the younger age group, the adolescents had significantly higher temperatures, more constitutional upset, and a greater need for steroid treatment.
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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents: waist circumference predicts hypertension, exercise decreases risk
Lettie C. Leung,Rita Y T Sung,Hung-Kwan So,Sik Nin Wong,Kwok Wai Lee,Kwok Piu Lee,Man Ching Yam,Samantha Po-Siu Li,So Fun Yuen,Stella Chim,Keung Kit Chan,David C K Luk +11 more
TL;DR: High waist circumference is a predictor of hypertension in adolescents, while increased physical activity is a protective factor, and incorporating waist circumference into screening protocols may increase the sensitivity of cardiovascular risk stratification.
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A review on the role of moisturizers for atopic dermatitis.
Yoke Chin Giam,Adelaide Ann Hebert,Maria Victoria Dizon,Hugo Van Bever,Marysia Tiongco-Recto,Kyu Han Kim,Hardyanto Soebono,Zakiudin Munasir,Inne Arline Diana,David C K Luk +9 more
TL;DR: Recommendations to improve the regular use of moisturizers among AD patients include measures that focus on treatment compliance, patient and caregiver education, appropriate treatment goals, avoidance of sensitizing agents, and collaboration with other relevant specialists.
Lupus nephritis in Chinese children--a territory-wide cohort study in Hong Kong
Sik Nin Wong,Kei-Chiu Tse,Tsz-Leung Lee,Kwok-Wai Lee,Stella Chim,Kwok-Piu Lee,Reann Wai-Po Chu,Winnie Chan,Kwok-Wah Fong,Joannie Hui,Samantha Po-Siu Li,Pa-Shing Yeung,So-Fun Yuen,Assunta Chi-Hang Ho,Lettie C. Leung,David C K Luk,Pak-Chiu Tong,Shu-Yan Chan,Hon-Ming Cheung,Chung-Mo Chow,David Lau +20 more
TL;DR: The clinical severity of the nephritis did not accurately predict renal biopsy findings and the survival and chronic morbidity rates of the Chinese SLE children in the present study are comparable to other published studies.
Correlations among steroid fear, acceptability, usage frequency, quality of life and disease severity in childhood eczema.
Kam Lun Hon,Yin Ching K Tsang,Nga Hin Pong,David C K Luk,Vivian W Y Lee,Wing Man Woo,Chak Yiu Justin Lam,Yun Ting Eunice Yeung,Yiu Shing Sunny Chau,Ka Kam Kenneth Chui,Ka Hin Gabriel Li,Ting Fan Leung +11 more
TL;DR: The extent of CS fears is independent of CS acceptability, but correlates with patients’ quality-of-life (QoL), and desensitization of parental CS fears should be integral part of eczema education and therapeutics in order to improve therapeutic efficacy and patients' QoL.
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