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1 Volume 11 No. 4, December 2015 J o u r n a l W a t c h / C o m i n g A c t i v i t i e s Predicting eczema severity beyond childhood Hon KL, Tsang YK, Poon TC, Pong NH, Kwan M, Lau S, et al. World J Pediatr 2015 Dec 18. Food avoidance does not improve childhood eczema Hon KL, Leung TF. Hong Kong Med J 2015;21(6): Sleep duration and school readiness of Chinese preschool children Tso W, Rao N, Jiang F, Li AM, Lee SL, Ho FK, et al. J Pediatr 2015 Nov years ago in the Journal of Pediatrics: congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung Chan K. J Pediatr 2015;167(5):1056. Impact of neuraminidase inhibitors on influenza A (H1N1)pdm09-related pneumonia: an IPD meta-analysis Muthuri SG, Venkatesan S, Myles PR, Leonardi-Bee J, Lim WS, Mamun AA, et al. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2015 Nov 25. Recent patents of complementary and alternative medicine for allergic rhinitis Hon KL, Fung CK, Leung AK, Lam HS, Lee SL. Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2015 Nov 19. Hospitalization incidence, mortality, and seasonality of common respiratory viruses over a period of 15 years in a developed subtropical city Chan PK, Tam WW, Lee TC, Hon KL, Lee N, Chan MC, et al. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015;94(46):e2024. Clinical features and Staphylococcus aureus colonization/infection in childhood atopic dermatitis Hon KL, Tsang YC, Pong NH, Ng C, Ip M, Leung TF. J Dermatolog Treat 2015:1-6. Stop tarnishing steroid and Chinese medicine Hon KL, Lee VW, Leung TF World J Pediatr 2015 Nov 7. Genetic effects of multiple asthma loci identified by genome-wide association studies on asthma and spirometric indices Tang MF, Sy HY, Kong AP, Ko FW, Wang SS, Liu TC, et al. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2015 Nov 4. MERS = SARS? Hon KL. Hong Kong Med J 2015;21(5):478. Cost-effectiveness analysis of infant universal routine pneumococcal vaccination in Malaysia and Hong Kong Wu DB, Lee KK, Roberts C, Lee VW, Hong LW, Tan KK, et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2015 Oct 9. Brain structure network analysis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea Luo YG, Wang D, Liu K, Weng J, Guan Y, Chan KC, et al. PLoS One 2015;10(9):e Eczema susceptibility and composition of faecal microbiota at four weeks of age: A pilot study in Chinese infants Tang MF, Sy HY, Kwok JS, Tam WH, Hon KL, Tung CK,et al. Br J Dermatol 2015 Sep 26. Parental attitudes and factors associated with varicella vaccination in preschool and schoolchildren in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study Tam WW, Chan J, Lo KK, Lee A, Chan PK, Chan D, Nelson EA. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015;94(36):e1519. Emergence of macrolide-resistant mycoplasma pneumoniae in Hong Kong is linked to increasing macrolide resistance in multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis type Ho PL, Law PY, Chan BW, Wong CW, To KK, Chiu SS, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2015;53(11): Patient acceptability, efficacy, and skin biophysiology of a cream and cleanser containing lipid complex with shea butter extract versus a ceramide product for eczema Hon KL, Tsang YC, Pong NH, Lee VW, Luk NM, Chow CM, et al. Hong Kong Med J 2015;21(5): Working memory impairment and its associated sleeprelated respiratory parameters in children with obstructive sleep apnea Lau EY, Choi EW, Lai ES, Lau KN, Au CT, Yung WH, et al. Sleep Med Sep;16(9): A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control Reddel HK, Bateman ED, Becker A, Boulet LP, Cruz AA, Drazen JM, et al. Eur Respir J 2015;46(3):

2 Journal of Paediatric Respirology and Critical Care Middle East respiratory syndrome Zumla A, Hui DS, Perlman S. Lancet 2015;386(9997): Correlations among steroid fear, acceptability, usage frequency, quality of life and disease severity in childhood eczema Hon KL, Tsang YC, Pong NH, Luk DC, Lee VW, Woo WM, et al. J Dermatolog Treat 2015;26(5): Frequency of food group consumption and risk of allergic disease and sensitization in schoolchildren in urban and rural China Yang Z, Zheng W, Yung E, Zhong N, Wong GW, Li J. Clin Exp Allergy 2015;45(12): Fractional exhaled nitric oxide-guided algorithm for children with asthma Lee QU Pediatr Pulmonol 2015;50(9): The official website of Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Respirology and Allergy is now online. Welcome to our website: Coming HKSPRA Meetings and Workshops Date Venue Title(s) of Presentation Speakers Chairpersons 27 January 2016 KWH Life-threathening asthma in preschoolers Dr. Wing-shan Chan Dr. Daniel Ng (KWH) (KWH) 24 February 2016 KWH February Clinical Meeting TBA TBA 30 March 2016 KWH March Clinical Meeting TBA TBA November Hong Kong Paediatric Bronchoscopy Course 2016 Various Various November Hong Kong 3rd Pearl Delta Paediatric Respirology Various Various 2016 Forum cum 19th HKSPRA Annual Scientific Meeting 20

3 Volume 11 No. 4, December 2015 Snapshots from 1st APPS Annual Scientific Congress cum 18th HKSPRA Annual Scientific Meeting held on 3-5 October 2015 in Hong Kong and Macau APPS and HKSPRA council members Con-joint journal signing ceremony About 300 delegates registered for the congress Over 90% delegates showed up in the congress Poster viewing 21 About 100 delegates were from overseas Faculty members Panel discussion

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