A significant gap still exists between clinical guidelines and practice for hip and knee arthroplasty

by Jenson Mak | May 29, 2017 | Dr. Jenson Mak |

Article in Internal Medicine Journal 43(12):1358-1359 · December 2013   Read it...

Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures in post-menopausal women and older men

by Jenson Mak | May 18, 2017 | Dr. Jenson Mak |

Abstract Vitamin D and related compounds have been used to prevent osteoporotic fractures in older people. This is the third update of a Cochrane review first published in 1996. To determine the effects of vitamin D or related compounds, with or without calcium, for...

The practice of evidence-based medicine in an acute medical ward: Retrospective study

by Jenson Mak | May 15, 2017 | Dr. Jenson Mak |

Abstract To review the practice of evidence-based medicine with respect to drug treatment given to medical in-patients. Retrospective study. Teaching hospital, Hong Kong. Medical records of 129 consecutive patients who were admitted to the acute adult general medical...

Constipation in the Hospital Elderly

by Jenson Mak | May 10, 2017 | Dr. Jenson Mak |

Article in Australasian Journal on Ageing 33:50-50 · June 2014   Read more...

Relationship between hip fracture subtypes and analgesia use

by Jenson Mak | May 2, 2017 | Dr. Jenson Mak |

Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55(4):626-7 · April 2007   Read it...

Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people: Reviews

by Jenson Mak | May 2, 2017 | Dr. Jenson Mak |

Abstract Background: Older people with hip fractures are often malnourished at the time of fracture, and subsequently have poor food intake. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2000, and previously updated in 2010. Objectives: To review the...