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K Kwong
Publications - 3
Citations - 245
K Kwong is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care unit & Locus coeruleus. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 228 citations.
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Risk factors, sequential organ failure assessment and model for end-stage liver disease scores for predicting short term mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted to intensive care unit.
Evangelos Cholongitas,Marco Senzolo,David Patch,K Kwong,VN Nikolopoulou,G. Leandro,Steve Shaw,A.K. Burroughs +7 more
TL;DR: This data indicates that prognostic scores in an intensive care unit (ICU) evaluate outcomes, but derive from cohorts containing few cirrhotic patients, and may be inappropriate for clinical decision-making in patients with complex medical conditions.
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High-Resolution Structural Brainstem Nuclei: Locus Coeruleus Integrity as Potential Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Phenotypes
Heidi I.L. Jacobs,J. Alex Becker,K Kwong,Nina Engels-Domínguez,Prokopis C. Prokopiou,Kathryn V. Papp,Michael J. Properzi,Olivia Hamptom,Federico d'Oleire Uquillas,Justin S. Sanchez,Dorene M. Rentz,Georges El Fakhri,Marc D. Normandin,Julie C. Price,D P Bennett,Reisa A. Sperling,Keith A. Johnson +16 more
TL;DR: The locus coeruleus (LC), a small nucleus providing norepinephrine, is among the first sites accumulating tau pathology in adult life as mentioned in this paper , and is also critically involved in arousal, sleep-wakefulness, stress, anxiety and memory.