Department Head
Prof. HO Kwok Ming
MBBS, PGDipEcho (Melb), MPH (Auck), PhD (UWA), FRCP (Glasg), FANZCA, FHKAM (Anaesthesiology), FCICM
Chairman
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant
Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR
My current research interests are in acute kidney injury, thromboembolism, predicting clinical outcomes and clinical trials.
For more details about my academic profile, see:
Researcher ID: E-3546-2010
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6705-6004

Publications
For details about citations arising from my publications and links to online versions of some of the publications, refer to:
(Researcher ID: E-3546-2010)
- Wibrow B, Martinez FE, Myers E, Chapman A, Litton E, Ho KM, et al. Prophylactic melatonin for delirium in intensive care (Pro-MEDIC): a randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med 2022;48(4):414-25.
- Corcoran TB, Myles PS, Forbes AB, Cheng AC, Bach LA, O’Loughlin E, Leslie K, Chan MTV, Story D, Short TG, Martin C, Coutts P, Ho KM. Dexamethasone and Surgical-Site Infection. N Engl J Med 2021;384(18):1731-41.
- Riedel B, Li MH, Lee CHA, Ismail H, Cuthbertson BH, Wijeysundera DN, Ho KM. A simplified (modified) Duke Activity Status Index (M-DASI) to characterise functional capacity: a secondary analysis of the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study. Br J Anaesth 2021;126(1):181-90.
- Morgan DJR, Ho KM, Platell C. Incidence and Determinants of Mental Health Service Use After Bariatric Surgery. JAMA Psychiatry 2020;77(1):60-7.
- Ho KM, Rao S, Honeybul S, et al. A Multicenter Trial of Vena Cava Filters in Severely Injured Patients. N Engl J Med 2019;381(4):328-37.
- Yaw LK, Robinson JO, Ho KM. A comparison of long-term outcomes after meticillin-resistant and meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis 2014;14(10):967-75.
- Ho KM, Tan JA. Stratified meta-analysis of intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower limbs to prevent venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients. Circulation 2013;128(9):1003-20.
- Litton E, Xiao J, Ho KM. Safety and efficacy of intravenous iron therapy in reducing requirement for allogeneic blood transfusion: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. BMJ. 2013;347:f4822.
- Ho KM, Lee KY, Dobb GJ, Webb SA. C-reactive protein concentration as a predictor of in-hospital mortality after ICU discharge: a prospective cohort study. Intensive Care Med 2008;34(3):481-7.
- Ho KM, Sheridan DJ. Meta-analysis of frusemide to prevent or treat acute renal failure. BMJ 2006;333(7565):420.