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Kho Sze Shyang

Respiratory Medicine, Sarawak General Hospital
Verified email at moh.gov.my
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The role of CT in case ascertainment and management of COVID-19 pneumonia in the UK: insights from high-incidence regions

…, WH Yip, L Li, YC Lee, A Draper, SS Kho… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
1 Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, et al. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus
in Wuhan, China. Lancet 2020; 395: 497–506. 2 Yin Y, Wunderink RG. MERS, SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of transbronchial cryobiopsy in eccentrically and adjacently orientated radial endobronchial ultrasound lesions

SS Kho, SK Chan, MC Yong, ST Tie - ERJ open research, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… Author contributions: SS Kho is the guarantor of the manuscript; SS Kho and ST Tie had full
… analysis; SS Kho and ST Tie conceived and designed the trial and its protocol; SS Kho, ST …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of 1.1 mm flexible cryoprobe with conventional guide sheath and therapeutic bronchoscope in biopsy of apical upper lobe solitary pulmonary …

SS Kho, CS Chai, LE Nyanti, AM Ismail… - BMC pulmonary medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Lung cancer is frequently situated peripherally in the upper lobes of the lung.
Acquiring adequate tissue from this difficult-to-reach area remains a challenge. …

Chylothorax and central vein thrombosis, an under‐recognized association: a case series

SS Kho, ST Tie, SK Chan, MC Yong… - Respirology case …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chylothorax is defined as the presence of chyle in the pleural cavity. Central vein thrombosis
is an under‐recognized cause of chylothorax in the adult population and is commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Endobronchial embolization for life-threatening hemoptysis with Endobronchial Watanabe Spigot

SS Kho, SK Chan, MC Yong, ST Tie - BMC research notes, 2017 - Springer
Background Massive hemoptysis is a common encounter in respiratory medicine.
Bronchoscopy plays an important role in localizing the origin of bleeding, as well as endoscopic …

Pleural fluid lactate as a point-of-care adjunct diagnostic aid to distinguish tuberculous and complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions during initial thoracentesis …

SS Kho, SK Chan, MC Yong, HM Cheah… - Respiratory …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Tuberculous pleural effusions (TBEs) and parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPEs)
have similar clinical presentations and fluid biochemistry. A pleural biopsy is usually …

Mediastinal melioidosis masquerading as malignancy of the lung

SS Kho, YF Ho, SK Chan, ST Tie - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
A 63-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of an insidious fever with chills and a
non-productive cough. He had lost 5 kg in weight. He also had type 2 diabetes, hypertension, …

Feasibility of manual bronchial branch reading technique in navigating conventional rEBUS bronchoscopy in the evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesion

SS Kho, LE Nyanti, CS Chai… - The clinical respiratory …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sze Shyang KhoSze Shyang Kho … Although we demonstrated that lesion size, rEBUS
orientation, biopsy method, fluoroscopy and guide sheath use were not associated with better …

[PDF][PDF] Methylprednisolone in severe COVID-19 with acute respiratory distress syndrome–less is more?

NN Hung, CC Sin, CS Kim, KS Shyang, YM Ching… - MJM, 2022 - e-mjm.org
Introduction: Corticosteroids, particularly methylprednisolone, are part of the treatment for
severe COVID-19 with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In this study, we aimed to …

Exploring the optimal freeze time and passes of the ultrathin cryoprobe in transbronchial cryobiopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions

SS Kho, LE Nyanti, CS Chai, ST Tie - ERJ Open Research, 2024 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… This was reflected in our finding that specimen size does not differ significantly between …
Furthermore, our study highlights that the 1.1-mm probe's smaller size and enhanced flexibility …