Letter to the Editor
A case series of higher-order multifetal pregnancies managed at a tertiary maternity unit
Dear Editor,
Delayed childbearing and increased use of assisted reproduction technology (ART) have resulted in a dramatic rise in the incidence of multifetal pregnancies. In...
Impact of an ageing population on the intensive care unit
Dear Editor,
Intensive care unit (ICU) resources are scarce and expensive, and deciding if intensive care is suitable for older patients involves complex clinical reasoning,...
Evaluation on the adoption of eHealth App for electronic health record sharing system in...
Dear Editor,
In Hong Kong, the eHealth App was launched in January 2021, as part of Stage Two development of the Electronic Health Record Sharing...
Outcomes of nurse-led cryotherapy treatment for viral warts
Dear Editor,
Cryotherapy is a cost-effective treatment that can be performed by non-dermatologists for viral warts, which are very common.1,2 The National University Hospital, Singapore...
Managing and preventing severe hand injuries among sugarcane juicer operators
Dear Editor,
Of all hand injuries encountered at an emergency department, 54% are sustained in the workplace,1 in part contributed by occupational injuries among food...
Breast conservation treatment and frozen section analysis of margins
Dear Editor,
Re. Surgical margins assessment reduces re-excision rates in breast-conserving surgery I read with interest the article by Woon et al. published in a...
Script concordance test to assess diagnostic and management reasoning in acute medicine
Dear Editor,
Clinical reasoning, an essential skill for patient care, can be difficult to assess. We created and validated a script concordance test (SCT) to...
Improving neonatal counselling service for premature births
Dear Editor,
Despite the substantial advancement of neonatal care leading to increased survival of infants of periviable gestation, as young as 22 weeks,1 the anticipated...
Systemic methotrexate in the management of ectopic pregnancy and pregnancy of unknown location
Dear Editor,
Ectopic pregnancy (EP) occurs in 2% of all spontaneous conceptions. It can be a life-threatening condition and is the most common cause of...
Streamlining multidisciplinary care in sarcoma management
Dear Editor,
Sarcomas are rare and heterogenous tumours that constitute fewer than 1% of adult solid cancers.1 Owing to their aggressive behaviour, relative rarity...