Letter to the Editor
Development and feasibility of a mobile-based vestibular rehabilitation therapy application for healthy older adults
Dear Editor,
Vestibular hypofunction (VH) is the clinical condition where there is partial or complete loss of the vestibular organs and/or vestibular nerves. Symptoms...
A case of rapidly progressive insomnia and dysautonomia
Dear Editor,
A 43-year-old woman with no past medical history presented with 8 months of progressive memory loss and irritability, which led to her...
Teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of medical students in Singapore
Dear Editor,
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in many changes to medical education, including the site and mode of teaching, conducting of...
Screening for somatisation in an Asian children’s hospital emergency setting
Dear Editor,
In recent years, self-harm is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among adolescents in Singapore.1,2 This is just the tip of the...
Response to letters arising from publication of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore clinical guideline...
Dear Editor,
The Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS) guideline on the use of sedation by non-anaesthesiologists during gastrointestinal endoscopy in the hospital setting and an...
Sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy in Singapore
Dear Editor,
I refer to the editorial “Ensuring safe sedation during gastroendoscopy”1 and the original article “Academy of Medicine, Singapore clinical guideline on the use...
Non-anaesthesiologists administering propofol in the Singapore context
Dear Editor,
Propofol is a potent intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent. Its popularity for sedation has increased in the last 3 decades because of its smooth, rapid...
Sedation by non-anaesthesiologists in gastrointestinal endoscopy
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the paper by Ang et al.1 on Singapore guidelines in the use of sedation by non-anaesthesiologists during gastrointestinal endoscopy...
Knowledge and perception of fall prevention in hospital: A survey of nursing staff
Dear Editor,
Hospital falls are a common debilitating problem worldwide and are associated with negative patient outcomes and increased financial costs to organisations.1,2 While...
Iatrogenic atrial septal defect after catheter ablation—to close or not to close?
Dear Editor,
Transseptal access to the left heart is increasingly performed for electrophysiological procedures and for structural heart disease interventions such as balloon mitral valvuloplasty...