Letter to the Editor
“Galaxy in My Eye”: An Artist’s View of Cataract Surgery from Behind the Crystalline...
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed elective surgery in many countries. As a result of advances in surgical and anaesthetic techniques, most cataract...
Oesophageal Carcinoma: Patient’s Refusal for Surgery may be the Right Choice
I read with interest the article by Wong et al1 on combination treatment for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Treatment for the oesophageal SCC...
Towards a Global Educational Matrix for Tomorrow’s Health Systems
Society supports medical schools expecting them to produce physicians who can improve both the health of the population as well as the health system...
Pitfalls in the Use of Allometry in Accounting for Differences in Body Mass in...
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The Perils of Allometric Scaling
I read with interest the paper by Chia and Aziz. Using allometric scaling, the authors adjusted peak oxygen uptake (VO2max) for the confounding influence...
Important Considerations for Recommending Hydration Studies
We read with interest the study by Sun and colleagues published in the recent April Sports Medicine edition. The study investigated fluid balance associated...
Inadvertent Fracture During the Attempted Removal of Entrapped Swan-Ganz Catheter
Pulmonary artery catheter is widely used in cardiovascular surgical practice. Various complications of the Swan-Ganz catheter during insertion, its long-term placement, or removal are...
A Tuberculous Midpalmar Abscess of the Hand Due to Reactivation of Previous Pulmonary Tuberculosis
A 45-year-old renal transplant recipient presented with a 2-week history of progressive painful mid-palmar swelling in his right hand and intermittent low-grade pyrexia. There...
Successful Management of an Iatrogenically-ingested Sharp Foreign Body
A 37-year-old man with no significant medical history underwent dental treatment. An injection dental needle used in the course of root canal treatment came...
Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation Should Not Only Be a Test of Clinical Skill
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was originally a test (or summative assessment) specifically of clinical skills, using standardised patients (SP), anatomical models and...