Letter to the Editor
An Unexpected Cause of Trauma-related Myocardial Infarction: Multimodality Assessment of Right Coronary Artery Dissection
Blunt cardiac injury refers to injury sustained due to blunt trauma to the heart. It encompasses a spectrum of pathologies ranging from myocardial contusion;...
Delusion of Parasitosis: A Descriptive Analysis of 88 Patients at a Tertiary Skin Centre
Delusions of parasitosis (DoP) is a form of monosymptomatic hypochondriacal delusional disorder of bodily infestation. Patients present to the dermatologist with a fixed false...
Camera Cover Perforation after Arthroscopic Surgery
To maintain sterility during arthroscopic surgery, arthroscopic cameras may be used either sterilised or enveloped in a sterile cover. Before the development of autoclavable...
Arrival of Candida auris Fungus in Singapore: Report of the First 3 Cases
Candida auris is an emerging fungus that is of increasing global concern. Healthcare-associated outbreaks and cases have been reported in 5 continents and the...
Epidemiological Characteristics of Non-Simultaneous Bilateral Fragility Hip Fractures in an Elderly Singaporean Population
Hip fractures are the leading fractures in the elderly and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. They are a growing public health concern...
Effectiveness of the eCARE Programme: A Short Message Service (SMS) for Asthma Monitoring
The short message service (SMS) has become widely used by researchers1 and medical practitioners for chronic disease management programmes. In Singapore, the eCARE home...
Physiologic Limits of Cardiac Remodelling in Asian Competitive Athletes – A Single Centre Study
An athlete’s heart describes a conglomeration of structural, functional and electrical adaptation in the heart of an athlete. Exercise-induced cardiac remodelling (EICR) varies between...
Triple vessel coronary artery disease and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness
Atherosclerosis is a pathological process that leads to blockage of the coronary artery and causes systemic vascular insufficiency. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is identified...
Normotensive Scleroderma Renal Crisis
Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is an uncommon complication of systemic sclerosis that presents with malignant hypertension and oliguric renal failure. However, 10% of SRC...
Ethnic Differences in Preoperative Patient Characteristics and Postoperative Functional Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty...
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common condition and increases in occurrence and severity with advancing age. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can significantly...