Original Article
A Pre-post Evaluation of an Ambulatory Nutrition Support Service for Malnourished Patients Post Hospital...
Malnutrition is common among hospitalised patients, with a prevalence ranging from 20% to 50%. Poor nutrition results in a range of negative clinical, functional...
Demographics and Behaviour of Patients with Contact Lens-Related Infectious Keratitis in Singapore
Contact lenses (CL) are a convenient method of correcting refractive error, and offer many advantages over spectacles. However, CL wear has its complications, which...
Prevailing Attitudes Towards Cancer: A Multicultural Survey in a Tertiary Outpatient Setting
Culture, a complex of “ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society”, influences lifestyle practices as well as emotional, cognitive and...
Acute Pyelonephritis and Renal Abscesses in Adults—Correlating Clinical Parameters with Radiological (Computer Tomography) Severity
Acute pyelonephritis (APN) occurs in more than 250,000 adults in the United States every year. The economic implication of APN is tremendous: an estimated...
Renal Cell Carcinoma in Young Patients is Associated with Poorer Prognosis
Recent studies show a steady rise in the incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The increase had been attributed to screen-detected renal tumours in...
Thyroid Dysfunction and Long-term Outcome during and after Interferon-alpha Therapy in Patients with Chronic...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem, affecting more than 170 million people worldwide. Its prevalence rates range from 0.5% to...
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C as a Predictor of Early Recurrence and Poor Prognosis...
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a 5-year survival of around 15%. Approximately 20% of patients present...
Second Trimester Prenatal Screening for Down’s Syndrome in Mainland Chinese Subjects using Double-Marker Analysis...
Down’s syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosome abnormality in mankind. Previously, patients underwent invasive prenatal diagnostic tests, such as chorionic villus sampling and...
Cone Beam Computed Tomography for Vascular Interventional Radiology Procedures: Early Experience
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a relatively new technological innovation which utilises flat-panel detector technology to obtain CT-like axial images. The radiation source...
Health-related Quality of Life is Associated with Diabetic Complications, but not with Short-term Diabetic...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major chronic disease globally. With increasing life expectancy, long-term complications of diabetes mellitus leading to significant morbidity and...