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Factors Associated with Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older People in Taiwan
Falls are an important issue in geriatric medicine. Falls are particularly associated with increased morbidity, disability, lower quality of life, and earlier entry into...
Diagnostic Performance of Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire for Screening Dementia among Patients Attending...
Healthcare workers and researchers have widely acknowledged the need for a brief cognitive screening instrument for the diagnosis of dementia. While many physicians use...
The Hidden Impact of Childhood Cancer on the Family: A Multi-Institutional Study from Singapore
Chronic childhood illnesses have varying degrees of impact on the children and their families. Some chronic conditions that have little or no impact on...
Effects of Age and Gender on Left Atrial Ejection Force and Volume from Real-Time...
The left atrium (LA) plays the primary role in the filling of the left ventricle (LV). A number of studies have demonstrated that LA...
Where do People with Mental Disorders in Singapore go to for Help?
Not only are mental disorders prevalent in any country, it is also common that many of those with mental disorders are neither seeking nor...
Discrepancies in End-of-life Decisions Between Elderly Patients and Their Named Surrogates
In the context of Singapore, advanced medical decision-making is an unfamiliar concept to the majority of the local elderly population.
As such, in situations where...
Prevalence and Impact of Mental and Physical Comorbidity in the Adult Singapore Population
The co-occurrence of mental and medical disorders in the same person, regardless of the chronological order in which they occurred or their causal relationship—commonly...
Sleep Behaviour in a Sample of Preschool Children in Singapore
It has been estimated that in the first half of the 20th century, the average person used to sleep 9 hours a day; today...
Safety and Clinical Efficacy of Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pregnant Women with Acute Appendicitis
In non-pregnant patients, the advantages of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) over open appendectomy (OA) are widely known and include decreased postoperative pain, a shorter hospital...
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Singaporean Hospitals: 5-year results of a Multi-centre Surveillance Programme
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) rapidly became a significant cause of nosocomial infections in many modern hospitals worldwide following its emergence in 1986 in UK and...