Original Article
Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Biliary Atresia Living with Native Livers
Biliary atresia (BA), a progressive obliterative fi broinflammatory cholangiopathy, usually presents with jaundice in infancy. The defi nitive therapy for BA in the majority...
Survival Prognostication in Patients with Skeletal Metastases from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: An Evaluation of the...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer characterised by marked geographical differences in distribution; it is endemic in Southern China and Southeast Asia. Chinese people...
Efficacy, Immunogenicity and Safety of a Human Rotavirus Vaccine RIX4414 in Singaporean Infants
Worldwide, rotavirus (RV) is the most common cause of severe dehydrating gastroenteritis (GE) among infants and young children aged 6 to 24 months. RV...
Prevalence, Presentation, and Outcome of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction among Patients Presenting...
Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) occurs in almost half of HF population and the prevalence is rising. Detecting the abnormalities associated...
Comparison of Medication Adherence and Treatment Persistence between New Oral Anticoagulant and Warfarin among...
Rivaroxaban is a non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) approved for use in Singapore since 2008 for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing...
Smartphone Imaging in Ophthalmology: A Comparison with Traditional Methods on the Reproducibility and Usability...
There is an increasing trend amongst medical professionals in recent years to incorporate smartphones as an informal clinical tool. The ubiquity and accessibility of...
Reliability and Validity of the English-, Chinese- and Malay-Language Versions of the World Health...
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional concept that describes the aspects pertaining to health. It is generally agreed that HRQoL assesses the...
Malignant Hyperthermia and Ryanodine Receptor Type 1 Gene (RyR1) Mutation in a Family in...
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) is a pharmacogenetic disorder, which usually develops during or immediately after the application of general anaesthesia (GA) involving volatile agents...
Selection and Short-Term Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors in Singapore – An Analysis of...
Persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) require either dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive. Transplant is preferred as it is considered a life-extending...
Effectiveness of Diabetes Foot Screening in Primary Care in Preventing Lower Extremity Amputations
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Singapore has increased from 8.2% in 20041 to 11.3% in 20102 and is likely to increase to 15%in2050....