Original Article
Gender-Specific Reference Charts of Fetal Head Circumference in a Singaporean Population
On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current Zika outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). On 31...
Improved Survival of Advanced Lung Cancer in Singapore Over the Past Decade
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality in the world. There is a changing landscape for lung cancer globally in the last...
Reversible Causes in Cardiovascular Collapse at the Emergency Department Using Ultrasonography (REVIVE-US)
Cardiac arrest, the sudden cessation of heart contractility and effective cardiac output, carries a very high mortality rate regardless of an out-of-hospital or in-hospital...
Reasons and Factors Behind Post-Total Knee Arthroplasty Dissatisfaction in an Asian Population
Up to 20% of patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were reported to be dissatisfied with the surgical outcome. There is, however, less...
Routine Staging Using Chest Computed Tomography in Workup of Treatment-Naïve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prior to...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary tumour of the liver. It is a major health issue, being the fifth most common tumour...
An Audit of 829 Paediatric Epidurals in a Tertiary Singapore Hospital: Complications and Conundrums
Providing excellent paediatric epidural analgesia remains a challenge to the anaesthetist, not least due to the technical difficulties inherent in managing patients with weight...
Detection Rate of High-Grade Cervical Neoplasia and Cost-Effectiveness of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Genotyping with...
In Singapore, the age-standardised incidence rate (ASR) of cervical cancer, which has been declining since 1974, was 7.0 per 100,000 from 2010 to 2014,...
Predicting Pneumonia in Acute Ischaemic Stroke: Comparison of Five Prediction Scoring Models
Pneumonia is a major cause of mortality, prolonged hospital stay and poor functional outcome when occurring immediately after acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). Pneumonia is...
An Ecologic Study of Trends in the Prevalence of Myopia in Chinese Adults in...
Myopia is a significant public health problem. The prevalence of myopia is increasing substantially worldwide, particularly in east and southeast Asian urban areas, where...
Comparison of the Proportion and Healthcare Utilisation of Adult Patients with Uncontrolled Severe Asthma...
A 40-year-old Malay gentleman presented to the dermatology clinic after an abrupt onset of an itchy rash over his trunk 2 days after attending...