Original Article
Transitional care strategies at emergency department for elderly patients: A multicentre study in Singapore
In Singapore, greater efforts are being directed towards developing an integrated health and social ecosystem under the new Healthier SG strategy announced by the...
Benefits of leisure-related physical activity and association between sedentary time and risk for hypertension...
Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are serious public health issues. Approximately 451 million individuals worldwide aged 18–99 years were living with diabetes in 2017, and...
Association between lower phase angle and chronic kidney disease progression in type 2 diabetes...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem with an estimated prevalence of 13.4%.1 One of the key drivers of the global...
Clinical outcomes and management of contrast hypersensitivity in patients requiring repeated computed tomography imaging
Allergic and non-allergic hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media (ICM) are increasingly recognised, particularly the latter where there is greater clarity on pathomechanisms.1 There...
Immune and coagulation profiles in 3 adults with multisystem inflammatory syndrome
A spectrum of immune dysregulation has been described following SARS-CoV-2 infections—from the cytokine storm in the acute phase, to hyperinflammatory syndromes that occur after...
Factors associated with deep infiltrating endometriosis, adenomyosis and ovarian endometrioma
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynaecologic disease marked by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus.1 Debilitating chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea, and subfertility...
Concordance of self-reporting of diabetes compared with medical records: A comparative study using polyclinic...
Approximately 422 million people worldwide have diabetes and 1.6 million deaths are attributed to diabetes each year,1 contributing to high economic costs worldwide. Diabetes...
Clinical efficacy and long-term immunogenicity of an early triple dose regimen of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA...
The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Initial studies have reported an increased vulnerability of patients with...
Low skeletal muscle mass predicts poor prognosis of elderly patients after emergency laparotomy: A...
Emergency laparotomy (ELAP) for elderly patients is associated with higher mortality and increased postoperative complications compared with those undergoing elective surgery.1-3 Elderly patients, who...
Characteristics of anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1 gamma autoantibody-positive dermatomyositis patients in Singapore
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of acquired, systemic autoimmune conditions characterised by muscular and extramuscular manifestations. As a subset within the...