Original Article
APACHE II and SAPS II are Poorly Calibrated in a Hong Kong Intensive Care...
The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and the new Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) scoring systems are widely used...
Audit of 2431 Admissions to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Singapore General Hospital
The Singapore General Hospital is a 1700-bedded tertiary hospital with subspecialty intensive care units (ICUs), i.e. Surgical ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU, Neurosurgical ICU, Medical ICU,...
Impact on Quality of Patient Care and Procedure Use in the Medical Intensive Care...
Critical care is costly as it is labour intensive and involves expensive life support technology. In the United States, the intensive care units (ICUs)...
Survey of Aerobic Bacterial Infections in Paediatric Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients
Data on infections in paediatric surgical patients are few in the literature. Although there are many studies on infection in adult surgical and paediatric...
Are Antacids Necessary as Routine Prescriptives with Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs?
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used for their analgesic or anti-inflammatory properties in musculoskeletal pain. However, they are not without adverse effects, such...
Otitis Externa—The Clinical Pattern in a Tertiary Institution in Singapore
Although otitis externa is a common otological condition, the literature pertaining to it is sparse in contrast to the vast amounts of articles that...
Haematuria in the Diagnosis of Urinary Calculi
Patients with renal or ureteric colic are commonly seen at our Emergency Department. We routinely check their urine for haematuria using the Combur 9...
A Retrospective Review of Patients with Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis
Genetic susceptibility and environmental factors influence the prevalence and clinical manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS). Since MS is rare in Southeast Asia, descriptions of...
Phyllodes Tumour: An Update of 40 Cases
First described by Johannes Muller in 1838 as a large, benign tumour of the breast. Phyllodes tumour is a rare pathological entity, accounting for...
The Investigation and Management of Thyroid Nodules—A Retrospective Review of 183 Cases
Thyroid nodule is a common problem in surgical practice. In 1994, more than 350 thyroid operations were performed in our department, of which 183...