Original Article
The Predictive Value of Intraoperative ST-segment Monitoring as a Marker of Myocardial Injury
Patients with ischaemic heart disease have a high incidence of perioperative ischaemia resulting in an increased risk of cardiac events in the post-surgical period.1...
Perioperative and Rehabilitative Outcomes after Amputation for Ischaemic Leg Gangrene
In the last century, Sir William Ferguson said: “amputation—one of the meanest and yet one of the greatest operations in surgery: mean, where resorted...
Adverse Operative Risk Factors for Perforated Peptic Ulcer
Although there has been a significant decline in elective surgery for peptic ulcer disease with the introduction of H-2 blocker, the incidence of peptic...
Philadelphia Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL): Clinico-Haematologic Characteristics, Molecular Analyses and 3-year Follow Up—A...
A number of specific chromosome abnormalities are associated with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The commonest in adults with B lineage ALL is the Philadelphia...
Cystoscopic Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer by Intravesical Instillation of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Induced Porphyrin Fluorescence—The...
Bladder cancer is the sixth most frequent malignant disease in the world. Superficial stages of the tumour are found in 75% to 85% of...
Sharps and Needlestick Injuries: The Impact of Hepatitis B Vaccination as an Intervention Measure
Sharps/needlestick injuries are a common occupational hazard among healthcare workers (HCWs). It is an issue of major infection control concern as it carries with...
Survival of Colorectal Cancer Patients in Singapore by Anatomic Subsite: A Population-based Study
Colorectal cancer incidence rates rank second in most developed countries and have been rising rapidly in urban societies of East Asia. Despite much effort...
Contrasting Clozapine Prescribing Patterns in the East and West?
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness which causes enormous suffering, impaired social and occupational functioning, as well as higher mortality among the sufferers. The...
Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Complications in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses Attending the Singapore...
Patients with mechanical heart-valve prosthesis receive lifelong anticoagulation. The management of these patients taking oral anticoagulants is aimed at achieving and maintaining adequate levels...
Endobronchial Stenting in Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation for Major Airway Obstruction
Few things are as dramatic as respiratory arrest from major airway obstruction. Major airway obstruction frequently leads to well-defined clinical sequelae, namely shunt-associated hypoxaemia...