Original Article
Perioperative Treatment with Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein (rBPI21) in Major Liver Surgery: A Concise Summary
Primary and secondary hepatic malignancies constitute a major health problem. Hepatocellular carcinoma accounts for 90% of all primary hepatic malignancies in the world. While...
Trinucleotide Repeat Analysis of Huntington’s Disease gene in Singapore
Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease, affecting 1 in 10,000 individuals of European origin. The incidence in the Asian population is...
A Case Series of Six Children with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an uncommon but serious and debilitating disorder seen in children and adults. By definition, it is an elevation of...
Renal Dysfunction in Workers Exposed to Inorganic Lead
Chronic lead exposure causes progressive nephropathy that eventually results in renal failure. Known as chronic lead nephropathy, this disease has been recognised since the...
The Views of Mental Health Professionals Towards Psychotherapy—A Singapore Survey
There is a trend in Asia towards a greater application of psychotherapeutic approaches in multidisciplinary settings to emotional and behavioural disturbances. The inaugural issue...
A Retrospective Study of Melanocytic Naevi at the National Skin Centre
Melanocytic naevi are benign proliferation of melanocytes of congenital and acquired types which usually appear during adolescence or early adult life. Naevi are of...
The Use of Vigabatrin in Infantile Spasms in Asian Children
Infantile spasms are a form of age-dependent myoclonic epilepsy that is difficult to control. Agents such as adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and prednisolone have been...
Antibiotic Sensitivity of Propionibacterium acnes Isolates from Patients with Acne Vulgaris in a Tertiary...
In Southeast Asia, there have been few studies on the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Propionibacterium acnes on the skin of patients with acne...
Effects of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme on Physiologic and Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients with...
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multi-disciplinary programme of care for patients with chronic respiratory impairment that is individually designed to optimise physical and social performance...
A Prospective Evaluation of Surgeon Performed Sonography as a Screening Test in Blunt Abdominal...
Over the past decade, sonography as a screening tool in the evaluation of abdominal trauma has been thoroughly investigated. This modality was first used...