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Bedside Clinical Methods Useful as Screening Test for Aspiration in Elderly Patients with Recent...
Cerebrovascular disease is the fifth commonest cause of hospitalisation in Singapore, and accounts for 2.7% of all hospital discharges. Neurogenic dysphagia is a common...
Brachiocephalic-Superior Vena Cava Metallic Stenting in Malignant Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
A large majority of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is caused by malignancy (74% to 95%). This can either be due to direct SVC...
Pilot Study Using Technetium-99m Pertechnetate Sequential Radionuclide-Sialography to Assess Salivary Gland Function in Nasopharyngeal...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial malignancy occurring worldwide with particularly high frequencies in the Far East. The incidence is highest in Hong Kong...
Breath-hold Fast Recovery Fast Spin Echo versus Conventional Non-Breath-hold Fast Spin Echo T2-Weighted MR...
T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is an important sequence for characterisation of focal liver lesion. Accurate characterisation of benign lesions, such as haemangioma or...
Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in Intracranial Infections
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (DWMRI) is becoming essential to the assessment of acute cerebral infarction and has also been applied to distinguish cerebral...
Preoperative High Resolution CT and MR Imaging in Cochlear Implantation
Candidates for cochlear implantation undergo a thorough audiological and medical assessment. The audiological assessment is done to ensure that these candidates who have bilateral...
Non-consensual Double Reading in the Singapore Breast Screening Project: Benefits and Limitations
Double reading of mammogram is not the standard practice in the United Kingdom National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP). Rather, single reading of...
Breast Cancer in Women Under 40 Years: Preoperative Detection by Mammography
The incidence of breast cancer peaks between the ages of 45 and 55 years. Approximately 7% of breast cancers occur below 40 years of...
Asthma in Light of Patient Documents. A Factor Analytic Study
The lack of uniform criteria for asthma handicaps the diagnosis, the systematic documentation of cases and the consistent reporting of studies addressing asthma. It...
Malignant Mesothelioma: Experience at the Singapore General Hospital
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare tumour and is typically associated with asbestos exposure. In endemic areas, it has an estimated incidence as high as...