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Identifying Risk of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia and Early Discharge for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficient Newborns in...
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency was discovered half a century ago, at the end of World War II.1 It is probably the most common sex-linked...
Surgical Training in Singapore: Will Patients Consent to Trainee Surgeons Performing Their Operations?
Teaching, training, appraising and assessing doctors and students are important for the care of patients now and in the future.1 In most hospitals, trainee...
A Survey of Brain Death Certification – An Impetus for Standardisation and Improvement
Brain death is legally recognised in most developed countries. Certification is usually a prelude to either the withdrawal of cardiorespiratory life support or organ...
Measuring the Quality of Care of Diabetic Patients at the Specialist Outpatient Clinics in...
Singapore is a country with a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus, 1 8.2% amongst its population aged between 18 and 69 years,2 and is...
Trends in Mortality from Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Coronary Care Unit
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious manifestation of coronary artery disease that is associated with high mortality from arrhythmias and heart failure. Its...
Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of the Live Attenuated Combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine...
Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) are contagious viral diseases associated with high mortality and morbidity, often linked with severe complications. Globally, measles remains the...
The Role of Topical Traditional Chinese Medicaments as Contact Sensitisers in Chronic Venous Leg...
Leg ulcers are a chronic condition affecting 1% to 7% of the population above 65 years.1 Allergic contact dermatitis poses a significant problem to...
Molecular Analysis of the SMN1 and NAIP Genes in Iranian Patients with Spinal Muscular...
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the most common autosomal recessive disorders. It is characterised by degeneration of the anterior horn cells...
Development of a Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis Control for Philippine Medical Schools
Medical schools play an important role not only in the building of medical expertise but also in the socialisation of future physicians. Societies expect...
Screening for Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci Using Stools Sent for Clostridium difficile Cytotoxin Assay is Effective:...
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have emerged as a major cause of nosocomial infections worldwide over the past 2 decades. In an effort to prevent the...