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Child Development Programme in Singapore 1988 to 2007
Singapore is a small country without natural resources. Children are our nation’s most important resource and they are the future of our society. Since...
Recertification in Internal Medicine – The American Experience
Internal medicine became recognised as a medical specialty in the United States of America (US) with the founding of the American College of Physicians...
Intramedullary Fixation of Subtrochanteric Fractures with Long Proximal Femoral Nail or Long Gamma Nail:...
Subtrochanteric fractures of the proximal femur have been defined as the fractures involving the area between the lesser trochanter and the isthmus of the...
Early Deep Vein Thrombosis: Incidence in Asian Stroke Patients
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is part of the spectrum of venous thromboembolism (VTE), with thrombi in the limbs predisposing to pulmonary embolism (PE). Immobility...
Efficacy of Low-dose Ketoconazole in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients at the National Cancer...
Prostate cancer is the fifth most frequent malignancy among Singapore males, with the incidence rising steadily over the years.1 With the advent of prostate...
Susceptibility of Multi-resistant Gram-negative Bacilli in Singapore to Tigecycline as Tested by Agar Dilution
Tigecycline is a recently developed antibiotic that belongs to the glycylcycline class, which is a novel analogue of the tetracyclines. Tigecycline is reported to...
Primary Vaccination of Infants Against Hepatitis B can be Completed Using a Combined Hexavalent...
Before the introduction of mass vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in 1987, almost 10% of children <6 years of age and...
Public Misperceptions About Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Singapore
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is an important global health problem, with more than 350 million individuals affected worldwide. CHB is particularly important in Asia,...
Hip Fractures in the Elderly: The Impact of Comorbid Illnesses on Hospitalisation Costs
Management of hip fractures is costly and continues to generate significant costs throughout the one-year period after discharge.1 They demand considerable resources from a...
Radical Radiotherapy in Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) – Singapore National Cancer...
Surgical resection is well established as the main curative treatment in early stage I to II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The overall 5-year...