Original Article
Factors associated with persistent high healthcare service utilisers in Singapore: A population health analysis
Singapore’s healthcare system comprises private and public sector providers,1 financed through a combination of government subvention and subsidies, personal medical savings and funds, health...
Automatic brain segmentation in cognitive impairment: Validation of AI-based AQUA software in the Southeast...
Dementia is a heterogeneous disorder that is accompanied by brain alterations, such as grey matter (GM) loss and cerebral small vessel disease burden, including...
A Retrospective Study of 13 Oriental Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis
This is a retrospective study of 13 Oriental children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). We reviewed data found in the hospital records of children diagnosed...
The Safety of Weekly Low Dose Oral Methotrexate in an Oriental Population with Rheumatoid...
A retrospective review of 50 oriental patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with weekly oral methotrexate showed adverse events in 15 (30%) patients with 19...
Sedation for the Conduct of Lumbar Epidural Anaesthesia: A Study Using Subanaesthetic Dose of...
We gave sedation for the conduct of lumbar epidural analgesia using intravenous ketamine 0.3 mg.kg’ with intravenous midazolam 2 mg. Forty adult Chinese females...
Perioperative Transfusion Strategies: A National Survey among Anaesthetists
A current concern in perioperative transfusion therapy is the balance between maintaining adequate haemoglobin level and yet avoiding unnecessary homologous blood transfusion. Strategies to...
Panic Disorder in Singapore: Clinical Features and Comparisons with Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Fifty-eight outpatients with panic disorder (PO) were examined to determine their clinical features in comparison with a cohort of 52 patients with generalised anxiety...
Effects of Occupational Exposure to Toluene: A Neuropsychological Study on Workers in Singapore
The neuropsychological functionings of workers (n = 29) occupationally exposed to low level of toluene (mean blood toluene level 1.25 ug/ml, standard deviation ...
Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis in Singapore- Parental Perspectives in an Asian Community
Primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE) is often not openly discussed in Asian societies. We report the parental view of PMNE in Singapore, its impact...
A Retrospective Evaluation of Operative Treatment of Ankle Fractures
Between 1990 and 1992, 89 patients with ankle fracture were treated by open reduction and internal fixation in accordance with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen...