Original Article
The Effect of Temperature on Illness Severity in Emergency Department Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. It is estimated that more than 5...
Efficacy of an Intravenous Calcium Gluconate Infusion in Controlling Serum Calcium after Parathyroidectomy for...
Transient postoperative hypocalcaemia (POH) is often found following parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHP). When the fall in serum calcium is acute, this can cause...
Plasmid-mediated Quinolone Resistance Determinants in Urinary Isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in...
Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance is a recently recognised phenomenon. The initial report of this transferable mode of resistance was in 1998 in Birmingham, Alabama, where...
Was it Easy to Use an Asthma Control Test (ACT) in Different Clinical Practice...
In Singapore, asthma is a very common problem. It is estimated that 140,000 individuals in Singapore have current asthma, with a prevalence as high...
Prevalence of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis among Female School Children in Singapore
Scoliosis screening in schools is still widely practised worldwide despite some countries abandoning the practise in recent years. Screening usually consists of visual inspection...
Lack of Awareness amongst Community Patients with Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy: The Singapore Malay...
Diabetes is a major public health problem, and diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-aged people.1 Previous studies have documented poor...
Abnormal Progesterone and Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Levels are Associated with Preterm Labour
Preterm labour is a serious obstetrical problem. Indeed, approximately 10% of all pregnancies are affected by preterm birth and 70% of neonatal morbidity and...
Emergency Department Headache Admissions in an Acute Care Hospital: Why Do They Occur and...
Headache is a common presenting complaint in the Emergency Department (ED), accounting for 1% to 4% of all visits.1-3 A significant proportion of these...
Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Patients with Chronic Pain in Singapore
Research from the last almost 4 decades suggests that multi-modal interventions, usually including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), are not only efficacious but also cost-effective.
This...
Oxycodone – An Audit of its Prescription in a Local Hospital
Oral opioids have been increasingly used for treatment of both cancer and non-cancer pain.1-4 Oxycodone is a synthetic opioid that has become recently available...