Original Article
Attitudes Towards the Elderly among Singapore Medical Students
Singapore’s population is ageing rapidly. As of the year 2000, 7.2% of Singapore’s population was aged 65 and above, while 10.6% was aged 60...
Characteristics, and Disease Control and Complications of Hypertensive Patients in Primary-care – A Community-based...
Essential hypertension is a chronic disease involving the primary elevation of systemic blood pressure (BP). While the main causes of essential hypertension has not...
Epidemiological Characteristics of Imported and Locally-acquired Malaria in Singapore
Malaria used to be endemic in Singapore. In the early 1900s, almost 3000 malaria-related deaths were reported annually. Malaria control started in 1911 with...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Optic Neuritis in Singapore
Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammatory, demyelinating condition affecting the optic nerves. In Western populations, ON is frequently associated with multiple sclerosis (MS).1 The...
Clinical Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Pre-surgical Planning – the Singapore General Hospital Experience...
It is pertinent to mention Pierre Paul Broca’s historical report from 1861 and state-of-the-art functional neuronavigation in the same sentence as it illustrates the...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Fetal Central Nervous System in Singapore
Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been performed for 2.5 decades,1 with fetal motion being a limiting factor in early studies. With the introduction...
Multi-detector Computer Tomography Angiography in the Initial Assessment of Patients Acutely Suspected of Having...
Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) has historically been considered the standard of reference in the diagnostic evaluation of patients acutely suspected of having intracranial aneurysm...
Neuroapplication of Amplatzer Vascular Plug for Therapeutic Sacrifice of Major Craniocerebral Arteries: An Initial...
Therapeutic sacrifice of major craniocervical arteries is a common and well-established neurointerventional procedure in the treatment of fusiform giant cerebral aneurysms, direct caroticocavernous fistulae...
Stent-assisted Percutaneous Angioplasty for Extra-cranial Carotid Disease: Experience at Singapore General Hospital
The NASCET1,2 and ESCT3,4 randomised controlled trials established benefits of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) over medical therapy in a selected group of patients with symptomatic...
The MERCI Retrieval System for the Management of Acute Ischaemic Stroke – The NNI...
Mechanical methods for the acute management of severe large vessel ischaemic stroke have become established over the years as a viable option in addition...