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A Case of Pulmonary Haemorrhage Following Jet Ventilation for Vocal Cord Surgery
Laryngospasm occurring at extubation is not an uncommon complication seen with use of endotracheal tubes and laryngeal mask airway. We report a case of...
A Rare Cause of Syncope in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus—A Case Report
Hypoglycaemia is a common medical emergency. It presents either with symptoms of neuroglycopaenia, such as episodes of visual blurring, confusion, convulsions and sometimes coma...
Stem Cell and Cartilage in Orthopaedics
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Brachytherapy – One Man’s Meat, A Personal Journey in Radiation Oncology
Dr Tan Kim Ping, Chairman for the Dr FY Khoo Memorial Lecture, Ladies and Gentlemen – It is a signal honour for me to...
Pathology of Ductal Carcinoma In situ of the Breast: A Heterogeneous Entity in Need...
Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy in Singapore women, with an age-standardised rate of 46.1 per 100,000 per year and an annual increase in...
Clinical Drug Development—Practical Issues in Clinical Pharmacology Studies
Clinical pharmacology (CP) as a discipline comes in many guises. The perception for a medical student, and for many doctors, may be that of...
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Peritoneal Metastases: Report of Three Cases and Collective Review of the Literature
Peritoneal dissemination of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rare presentation, with an incidence of 2% to 6% detected during autopsy or laparoscopy. Although uncommon,...
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 with Focal Epilepsy – An Unusual Association
The spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a rare group of neurodegenerative disorders that are clinically and genetically heterogeneous. Almost all SCAs are due to trinucleotide...
Post-Release Drug Treatment Risks: Strategies to Minimise Harm to Patients
Physicians have long accepted unreliable evaluations of the risks attached to pharmacotherapy, i.e. treating our patients with drugs. The reasons for the uncritical attitude...
Perioperative Wheezing—A Report of Three Cases
Perioperative “wheezing” can be due to upper or lower airway obstruction. The signs and sounds of upper airway obstruction are typically worse during inspiration,...