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All that Wheezes is not Asthma—Broncholithiasis, a Forgotten Disease
Asthma is a very common condition which presents clinically with cough, shortness of breath and wheezing. However, ‘all that wheezes is not asthma’, is...
Subdural Block—From a Spinal? A Case Report
There have been multiple reports of accidental subdural blocks published in the last 20 years. Majority of these have been the result of an...
A Countrywide Approach to the Control of Non-communicable Diseases—The Singapore Experience
In the area of health, the last two decades has seen a decline or eradication of deadly diseases, such as smallpox and polio, the...
Asthma Disease Management: A Provider’s Perspective
The burden of asthma appears to be increasing worldwide, especially in societies undergoing rapid urbanisation, and both morbidity and mortality from asthma have increased...
Causes for the Evolution of Case Management and the Development of a Working Model...
In 1999, significant changes to the healthcare funding structure were introduced to public sector hospitals in Singapore. This was the advent of casemix-based funding...
Stroke Disease Management—A Framework for Comprehensive Stroke Care
Disease management (DM) is an approach to patient care that coordinates medical resources for patients across the entire healthcare delivery system. It requires a...
Evidence-based Medicine: The Key to Guidelines, Disease and Care Management Programmes
Health care in America and the rest of the industrialised world continues to reinvent itself at an ever-accelerating rate. The societal pressures for high...
National Disease Management Plans for Key Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Singapore
Like most other newly industrialised economies, Singapore has undergone a rapid epidemiological transition over the last 50 years. Chronic, non-communicable diseases have replaced infectious...
Agreement or Prediction: Asking and Answering the Right Question
In an article published in this journal, Chia discusses the difference between measuring association and agreement. In this paper, we extend the discussion to...
Age-related Macular Degeneration: What’s New
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed western world, accounting for approximately 50% of all cases of...