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Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Combined Hypercalcaemia and Hypokalaemia—Case Report
The electrocardiographic abnormalities in isolated hypercalcaemia and hypokalaemia have been well documented in the literature. However, electrocardiogram (ECG) findings in combined hypercalcaemia and hypokalaemia...
A Case Series of Ocular Disease as the Primary Manifestation in Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic, systemic, non-caseating, granulomatous disease with protean clinical manifestations. Although the first description of sarcoidosis was attributed to Hutchinson, its ocular...
A Case of Pseudohyperkalaemia and Thrombocytosis
Hyperkalaemia is a common biochemical derangement in the intensive care unit reflecting a diversity of systemic perturbations such as acute renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, extracellular...
Combined High-frequency Ventilation (CHFV) in the Treatment of Acute Lung Injury—A Case Report
The role of ventilatory support in acute lung injury is supportive, whilst the damage to alveolar-capillary membranes resolves and alveolar stability is restored. The...
Urinary 2/16α-hydroxyestrone Ratio: Correlation with Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 and a Potential...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore with age-standardised incidence rates increasing markedly from 26.8 to 38.7 per 100 000...
A Case Series of Paget’s Disease of Bone: Diagnosing a Rather Uncommon Condition in...
Sir James Paget’s description in 1877 of “a form of chronic inflammation of bones” which now bears his name was based entirely on clinical...
Ergotism and Vascular Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Toxicity from ergot and its derivative is well known. Great epidemics occurred during the middle ages due to consumption of rye contaminated with the...
Systemic Sclerosis in DRw52-positive Silica-exposed Males: A Case Report
Familial scleroderma was first documented in 1953 by Rees and Bennett who described the occurrence of a localised disease in a father and daughter....
Subclavian-oesophageal Fistula as a Complication of Foreign Body Ingestion: A Case Report
Ingested foreign bodies are a common condition in the practice of Otolaryngology. In particular, there is no doubt a greater tendency in the local...
A Case Report of a Patient with Bronchial Carcinoid Tumour and Late Presentation of...
Cushing’s syndrome is usually easy to recognise clinically. Determining the cause of non-iatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome is, on the other hand, often a diagnostic enigma.
This...