Review Article
Premature ovarian insufficiency: When ovaries retire early
Illustration by LadyFingers Co.
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency) refers to loss of ovarian activity before the age of 40...
Singapore clinical guideline on parenteral nutrition in adult patients in the acute hospital setting
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is an intravenous nutrition therapy used when oral and/or enteral nutrition (EN) is not possible or is insufficient for complete nutrition....
Academy of Medicine, Singapore clinical guideline on endoscopic surveillance and management of gastric premalignant...
Gastric cancer (GC) is the 7th most common cancer in men and the 9th most common cancer in women in Singapore. More than two-thirds...
Corticosteroids in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of hospital mortality. Each year, in the US alone, more than 1.5 million pneumonia patients are hospitalised,...
Barriers to breast cancer screening in Singapore: A literature review
Breast cancer is a major public health concern and a leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide, including Singapore.1 According to the 2018...
Consensus statements and guideline for the diagnosis and management of plantar fasciitis in Singapore
Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a degenerative disorder of the plantar aponeurosis at the insertion of the plantar fascia into the calcaneus, most commonly at...
Management of Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) refers specifically to 2 related entities: deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. The management of arterial thrombo-embolism, in particular that...
2023 clinical practice guidelines on autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents in Singapore
(illustration by Nata Blackthorn)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that presents as differences in social communication and social interaction, together with restricted,...
National surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guideline in Singapore
Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) refers to the administration of antibiotics prior to clean and clean-contaminated surgeries to prevent postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs). An...
An Introduction to Biodegradable Materials for Tissue Engineering Applications
The concept of tissue engineering arises from the need to develop an alternative method of treating patients suffering from tissue loss or organ failure....