Review Article
Combating a resurgence of poliomyelitis through public health surveillance and vaccination
Singapore was certified poliomyelitis (polio)-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 29 October 2000, together with 36 other countries in the Western Pacific...
Drug interactions between common dermatological medications and the oral anti-COVID-19 agents nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and molnupiravir
In December 2021, an Emergency Use Authorisation was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of the orally active...
The Omicron-transformer: Rise of the subvariants in the age of vaccines
The emergence and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 have been publicly tracked in unprecedented detail through a combination of intensive genomic sequencing and open-access sharing of...
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...
Managing adult asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 2022 review and current recommendations
Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease, estimated to affect more than 300 million people worldwide.1 First recognised in December 2019, the coronavirus...
Nutrition therapy in the older critically ill patients: A scoping review
The increasing levels of life expectancy and decreasing fertility are shifting the age structure of the world population towards older ages.1 From year 2020...
Exploring loss and grief during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of qualitative studies
As of mid October 2022, the World Health Organization recorded that more than 620 million people worldwide have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
Periodontal disease and systemic health: An update for medical practitioners
Care for the oral cavity lies in the intersection of dentistry and medicine. As the oral cavity serves as an entry to the gastrointestinal...
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...
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...