Review Article
Imaging of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is considered an Asian disease, particularly in the southern Chinese population; the incidence in Guangzhou is quoted to be up to...
Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Correlating Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers with Clinical Response
Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) is a condition of the elderly. First introduced in 1965, it is typified by urinary incontinence, gait disturbance and...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Bilateral Basal Ganglia Lesions
The deep grey matter structures of the basal ganglia comprise the caudate nucleus, putamen and globus pallidus. They form the key components of the...
Hypoxic-ischaemic Brain Injury in Young Infants
In young infants, different types of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury can occur.1-6 Brain injury can be localised or diffused.2-6 In localised brain injury, arterial or...
A Practical Guide for Multivariate Analysis of Dichotomous Outcomes
A dichotomous (2-category) outcome variable is indeed ubiquitous in biomedical research enquiries. Here are some examples: (a) a cross-sectional study to compare the prevalence...
Management of Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Reperfusion Options
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death globally. More than 920,000 myocardial infarctions (MI) are diagnosed annually in the United States. Of these,...
Teaching Evidence-based Practice: Perspectives from the Undergraduate and Post-graduate Viewpoint
Evidence-based practice (EBP) involves making clinical decisions informed by the most relevant and valid evidence available.1 EBP has been described as the integration of...
Risk Adjustment: Towards Achieving Meaningful Comparison of Health Outcomes in the Real World
Consider these hypothetical situations. Patients with heart failure managed within a disease management programme are found to have reduced hospitalisations and improved quality of...
Development of a Diabetes Registry to Improve Quality of Care in the National Healthcare...
In the last decade, the use of electronic medical records (EMR) has been widely recommended as a method for reducing errors, improving the quality...
Global Trends in Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery – An Opportunity or a Threat?
Until the end of the first half of the 20th century, the management of coronary heart disease (CHD) lay largely in the hands of...