Review Article
Liver Transplantation in Asia: Past, Present and Future
Liver transplantation is the best treatment modality for patients with end-stage liver diseases. It has been landmarked as one of the most important advances...
Novel Trends in Haemodialysis: Where Are We Heading?
Despite advances in haemodialysis technology over the past 40 years and rapid proliferation of clinical guidelines over the last decade promoting evidence-based practices, the...
Childhood Food Allergy: A Singaporean Perspective
Food allergy is defined as reaction to a food which has an immunologic mechanism. If immunoglobulin E (IgE) is involved in the reaction, the...
Influenza A (H1N1-2009) Pandemic in Singapore – Public Health Control Measures Implemented and Lessons...
The novel influenza A(H1N1) outbreak was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 June 2009. We describe the public...
Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Current Diagnostic Modalities and Management
Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas are relatively uncommon conditions of the pancreas covering a wide spectrum of different pathological entities.1 This condition accounts for...
Drug-induced Kidney Disease – Pathology and Current Concepts
Departing from the usual account of drug-induced renal disease according to the specific type of drug, we divide this discussion into 3 main areas...
Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pregnant Women
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. It typically occurs in middle-aged or elderly people with cardiovascular risk...
Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death after Acute Myocardial Infarction
In today’s modern era of evidence-based medicine and interventional cardiology, most patients who suffer an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are started on medication with...
Adjunctive Pharmacologic Agents and Mechanical Devices in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) has been shown to be superior to thrombolysis in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), with...
Management of Antiplatelet Therapy During Acute Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: New Strategies and Therapeutics
Platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation are stimulated during an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the result of intimal injury due to rupture of an atherosclerotic...