Volume 39, Number 8

August 2010

Personalised Medicine for Psoriasis: A Real Possibility Ahead

In the last decade, our understanding of psoriasis has increased by leaps and bounds, resulting in many new targeted therapies being introduced for those with recalcitrant psoriasis. However, despite the plethora of new treatment options and biologics to treat the most difficult cases of psoriasis, dermatologists are still confronted...

Changing Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Markers of Adults in Singapore

In Singapore, epidemiological surveillance and research on hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were initiated when acute viral hepatitis was made a notifiable disease under the Infectious Diseases Act in 1976. Based on the findings of epidemiological investigations of reported cases and the results of seroepidemiological studies, a national hepatitis...

Effect of Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Biological Healing of Allografts in Critical-sized Tibial Defects Simulated in Adult Rabbits

Bridging of large bone defects is a challenging problem in orthopedic and reconstructive surgery. Options include vascularised bone autografts, non-vascularised bone autografts, allografts, bioceramics and custom-made prostheses. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass is a Safe Option in Patients Presenting as Emergency

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred therapy strategy for revascularisation in the case of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

Comparison between Inter-rater Reliability and Inter-rater Agreement in Performance Assessment

The evaluation of clinical performance is not only important in healthcare but also in medical education. In medical education, Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and the mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) are 2 types of performance assessment (PA) used to measure medical students’ clinical performance. This article is available only as...