Of late, holistic patient care and rising healthcare costs have entered the public discourse, leading to a call for judiciousness in healthcare utility and for more generalist doctors. An optimal doctor-patient relationship allows patients to believe that the doctors caring for them will work for their betterment with prudent...

Previous studies have demonstrated that computerised tomography (CT) urography is more accurate in the detection and characterisation of renal masses,1-5 detection of urinary calculi, urinary tract abnormalities,6-8 infective/ inflammatory renal disorders9 and for the evaluation of haematuria10 compared with intravenous urography or ultrasound. This article is available only as a...

Initially designed to provide an indication of the risk of death in certain subsets of critically ill patients, the use of severity of illness scores in critically ill patients has evolved and these scores are now more often used to internally and externally benchmark quality of intensive care, and...

Paediatric critical care has evolved in the last 3 decades, largely attributable to advances in medical care and technology. Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) mortality rates decreased from 15% in 1982 to 2%-5% in the last decade,1-5 and critical care is now offered to more children who require more...

Globally, there is increasing demand and spending on healthcare. The diffusion of an ever-growing number of drugs, diagnostic tests, medical devices, and procedural interventions poses strain on today’s healthcare environment. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.