Volume 46, Number 7
July 2017

Reproduced with permission from: Dr Kong Hwai Loong

“Dark clouds become heaven’s flowers when kissed by light.”

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941)
Indian poet

HIV Prevention: The Promise of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Singapore

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a global health problem, with 2.1 million new infections globally in 20151 and...

Detection Rate of High-Grade Cervical Neoplasia and Cost-Effectiveness of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Genotyping with Reflex Liquid-based Cytology in Cervical Cancer Screening

In Singapore, the age-standardised incidence rate (ASR) of cervical cancer, which has been declining since 1974, was 7.0 per 100,000 from 2010 to 2014,...

An Audit of 829 Paediatric Epidurals in a Tertiary Singapore Hospital: Complications and Conundrums

Providing excellent paediatric epidural analgesia remains a challenge to the anaesthetist, not least due to the technical difficulties inherent in managing patients with weight...

Routine Staging Using Chest Computed Tomography in Workup of Treatment-Naïve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prior to Locoregional Therapy: Is There a Need?

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary tumour of the liver. It is a major health issue, being the fifth most common tumour...

Benefits of Population Segmentation Analysis for Developing Health Policy to Promote Patient-Centred Care

The philosophy of patient-centred care requires a paradigm shift away from fragmented institution-centred care to integrated care models such as care teams that develop...
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