Volume 52, Number 10
October 2023

Asthma education and Asthma Control Test in the management of asthma patients are revealed to be associated with improved outcomes among patients in Singapore.

Read Association of quality-of-care indicators with asthma outcomes: A retrospective observational study for asthma care in Singapore, published in the October issue of the Annals.

Illustration by Ngiam Li Yi

Real-world data to measure and improve quality of asthma care

In this issue of the Annals, the paper “Association of quality-of-care indicators with asthma outcomes: An observational study for asthma care in Singapore” by...

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COVID-19: The virus, vaccine and paediatric heart

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Association of quality-of-care indicators with asthma outcomes: A retrospective observational study for asthma care in Singapore

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Thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics associated with improved cardiovascular and renal outcomes for chronic kidney disease patients

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