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Managing adult asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 2022 review and current recommendations
Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease, estimated to affect more than 300 million people worldwide.1 First recognised in December 2019, the coronavirus...
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Asthma Disease Management: A Provider’s Perspective
The burden of asthma appears to be increasing worldwide, especially in societies undergoing rapid urbanisation, and both morbidity and mortality from asthma have increased...
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Laboratory Safety Aspects of SARS at Biosafety Level 2
In Singapore, the majority of patients suffering from the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were cared for at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The dramatic...
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Diabetic Retinopathy in Type II Diabetics Detected by Targeted Screening Versus Newly Diagnosed in General Practice
The epidemic of type II diabetes mellitus is now recognised worldwide. In India, it has been estimated that the population with type II diabetes...
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A Survey of Brain Death Certification – An Impetus for Standardisation and Improvement
Brain death is legally recognised in most developed countries. Certification is usually a prelude to either the withdrawal of cardiorespiratory life support or organ...
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Was it Easy to Use an Asthma Control Test (ACT) in Different Clinical Practice Settings in a Tertiary Hospital in Singapore?
In Singapore, asthma is a very common problem. It is estimated that 140,000 individuals in Singapore have current asthma, with a prevalence as high...
Review Article
When Less is More: Can We Abandon Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion in Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever (DF) is the most common mosquito-borne human viral illness worldwide, and has rapidly spread to reach hyper-endemic proportions in the urban tropics...
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Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Use of Opioids in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain—A Consensus Statement by the Pain Association of Singapore Task Force
Studies show that the incidence of chronic pain is approximately 18% in Australia and developed countries in Europe. In Asia, data from Hong Kong...