March 2018

Review Article

Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in gastrointestinal cancers: fad or standard of care?
Melissa Ching Ching Teo, Grace Hwei Ching Tan
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 116-120

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Approach to the forgetful patient
Peng Soon Yoon, Chun How Ooi, Choon How How
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 121-125
[CME Article]

Original Article

Factors influencing the decision to pursue emergency medicine as a career among medical students in Singapore
Shi Hao Chew, Irwani Ibrahim, Yan Zhen Yong, Lu Ming Shi, Qi Shi Zheng, Dujeepa D Samarasekera, Shirley Beng Suat Ooi
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 126-132
Early experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in Singapore: single-institution experience with 20 consecutive patients
Brian KP Goh, Ser-Yee Lee, Chung-Yip Chan, Jen-San Wong, Peng-Chung Cheow, Alexander YF Chung, London LPJ Ooi
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 133-138
Extent of field change in colorectal cancers with BRAF mutation
Aaron Poh, Heidi Sian Ying Chang, Kok Yang Tan, Xin Xiu Sam, Avery Khoo, Shoa Nian Choo, Min En Nga, Wei Keat Wan
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 139-143
Prevailing practices in airway management: a prospective single-centre observational study of endotracheal intubation
Geraldine Pei Chin Cheong, Anusha Kannan, Kwong Fah Koh, Kumaresh Venkatesan, Edwin Seet
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 144-149
Management of computed tomography-detected pneumothorax in patients with blunt trauma: experience from a community-based hospital
Ashraf F Hefny, Fathima T Kunhivalappil, Nikolay Matev, Norman A Avila, Masoud O Bashir, Fikri M Abu-Zidan
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 150-154

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (184)
Dinesh R Singh, Ashish Chawla, Wilfred CG Peh
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 159-162
[CME Article]

Letter to the Editor

Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma presenting as panniculitis clinically: a case report
Yee Wei Phoon, Xuling Lin, T Thirumoorthy, Soo Yong Tan, Hwei Yee Lee, Soon Thye Lim, Haur Yueh Lee
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 163-164
Comment on: Definitive tests for dengue fever: when and which should I use? [2]
Luca Cegolon, WC Heymann, John H Lange
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 165
Authors’ reply: Comment on: Definitive tests for dengue fever: when and which should I use? [2]
Hui Bin Yvonne Chan, Choon How How, Chung Wai Mark Ng
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 165
Comment on: Empathy and burnout: a study on residents from a Singapore institution
John Ong, Carla Swift
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 166-167
Authors’ reply: Comment on: Empathy and burnout: a study on residents from a Singapore institution
Phong Teck Lee, Gerald Sng, Julian Loh, Joshua Tung, Khung Keong Yeo
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(3): 168

CME Answers