Issue | SMJ

April 2011

Editorial

World Health Day 2011: combating antimicrobial resistance

Hsu LY, Koh TH

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 230-231

Review Article

Optimising the management of choroidal neovascularisation in Asian patients: consensus on treatment recommendations for anti-VEGF therapy

Koh A, Lim TH, Au Eong KG, Chee C, Ong SG, Tan N, Yeo I, Wong D

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 232-240

Electrocardiography Series

Palpitations and narrow-complex tachycardia

Tan JKB, Guo KWQ, Hsu LF

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 241-245

Original Article

Twenty years of familial adenomatosis polyposis syndromes in the Singapore Polyposis Registry: an analysis of outcomes

Chew MH, Quah HM, Teh KL, Loi TTC, Eu KW, Tang CL

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 246-251

Influence of Chinese cultural health beliefs among Malaysian Chinese in a suburban population: a survey

Chew KS, Tan TW, Ooi YT

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 252-256

Transradial percutaneous coronary intervention in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction and high-risk patients: experience in a single centre without cardiothoracic surgical backup

Chow J, Tan CH, Ong SH, Goh YS, Gan HW, Tan VH, Chai SC

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 257-262

Impact of Ramadan fasting on intraocular pressure, visual acuity and refractive errors

Assadi M, Akrami A, Beikzadeh F, Seyedabadi M, Nabipour I, Larijani B, Afarid M, Seidali E

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 263-266

Prolonged cough presenting with diagnostic difficulty: a study of aetiological and clinical outcomes

Poulose V, Bin Mohd I

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 267-270

Diagnostic value of renal resistive index for the assessment of renal colic

Kavakli HS, Koktener A, Yilmaz A

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 271-273

Analysis of isoproterenol-induced changes in gastrocnemius muscle and serum lactate dehydrogenase expression in mice

Kaundal M, Sharma S

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 274-282

Oxidative and nitrosative stress in association with DNA damage in coronary heart disease

Rajesh KG, Surekha RH, Mrudula SK, Prasad Y, Sanjib KS, Prahthiba N

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 283-288

Prognostic factors for locoregional recurrence and survival in stage IIIC breast carcinoma: impact of adjuvant radiotherapy

Kuru B

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 289-298

Case Report

The perils of medical tourism: NDM-1-positive Escherichia coli causing febrile neutropenia in a medical tourist

Chan HLE, Poon LM, Chan SG, Teo JWP

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 299-302

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an uncommon cause of reversible heart failure

Biswas A

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e59-e61

Bilateral perisylvian infarct: a rare cause and a rare occurrence

Singh A, Kate MP, Nair MD, Kesavadas C, Kapilamoorthy TR

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e62-e65

Subdural haematoma due to dural metastases from bronchogenic carcinoma in a previously well patient: an unusual cause of non-traumatic recurrent intracranial haematomata

Zheng JX, Tan TK, Kumar DS, Lim LC, Loh HL

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e66-e69

Mediastinal parathyroid adenoma: diagnostic and management challenges

Che Kadir S, Mustaffa BE, Ghazali Z, Hasan Z, Imisairi AH, Mustafa S

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e70-e74

Aberrantly high glycated haemoglobin measurement due to the haemoglobin variant Hb Santa Juana

Ng HL, Koh CK

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e75-e78

Autoimmune pancreatitis presenting as a pancreatic mass mimicking malignancy

Lo RSC, Singh RK, Austin AS, Freeman JG

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e79-e81

Multiple indomethacin-induced colonic perforations in an adolescent

Loh AHP, Ong LY, Liew WK, Arkachaisri T, Lee VKM, Narasimhan KL, Jacobsen AS

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): e82-e84

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Chow WC, Chong R, Guan R, Ho KYL, Leo YS, Loy KL, Lui HF, Ng HS, Siew WF, Teo EK, Yeo T

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 307-313

Erratum

Singapore Medical Journal Volume 51 2010 Reviewers' List

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 314-316

Letter to the Editor

Comment on: Use of Ankaferd Blood Stopper for controlling actively bleeding fundal varices

Beyazit Y, Sayilir A, Suvak B, Kekilli M, Tas A

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 317-318

Sciatic nerve division: anatomic support for clinical work

Smoljanovic T, Bojanic I, Pecina M

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 319

CME Answers

CME February 2011 answers

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(4): 320