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July 2014

Medicine in Stamps

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965): A reverence for life
Tan SY, Tatsumura Y
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 351-352; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014084

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Male osteoporosis: clinical approach and management in family practice
Goh LH, How CH, Lau TC
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 353-357; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014085

Original Article

Characteristics of distractions in the intensive care unit: how serious are they and who are at risk?
See KC, Phua J, Mukhopadhyay A, Lim TK
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 358-362; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014086
Inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors in a local setting
Chia C, Lim WP, Vu C
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 363-366; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014087
Detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among cancer patients in a major hospital in Kelantan, Malaysia
Zueter AM, Mohamed Z, Abdullah AD, Mohamad N, Arifin N, Othman N, Noordin R
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 367-371; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014088
Immunosuppressant dose reduction and long-term rejection risk in renal transplant recipients with severe bacterial pneumonia
Shih CJ, Tarng DC, Yang WC, Yang CY
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 372-377; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014089
Liver cirrhosis as a real risk factor for necrotising fasciitis: a three-year population-based follow-up study
Hung TH, Tsai CC, Tsai CC, Tseng CW, Hsieh YH
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 378-382; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014090
Increased serum visfatin as a risk factor for atherosclerosis in patients with ischaemic cerebrovascular disease
Kong QX, Xia M, Liang RQ, Li L, Cu X, Sun ZX, Hu J
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 383-387; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014091
Production of a polyclonal antibody against osteogenic protein-1, and its role in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis
Bhutia SC, Singh TA, Sherpa ML
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 388-391; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014092

Letter to the Editor

Radiation emergency preparedness: perception of non-physician first receivers
Lim HC, Tan JG, Hezan MA
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 392; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014094

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (153)
Chua YW, Lim BK, Lim CC
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 393-397; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014093

CME Answers

May 2014 CME Answers
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): 400

Case Report

Hepatic tuberculosis: a rare cause of fluorodeoxyglucose hepatic superscan with background suppression on positron emission tomography
Wong SM, Yuen HY, Ahuja AT
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): e101-e103; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013237
Multiple oesophago-respiratory fistulae: sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis in retroviral infection
Low SF, Ngiu CS, Hing EY, Norzailin AB
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): e104-e106; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013259
Achalasia and Down syndrome: a unique association not to be missed
Viegelmann G, Low Y, Sriram B, Chu HP
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): e107-e108; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013260
Sinonasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin with nasal symptoms
Soon KH, Lim XR, Ng HL, Lim MY
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): e109-e111; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013210
Nephrogenic epistaxis
Kumar R, Sikka K, Kumar R, Chatterjee P
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): e112-e113; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013185
Ciprofloxacin eye drops-induced subtherapeutic serum phenytoin levels resulting in breakthrough seizures
Malladi SS, Liew E, Ng XT, Tan KS
Singapore Med J 2014; 55(7): e114-e115; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2014095