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May 2018

Review Article

Traditional Chinese medicine: herb-drug interactions with aspirin
Jia Wei Lim, Siow Xian Chee, Wen Jun Wong, Qiu Ling He, Tang Ching Lau
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 230-239

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Approach to frailty in the elderly in primary care and the community
Christine Yuanxin Chen, Peiying Gan, Choon How How
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 240-245
[CME Article]

Special Announcement

Original Article

Epidemiology of paediatric poisoning presenting to a children’s emergency department in Singapore over a five-year period
Shao Hui Koh, Kian Hua Barry Tan, Sashikumar Ganapathy
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 247-250
Short-term outcomes of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with canagliflozin compared with sitagliptin in a real-world setting
Yan Li Shao, Kuan Hao Yee, Seow Ken Koh, Yip Fong Wong, Lee Ying Yeoh, Serena Low, Chee Fang Sum
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 251-256
Body mass index and the risk of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak following transsphenoidal surgery in an Asian population
Ira Sun, Jia Xu Lim, Chun Peng Goh, Shiong Wen Low, Ramez W Kirollos, Chuen Seng Tan, Sein Lwin, Tseng Tsai Yeo
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 257-263
How do Singapore patients view post-anaesthesia adverse outcomes? A single-centre willingness-to-pay study
Xinqi Look, May Un Sam Mok, Yan Sheng Tay, Hairil Rizal Abdullah
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 264-270
Production pressures among anaesthesiologists in Singapore
Jia Xin Chai, Shin Yuet Chong
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 271-278

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (186)
Li Ching Lau, Hui Liang Koh, Wei Luen James Yip, Ching Ching Ong
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 279-283
[CME Article]

Letter to the Editor

Right hemicolectomy for acute appendicitis secondary to breast cancer metastases
Chieh Yih Deborah Ng, Chilagondanahalli Lakshminarayana Nandini, Khoon Leong Chuah, Vishalkumar G Shelat
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 284-285
Comment on: Haematologist-reviewed peripheral blood smear in paediatric practice
Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 286
Authors’ reply: Comment on: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in osteoporotic patients: prevention and management
Boon Hui Chan, Ruixiang Yee, Rukshini Puvanendran, Seng Bin Ang
Singapore Med J 2018; 59(5): 288

CME Answers