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January 2009

Editorial

The Singapore Medical Journal: celebrating its Golden Jubilee

Peh WCG

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 1

Medicine in Stamps

Camillo Golgi (1843-1926): Italian neuroscientist and Nobel laureate

Tan SY, Gara N

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 2-3

Review Article

The anaesthetist's role in the setting up of an intraoperative MR imaging facility

Tan TK, Goh J

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 4-10

Effective Medical Writing

Presenting the statistical results

Ng KH, Peh WCG

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 11-14

Original Article

The epidemiology and surgical outcomes of patients undergoing primary total hip replacement: an Asian perspective

Liu YEB, Hu S, Chan SP, Sathappan SS

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 15-19

Determining the risk factors and prevalence of osteoporosis using quantitative ultrasonography in Pakistani adult women

Fatima M, Nawaz H, Kassi M, Rehman R, Kasi PM, Kassi M, Afghan AK, Baloch SN

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 20-28

Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin and a review of treatment options

Teo L, Tay YK, Liu TT, Kwok C

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 29-33. Erratum in: Singapore Med J 2012; 53(3): 220.

Infective endocarditis secondary to intravenous Subutex abuse

Chong E, Poh KK, Shen L, Yeh IB, Chai P

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 34-42

Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for high-risk pancreatic cancer

Wang MLC, Foo KF

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 43-48

Knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and screening among Malaysian women who have never had a Pap smear: a qualitative study

Wong LP, Wong YL, Low WY, Khoo EM, Shuib R

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 49-53

Monitoring and treatment practices of childhood asthma in Singapore: a questionnaire study

Tan C, Wong B, Goh DY, Van Bever HP

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 54-61

Comparison of detection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency using fluorescent spot test, enzyme assay and molecular method for prediction of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia

Wong FL, Boo NY, Ainoon O, Wang MK

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 62-67

A quality assurance study on the administration of medication by nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit

Raja Lope RJ, Boo NY, Rohana J, Cheah FC

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 68-72

Comparison of effects of anaesthesia with desflurane and enflurane on liver function

Arslan M, Kurtipek O, Dogan AT, Unal Y, Kizil Y, Nurlu N, Kamaci S, Kavutcu M

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 73-77

Melatonin premedication does not enhance induction of anaesthesia with sevoflurane as assessed by bispectral index monitoring

Evagelidis P, Paraskeva A, Petropoulos G, Staikou C, Fassoulaki A

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 78-81

Acquired oesophageal strictures in children: emphasis on the use of string-guided dilatations

Saleem MM

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 82-86

Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of patients with low back pain and those with sciatica

Shobeiri E, Khalatbari MR, Taheri MS, Tofighirad N, Moharamzad Y

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 87-93

Medical Education

Bomb blast mass casualty incidents: initial triage and management of injuries

Goh SH

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 101-106

Letter to the Editor

Respiratory changes in Prader-Willi syndrome

dos Santos VM, de Paula FH, Filho JAS

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 107

Authors' reply: Respiratory changes in Prader-Willi syndrome

Jacob JJ, Paul TV

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 108

Phlebitis rate unacceptable

Webster J, Osborne S

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 109

Authors' reply: Phlebitis rate unacceptable

Zaverah MN, Ghorbani R

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 110

Website review: worldmapper

Shankar PR

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 111-112

CME Answers

CME November 2008 answers

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 113

Reviewers' List

Reviewers' List 2008

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): 114-115

Case Report

Aggressive osteoblastoma of the proximal humerus

Khin YT, Peh WCG, Lee VKM, Teo HEL, Ng SB, Nathan SS

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e1-e4

Emergency transcatheter embolisation of superior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula complicated by recurrent haematemesis

Lau KY, Lo SWS, Sy NLA

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e12-e15

Fluid-fluid levels in cystic lumbosacral schwannomas: a report of three cases

Santhosh K, Kesavadas C, Thomas B, Gupta AK, Kapilamoorthy TR, Radhakrishnan VV

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e16-e21

Cerebral fungal infection with mycotic aneurysm of basilar artery and subarachnoid haemorrhage

Ahsan H, Ajmal F, Saleem MF, Sonawala AB

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e22-e25

Primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma with transdiaphragmatic extension presenting as a pericardial effusion

Korula A, Shah A, Philip MA, Kuruvila K, Pradhip J, Pai MC, Chacko RT

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e26-e28

Annular pancreas in an adult patient: diagnosis with endoscopic ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

Kandpal H, Bhatia V, Garg P, Sharma R

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e29-e31

Acute renal failure following the use of rosiglitazone in a chronic kidney disease patient

Abdul Ghani R, Zainudin S, Kamaruddin NA, Kong NCT

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e32-e34

Aortic dissection presenting as posterior circulation stroke

Athappan G, Chengat V, Unnikrishnan A, Chandraprakasam S, Kumar S, Ganesh N

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e35-e38

Markedly-elevated serum CA125 in a woman with pulmonary tuberculosis

Sulaiman S, Tan KH

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e39-e40

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with isolated tuberculous splenic abscess

Sinha N, Gupta N, Jhamb R

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e41-e43

Management of gamma nail breakage with bipolar hemi-arthroplasty

Wee JLH, Sathappan SS, Yeo MSW, Low YP

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e44-e47

Charles Bonnet syndrome in a Borneo Iban tribesman

Sabri R, Yasin Y

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e48-e49

Primary neuroblastoma of the mandible

Tang PH, Cohen PA

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e5-e7

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast

Law YM, Quek ST, Tan PH, Wong SLJ

Singapore Med J 2009; 50(1): e8-e11