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May 2011

Special Announcement

Congratulations to the 2010 SMJ Best Research Paper Award winners

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5) : 321

Medicine in Stamps

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): father of psychoanalysis

Tan SY, Takeyesu A

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5) : 322-323

Review Article

Aviation Medicine: global historical perspectives and the development of Aviation Medicine alongside the growth of Singapore's aviation landscape

Gan WH, Low R, Singh J

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 324-329

Electrocardiography Series

Variations of atrioventricular block

Yeo TJ, Teo SG, Soo WM, Poh KK

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 330-335

Original Article

PlasmaKineticTM (bipolar) transurethral resection of prostate: a prospective trial to study pathological artefacts, surgical parameters and clinical outcomes

Poh BK, Mancer K, Goh D, Lim T, Ng V, Ng KK, Ng FC

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 336-339

Comparison of RIPASA and Alvarado scores for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Chong CF, Thien A, Mackie AJA, Tin AS, Tripathi S, Ahmad MA, Tan LT, Ang SH, Telisinghe PU

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 340-345

Melioidosis of the extremities in Brunei Darussalam

Pande KC, Hj Abdul Kadir KA

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 346-350

Bacteriology of deep neck abscesses: a retrospective review of 96 consecutive cases

Lee YQ, Kanagalingam J

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 351-355

A randomised controlled trial of glutamine-enriched neonatal parenteral nutrition in Malaysia

Mohamad Ikram I, Quah BS, Noraida R, Djokomuljanto S, Faris Irfan CY, Van Rostenberghe H

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 356-360

Isolation of the first three cases of Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 027 in Singapore

Lim PL, Ling ML, Lee HY, Koh TH, Tan AL, Kuijper EJ, Goh SS, Low BS, Ang LP, Harmanus C, Lin RTP, Krishnan P, James L, Lee CE

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 361-364

Human bocavirus in Jordan: prevalence and clinical symptoms in hospitalised paediatric patients and molecular virus characterisation

AL-Rousan HO, Meqdam MM, Alkhateeb A, Al-Shorman A, Qaisy LM, Al-Moqbel MS

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 365-369

Outcome of adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia receiving the MRC UKALL XII protocol: a tertiary care centre experience

Shaikh MU, Ali N, Adil SN, Khurshid M

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 370-374

Letter to the Editor

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

Yilmaz O

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 379

Author's reply: Prolonged cough presenting with diagnostic difficulty: a study of aetiological and clinical outcomes

Poulose V

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 380

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Wiwanitkit V

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 381

Author's reply: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Hemashree R

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 381

Haematological parameters in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease: concern on findings

Wiwanitkit V

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 382

Authors' reply: Haematological parameters in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease: concern on findings

Das SK, Vasudevan DM, Balakrishnan V

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 383

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (135)

Pojchamarnwiputh S, Muttarak M, Sriplakich S

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 384-388

CME Answers

CME March 2011 answers

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): 389

Case Report

Anaesthetic management of bronchopleural fistula in a patient with myasthenia gravis

Singh P, Poopalalingam R

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e100-e101

Polymyositis in association with polycythaemia vera

Santra G

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e102-e103

Pericardiophrenic artery embolisation for control of massive haemoptysis

Bhasin A, Venkatesh SK, Caleb MG

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e104-e107

Occupational contact dermatitis in manual cloud seeding operations

Ng WT, Koh D

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e85-e87

Acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia presenting as complete lung consolidation

Mittal V, Kulshrestha R, Arya A, Bajaj P

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e88-e90

Type VI choledochal cyst revisited

De U, Das S, Sarkar S

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e91-e93

Abdominal foreign body: late presentation as a rectus sheath abscess

Noushif M, Sivaprasad S, Prashanth A

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e94-e95

Tracheobronchial injuries following endotracheal intubation

Gibbaoui H, Abu-Zidan FM, Yaman M

Singapore Med J 2011; 52(5): e96-e99