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May 2019

Review Article

Factors affecting follow-up non-attendance in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension: a systematic review
Rayson Rui Sheng Lee, Mas’uud Ibnu Samsudin, Thiru Thirumoorthy, Lian Leng Low, Yu Heng Kwan
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 216-223

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Managing tooth pain in general practice
Sky Wei Chee Koh, Chun Fai Li, John Ser Pheng Loh, Mun Loke Wong, Victor Weng Keong Loh
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 224-228
[CME Article]

Special Announcement

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (195)
Felicia Teo, Mohammad Taufik bin Mohamed Shah, Bak Siew Steven Wong
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 230-235
[CME Article]

Original Article

Predictors of functional outcome in patients with stroke thrombolysis in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia
Mei-Ling Sharon Tai, Khean Jin Goh, Khairul Azmi Abdul Kadir, Mohd Idzwan Zakaria, Jun Fai Yap, Kay Sin Tan
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 236-240
Rapamycin reduces mortality in acute-stage paraquat-induced toxicity in zebrafish
Nan Feng, Zhaolian Bian, Xiaobin Zhang, Changsheng Wang, Jie Chen
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 241-246
Initial experience of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with complete mesocolic excision in Singapore: a case series
Ming Li Ho, Cheryl Chong, Shen Ann Yeo, Chee Yung Ng
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 247-252
Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of malignancies after kidney transplantation in Singapore: a 12-year experience
Su Hooi Teo, Kian-Guan Lee, Gek Hsiang Lim, Si Xuan Koo, Maria Erika Ramirez, Khuan Yew Chow, Terence Kee
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 253-259

Case Series

Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation as an alternative to repeat open-heart surgery for patients with pulmonary outflow obstruction: a reality in Singapore
Lik Wui Edgar Tay, Wei Luen James Yip, Ting Ting Low, Chin Ling William Yip, Kok Fai William Kong, Tiong Cheng Yeo, Huay Cheem Tan, Shakeel Ahmed Quereshi, Swee Chye Quek
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 260-264

Letter to the Editor

Endoscopic removal of a foreign body in the orbital apex abutting the optic nerve
Brett Levin, E Shawn Goh, Yuk Hui Ng, Dharambir Singh Sethi
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 265-266
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or ‘broken-heart syndrome’, with concomitant myasthenic crisis
Ren Yi Jonas Ho, Zer Rong Beverlyn Chern, William Kristanto
Singapore Med J 2019; 60(5): 267-269

CME Answers