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August 2020

Editorial

Growth and leadership amid a pandemic
Yia Swam Tan
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 395

Commentary

Trauma and orthopaedics in the COVID-19 pandemic: breaking every wave
Keng Jin Darren Tay, Yee Han Dave Lee
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 396-398

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Diabetic kidney disease in primary care
Jie Ming Nigel Fong, Li Ping Marianne Tsang, Jia Liang Kwek, Weiwen Guo
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 399-405
[CME Article]

Electrocardiography Series

Educational case series of electrocardiographs during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications for therapy
Ching-Hui Sia, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Nicholas Chew, Darius Lian Lian Beh, Kian Keong Poh
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 406-412
[CME Article]

Original Article

Short- and long-term predictors of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Singapore
Yu Jun Wong, Rajamanickam Chandrasekaran Kalki, Kenneth Weicong Lin, Rahul Kumar, Jessica Tan, Eng Kiong Teo, James Weiquan Li, Tiing Leong Ang
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 419-425
Case control study of risk factors and ophthalmological outcomes of very low birth weight infants with Type 1 retinopathy of prematurity
Tryphena Rachel Ng, Inez B Wong, Cheryl S Ngo, Krishnamoorthy Niduvaje, Xin Ying Ngiam, Sonoko Sensaki, Le Ye Lee
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 426-434
Renal cortical stiffness is markedly increased in pre-diabetes mellitus and associated with albuminuria
Hilmi Erdem Sumbul, Ayse Selcan Koc, Erdinç Gülümsek
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 435-442

Letter to the Editor

Laparoscopic surgery in a patient with atypical presentation of COVID-19: salient points to reduce the perils of surgery
Shen Leong Oh, Clement Luck Khng Chia, Yanlin Rachel Chen, Tiong Thye Jerry Goo, Anil Dinkar Rao, Kok Yang Tan, Marc Weijie Ong
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 443-444
Percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement of a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis: initial experience in Southeast Asia with nine-month follow-up
Paul Toon Lim Chiam, Yean Teng Lim, Choon Pin Lim, Cumaraswamy Sivathasan
Singapore Med J 2020; 61(8): 445-446

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