VOLUME  34
ISSUE  02
APRIL  1993

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

On Remunerating Doctors
M K Lim


L E A D I N G    A R T I C L E S

Febrile Transfusion Reaction: What to do Next?
S L Tien

Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer
P T Ang, K S Khoo


O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

A Prospective Study on the Use of Leucocyte - Filters in Reducing Blood Transfusion Reactions in Multi-transfused Thalassemic Children
K K Tan, W S Lee, L C T Liaw, A Oh

Psychological Aspects of Breast Cancer: Implications for Practice in Singapore
S J Rickard Liow

Percutaneous Transseptal Balloon Mitral Valvotomy: Initial Experience in Singapore
C N S Chan, A T H Tan, T H Koh, T S Chee, Z P Ding

Histopathologic Coronary Patterns in People with Acute Myocardial Infarction and PTCA
A Leone, F Bertanelli, L Mori, P Fabiano, G Bertoncini

Can We Afford to Take Short Cuts in the Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence?
R K W Ng, A Murray

Cavernous Transformation of the Portal Vein - Sonographic Findings
L S Ng, T K Khoo

Meeting the Challenge of Diabetic Blindness in the 90's
K T Yeo, R Fan, V Yong

Hepatitis C - the Malaysian Story
M Sinniah, B G Ooi

Clinical Experience with the Silc Cup Vacuum Extractor
J Low, T Y Ng, S Y Chew

Decentralization of Psychiatric Services in Malaysia - What is the Prospect?
M R Salleh

Migratory Fish Bone in the Thyroid Gland
T H Foo

Blood Coagulation Abnormalities Associated with Envenoming by Trimeresurus Albolabris in Hong Kong
J C N Chan, M M Y Kwok, C S Cockram, M N Prematilleke, B Tomlinson, J A J Critchley

Topical Nasal Anaesthesia For Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy: Lignocaine Spray or Gel?
B M Z Zainudin, M H Rafia, A W Sufarlan

Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Review of 29 Admissions into Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia 1984-90
M H Harun, I Yaacob, Z Mohd Kassim

Sarcoidosis: A Review of cases seen at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
C K Liam, A Menon

The Singapore Renal Registry: An Overview
K T Woo


I N V I T E D    A R T I C L E S

Assessment of Suicide Risk
H L Yap


E L E C T R O C A R D I O G R A P H I C    C A S E

Sudden Onset of Right Bundle Branch Block
T Chua, W S Teo


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Respiratory Failure from Combined Emphysema and Pulmonary Fibrosis
T K Lim

Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT) Vegetations and Spontaneous Obliteration of a Large Ruptured Intracranial Mycotic Aneurysm in a Case of Infective Endocarditis
B S Quah, B M Selladurai, C R Jayakumar, S Mahendra Raj

Acute Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction Due to Malignant Thymoma
C K Tan, H S Ng, J S M Ho, D M Theobald, Y C Lim

A Rare Wandering Splenic Cyst Removed with Laparoscopic Assistance
C K Kum, S S Ngoi, P Goh, Y S Lee, R Gopalan

Agenesis of the Gall Bladder with Duplication Cysts of the Hepatic Flexure - A Case Report and Literature Review
T F Toufeeq Khan, F U Baqai


Letter to the Editor

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