VOLUME  34
ISSUE  04
AUGUST  1993

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Prophylactic Antimicrobial Agents
R V Scoy


L E A D I N G    A R T I C L E

Paracetamol Poisoning
V Anantharaman


S M A    L E C T U R E

No Man is an Island
N K Yong


O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Paracetamol Poisoning and Hepatotoxicity in Chinese - The Prince of Wales Hospital (Hong Kong) Experience
T Y K Chan, A Y W Chan, J A J H Critchley

The Glucose Challenge Test: A Screening Test for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
S Chua, A C Thai, L P Kek, S C Yeoh, S S Ratnam

Evaluation of Yoga Therapy Programme for Patients of Bronchial Asthma
S C Jain, B Talukdar

Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratectomy in Singapore - A New Treatment Modality for Myopia
V Balakrishnan, A S M Lim, C H Low, C P Lee, P S F Tseng, W K Chan, T K Chan, J Tan, D Tan

Clinical Experience with Automated Percutaneous Discectomy
S J Yeo, B K Tay

Acute Myocardial Infarction Survival Rate and Complications after Streptokinase Therapy in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan - A Comparative Study
H Mohd Hishamuddin, N N Azmi, N Jackson

Five-Year Survival Following Surgery for 50 cases of Colorectal Cancer - A Personal Series
T K Ti

Validation of APACHE II Score in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit
F G Chen, K F Koh, M H Goh

Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
H H Chng, K M Fock, C N Chew, R Guan, P H Feng, M L Boey, E N Chee, K L Chua

Renal Arteriovenous Fistula Following Kidney Biopsy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
K H Leong, M L Boey, P H Feng

Prospective Study of the Aetiology of Adult Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia needing Hospitalisation in Singapore
K P Hui, N K Chin, K Chow, A Brownlee, T C Yeo, G Kumarasinghe, T B Chan, W C Tan

Profuse Epistaxis: An Argument for Conservative Medical Management
M Kurien, R Raman, K Thomas

Abdominal Hysterectomy: Indications and Complications
Y G S Chan, H K Ho, C Y H Chen

Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis in a Malaysian Population
K B H Koh

Progressive Optic Atrophy Associated with Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus: Report of Two Cases among First Cousins
G Chuah, S Seah, S P Chee


I N V I T E D    A R T I C L E S

A Practical Approach to the Management of Psychoses
K E Wong

The Psychiatric Complications of Epilepsy
L Pilo


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

T Wave Inversion in a Woman with Giddiness and Weakness
R M L Kam, W S Teo


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Atypical Pneumonia due to Chlamydia Pneumoniae: A Case Report
Y M Cheong, W K Wong, Y F Ngeow

Laparoscopic-Assisted Right Hemicolectomy - A Case Report
S S Ngoi, Y Tekant, C K Kum, J Isaac, P Goh

Dysphagia and Chronic Schizophrenia: A Case Report
T K S Tan

Acute Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis: Case Report
P Sathyamoorthy

Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Ileum - A Case Report
F C Ng, H K Ang, H C Chng

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