VOLUME  37
ISSUE  04
AUGUST  1996

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L S

Asthma Practice Guidelines: Common Sense, Expert Opinion or Evidence Based Approach?
T K Lim

The Spectre of Drig Resistant Tuberculosis
S Y T Wang


S P E C I A L    A R T I C L E

Cytosolic Calcium Imaging by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy: Applications in Medicine
B H Bay


O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Contributions of Various Major Causes of Death to Life Expectancy in Singapore, 1980-1990
K C Tan, C K Low

Myocardial Infarction in Patients Aged 40 Years and Below: An Angiographic Review
Y T Lim, L H Ling, P A Tambyah, M H H Choo

Safety and Efficacy of Percutaneous Inoue-ballon Mitral Commissurotomy
W Gao, K W Lau, Z P Ding, T H Koh, J S Ardian, P P Goh, S Quek, A Ng, A Johan

Severe Noise-Induced Deafness - A 10-Year Review of Cases
P Tay

Clinical Utility of a Portable Ultrasound Scanner in the Measurement of Residual Urine Volume
Y Y Ding, S Sahadevan, W S Pang, P W J Choo

Department Audit of Inpatient Management of Asthma
C B E Chee, S Y T Wang, S C Poh

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Singapore
K H Lee, K P Hui, W C Tan, T K Lim

Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiographic Abnormalities in Idiopathic Dilatation of the Pulmonary Artery
B L Chia, B K Ee

Congenital Abnormalities and Pregestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
Y T Chia, S Chua, A C Thai, L P Kek, S S Ratnam

Is Postnatal Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing Necessary in All Women with Gestational Diabetes?
Y Y Tan, S H Yeo, P C Y Liauw

Case Reports and Mini Review of Bee Stings of the Cornea
G Chuah, E Law, W K Chan, C L Ang

Factors Affecting Healing of Below Knee Amputation
C K Low, W Y C Chew, T S Howe, S K Tan

Holoprosencephaly and Chromosomal Anomalies
B H C Chow, S F Loh, Y L Yan, H K Ang, G S H Yeo

Cardiovascular Reactivity in Malay Moslems during Ramadan
R Husain, S H Cheah, M T Duncan

A Singapore Study of Obesessive Compulsive Disorder
B H Chia

Modified Barium Swallow Examination in Dysphagic Stroke Patients
J B K Khoo, A S Buller, M C Wong


R E V I E W    A R T I C L E

The Advance Directive - A Review
C Y Hong, L G Goh, H P Lee


C O N F E R E N C E    P A P E R S

Global Blindness and the Nation
K H Lim

Priorities in Neonatal Care in Developing Countries
N K Ho


S O C I E T Y    R E P O R T

Working Party Report on the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore Part II - Helicobacter Pylori and Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia in Singapore
J Y Kang, K M Fock, H S Ng, K T Ho, A Chee


R A D I O L O G I C A L    C A S E S

Clinics in Diagnostic Imaging (15)
P W Lam, W C G Peh, W I Wei

Clinics in Diagnostic Imaging (16)
V W K Au, W C G Peh


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Cutaneous Gangrene Secondary to Metastatic Calcification in End Stage Renal Failure: A Case Report
H H Tan, W K Cheong

Intracranial Germinoma Metastasizing via a Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt
K T Wong, K B H Koh, S H Lee, C P Chee

Popliteal Artery Pseudoaneurysm Caused by an Osteochondroma - A Traditional Medicine Massage Sequelae: A Case Report
M J Kalinga, N N Lo, S K Tan

The Syndrome of Painful Legs and Moving Toes - A Case Report
A K Y Tan, C B Tan

Mania Following Left Hemisphere Injury
L C C Lim


B O O K    R E V I E W

The Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) is published monthly and copyrighted © by the Singapore Medical Association.