VOLUME  49
ISSUE  03
MARCH  2008

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Gadolinium chelate-associated nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
Kei P L, Chan L P


M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919): surgeon, feminist and war heroine
Tan S Y, Sung H


O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Predictors for caesarean delivery and neonatal admission after trial of labour in women with one previous lower segment caesarean scar
Tan P C, Subramaniam R N, Omar S Z

Predictors of newborn admission after labour induction at term: Bishop score, pre-induction ultrasonography and clinical risk factors
Tan P C, Suguna S, Vallikkannu N, Hassan J

Mainstream end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in ventilated neonates
Bhat Y R, Abhishek N

Usefulness of a semi-quantitative procalcitonin test kit for early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis
Boo N Y, Nor Azlina A A, Rohana J

Detection of sensorineural hearing loss using automated auditory brainstem-evoked response and transient-evoked otoacoustic emission in term neonates with severe hyperbilirubinaemia
Boo N Y, Rohani A J, Asma A

Effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy on anxiety for children with high-functioning autistic spectrum disorders
Ooi Y P, Lam C M, Sung M, Tan W T S, Goh T J, Fung D S S, Pathy P, Ang R P, Chua A

A cumulative embryo scoring system for the prediction of pregnancy outcome following intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Loi K, Prasath E B, Huang Z W, Loh S F, Loh S K E

Factors affecting the palpability of breast lesion by self-examination
Lam W W M, Chan C P, Chan C F, Mak C C C, Chan C F, Chong K W H, Leung M H J, Tang M H

Haemodynamic and ventilatory effects of preoperative epidural analgesia during laparoscopic hysterectomy using NICO^TM
Hong J Y

Predictors of variceal bleed among patients with liver cirrhosis in the era of sclerotherapy
Varghese J, Cherian J V, Solomon R, Jayanthi V

Effect of basic military training on hearing in the Singapore Armed Forces
Teo K J, Chia S E, Tan T C, Ali S M


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Pleural and transdiaphragmatic retroperitoneal metastasis developing two and half years after resection of invasive thymoma
Debnath J, Chawla N, Talwar R, Vohra L S, George R A, Singh H P, Vaidya A, Satija L

Bowel metastases from primary leiomyosarcoma of the gluteal region
Subramanian S, Kumar M, Thulkar S, Harsh K

Maternal melanoma with placental metastasis
Shuhaila A, Rohaizak M, Phang K S, Mahdy Z A

Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma presenting as a uterine cervical mass
Ab Hamid S, Wastie M L

Subungual squamous cell carcinoma masquerading as a melanotic macule
Oon H H, Kumarasinghe S P W

Pregnancy luteoma presenting as ovarian torsion with rupture and intra-abdominal bleeding
Tan M L, Lam S L, Nadarajah S

The contrasting presentation and management of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast
Sng K K, Tan S M, Mancer J F K, Tay K H

Imatinib mesylate-related fatal acute hepatic failure in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia and chronic hepatitis B infection
Thia T J K, Tan H H, Chuah T H C, Chow W C, Lui H F

Medullary carcinoma in a lingual thyroid
Yaday S, Singh I, Singh J, Aggarwal N

Lithium-induced enlargement of a lingual thyroid
Talwar N, Mohan S, Ravi B, Andley M, Kumar A


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Focus group discussion: a tool for health and medical research
Wong L P
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Clinics in diagnostic imaging (121)
Poonam Y, Ashu S, Rohini G
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B O O K    R E V I E W

Consultations in Geriatric Psychiatry
Lee C


L E T T E R S    T O    E D I T O R

Another complication of subutex abuse
Joethy J, Puhaindran M, Yong F C

Giant cell arteritis dementia and other steroid-responsive dementia syndromes are a unique opportunity for clinicians and researchers
Alisky J M


S M J    C M E    P R O G R A M M E

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