Subject Index Singapore Med J 2009; 50(12) : 1214

Singapore Medical Journal Volume 50 2009 Subject Index

11β-hydroxylase deficiency, e68 amphotericin B, e107 atrial septic defect, 1030 breast adenoid cystic carcinoma, e8 17q gain, 1090 ampulla of Vater carcinoid, e100 atrioventricular nodal reentry breast cancer, 265, 513, 772, 907 1p deletion, 1090 ampullary tumour, e94 tachycardia, 438 breast cancer knowledge, 132 7, 12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, amyloidosis, e332 attitude, 1169 breast carcinoma, 519 139 anaemia, 365, 584, 1035, e362 auditory neuropathy, e324 Breast Imaging Reporting and anaerobic bacteria, e393 authorship, 563, 1044 Data System (BI-RADS), 907 abdominal aorta, 967 anaerobic spondylodiscitis, e393 autoimmune hypophysitis, 1080 breast leukaemia relapse, e407 abdominal hernia, 866 anaesthesia, 4 avian influenza, e112 breast mass, e97, e277 abdominal malignancy, 1139 anaesthesia induction, 78 axillary arch muscle of Langer, breast metastatic tumour, e277 abdominal pain, 1068, e378 androgen-sensitive prostate e88 breast neoplasm, e277, e8 academic promotion, 847 cancer, e178 azurophilic granules, e114 breast self examination, 132 accessory fissures, 715 aneurysm, e247 breast tumour, e277, e8 accessory tongue, e172 aneurysmal bone cyst, e326 β-methyl-p-iodophenylpenta- breastfeeding patterns, 181 Acinetobacter spp., 822 angiofibroma, 261 decanoic acid scan, 943 breastfeeding period, 181 acknowledgements, 563 angiography, e12 back pain, e393 Brodie’s abscess, e226 aconitine poisoning, e302 angiotensin converting enzyme, bacterial infection, 486 bronchial carcinoid tumour, e147 acquired immunodeficiency 997 badminton injuries, 1095 bronchoscopy, 871 syndrome, 173, 479, 710 ankle-foot orthosis, 412 “balut”, e170 Brucella abortus, e312 acquired stricture, 82 annular pancreas, e29 B-cell deficiency, e201 Brucella melitensis, e312 acromegaly, e295 anorectal malformation, e280 B-cell lymphoma, e158 brucellosis, e312 ACTH stimulation test, 962 antenatal care, 270 benign skin malformation, e161 buccal pouch carcinogenesis, 139 active anti-retroviral , 710 antenatal ultrasonography, e181 beta-lactam antibiotics, 1158 buprenorphine, 34 acupuncture, 1162 anterior uveitis, e229 bidi smokers, 624 burden of disease, 468 acute anterior myocardial anthropometry, 525, 1013 bilateral adrenalectomy, e71 Burkholderia pseudomallei, 385 infarction, e76 antibiotic resistance, 208 bilateral canal atresia, 1072 burr-hole covers, 777 acute appendicitis, 1145 antibiotic stockpile, 567 bilateral inferior petrosal sinus acute cardiogenic pulmonary antibiotics, 1158 sampling, e380 caecostomy, 237 oedema, 595 anti-D immunoglobulins, 1054 bilateral thoracic outlet calcifications, 907 acute coronary syndrome, 962 anti-D prophylaxis, 1054 syndrome, e214 calcium channel blockers, 500 acute interstitial nephritis, e32 antimicrobial resistance, 791, 822 bile duct obstruction, e100 Camillo Golgi, 2 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, antimicrobial susceptibility biliary anatomical variants, e243 Campylobacter jejuni infection, e407 pattern, 208 biliary ascariasis, e218 e112 acute mountain sickness, e306 antioxidants, 139, 418, 624 biliary obstruction, e218 canal atresia, 1072 acute myocardial infarction, 929, anti-retroviral therapy, 710 biliary sludge, 889 cancer, 365 943, 956 anti-snake venom, e368 biliary stricture, e94 cancer antigen, 125, e39 acute renal failure, e32 anti-tuberculous treatment, e268 biliary tuberculosis, e94 cancer awareness, 772 acute respiratory distress aorta, 768 biliary tumour, e94 cancer biomarkers, 371 syndrome, e130 aortic aneurysm, 768, e353 biodegradable polymer, 777 cancer characteristics, 720 acute stroke, 604 aortic disease, e35 biomedical science, 230 cancer epidemiology, 371 acute tubular necrosis, e256 aortic dissection, e35 biometry, 120 cancer profile, 720 AdeABC efflux pump, 822 aortic reconstruction, e199 bioprosthesis, 534 cancer risk factors, 147, 265 adenoid cystic carcinoma, e8 aortic stenosis, e350 biostatistics, 11 cancer screening, 348, 862 adjuvant chemoradiotherapy, 43 aortic stent, 768 bipolar hemi-arthroplasty, e44 cancer treatment, 772 adolescents, 303, e378 aortic valve replacement, e350 bipolar II disorder, e79 captopril, 400 adrenal hyperplasia, e68 aortic valve stenosis, 534 birth defects, 587 carbapenam resistance, 822 adrenal insufficiency, 962 apolipoprotein, 610 bispectral index monitoring, 78 carcinoembryonic antigen, 862 adrenalectomy, e68 arbovirus, 785 bites, 506 carcinogens, 729 adrenocorticotropic hormone, arteriovenous malformation, bladder injury, e336 carcinoid tumour, e100, e147 e147 e76, e127 bladder rupture, e410 cardiac defects, 587 adult anorectal malformation arthralgia, 785 blasts in enclosed spaces, 101 cardiac disease, 674 treatment, e280 arthropathy, 15 bleeding oesophageal varices, e12 cardiac magnetic resonance adult posterior sagittal arthroscopic resection, e204 blood glucose, 390 imaging, e342 anorectoplasty, e280 Ascaris lumbricoides, e218 blood glucose monitoring, 1004 cardiac repair, 935 advanced cancer, 772 ascorbic acid, 624 blood pressure, 395, 500 cardiac , 674 adverse drug reaction, 29, 1158 Asia-Pacific Association of blunt abdominal injuries, 1150 cardiac tumour, 546 aerobic capacity, 997 Medical Journal Editors, 1, B-Lynch suture, 693 cardiopulmonary bypass, e199 age-related macular degeneration, 1043 body image, 303 , 534 126 aspartate aminotransferase, 73 bomb blast injuries, 101 cardiovascular disease, 610, 698 airway obstruction, 871 aspergillosis, e22 bone haemangioma, e195 cardiovascular , 915 alanine aminotransferase, 73 aspergillus sinusitis, e22 bone marrow transplantation, 935 cardiovascular prevention, 949 alcohol, e105 Aspergillus spp., e151 bone tumour, e1, e326, e388 cardiovascular risk factor, 976 allogeneic peripheral blood asphyxia, 705 bone-anchored hearing aid, 1072 carotid body paraganglioma, e58 haematopoietic stem cell aspiration, 740 bowel ischaemia, 1023 carotid body tumour, e58 transplantation, e407 asthma, 54, 160, 312 bowel perforation, 101, e412 carotid endarterectomy, 674 allopurinol, 925, 927 atherosclerosis, 295, 949, 967 brachial flow-mediated carotid stenosis, 674 altered mental status, 885 athletic injuries, 1095 vasodilation, 698 carpal tunnel syndrome, e283 amikacin, 486 atrial fibrillation, 680 brain infarction, 885 case-control studies, 265 amniocentesis, e264 atrial myxoma, 546 brain infections, e133 cataract, e48 Singapore Med J 2009; 50(12) : 1215

cataract surgery, 120 complementary medicine, 800 dermal lesion, e161 electronic publishing, 230 caudate lobe, 715 computed tomography, 647, 745, dermatitis, 881 Elie Metchnikoff, 456 causation of harm, 1200 1189, e211, e346 dermatological conditions, 881 embodiment, 451 central nervous system infection, computed tomography pulmonary , 746 embryonated duck egg, e170 e133 angiogram, 403 desferrioxamine treatment, 794 emergency department, 278, 1068 central nervous system computerised dynamic desflurane, 73 emergency laparotomy, 1150 monitoring, 78 posturography, 614 detergent ingestion, e256 emergency re-attendance, 1068 central venous catheter, 522 conclusion, 458 developmental dysplasia of the emergency transarterial centrifugal forces, 438 conductive deafness, 510 hip, 407 embolisation, e12 cerebellar hypoplasia, e181 congenital adrenal hyperplasia, diabetes insipidus, e185 emergency unscheduled returns, cerebellar infarct, e35 e68 diabetes mellitus, 250, 395, 614, 1068 cerebral computed tomography, congenital canal atresia, 1072 1200, e107 emphysema, 193 885 congenital coronary artery diagrams, 330 endocarditis, 34, e124 cerebral fungal infection, e22 anomalies, e76 diaphragm, 1150 endoscopic myringoplasty, 510 cerebral venous thrombosis, e306 congenital sacral anomaly, e85 diaphragmatic rupture, 1150 endoscopic submucosal cerebrovascular accident, e35 congestive heart failure, e124 diaphyseal tuberculosis, e226 dissection, 1035 cervical cancer screening, 49 conjoined twins, 451 dietary consumption, 288 endoscopic ultrasonography, e29 cervical lymphadeopathy, e110 containment, 581 dietary factors, 147 endoscopy referrals, 619 cervical rib, e141 continuous positive airway dietary supplements, 165 endothelial dysfunction disease, Charles Bonnet syndrome, e48 pressure, 595 disappearing bone disease, e259 698 Charles Laveran, 657 contrast extravasation, e380 disc extrusion, 87 endovascular aortic repair, 768 Charles Robert Darwin, 227 contrast-induced nephropathy, disc protrusion, 834 endovascular catheter chemopreventive agent, 265 250 discitis, e393 complications, e358 chemoprophylaxis, 567 copy-editing, 1134 discussion, 458 endovascular catheter removal, chemoradiotherapy, 43 coracoclavicular joint, e214 disease-modifying anti-rheumatic e358 chest wall tuberculosis abscess, coracoid process, e88 drugs, 686, 800 endovenous laser therapy, 591 e97 coronary artery disease, 610, disseminated intravascular enflurane, 73 chickenpox, 881 949, 967 coagulation, e178 enteral nutrition, 740 chikungunya, 785 coronary artery stenosis, 610 Distinguished Editor Series, 230, enteric fistula, e220 childhood asthma, 54 corrosive gastroduodenal injury, 451, 654, 847, 1044, 1120 Enterobacter spp., 482 childhood enteric fever, 1038 e105 diverticulitis, e220 Enterobacteriaceae, 628 children medication, 1162 corrosive stricture, 82 diverticulum, e220 enucleation, e232 Chinese herbal medicine, 1162 corticosteroids, 29, 54 diving complication, e173 enuresis alarm, 879 cholecystitis, e102 cortisol, 962 double inferior vena cava, e211 enzyme level, 62 cholesterol, 288, 295 cosmetic surgery, 451 double suicides, e81 epidermal cyst, e376 , e189 cranial morphology, 556 double thumb dislocations, e206 epidural abscess, e151 chromosomal abnormalities, 1008 cranial ultrasonography, 705 double tongue, e172 epistaxis, e74, e178 chronic aortic dissection, e35 craniofacial anthropometric Down syndrome, e264 epoetin alfa, 365 chronic bronchitis, 193 norms, 525 drug abuse, e124 Epstein-Barr virus, e110 chronic catatonia, 1117 cri-du-chat syndrome, e181 drug abuse complication, 34 Epstein-Barr virus antigens, 371 chronic granulomatous anterior critical limb ischaemia, 1184 drug , 1158 equitable access to health uveitis, e120 Crohn’s disease, e397 drug prescription, 312 information, 1043 chronic liver disease, 442 cruciate ligament, 1102 drug susceptibility testing, 378 erectile dysfunction, 698 chronic obstructive pulmonary cryptococcosis, e133 drug-resistant tuberculosis, 378 ergogenic aids, 165 disease, 193 curcumin, 139 drusen, 126 ertapenem, 628 chronic otitis media, e155 Cushing’s syndrome, e147, e380 dry age-related macular erythrocyte malondialdehyde, 624 chronic urinary catheterisation, cyanosis, e127 degeneration, 126 erythropoietin-stimulating agent, e193 cyclosporine, e397 ductal adenocarcinoma, e91 365 chyloretroperitoneum, e338 CYP2C9 frequency, 490 dural ectasia, e287 essential hypertension, 1177 chylous effusion, e338 cystic dilatation of dorsal duty of care, 1200 ethics, 451 cigarette smokers, 624 pancreatic duct, e163 dysentery, 791 euthyroid sick syndrome, 875 cirrhosis, 255 cystic duct lesions, e243 Eve theory, 556 citations, 659, 847 cystic schwannoma, e16 early gastric cancer, 1035 exercise complication, 702 clinical practice guidelines, 425 eating habits, 303 exercise physiology, 997 closed hip joint reduction, 407 da Vinci robotics, 763 echocardiography, e342 exogenous melatonin, 78 coital headache, e176 D-dimer, 403, 971 ectopic adipose tissue, e161 exploration surgery, 1154 coitus, 1062 deafness, 1072, e324 ectopic pregnancy, 1058 extended spectrum β-lactamase, coloduodenal fistula, e220 deaths, 990 editorial freedom, 1120 628 colon neoplasms, 1085 decompression sickness, e173 editorial independence, 1120 extraocular extension, e232 colonic diverticulum, e220 dedifferentiated liposarcoma, 857 editorial policies, 1120 extrarenal Wilms’ tumour, e329 colonic irrigation complication, deep vein thrombosis, 971 editor-owner relationship, 1120 extraskeletal chondroma, e189 e270 degenerative hip arthritis, 15 education costs, 462 exudative age-related macular colonic pseudo-obstruction, 237 denaturing high-performance Eggerthella lenta, e393 degeneration, 126 colonic tuberculosis, 638 liquid chromatography, 529 eggshell, e170 eye axial length, 120 colorectal cancer, 348, 862, 1085 dengue haemorrhagic fever, e253 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, e415 eye infection, e309 common variable dental morphology, 556 elderly injuries, 278 immunodeficiency syndrome, denture, e53 electroencephalography, 705 face, 525 e201 depression, e79 electronic journal, 230 facial features, 525 Singapore Med J 2009; 50(12) : 1216

facial nerve palsy, 1154, e155, e368 genetic counselling, 336 hip implant, e44 inguinal block dissection, 781 factor VIII concentrate, e71 genetic markers, 1090 hip replacement, 15 inhaled corticosteroids, 54 faecal occult blood test, 348 genetic polymorphism, 490 Hoffa’s disease, e189 Institute for Scientific fall incidence, 425 geriatric injuries, 278 holidays, 990 Information, 749, 752 fall prevention programme, 425 ghost authors, 563 Homo sapiens, 556 insulin-like growth factor I, e295 fall risk assessment, 425 giant cell tumour, e388 homocysteine, 418 intermediate foetal falls, 278 giant cell tumour of the tendon hormones, 513 rhabdomyoma, e138 familial Mediterranean fever, sheath, e204 hospital-based dermatology, 746 interphalangeal joint dislocation, e116 glimepiride, 395 human evolution, 556 e206 family , 312 glucose-6-phosphate human immunodeficiency virus, interstitial lung disease, e185 family physician training, 160 dehydrogenase, 62 173, 479, 710 intertrochanteric fracture, e44 fasting, 619, 897 glutathione S-transferase, 73 human papillomavirus intestinal infection, 638 fatty acid metabolism, 943 glycaemic control, 614 vaccination, 841, 843 intestinal obstruction, 360, 1139 fatty tumours, e315 goitre, 724 human vocal fold mucosa, 201 intestinal perforation, e270 febrile seizure, 814 Golden Jubilee, 1, 1043 humanist, 1048 intestinal pseudo-obstruction, 237 feeding tube, 740 Golgi apparatus, 2 hydrocarbon aspiration, e130 intracardiac mass, e342 fibroblasts, 201 Gorham’s disease, e259 hymenotomy, e378 intracranial haemorrhage, 885 fibrolipoma, e283 Gorham-Stout syndrome, e259 hyoid bone lesion, e404 intracranial nail insertion, 443 fibrolipomatous hamartoma, e283 grade 4 spondylolisthesis, e287 hyperbaric oxygenation, e173 intramural haematoma, e318 figures, 245 graft-versus-host disease, e407 hyperbilirubinaemia, 62 intraoperative magnetic “fin de siècle”, 648 granulomatous lesions, e371 hypertension, 400, 500, 976 resonance imaging, 4 fine needle aspiration, e235 graphs, 245 hypertensive urgency, 400 intraosseous haemangioma, e195 fine-needle aspiration cytology, groin malignancy, 781 hypogammaglobinaemia, e201 intratracheal intubation, 595 e138 Guillan-Barré syndrome, 412 hypogonadotrophic intravenous immunoglobulin, 29 first trimester screening, e181 hypogonadism, e185 intraventricular conduction fish venom, 506 H1N1 virus, 554, 567, 581, 743, hypopituitarism, 1080 defect, e302 fistula, e220 1032 hypoplastic nasal bone, e181 iron overload complications, 794 fluid-fluid levels, e16 H3N2 subtype, e112 hypothyroidism, e65 ischaemic heart disease, 418, 929 fluorescencein situ hybridisation, haematemesis, e12 hysterectomy, 693 ischaemic memory, 943 1090 haematocolpos, e378 ISI Web of Knowledge, 749 fluorescent spot test, 62 haemodialysis, 185 idiopathic hypertrophic isoproterenol, 300 foam sclerotherapy, 284 haemolysis, e298, e362 pachymeningitis, e371 foetal anaemia, 584, e143 haemolytic anaemia, e362 idiopathic osteolysis, e259 Journal Citation Report, 752 foetal blood transfusion, e143 haemophilia, e71 idiopathic thrombocytopenic journal impact factor, 749 foetal defects, 587 haemorrhagic tumour, e16 purpura, e41 jungle surgeon, 916 foetal hydrops, e143 hand and wrist, 219 IgA antibodies, 371 juvenile nasopharyngeal foetal middle cerebral artery, 584 Harvey Washington Wiley, 235 IgA nephropathy, e268 angiofibroma, 261 foetal rhabdomyoma, e138 head injury survivors, 1117 illustrations, 245, 330 juxtarenal Wilms’ tumour, e329 foetomaternal sensitisation, 1054 health education, 173 imaging-guided closed reduction, folic acid, 418 health programme, 181 407 karyotype, 1008 foreign body, 871, e53 health screening, 49, 976, e39 imaging-guided surgery, 4 Kawasaki disease, e232 foreign body aspiration, e170 healthcare system, 982 immune complexes, e253 Kell isoimmunisation, e143 forensic science, e85 hearing loss, 1072, 1077, e155, immunotherapy, 663 Ki-67 antigen, 729 frontal mucocoele, e374 e324, e401 impact factor, 749, 752, 847 kidney disease, e268 frozen monitor screen during heart failure, 935 impacted foreign body, e53 Kikuchi’s disease, e110 surgery, 921 heart infection, 34 imperforate hymen, e378 Kleihauer test, 1054 fungal infection, e133 heart neoplasms, 546 implant failure, e44 Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, fungal sinusitis, e107 heart valve prosthesis indigo pigment, e193 e223 implantation, 534 indirubin pigment, e193 knee cystic masses, 1102 gait analysis, 412 heel prick, 1004 indwelling venous catheters, e358 K-ras genes, 729 gallbladder cancer, 1114, 1115 height measurement, 1013 infants, 270 gallbladder disease, e102 help-seeking, 1169 infection control, 567 laboratory-acquired infection, galley proofs, 1134 hemiparesis, e79 infection outbreaks, 785 e312 gallstones, 889 hepatectomy, 354 infective endocarditis, 34 lactation, e295 gamma nail, e44 hepatic encephalopathy, 255 inferior pancreaticoduodenal Langerhans cell histiocytosis, ganglion cyst, 1102 hepatic portal vein gas, 1023, artery, e346 e185 Garcinia atroviridis, 295 e166 inferior vena cava, e211 language in scientific gastric adenocarcinoma, e201 hepatic venous thrombosis, 710 inferior wall myocardial communication, 654 gastric cancer, 147, 1035 hepatitis A vaccine, 442 infarction, 956 laparoscopic hepatectomy, 354 gastric carcinoma, e274 herb usage, 1162 infertility, 336 laparoscopic hepatectomy gastric wall gas, e166 herbicide, e105 inflammatory pseudotumour, programme, 922, 923 gastrocolic fistula, e274 high altitude, e306 e100 laparoscopic surgery, 763 gastroduodenal injury, e105 high density lipoprotein, 390 in-flight medical emergency, 551 laparoscopy, 354, e410 gastrointestinal bleeding, 619 high order explosives, 101 infliximab, e397 laryngomalacia, e401 gastrointestinal haemorrhage, highly-active anti-retroviral influenza A virus, 554, 567, 581, laryngotracheal foreign body, e346 therapy, 710 743, 1032, e112 e170 gastrointestinal tuberculosis, 638 high-resolution computed influenza epidemic, 554, 567 lateral marginal vein, e223 gastrostomy, 740 tomography, 193 informed consent, 494 latissimus dorsi, e88 gene polymorphism, 997 hip dislocation, 407 infrapatellar fat pad, e189 leaf extract, 300 Singapore Med J 2009; 50(12) : 1217

left anterior descending artery, e76 mass casualty incidents, 101 mosaicism, 587 newborn, 705 left ventricular hypertrophy, 1177 massive osteolysis, e259 mosquito-borne viral infection, Nobel laureate, 2, 657 legal issues of managing mastoidectomy, 1154 785 nocturnal enuresis, 879 diabetics, 1200 maternal serum screening, e264 mothball ingestion, e298 non-arteritic anterior ischaemic leiomyoma, e239 maxilla, e326 mucocoele marsupialisation, e374 optic neuropathy, 918 lercanidipine, 500 Meckel’s diverticulum, e412 multidetector computed noninvasive pressure support leucocoria, e232 MECP2 mutation, 529 tomography, e12, e243 ventilation, 595 limb-sparing surgery, 857 median nerve, e283 multidrug resistance, 822 noninvasive ventilation, 595 lipectomy, e315 mediastinal nerve sheath tumour, multidrug-resistant organisms, nonoperative management of lipid peroxidation, 139 e199 628 bowel obstruction, 360 lipid profile, 295, 395, 897 mediastinal synovial , multilingualism in scientific non-typhoidal salmonellosis, lipids, 288, 418 e26 communication, 654 1033 lipoma, e342 medical biography, 1110 multiple fractures, 101 nutritional status assessment, lipomatosis, e315 , 462 , e114 1013 lipomatous hypertrophy, e342 medical educator, 1048 multiregional continuity, 556 nutritional supplements, 165 lipomatous tumour, 857 medical emergency, 551 Muntingia calabura, 300 lipoproteins, 288 medical ethics, 451 musculoskeletal imaging, 219 obesity, 390, 804 liposarcoma, 857 medical mentors, 1044 musculoskeletal injuries, 1095 obstructive jaundice, e94 liver anatomy, 715 medical physiology, 833 musculoskeletal tumour, 857 obstructive uropathy, e50, e332 liver surgery, 354 medical student, 462 mutation analysis, 529 obturator hernia, 866 liver tumour, 354 medical writing, 11, 117, 245, MYCN amplification, 1090 octreotide, e338 localised retroperitoneal 330, 458, 563, 659, 759, 853, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ocular cysticercosis, e309 amyloidosis, e332 931, 1044, 1050, 1134 e97, e268 ocular tuberculosis, e120 Loeys-Dietz syndrome, e353 medication administration errors, mycophenolate mofetil, e32 oesophageal dissection, e318 long-length superficial femoral 68 mycotic aneurysm, e22 oesophageal haematoma, e318 artery occlusions, 1184 medication errors, 68 myelolipoma, e68 oesophageal injury, e318 long saphenous vein, 284, 591 medicolegal, 1123 myocardial infarct, e76 oesophageal stricture, 82 long-acting beta-agonists, 54 melatonin, 78 myocardial infarction, 300, 929, oesophageal tuberculosis, 638 losartan, e353 melioidosis, 385 935, 956 oesophagus, e53 low back pain, 87 melioidotic prostatic abscess, 385 myopathy, e293 Ogilvie’s syndrome, 237 low insertion of cystic duct, e243 meningeal inflammation, e371 myringoplasty, 510 oligozoospermia, 336 low placental implantation, e321 mental health knowledge, 1169 myxoma, 546 omphalocoele, e412 lumbosacral schwannoma, e16 mesenchymal tumours, e55 omphalolith, 745 lumbosacral vertebra, e85 mesenteric arteriovenous fistula, nalidixic acid, 791 oncogenic osteomalacia, e55 lung abscess, 1033 e12 naphthalene, e298 online publishing, 230 lung hypoplasia, e415 metabolic syndrome, 390, 949 narrow complex tachycardia, 438 open access, 230 lung tumour, 729 metacarpophalangeal joint nasal bone, e264 ophthalmoplegia, e309 lymphoma, e158 dislocation, e206 nasal polyposis, e374 optic neuritis, 326, 328 metastasis, e277 nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 371 oral carcinoma, 139 macroscopical appendicitis, 1145 metastatic prostate cancer, e178 nasopharyngeal tumour, 261 orbital inflammatory disease, macula flava, 201 methaemoglobinaemia, e298 neck lump, e141 e229 macular degeneration, 126 methotrexate, 686, 1058 neck mass, e138 orbital pseudotumour, e229 magnetic resonance methyl-CpG-binding domain, 529 necrotising fasciitis, e270 , 451 cholangiopancreatography, microalbuminuria, 976 necrotising histiocytic orgasm, 1062 e29 micropenis, 817 lymphadenitis, e110 , e1 magnetic resonance imaging, 4, microscopical appendicitis, 1145 neonatal asphyxia, 705 osteoconduction, 777 87, 745, e235, e315 middle cerebral artery peak Neonatal Facial Scoring System osteogenesis, 777 magnetic resonance imaging- systolic velocity, e143 score, 1004 osteogenic sarcoma, e1 guided procedure, 407 middle ear, 1077 neonatal infection, 482 osteomalacic myopathy, e293 malaria, 657 milia, e376 neonatal intensive care unit, osteomyelitis, e151 male breast carcinoma, 519 minimal hepatic encephalopathy, 68, 875 OsteoplugTM, 777 male breast lump, 519 255 neonatal jaundice, 62 osteoporosis prevalence, 20 malignant mediastinal peripheral minor pancreatic duct, e163 neonatal mortality rates, 152 osteoporosis risk factors, 20 nerve sheath tumour, e199 miscarriages, 1008 neonatal resuscitation osteoporotic vertebral fracture, malpositioned biliary stent, e243 mitral stenosis, 680, e74, programme, 152 e147 mammography, 907, e8, mitral valvotomy, 680 neonatal risk factors, 270 otoendoscopy, 510 management of diabetics, 1200 modern Homo sapiens, 556 neonatal screening, 875 Out-of-Africa theory, 556 mandible, e5 modified central venous catheter, neonatal sepsis, 482, 486 ovarian leukaemia relapse, e407 mandibular neuroblastoma, e5 522 neostigmine, 237 overweight, 804 mania, e65 Moebius syndrome, 1030 nephrotic-range proteinuria, e253 oxidative stress, 624 manuscript preparation, 759 molybdenum cofactor deficiency, nephrotoxicity, 486 manuscript processing, 853, 931 e365 nerve root compression, 87 pachymeningitis, e371 manuscript rejection, 1050 monochorionic twins, e264 neuroblastoma, 1090 paediatric tumour, e1, e5 manuscript review, 931 monoclonal antibody, 663 neurofibromatosis, e287 palmar pain, 702 manuscript revision, 1050 mononeuritis multiplex, e158 neurological deficits, e173 palmar pressure, 702 manuscript submission, 759, 853, monosymptomatic nocturnal neuroscientist, 2 pancreas divisum, e163 931, 1050 enuresis, 879 , 4 pancreas pseudotumour, e100 Marfan syndrome, e353 morbidity, 468 nevus lipomatosus superficialis, e161 pancreatic anomaly, e29 Singapore Med J 2009; 50(12) : 1218

pancreatic cancer, 43 placenta, 1123 prolactin, e295 reproductive outcome, 1008 pancreatic cyst degeneration, e91 placental pathological proofs, 1134 research, 756 pancreatic ductal examination, 1123 proptosis, e107 resected pancreatic cancer, 43 adenocarcinoma, e91 placental praevia, e321 prostate cancer, e178 resistant hypertension, e68 pancreatic tumour, e91 plasma cells, e114 prostatic abscess, 385 respiratory changes, 107, 108 pancreaticoduodenal artery plasma leakage, e253 prosthetic valve, e362 respiratory distress, e401 rupture, e346 plasminogen, 604 protein-losing enteropathy, e124 respiratory insufficiency, 595 pandemic, 554, 567, 581, 743 plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 proximal radius tumour, e388 results, 117 Pap smear, 49 (PAI-1), 604 pseudoaneurysm, e250, e346 retention rate, 686 papillary process, 715 pleuropulmonary tuberculosis, pseudotumour pancreatitis, e100 Retinoblastoma, e232 papillary thyroid carcinoma, e268 psychological stress, 990 retinopathy, 1177 724, e61 pneumomediastinum, e166 psychosis, e65 retromammary lesion, e97 paraganglioma, e58 pneumonia, 740 ptosis, e309 retroperitoneal tumour, e329, paraneoplastic syndrome, e55 poisoning, 506, e105, e256, e298 public education, 132 e384 pararenal Wilms’ tumour, e329 polycaprolactone implants, 777 , 468 retroperitoneum, e332, e384 parasitic infection, e218, e309 pons hepatis, 715 publication, 756, 847 retrovesical amyloid deposition, paravalvular leakage, e362 poor neonatal outcome, 1123 pulmonary angiogram, 403 e332 parental knowledge, 270 popliteal vein, 445 pulmonary arteriovenous Rett syndrome, 529 parotidectomy, 1154 population health problems, 468 malformation, e127 returned manuscript, 1050 passive immunity, 663 portal pyaemia, 1023 pulmonary artery aneurysm, e350 reversal of chronic catatonia, patellar agenesis, e415 portal pylephlebitis, 1023 pulmonary atelectasis, e247 1117 patient confidentiality, 494 positive-pressure respiration, 595 pulmonary blast injury, 101 reversible intraventricular patient-centred care, 494 positron-emission tomography, pulmonary embolism, 403 conduction defect, e302 patients’ privacy, 494 1189 pulmonary oedema, 595, 680 rhabdomyoma, e138 patients’ rights, 494 postcoital headache, e176 pulmonary tuberculosis, e39, 479 rhesus-negative women, 1054 peak systolic blood flow velocity, posterior circulation stroke, e35 pulmonary vascular anomaly, rheumatic heart disease, 680, e74 584 posterior cruciate ligament, 1102, e127 rheumatoid arthritis, 686, 800 PEComa, e239 e204 Pure Food and Drugs Act, 235 rhinocerebral mucormycosis, pectoralis major muscle, e88 posterior sagittal anorectoplasty, purple bag syndrome, e193 e107 pectoralis minor muscle, e88 e280 push-up exercise, 702 right atrial mass, 546 peer review, 931 postmenopausal cancer risk, 513 right bundle branch block, e302 pendimethalin, e105 postobstructive diuresis, e50 quadrate lobe, 715 right lower quadrant pain, 1145 penile length, 817 postoperative qualitative research, 312 right ventricular fat, e342 penile strangulation, e50 chyloretroperitoneum, e338 qualitative study, 49 right ventricular infarction, 956 penis, e50 postoperative neurological quality assurance, 68 robotic surgery, 763 percutaneous coronary complications, 674 quality of life, 185, 794, 800 rosiglitazone, 395, e32 intervention, 250 postoperative small bowel quality-adjusted life-years, 794 round ligament tumour, e239 percutaneous prosthesis obstruction, 360 quantitative faecal occult blood rural-urban migration, 804 implantation, 534 postpartum haemorrhage, e321, test, 348 Rusch hydrostatic catheter, e321 percutaneous transcatheter aortic 693 quantitative ultrasonography, 20 valve implantation, 534 postponement, 990 sacroiliitis, e116 periampullary carcinoid, e100 post-transplant race, 817 santorinicele, e163 pericardial effusion, e26 lymphoproliferative disorder, racquet sports, 1095 sarcoidosis, e371 pericardial synovial sarcoma, e26 1189 radial arterial pseudoaneurysm, scapular haemangiopericytoma, pericarditis, e26 practice of medicine in e250 e55 peripheral neuropathy, 614, e158 Singapore, 648 radial artery, e250, e391 schizencephaly, e79 peritoneal dialysis, 185 Prader-Willi syndrome, 107, 108 radialis indicis, e391 scholarly publishing, 230 perivascular epithelioid cell pregnancy, 181 radiological images, 330 school health, 303 neoplasms, e239 pregnancy complication, e321 radiotherapy, 894 schwannoma, e16 peroxisome-proliferator activated pregnancy outcome, 1062 Ramadan, 288, 619, 897 sciatic neuropathy, 919 receptor-gamma, e32 pregnancy-associated plasma rash, 881 sciatica, 87 petrosal sinus sampling, e380 protein A, e181 recombinant erythropoietin- Science Citation Index, 752 phacoemulsification surgery, 120 premature mortality, 468 stimulating agent, 365 scientific paper, 11, 117, 245, phaeochromocytoma, e58 prenatal diagnosis, e181 recompression therapy, e173 330, 458, 563, 659, 759, 853, phagocytosis, 456 prenatal ultrasonography, 584 rectal cancer, 763 931, 1050, 1134 pharmacogenomics testing, 490 preterm labour, 270 rectal neoplasms, 1085 scientific writing, 1044 pheochromocytoma, e71 primary eye care in Singapore, rectal perforation, e270 screening mammogram, 132 phlebitis rate, 109, 110 652 recurrent acute pancreatitis, e163 scrotal pyoderma gangrenosum, photographs, 330 primary glomerulopathies, e268 recurrent pancreatitis, e218 e397 phrenic nerve tumour, e199 primary hyperparathyroidism, references, 659 segmental intestinal dilatation, physical activity, 897 e293 rehabilitation, 971 e412 Pierre Dionis, 447 primary neuroblastoma, e5 Reinke’s space, 201 seizure, 814, e79 pigmented villonodular primary nocturnal enuresis, 879 remains identification, e85 selenium, 265 tenosynovitis, e204 primary total hip replacement, 15 renal cell carcinoma, e277 selenium intake, 265 pioglitazone, 395 princeps pollicis artery, e391 renal disease, 976 self-expanding nitinol stents, piperine, 139 processed Fuzi, e302 renal dysfunction, 1177 1184 pituitary adenoma, e295 professional medical writers, 563 renal failure, e256, e368 self-limiting glomerulonephritis, pituitary gland, 1080 progesterone, 513 renal function, 250 e253 Singapore Med J 2009; 50(12) : 1219

sellar mass, 1080 stings, 506 thyroid abscess, e235 umbolith, 745 semen analysis, 336 stomach factors, 147 thyroid cancer, 724, e61 underweight, 804 sensorineural hearing loss, e324, stomach wall necrosis, e166 thyroid function tests, 875 urethane, 729 1154 stonefish envenomation, 506 thyroid gland carcinoma, e404 urethrocutaneous fistula, e50 sentinel marker, 698 stonustoxin, 506 thyroid malignancy, 724 uric acid, 300, e365 sequestered disc, 834 strangulated hernia, 866 thyroid status, 875 urinary bladder, e410 seronegative string-guided dilator, 82 thyroid tuberculosis, e235 urinary tract fistula, e336 spondyloarthropathy, e116 stroke, 674, 680, 740, 971, e35 thyroidectomy, e404 urinary tract infection, e193 serum chemistry, 814 subarachnoid haemorrhage, e22, tissue plasminogen activator, 604 urine sulphite, e365 serum trough levels, 486 e380 tongue anomaly, e172 urogenital ridge, e384 sevoflurane, 78 subconjunctival haemorrhage, total arterial occlusion, 967 uterine atony, 693 sex hormones, 513 1038 total hip replacement, 15 uterus lesion, e239 sex-related headache, e176 sublingual captopril, 400 total mesorectal excision, 763 uveitis, e120 sexual activity-associated Subutex, 34, e124 total parenteral nutrition, e338 headache, e176 suicide attempt, e81 toxic epidermal necrolysis, 29 vaccination, 567, 841, 843 sexually-transmitted disease, 173 suicide pacts, e81 tracheostomy, 871 Valsalva manoeuvre, 438 Shigella spp., 791 superficial palmar arch, e391 traditional Chinese medicine, varicose veins, 284, 591 shigellosis, 791 superoxide dismutase, 624 1162 vascular anomaly, e195 shoulder girdle lipomatosis, e315 surfactant therapy, e130 trainee doctors, 756 vascular malformation, e195 shoulder mass, e315 surgical emergency, 1150 transcatheter retrieval, e358 vascularised pedicled graft, 781 Singapore Declaration, 1043 surgical palliation, 1139 transcriptional-repression venipuncture, 1004 Singapore healthcare system, 982 survivorship status, 720 domain, 529 venous access, 522 sinonasal infections, e22 swine influenza, 581, 743 transforming growth factor beta, venous anomaly, e211 skeletal angiomatosis, e195 symptomatic coracoclavicular e353 venous malformation, e223 skeletal tuberculosis, e226 joint, e214 transfusion-dependent vertebral compression fracture, skin conditions, 881 Synanceia horrida, 506 thalassaemia, 794 894, e147 skin metastasis, e61 Synanceiidae, 506 transient evoked otoacoustic vertebral metastasis, 894 skin papule, e161 synovial sarcoma, e26 emissions, e324 vertebral osteomyelitis, e151 skin reaction, 1158, e376 transitional cell carcinoma, e384 vertebral scalloping, e287 small bowel obstruction, 360 tables, 117 transitional vertebra, e85 vertebroplasty, e147 snake envenomation, e368 tachyarrythymia, 438 translocations, 1008 vesical injury, e336 snare, e358 Taenia solium, e309 transplant complications, 1189 vesicocutaneous fistula, e336 sociodemographic profile, 720 target refraction, 120 trauma, 278 viper bite, e368 socioeconomic status, 804 tattoo, e376 triglycerides, 390 visual hallucinations, e48 soft tissue sarcoma, 857 telephone receivers, 208 tuberculosis, 378, 479, 638, e39, visual impairment, e48 solid organ transplant, 1189 tendon sheath lesion, e204 e41, e94, e97, e120, e133, vitamin B12, 418 somatostatin, e338 tendons, 219 e235, e268, e371 vitamin D, 729 spinal canal stenosis, 87 tenosynovial giant cell tumour, tuberculous osteomyelitis, e226 spinal cord compression, 894 e204 tuberculous peritonitis, 647 Waardenburg syndrome, e401 spinal cord injury, 889 tensor fascia lata flap, 781 tuberculous splenic abscess, e41 waist circumference spinal muscular atrophy, e293 term newborn, 817 tumour marker, 862 measurement, 1013 spine imaging, 834, 894 tertiary care, 720 tumour-induced osteomalacia, warfarin, 490 splenic cystic lesion, e91 testes volume, 817 e55 Wegener’s granulomatosis, e155 spondylodiscitis, e393 testicular rests, e68 Turner syndrome, 587 weight measurement, 1013 spondylolisthesis, e287 testosterone. 513 twins, e264 Western Pacific Regional Index spontaneous bladder rupture, therapeutic antibodies, 663 tympanic membrane perforation, Medicus, 1, 1043 e410 therapeutic drug monitoring, 486 101 Wilheim Conrad Röntgen, 851 spontaneous labour, 1062 therapeutic segment, 686 tympanometry, 1077 William Osler, 1048 spontaneous oesophageal thiazolidinediones, e32 tympanoplasty, 510 Wilms’ tumour, e329 haematoma, e318 thigh abscess, e336 type 2 diabetes mellitus, 614 Wilson’s disease, 844, e102 sports food, 165 thigh metastasis, e61 witchcraft, 443 sports injury, 702, 1095 Thomas Willis, 1040 ulnar nerve, e283 women’s health, 20 SRK II formula, 120 thoracic aorta aneurysm, e247 ultrasonography, 219, 710, 889, worldmapper, 111 S-sulphocysteine, e365 thoracic outlet syndrome, e141, e250 wrist pain, 702 standard operating procedure, 68 e214 ultrasound-guided compression, writing workshops, 1044 Staphylococcus aureus, 208 thrombocytopenia, 482 e250 Written Asthma Action Plan, 160 statistics, 11 thrombolysis, 956 ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy, stem cells, 935 thumb dislocations, e206 284 Y chromosome, 336 steppage gait, 412 thyroglobulin, e61 Stevens-Johnson syndrome, 29 thyroglossal duct carcinoma, e404