Singapore Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Trichophyton indotineae: timely recognition of an emerging pathogen causing persistent dermatophytosis	49
Inhaler adherence, associated factors and outcomes among adult asthma patients in Singapore	38
Population health research in Singapore: the experience of a research centre	37
Weight loss and hypergammaglobulinaemia in an elderly man	36
Hereditary paraganglioma–phaeochromocytoma syndrome: a case of SDHB mutation	33
A year of COVID-19: effects of a global pandemic on a hip fracture bundled care protocol	24
Perioperative and frailty outcomes after total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study	21
Environmental sustainability in healthcare: impacts of climate change, challenges and opportunities	21
Are primary care physicians in Singapore prescribing the best medicine — physical activity?	19
Epidemiology of neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome in a neonatal ICU: a retrospective study utilising the Montreux definition	18
Establishing institutional adult computed tomography dose reference levels at a public tertiary hospital in Singapore	18
No health without mental health: united we stand	18
Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care	15
Pictorial review of ischaemic hepatitis and its mimics	15
Safety and efficacy of dupilumab in adult atopic dermatitis in Singapore	15
Scombroid poisoning: an anaphylaxis mimic	14
The story of HIV: the past 44 years and the road ahead	14
Post COVID-19 syndrome and new onset diseases: a prospective observational study	14
Diabetes-related distress in a multiethnic primary care population with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Singapore: magnitude and associated risk factors	13
Severe re-expansion pulmonary oedema after medical thoracoscopy	13
Recommendations for the use of antiretroviral therapy in adults living with human immunodeficiency virus in Singapore	12
In memoriam: Sir Roy Calne (1930–2024) – A life in surgery and impact on paediatric liver transplantation in Singapore	12
Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy: two sides to a coin	12
Safety and efficacy of ambulatory total knee arthroplasty with enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in well-selected patients aged 80 years and older	12
Hip joint paralabral cyst causing lower limb deep vein thrombosis	12

Gastrointestinal transit time of radiopaque ingested foreign bodies in children: experience of two paediatric tertiary centres	11
Prevalence of mental health symptoms in Singapore elite athletes	11
Extracranial–intracranial bypass for symptomatic intracranial arterial occlusion: a meta-analysis of individual patient data	11
Missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis: common pitfalls in genetic testing	10
The dialectics of enteral nutrition in advanced dementia	10
Prevalence of polypharmacy: a cross-sectional study in Singapore public healthcare institutions	9
Emergency medicine residency training during COVID-19	9
COVID-19 vaccination strategy in Singapore: perspectives and lessons from primary care	8
Pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of HIV infection	8
Impact of a codesigned and coproduced patient-centred discharge form on communication and understanding	8
Prevalence of impostor phenomenon and burnout in a Singapore health system	8
Attitudes and practices of exercise among pregnant mothers in Singapore	8
Predicting late aortic complications after acute type A dissection surgery with volumetric measurements in a Singapore cohort	8
Safety, tolerability and efficacy of LEGA-Kid® mechanical percussion device versus conventional chest physiotherapy in children: a randomised, single-blind controlled study	7
Pelvic inflammatory disease with obstructive complications: two cases and a literature review	7
Management of chronic non-cancer pain in primary care	7
Mpox clade I outbreak: how should Asia prepare and respond?	7
Development and validation of machine learning models to improve prediction of surgical duration for cataract surgeries	7
Difficulties faced by a medical team based at a COVID-19 quarantine facility	7
Genetics and genomics: a frontier for clinicians	7
Protecting high-risk institutionalised residents from COVID-19: a Singapore dormitory experience	7
What is said about ‘#paramedicine’: an analysis of Twitter posts over the past decade	7
Improvement in polycythaemia vera after parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism	7
Virtual simulation mobile application for teaching medical emergencies: attitudes and behaviours of postgraduate year one doctors and faculty	7
2021 NEDI-Singapore study: an updated inventory of emergency department characteristics	6
Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in cardiovascular disease: a comprehensive review	6
The Singapore Medical Journal Reviewer Recognition Awards 2022	6
Assessment of radiation doses for common radiographic examinations: an institutional dose survey	6
Mentoring a surgical team towards procedural competence in the early learning curve for selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation	6
A practical approach to joint pain in primary care	6
Comments on: Psychosis in Parkinson’s disease in a Southeast Asian cohort: prevalence and clinical correlates	6
A retrospective multicentre review of the efficiency of the novel coronavirus emergency operating theatre	6
Improved population coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine after implementation of a school-based vaccination programme: the Singapore experience	6
Leveraging electronic medical records for passive disease surveillance in a COVID-19 care facility	6
Incidence and predictors of respiratory adverse events in children undergoing procedural sedation with intramuscular ketamine in a paediatric emergency department	6
Managing cholesteatomas with labyrinthine fistula	6
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment and mortality in ischaemic heart disease: a two-year observational study	6
Predictive factors for interstitial lung disease progression in a Singapore systemic sclerosis cohort: a multicentre study	6
Mid-year review of SMJ highlights in 2025	5
Dual rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody positivity affects the manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis	5
Approach to goitre in family medicine practice	5
Comments on: Carcinoma buccal mucosa treated with definitive hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy: a retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes	5
Surgical repair of the supraspinatus: pre- and postoperative architectural changes in the muscle	5
Clinical characteristics and outcomes in Asian patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction	5
Erectile dysfunction: assessment and management in primary care	5
Percutaneous bicaval valve implantation for severe tricuspid regurgitation due to carcinoid syndrome	5
Effects of music therapy on intravitreal injections: a randomised clinical trial	5
Management of sepsis in acute care	5
Reviewers’ List 2023	5
Effect of injection pain and withdrawal movement of propofol and rocuronium in the induction of anaesthesia on postoperative pain outcomes in gynaecological laparoscopic surgery: a prospective observa	5

Approach to acute psychosis in older adults	5
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy precipitated by election preparation-related stress	4
Detectability of feeding arteries using automated feeding artery detection software based on CT arteriography in transarterial embolisation	4
Genomic sequencing: ending the diagnostic odyssey for a child with microcephaly and dystonia with a perioperative challenge	4
Development of a needs-based digital portal to support maternal and child health in Singapore	4
Spectrum of lesions of the acromioclavicular joint: imaging features	4
Climate-conscious conferences: redefining medical meetings for a sustainable tomorrow	4
Integrated care teams in primary care improve clinical outcomes and care processes in patients with non-communicable diseases	4
Frontiers in subclinical atherosclerosis and the latest in early life preventive cardiology	4
Approach to nocturnal enuresis in children	4
Efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in Singapore	4
Contemporary wearable and handheld technology for the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias in Singapore	4
Measles seroprevalence in Thailand: are adolescents and young adults at risk of measles?	4
Factors associated with readmission after long-term administration of tolvaptan in patients with congestive heart failure	4
Distribution of sasX, qacA/B and mupA genes and determination of genetic relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among clinical isolates and nasal swab samples from the same patient	4
The status of pneumococcal diseases and pneumococcal vaccination in Singaporean adults	4
Intensive care education in the Asia–Pacific: current status and future directions	4
Recognising the clinically significant macrotrabecular massive variant of hepatocellular carcinoma	4
Virtual reality spine surgical training in Singapore: a preliminary study	4
Metal on metal: removal of an extruding mandibular titanium reconstruction plate using a high-speed surgical drill	4
Epidemiology of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in a general hospital in Singapore: a retrospective cohort study	4
Successful treatment of acute liver failure secondary to dengue fever using low-volume plasma exchange	4
A hardy infestation: post-traumatic osteomyelitis mimicking heterotopic ossification	4
Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal epidural lesions	4
Utility and satisfaction of telemedicine for ambulatory orthopaedic care in an urban setting	4
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (213)	4
Healthcare in the era of climate change and the need for environmental sustainability	4
Recent advances in gastroenterology	4
Extra-syndesmotic interposition of osteochondral fragment causing malreduced ankle syndesmosis	4
External validation of a clinical prediction rule on the need for radiologic imaging to identify urological disorders in adult patients with febrile urinary tract infections	4
Suboptimal usage of hearing aids in adults with hearing loss: Singapore audiologists’ perspective and current practice	4
An audit of computed tomography usage for abdominal pain in a Singapore emergency department	3
Authors’ reply: Comment on: Doctors and social media: knowledge gaps and unsafe practices	3
Pulmonary tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis: a case in Singapore	3
Comprehensive synthesis of mHealth interventions in psychiatry: insights from systematic, scoping, narrative reviews and content analysis	3
Interim Singapore guidelines for basic and advanced life support for paediatric patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19	3
Introduction to artificial intelligence in medicine	3
Goals-of-care discussion in older adults: a clinical and ethical approach	3
Navigating the next lap: 2025 and beyond	3
Application of emerging technologies for gut microbiome research	3
Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography	3
Speech and language delay in children: a practical framework for primary care physicians	3
Comments on: Return to work after surgically treated pelvic ring fractures in Singapore	3
Polygenic risk scores for complex diseases: where are we now?	3
Transient severe myocarditis and intraventricular thrombus associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination	3
The doctor–patient relationship and informed consent process	3
Approach to palpitations in primary care	3
Evaluation of the accuracy of a single-lead adhesive electrocardiogram patch monitoring device (S-PATCH3-Cardio) in patients post-myocardial infarction: a pilot study	3
Anxiety in hospitalised families: lessons from the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Non-traumatic adult acute abdomen with high-attenuation lesions or materials in the gastrointestinal tract on unenhanced computed tomography	3
Dietary advice in diabetes mellitus	3
Dermatological and non-dermatological risk factors associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia	3
Myopericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Subclustering general population with high body mass index to inform future risk of diabetes mellitus	3
Stress and needs of caregivers of individuals with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Factors influencing decisions on contralateral symmetrisation procedure among patients with breast cancer	3
Association of psychological distress with health-related quality of life in Asian adolescents seeking obesity treatment	3
Discontinuing routine preoperative electrocardiogram testing in low-risk cataract surgery patients: the EliminECG quality improvement project	3
Preface	3
Faecal microbiota transplantation for treatment of chronic urticaria with recurrent abdominal pain and food allergy	3
Femoral neck system as a safe alternative to cannulated compression screw and dynamic hip screw in femoral neck fractures: an early comparative study	3
Morbidity and treatment costs of cystic fibrosis in a middle-income country	3
Potential hurdles to prescribing COVID-19 oral antivirals in primary and community care	3
Healthier SG Teams: a paradigm shift in population health care delivery	3
Resilience and emotions of frontline obstetrics and gynaecology healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Stable antimicrobial resistance patterns of Mycobacterium abscessus complex antibiograms in Singapore from 2013 to 2022: a retrospective review	3
Operative vaginal delivery: practice patterns and outcomes at a tertiary general hospital	3
Can bundled payment improve an established leading hip fracture programme?	3
Testicular tumours in children: a single-centre experience	3
Early predictors of rescue therapy and colectomy in acute severe ulcerative colitis	3
Slowing down in the fast lane: could this be sinus tachycardia?	3
Characteristics of patients who received Sinopharm BIPB vaccine in Singapore general practice	3
Pretriage criteria for identifying COVID-19-positive patients in the paediatric emergency department	3
Local cOinage and Hospital Equipment Index (Lo Hei): projectile distance of Singapore coinage and healthcare-related equipment in a 3T magnetic resonance imaging scanner	3
Assessment of the knowledge, attitude, readiness, and willingness to volunteer in disasters amongst medical students in Singapore	3
Artificial intelligence-assisted colonoscopy: a narrative review of current data and clinical applications	3
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (215)	3
Management of circulatory shock and hypotension	3
Comments on: Silent hypoxia: pulse oximetry and its relation to COVID-19 in Singapore	3
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus-related complications and their impact on health-related quality of life in Singapore	3

Guidance for the prescription of human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis in Singapore	3
Validation of the kidney failure risk equation in predicting the risk of progression to kidney failure in a multi-ethnic Singapore chronic kidney disease cohort	3
Psychiatric causes of behavioural change in adults less than 65 years old	3
Exploration of integrated targeted serum and hair metabolomic profiles in men with androgenetic alopecia	3
Evaluation of non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging as an imaging surveillance tool for hepatocellular carcinoma in at-risk patients	3
Re-employment medical examinations: assessing fitness to work in ageing healthcare workers	3
Response to comments on: Two-year clinical outcomes following lower limb endovascular revascularisation for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia at a tertiary Asian vascular centre in Singapore	3
Cystic hygroma: a single-centre experience	3
Outcomes of pertrochanteric femoral fracture fixation with the Trochanteric Femoral Nail-Advanced with and without cement augmentation: a comparative study	3
Pembrolizumab-related pneumonitis in a patient with COVID-19 infection	3
Customised weight-based volume contrast media protocol for multiphase abdominal computed tomography	3
Review of peripheral artery trauma in a district hospital in northern Singapore	3
Demographic and clinical profiles of preschool children with selective mutism in Singapore	3
Prediabetes guidelines adherence and health outcomes at a Singapore primary health care institution	3
Surgical management of thyroglossal cysts: 10-year experience of a tertiary paediatric surgical unit	2
Mental health-related presentations to a tertiary emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Congratulations to the 2022 SMJ Best Research Paper Award Winners	2
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (214)	2
Development and validation of a deep learning system for detection of small bowel pathologies in capsule endoscopy: a pilot study in a Singapore institution	2
Cardiovascular–obstetric state-of-the-art review: pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy	2
Approach to acute respiratory failure for frontline clinicians	2
Hearing aid outcomes in Singapore's public health service: A cross-sectional study	2
Resilience amidst winds of change	2
Lumbar spinal angiolipoma: a benign entity masquerading as a worrisome lesion	2
The obesity paradox: association of obesity with improved survival in medically managed severe aortic stenosis	2
Profile of hospitalised maltreated children aged 0 to 3 years and their families	2
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (218)	2
Surgical anatomy of the anterior radiculomedullary and Adamkiewicz arteries of the spinal cord: a microdissection and angiographic study	2
Primary care approach to calf cramps	2
Use of deep learning model for paediatric elbow radiograph binomial classification: initial experience, performance and lessons learnt	2
Integrated hip fracture care pathway (IHFCP): reducing complications and improving outcomes	2
Cause of ST-segment elevation on electrocardiogram	2
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (217)	2
Usage of patient portals among primary healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study	2
World Heart Day 2025: Don’t Miss a Beat — bridging gaps in cardiovascular health for women, children and the future	2
Elective incisional hernia repair: lower risk of postoperative wound infection with laparoscopic versus open repair	2
Cognitive and functional progression and short-term prognosis of Alzheimer’s disease in Singapore	2
A case of acute bacterial pericarditis in a COVID-19 patient	2
Advancing cardiovascular health: prevention, risk management and emerging insights	2
Response to comments on: Eating disorders in children and adolescents	2
Understanding patients’ health-seeking behaviour for non-emergency conditions: a qualitative study	2
Moving from specialist-led to generalist-led hospital care: propensity-matched analyses of clinical outcomes and survey of patient care experiences	2
Feasibility of nonoperative treatment of acute appendicitis in children: a prospective cohort study	2
Reference range for ADAMTS13 antigen, activity and anti-ADAMTS13 antibody in the healthy adult Singapore population	2
Convalescent plasma for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: the Singapore experience and lessons learnt	2
Presenting characteristics, histological subtypes and outcomes of adult central nervous system tumours: retrospective review of a surgical cohort	2
Unsafe medications for patients with food allergy	2
Chronic kidney disease is no longer a ‘non-traditional’ cardiac risk factor: a call to action for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health	2
Shifting the needle in cognitive health: urgent action on modifiable risk factors to prevent dementia in Singapore	2
Comparison of clinical and cost outcomes between primary and interval debulking surgery in ovarian cancer	2
Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes of women with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy	2
Visual estimation of lengths and angles: how accurate are we?	2
An illustrative case of pseudo-chilblains in tropical Singapore: what is its significance?	2
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: the learning continues	2
Impaired renal sympathetic activity as a possible cause of prolonged hyporeninaemic hypoaldosteronism following unilateral adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism	2
Interpreting thyroid function tests in babies of mothers with thyroid disease	2
Occupational malignant mesothelioma in Singapore	2
Skin and soft tissue infections in primary care	2
Localised swelling at sites of dermal filler injections following administration of Covid-19 vaccines: a systematic review	2
An unusual case of itchy subcutaneous nodules secondary to aluminium allergy from vaccination	2
The rise of artificial intelligence: addressing the impact of large language models such as ChatGPT on scientific publications	2
Utility of photoplethysmography in detecting elevated blood glucose among non-diabetics	2
Telecarers improve osteoporosis treatment and compliance rates in secondary osteoporosis prevention for elderly hip fracture patients	2
The Singapore Green Plan 2030: occupational health hazards in the Singapore green economy	2
Congratulations to the 2024 SMJ Best Research Paper Award Winners	2
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: a biochemical marker for acute kidney injury and long-term outcomes in patients presenting to the emergency department	2
Clinical characteristics of patients under General Medicine with drug allergies occurring during hospitalisation at a tertiary hospital	2
Managing dyspepsia as a generalist	2
Oncology-related emergencies discharged from the emergency department	2
Successful 24-hour discharge for total knee arthroplasty: importance of timing of surgery and physiotherapy in enhanced recovery after surgery protocol	2
Preventing perioperative hypothermia in children through implementation of customised guidelines	2
Opening a new chapter in health care: reporting on the inauguration of the International Conference on AI in Medicine	1
Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors	1
Barriers to postpartum diabetes mellitus screening among mothers with a recent history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study	1
Transition to a hybrid teleradiology model with a new plug-and-play workstation concept	1
Migraine and atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Comparison of McGrath videolaryngoscope-assisted insertion versus standard blind technique for flexible laryngeal mask airway insertion in adults	1
Obstructive sleep apnoea	1
All that quivers is not real: recognising pseudo-atrial flutter	1
Compliance with face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community observational study in Singapore	1
Knowledge, awareness and attitudes of Singapore medical students regarding organ donation	1
Epidemiology of stillbirths based on different gestational thresholds at a tertiary hospital	1
Approach to headache disorders and the management of migraine: consensus guidelines from the Headache Society of Singapore, first edition (2023)	1
Association of postpartum depression with child growth and developmental outcomes: a community-based study	1
World Family Doctor’s Day reflection: how family medicine is building a sustainable healthcare system in Singapore	1
Psychosocial concerns predict longitudinal trajectories of distress in newly diagnosed cancer patients	1
p64 movable wire flow diverter with hydrophilic polymer coating for treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a single-centre experience	1
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among kidney transplant recipients in Singapore	1
Athlete mental health and the physicians’ role	1
Glucagon-like-peptide 1 receptor agonist for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: hype or hope?	1
Vaping: parallels with cigarette smoking and management approaches in Singapore	1
Improved adrenal vein sampling from a dedicated programme: experience of a low-volume single centre in Singapore	1
Motorised spiral enteroscopy: pilot experience from a tertiary care centre in Singapore	1
Return to sport and patient satisfaction after arthroscopic Bankart repair: a single-institution experience	1
Early clinical and CT features of COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia from a fever observation ward in Ningbo, China	1