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March 2021

Volume 50 Number 3

CONTENTS

Editorial
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global mental health: From the general public to healthcare workers

Roger C Ho et al.

Editorial
Community-level interventions for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Singapore: Yay or nay?

Hann Yee Tan and Desmond Ren Hao Mao

Original Article
Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric healthcare workers

Angela HP Kirk et al.

Original Article
Impact of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation and myResponder mobile app on bystander resuscitation

Xiang Yi Wong et al.

Original Article
Behavioural changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a nationwide survey in Singapore

Victoria JE Long and Jean CJ Liu

Original Article
Vulnerability to rumours during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

Victoria JE Long et al.

Review Article
Endovenous cyanoacrylate ablation for chronic venous insufficiency and varicose veins among Asians

Sally SJ Chan et al.

Commentary
Optimum early orthopaedic surgery in COVID-19 patients

Si Heng Sharon Tan et al.

Letter to the Editor
Empagliflozin-induced severe osmotic nephrosis and acute renal injury in advanced chronic kidney disease

Charmaine Si Min Sia et al.

Letter to the Editor
Carbamazepine-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis in a patient despite testing negative for HLA B*15:02 allele

Bochao Jiang et al.

Letter to the Editor
A resuscitation course designed for a psychiatric hospital

Fengyuan Yao et al.

Letter to the Editor
Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and occupational burnout in a surgical unit in Singapore

Beatrice Fangju Koh et al.

Letter to the Editor
Use of haemodialysis plastic cannula with ultrasound guidance in difficult arteriovenous access

Alvin Ren Kwang Tng et al.

Letter to the Editor
Pulmonary endarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: The Singapore experience

Wen Ruan et al.

Letter to the Editor
Percutaneous paravalvular leak repair for severe aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Paul TL Chiam et al.

Letter to the Editor
Pilot study of single-session radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules in Singapore

Elvin YT Lim et al.

Letter to the Editor
Dynamic mitral regurgitation treated with MitraClip

Ningyan Wong et al.

Letter to the Editor
Seeing through the eyes of patients with age-related macular degeneration

Srinivasan Sanjay et al.

Letter to the Editor
Maternal obesity and risk of adverse obstetric outcomes in Malaysia

Huai Heng Loh et al.

Images in Medicine
Verrucous nipples

Jin Huang Lim and Kwee Eng Tey

NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTED COUNCILLORS (2021-2023)
29 Mar 2021

Nominations are now open for six (6) Elected Council members. View more

SEAH CHENG SIANG MEMORIAL RESEARCH AWARD 2020
15 Jan 2021

The Academy of Medicine, Singapore and the College of Clinician Scientists are pleased to announce that Dr Maria Noviani has been awarded the Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Research Award 2020 for her research project entitled “Characterization of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in the Scleroderma Cohort in Singapore (SCORE)”. View more

MASTER'S MESSAGE (DEC 2020)
21 Dec 2020

2020 has certainly been a different and challenging year for all of us. The global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way we live, socialise and work. View more

LAUNCH OF FAQS TO GUIDE PUBLIC ON PREGNANCY AND BIRTH DURING COVID-19
3 Dec 2020

The Academy of Medicine Singapore, College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Singapore, and Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore today announced the launch of a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the public on pregnancy and birth in women during COVID-19. View more

THE STRAITS TIMES: EXPERT WARNS OF NEW VARIANTS IF CORONAVIRUS SPREADS TO NEW WILDLIFE HOSTS
12 Nov 2020

The COVID-19 Webinar organised by the College of Clinician Scientists entitled ‘What is the Future for Healthcare under COVID-19?’ on 12 to 13 November 2020 received media coverage from The Straits Times. View more

ANDRE WANSAICHEONG LECTURESHIP
6 Nov 2020

The André Wansaicheong Lectureship seeks to advance the practice of public health and occupational medicine, while perpetuating the memory of a distinguished Public Health Physician and Academician who dedicated much of his professional life in the service of public health. View more

ASSISTANT MASTER (ACADEMIC AFFAIRS) ELECTED AS LIFETIME MEMBER OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
20 Oct 2020

The Academy of Medicine, Singapore extends its heartiest congratulations to Assistant Master (Academic Affairs), Professor Wong Tien Yin, for being elected as a lifetime member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in the United States. View more

LAUNCH OF SEAH CHENG SIANG MEMORIAL RESEARCH AWARD
7 Aug 2020

The Academy of Medicine, Singapore and College of Clinician Scientists are pleased to announce the launch of the Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Research Award to perpetuate the memory of Professor Seah Cheng Siang, distinguished Academician and Past Master of the Academy. View more

COVID-19 Resource Site
16 Apr 2020

[Annals] Call for COVID-19 Papers
19 Feb 2020

This is a call for articles on the topic of novel coronavirus outbreak to the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. View more