Publications by authors named "Vernon Min Sen Oh"
Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) is defined as a temperature of >38.3°C that lasts for >3 weeks, where no cause can be found despite appropriate investigation. Existing protocols for the work-up of PUO can be extensive and costly, motivating the application of recent advances in molecular diagnostics to pathogen testing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Ministry of Health (MOH) has updated the clinical practice guidelines on hypertension to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for hypertension. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on hypertension, for the information of SMJ readers. Chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: http://www.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) is a major acute-phase protein that is increasingly used as a reliable predictor of coronary artery disease (CAD). In this study we aim to screen the SAAI promoter and exons for genetic variants and to determine their association with CAD. In addition, we also carried out functional study on a variant of p.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors affecting therapeutic compliance: A review from the patient's perspective.
Ther Clin Risk Manag
February 2008
Objective: To explore and evaluate the most common factors causing therapeutic non-compliance.
Methods: A qualitative review was undertaken by a literature search of the Medline database from 1970 to 2005 to identify studies evaluating the factors contributing to therapeutic non-compliance.
Results: A total of 102 articles was retrieved and used in the review from the 2095 articles identified by the literature review process.