Medical Journal of Malaysia

MED J MALAYSIA VOL 63 NO 3 AUGUST 2008

Editorial

Suboptimal Treatment in Chronic Diseases - Time to go Back to Basics
A R Abdul Rashid

Original Articles

Budesonide/Formoterol Combination Therapy as Both Maintenance and Reliever Medication in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma: A Real-Life Effectiveness Study of Malaysian Patients
L C Loh, B K Lim, S Raman, P Vijayasingham, S Mohd Yusuf

Classical Varicose Vein Surgery in a Diverse Ethnic Community
N L Murli, I D Navin

Assessing the Development of Children with Disability in Malaysia
K L Tan, H Yadav

Use of Prescription Medicines in Malaysia 2005
S Sarojini, A Faridah, C M Lim, S A R Sameerah, T O Lim, L S Lai, S M Chew

Knowledge and Practice of Contact Lens Wear and Care Among Medical Students of University of Malaya
I Tajunisah, S C Reddy, S J Phuah

Correlation of Computed Tomography and Nasal Endoscopic Findings in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
A M M Shahizon, A Suraya, Z Rozman, A A Aini, B S Gendeh

Underutilization of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Among Heart Failure Patients
Q Y Lean, N Shamsuddin, W A Wan Ahmad

Risk of Blood-borne Infection Among Health Care Workers in Two Kuala Lumpur Hospitals
R Hesham, M E Tajunisah, I Ilina

Standard of Care for Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Public Hospital General Medical Clinic: Report of a Self-Audit
F Tan, G Chan, J S Wong, F Rozario

Outcome of Moderate to Severe Malnutrition Following Persistent Diarrhoea – A Hospital-Based Retrospective Study
W S Lee, C S Gan, P F Chai, F Harun

Powered Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy with Mucosal Flaps Without Stenting
S Harvinder, S Rosalind, R Philip, S Mallina, S Gurdeep

Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Omron Hem - 907 Blood Pressure Device
K Gurpreet, G H Tee, C Karuthan

Evaluating IMU Communication Skills Training Programme: Assessment Tool Development
R Yeap, Z Beevi, H Lukman

Case Reports

High Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Middle Ear Treated with Extended Temporal Bone Resection
S Shailendra, A Elmuntser, R Philip, N Prepageran

Methylene Blue Related Sterile Endophthalmitis
A K E Lim, V Ulagantheran V, Y C Siow, K S Lim

Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis in a Child with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Y Kanaheswari, A H Hamzaini, S W Wong

Fracture Synthetic Tracheostomy Tube: An ENT Emergency
S Shashinder, I P Tang, S Kuljit, K Muthu, K G Gopala, M A Jalaludin

Pneumocephalus: An Uncommon Finding in Trauma
K M Leong, A Vijayananthan, S F Sia, V Waran

The TB – Crohn’s Affair – A Never Ending Dilemma
S Praveen, J Razman

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Recognizing it Early in Children with Otitis Media with Effusion
Y Noorizan, Y K Chew, A Khir, S Brito-Mutunayagam

Spontaneous Twin Pregnancy in Premature Ovarian Failure
R Anna Liza, R Z Alik, Z Ahmad Murad, I Ghazali

Acute Dengue in a Neonate Secondary to Perinatal Transmission
P S Chin, A P C Khoo, A W Asmah Hani, Y K Chem, I Norizah, K B Chua

Foreign Body in the Middle Ear, A Hearing Aid Complication
S Shashinder, I P Tang, P Velayutham, O Rahmat, A Loganathan

Letter to Editor

Ophthalmomyiasis from Chrysomyia bezziana (Screwworm Fly)
M Alhady, K Zabri, C N Chua

Book Review

The Role of Mathematics on Human Structure
Swapan Kumar Adhikari

Continuing Medical Education

Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Review
S Sonkusare