Comparison of the renal healthcare systems in England and Singapore by Chan, Shiqi, Neo, Haoen, Lee, Si

“…This report is a comparative study of the renal healthcare systems in England and Singapore. …”
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Comparison of the renal healthcare systems in England and Singapore by Chan, Shiqi, Neo, Haoen, Lee, Si

“…This report is a comparative study of the renal healthcare systems in England and Singapore. …”
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Secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (sFRP1) expression does not correlate with subtype, fuhrman grade and tumour size of renal cell carcinoma. by Wong, Hwee Yin.

“…Introduction: Renal Cell carcinoma (RCC) has been a global clinical burden accounting for 3% of all human solid carcinomas. …”
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Modeling renography data and formulating indices for quantitative means in differentiating kidney obstruction by Then, Sing Yick

“…A form of imaging technique, known as renography is used to diagnose renal obstruction. Due to the absence of standard procedures being applied in clinical setting for such evaluation, this project aims to look at other non-invasive method that diagnoses renal obstruction. …”
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Modelling renography data and formulating indices for quantitative means in differentiating kidney obstructions by Gong, Ying Ying

“…Modern medicine applies renography technique to detect kidney issues as well as the renal obstruction diagnosis. In this technique, a tracer is introduced into the blood circulation. …”
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Classification of medical images for disease diagnosis by Sudha Devi Manbahal Shukal.

“…A database comprising of over 40 renograms, taken from more than 20 renal patients was used for this project. The algorithm was first trained using the renograms, called the training set and then further developed using the test sets. …”
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Quantitative determination of stone fragmentation efficiency by Tan, Sheng Jie

“…Overtreatment may lead to renal and tissue injuries, while undertreatment reduces the efficiency of treatment. …”
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Enzyme-responsive novel nanoparticles for combined tumor-selective chemotherapy and photothermal therapy by Cheong, Karis Kar Ying

“…The main advantage of nanoparticles is the ability to avoid renal clearance and prolong retention of the drug in biological environment. …”
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A portable medical monitoring device by Tan, Pei Ying

“…Hypertension can lead to severe medical complications such as heart and renal failure. Therefore, the constant monitoring of blood pressure and need to seek early medical advice are most important to reduce the risk of such medical condition. …”
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TCM syndrome classification of patients with chronic kidney disease and its relationship with CKD staging by Leong, Shan Ying

“…Data of 144 patients were collected from electronic medical database, using a data collection form crafted by physicians from STCMI’s Renal Special Clinic. The study showed that majority of the patients were Chinese, male, of older age with early CKD stages and comorbidities such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. …”
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Study of obstructed kidney diagnosis using compartmental modelling & compare with the actual clinical evaluation by Say, Xian Jue

“…In response to this issue, this project has the objective to search for a non-invasive method of analysing the renal obstruction and to develop a standard method of determining the severity of kidney blockage. …”
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Diabetic nephropathy : east meets west. by Chew, Siew Tiang.

“…Conclusion This review had provided us with a new insight to how integrated treatment of Chinese and Western medicine could help relieve the symptoms of DN patient such as decrease urinary proteins, improve renal function and lower high blood pressure, showing a better therapeutic effect than that only with western drugs.…”
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Shock wave therapy system by Siow, Shu Yi

“…Using both 230KHz and 1MHz piezoceramic transducer, phantom stones that mimic stone fragmentation in the renal pelvis (plaster-of-paris material with a powder to water mixing ratio by weight of 2:1) were used for the experiment. …”
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Retrospective survey of cardiac tumours diagnosed in a tertiary centre in Singapore over a 12 year period. by Ngoh, Hozanna Jie Ru.

“…Malignant tumours involving the heart included 2 lymphomas, 1 renal cell carcinoma, 1 sarcoma, 1 hepatocellular carcinoma and 1 liposarcoma. …”
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A survey and analysis on the usage of complementary and Alternative Medicine in Local Healthcare Professionals and patients with various common diseases. by Tan, Jun Yuan.

“…Materials and Methods 400 patients were surveyed at the Chronic Pain, Diabetes, Heart and Renal Clinics at Singapore General Hospital. Online survey was carried out to collect responses from Healthcare Professionals. …”
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Hemodialysis stent sub-project 2 : heparin immboilisation on polymer surface by Leow, Jian Hao

“…Thus, this extends the lifetime of the dialysis access points and continue to deliver adequate blood flow from these end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients to the dialyzer. Yet, the deployments of stents are also associated with complications like thrombosis. …”
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Effect of exposure to malaria parasites on IGFBP7 expression profile of endothelial cells by Xie, Viviana Xinjie

“…We found that only the kidney-derived human renal glomerular endothelial cells (HGREC) that were exposed to P. knowlesi culture supernatant demonstrated significant increment in IGFBP7 secretion. …”
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Herbal interventions in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease: a comprehensive analysis at Singapore Thong Chai Medical Institution by Long, Xiang Ling

“…The study aims to determine patient characteristics, concomitant symptoms and core herbs from TCM prescriptions of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Singapore Thong Chai Medical Institution (STCMI). …”
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Standardization of the human proximal tubule cells and cell culture media for the bioartificial kidney by Teo, Pei Yun.

“…The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has embarked on research work toward the building of the bioartificial kidney (BAK), which consists of living primary human renal proximal tubule cells (HPTCs) grown as confluent monolayers in a bioreactor. …”
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Characterization and evaluation of a bilayer swellable drug-eluting stent for the treatment of fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Er, Pei Shan

“…Stricture can result in severe consequences, such as hydronephrosis, renal failure, pain and even death. The current standard of care involving full thickness incision and post-operative stenting does not always produce successful outcome and recurrent stricture can occur, with prevalence rate up to 11%. …”
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