Singap Med J
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The Internet is an extremely powerful innovation that has and will continue to shape the healthcare industry in the years to come. Albeit a little too slowly, doctors are starting to catch onto this new wave of digital empowerment and creating niches that will enhance their ability to care for their patients and ultimately add value to their practices. The challenge is to encourage every doctor to come on board. ⋯ The Internet can therefore be exploited to provide a supra system that can draw personal medical information together from anywhere to create a virtual electronic medical record. The Internet can also be used to shape up an Internet-based healthcare delivery system. The healthcare delivery paradigm shift brought about by the Internet calls for an eHealth strategy.
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Case Reports
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (53). Hepatic portal venous gas due to mesenteric infarction.
A 43-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain and signs of ileus. CT scan of the abdomen showed hepatic portal venous gas. ⋯ The cause was superior mesenteric artery occlusion. The aetiology, imaging features and clinical significance of hepatic portal venous gas are discussed.
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A 29-year-old man was operated on for an intracranial tumour with the gross features of a meningioma. Histology showed features of a rhabdoid tumour. ⋯ Meningiomas with rhabdoid change are very rare. The clinicopathologic features are presented and the differential diagnoses discussed.