Foreword

Hospitals, Diseases and Globalisation

Given the plethora of management tools and techniques that have emerged in recent years, many hospitals are indeed being managed more efficiently than ever.

Introduction

A Strategic Approach to Health Tourism

Entrepreneurial innovation was one of the main drivers of growth for the Malaysian economy in the 1990s. The private healthcare industry too did not lack in its initiatives.

Infection Control

Contamination Containment

The risks of bio-contamination and the preventative role of the laundry process.

Resurgence or Reaction?

The existence of hospital infections and the techniques for prevention have been clearly described for many years.

The Mask Crusade

With airborne disease transmission is a growing concern, which type of disposable face mask offers the best protection?

The SARS Epidemic

Containment and Control

SARS came and caught the world unprepared when it released its fury. A puzzling and difficult new disease, SARS affected 8437 patients, resulting in 813 deaths in 32 countries in a relatively short period of eight months.

Dialysis & Renal Care

Renal Care and Blood Component Technology

In Haemodialysis(HD) the Blood is Conducted, VIA Blood Lines outside the body and through the dialyser, where the purification takes place.

Intensive Care

The Challenges of Intensive Care

In the Asian context, intensive care medicine is a relatively new speciality. Although there has been a major thrust to improve the delivery of healthcare, the main focus has been on improving primary healthcare.

Anaesthesiology

Memory, Awareness and Depth of Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia has been defined as the state in which, as a result of drug-induced unconsciousness, the patient neither perceives nor recalls noxious stimuli.

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic imaging in Asia

Radiology is experiencing higher productivity from new-generation equipment that provides many more images in a shorter time than older equipment.

Advances in CT Technology

Multi-slice, wide-bore CT scanning has arrived for oncology applications, allowing greater visibility at a higher resolution than was possible before.

Respiratory

The Menace of Antibiotic Resistance

As antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria continue to emerge, the need to develop new antibiotics has become urgent.

Cardiology

Restoring People to Full Life

Medtronic's Cardiac Rhythm Management is focused on managing the entire spectrum of cardiac rhythm disorders to improve long-term patient care.

The Road To Digital Imaging

A Multi-Tasking AT1 Receptor Blocker

Adverse effects of increased angiotensin II levels and catecholamines have traditionally been considered as two different therapeutic targets.

Surgery

Breast Cancer in India

Breast cancer is one of the commonest cancers affecting women. It is estimated that this disease will afflict one in eight women in the USA during their lifetime.

Facilities

Waste: Attitudes and Actions

The last decade has witnessed a significant increase of public concern regarding medical waste disposal.