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1. Debrisoquine hydroxylation phenotyping was carried out in 97 Chinese and 97 Malay healthy volunteers. 2. No poor metabolizer was found in the Chinese population. Using a metabolic ratio antimode of 10.0, two poor metabolizers were present amongst the Malays studied.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Fulltext The Temerloh Hospital cataract complications study: factors associated with, types and outcomes of cataract surgery complications

Thevi T, Reddy SC, Chinna K

International Eye Science, 2014;14(8):1367-1372.

DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2014.08.01

AIM: To study the prevalence of complications of cataract surgery and any association between the occurrence of complications and experience of surgeon, type of surgery, type of anaesthesia and visual outcome.
METHODS: This was a retrospective study of patients who underwent cataract surgery over a period of two years in a district hospital in Malaysia. The demographic details of patients, type of surgery done, as well as type of anaesthesia used and experience of the surgeon were noted. The types of intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded. The final best corrected visual outcome was recorded.
RESULTS: Complications occurred in 11.1% of the total 1007 patients operated. Posterior capsule rupture (3.6%) was the most common complication. The experience of the surgeon and the type of anaesthesia used did not affect complications during surgery. Intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) and phacoemulsification converted to extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) were significantly associated with more complications (P<0.001). The visual outcome was significantly poor in patients with complications (P<0.001).
CONCLUSION: The occurrence of complications during cataract surgery significantly affected the visual outcome. The type of surgery done was associated by the occurrence of complications. However, the experience of the surgeon and the type of anaesthesia used did not affect the occurrence of complications. We recommend that particular attention be given to ICCE and phacoemulsification converted to ECCE to minimise the complications and thereby reducing the chances of poor vision postoperatively.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Fulltext Coping strategies of students for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study

Nurunnabi M, Hossain SFAH, Chinna K, Sundarasen S, Khoshaim HB, Kamaludin K, et al.

F1000Res, 2020;9:1115.

PMID: 33274049 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.25557.1

Background: COVID-19 has severely affected university students everywhere in the world. Due to fear of infection, government and local authorities in China immediately closed academic institutions and tried to find survival techniques to cope with market turbulence. COVID-19 was present in China at the end of 2019. However, little attention has been paid by researchers to coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and few measures were taken to assess the coping strategies of university students, specifically following the closure of their institutions. To address this gap, this study attempted to discover the coping strategies of Chinese students during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Methods: We conducted an online survey using a semi-structured questionnaire with a simple random sampling technique and received 559 responses. The survey questions captured information about students' lives during the COVID-19 outbreak, actions to control anxiety, and what students care about during the pandemic. The associations between coping strategies used and levels of anxiety were tested using analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedures. SPSS Statistics v27 was used for statistical analysis in this study. Results: The university students reported that coping strategies and survival techniques were required due to high levels of anxiety and psychological pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the respondents reported the prompt closure of their academic institutions due to COVID-19. Psychological concerns, such as lack of sleep, emotional support, mental support and social appeal, were also reported. Conclusions: This is one of the very first studies on coping strategies for anxiety in China. The study reveals that university students employ a number of coping strategies in relation to COVID-19, but also suggests a need to strengthen such strategies in this population. However, the study was limited to a small number of provinces in China, which may affect the generalizability of the research.

Matched MeSH terms: China/epidemiology

Some observations on vitamin A starvation among immigrant Indians in Malaysia

Field JW

Malayan Medical Journal, 1931;6:46-53.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

The lighter side. Outpatients and all that

O'Connor MP

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1938;2:104-8.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

A preliminary note on the treatment of ulcers with shark liver oil

Velupillay M

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1941;5:34-40.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

On poisoning by sodium cyanide

Willimott SG

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1941;4:438-44.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Superficial tumours

Harrower G

Malayan Medical Journal, 1932;7:133-6.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Our venereal disease problem. Its origin and its cause. Part I. A retrospect.

Galloway D

Malayan Medical Journal, 1932;7:68-72.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

A survey of Singapore children in regard to their weight, height and nutrition

Oliveiro CJ

Malayan Medical Journal, 1937;12:9-17.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Intestinal parasites in women and children in Singapore

Andrews MN, Shrimpton EAG

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1938;2:136-43.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Tumour of the brain in a boy, secondary to a primary carcinoma of the liver, with unusual features

Balasingham T, Sreenivasan BR

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1938;2:98-100.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

The comparison of basal physiological values in racial groups. Part 3. Leucocytes (Total, differential and polynuclear (Arneth) cell counts)

Macgregor RGS, Loh GL

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1941;4:405-37.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Screening for hemoglobinopathies among patients in a government hospital and health clinics in Perlis, Malaysia

Chin YM, Esa E, Mohd Yacob A, Ramachandran S, Zakaria Z

Journal of Medical Science & Technology, 2014;3(2):82-86.

The hemoglobinopathies include all genetic diseases of hemoglobin (Hb) and fall into two main groups: the thalassemias and structural hemoglobin variants (abnormal hemoglobins). Thalassemia is a public health problem in Malaysia. About 4.5% of the Malays and Chinese are β-thalassemia carriers. We performed hemoglobin analysis on a total of 499 patients from a Government Hospital and Health Clinics in the state of Perlis, Malaysia. About 91.4% of the patients were Malays. All patients had microcytic hypochromic anemia except for a few who went for thalassemia screening. Female patients outnumbered male patients in the ratio of 3.5:1. About 75.7% of the female patients were of childbearing age (17 - 40 years) and a majority of them were there for their antenatal checkup. Using our screen tests (full blood count, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and agarose gel electrophoresis), the common hemoglobinopathies detected were HbE trait (19.3%), β-thalassemia trait (14.6%), HbH disease (1.8%), Hb Constant Spring (1.6%), Homozygous HbE (1.4%), and HbE- β-thalassemia (1.4%). Thalassemia is preventable through screening and education programmes, and prenatal diagnosis. Thalassemia screening is provided free of charge at various government hospitals and health clinics throughout the country.
Key words: Hemoglobinopathies screening, β-thalassemia trait, HbE trait, Thalassemic diseases

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

Fulltext Correlation of Betel Quid with Oral Cancer from 1998 to 2017: A Study Based on Bibliometric Analysis

Wang M, Xiao C, Ni P, Yu JJ, Wang XW, Sun H

Chin Med J (Engl), 2018 Aug 20;131(16):1975-1982.

PMID: 30082530 DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.238140

Background: Betel quid chewing has been a major risk factor for oral cancer (OC) in southern China. This study aimed to analyze the scientific publications on the relationship between betel quid chewing and OC and construct a model to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate pertinent publications from 1998 to 2017.

Methods: The publications from 1998 to 2017 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Microsoft Excel, Thomson Data Analyzer, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace software were used to analyze the publication outcomes, journals, countries/regions, institutions, authors, research areas, and research frontiers.

Results: A total of 788 publications on the relationship between betel quid chewing and OC published until October 25, 2017, were identified. The top 4 related journals were Journal of Oral Pathology Medicine, Oral Oncology, Plos One, and International Journal of Cancer. The top five countries engaged in related research included China, India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia. The corresponding disciplines, such as oncology, oral surgery, pathology, environmental and occupational health, and toxicology, were mainly concentrated in three disciplines. The subject terms squamous cell carcinoma, OC, betel quid, expression, oral submucous fibrosis, India, and p53 ranked first among research hotspots. The burst terms squamous cell carcinoma, OC, betel quid, and expression ranked first in research frontiers.

Conclusions: Research in this area emphasized hotspots such as squamous cell carcinoma, OC, oral submucosal fibrosis, betel quid, and tobacco. The annual number of publications steadily decreased from 1998 to 2017, with a lack of a systematic study from interdisciplinary perspectives, inadequate pertinent journals, limited regions with the practice of betel quid chewing, and insufficient participation of researchers, which indicate that as the prevalence of OC increases, particularly in China, research in this area warrants further expansion.

Matched MeSH terms: China/epidemiology

Fulltext Apparent predisposition to systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese patients in West Malaysia

Frank AO

Ann Rheum Dis, 1980 Jun;39(3):266-9.

PMID: 7416817 DOI: 10.1136/ard.39.3.266

In the first 9 years following the opening of the University Hospital in kuala Lumpur nearly 130,000 patients have been admitted (excluding obstetric patients), and, of these, 175 fulfilled the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. This diagnosis was made significantly more frequently in Chinese patients than in other races. SLE is more often reported from Chinese communities in Asia than from India and tropical Africa. There may be a lower susceptibility to autoimmune disease in black Africans than the suspected increased susceptibility to autoimmune disease in black Africans than the suspected increased susceptibility in their American Negro and West Indian descendants. A careful study of racial and geograhical factors in autoimmune disease should throw further light on the interaction between the host and his environment which results in autoimmune disease.

Matched MeSH terms: China/ethnology

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