A5042588270- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Traffic and Road Safety
Singapore General Hospital
2022-2024
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
2023
Ministry of Health
2020-2021
While the populations of children who can benefit from paediatric palliative care (PPC) have been broadly defined, identifying individual patients to receive PPC has problematic in practice. The Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS) is a multi-dimensional tool that assesses needs and families facilitate timely referrals. This study evaluates its use manage new referrals ongoing review receiving home-based Singapore.Using retrospective cohort design, 199 admitted via clinician...
Abstract Introduction: Emergency department (ED) admissions for non-work-related injuries and illnesses in the migrant worker (MW) population Singapore are not well studied. We aimed to examine ED triage acuity bills associated with among MW non-trauma, workplace injury (WI) trauma, non-workplace (NWI) trauma. Methods: In this retrospective observational study, we included all work permit holders admitted hospital via of three public hospitals from 1 May 2016 31 October 2016. Data obtained...
This study aimed to review bicycle-related injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic assist with reinforcement or implementation of new policies for injury prevention.
Studies have revealed a significant prevalence of mixed substance abuse, [1][2][3] and focused approach towards polysubstance use has been emphasized. [4]mong recreational drugs, cases hypoglycemia from ecstasy, [5] amphetamine, [6] eutylone, [7] cannabinoid [8] reported, but none these had persistent refractory hypoglycemia.We present case in patient with drug that included synthetic cannabinoids, eutylone.
To assess the inter-rater reliability of modified Gartland classification together with other radiological parameters for extension type supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHF) in children. A retrospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary children's hospital Singapore on children less than 12 years old diagnosis extension-type SCHF between January 2017 and October 2017. Anteroposterior lateral radiographs were assessed by fellowship-trained radiologist orthopaedic surgeon. The any...
Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with high mortality and morbidity, yet not well studied in local literature. Our study aimed to examine patient management factors 30-day among patients diagnosed acute PE the Emergency Department (ED). Methods: A retrospective observational involving non-traumatic aged 21 years above ED was performed. Relevant information pertaining demographics, clinical presentation, investigations, interventions, disposition outcomes were extracted from...
There remains controversy in the management of Gartland Type II fractures. This study reviews outcome and significance stability parameters deciding fracture for fractures hence suitability conservative treatment. is a retrospective observational cohort involving children presenting to Emergency Department between January October 2017 with diagnosis supracondylar humerus (SCHF). We obtained 142 patients (34 operative 108 non-operative), recording their demographics, circumstances injury,...
Aim This study aimed to review the use of medications in a paediatric palliative care (PPC) population during last two weeks life. Methods is retrospective observational cohort that included 50 consecutive patients who were referred KK Hospital PPC service from 2011 2015. Those died after discharge date excluded. Medication charts reviewed and relevant data extracted. Results The 42 consists predominantly oncological neurological diagnoses. median number used was 11.5. Ninety‐five percent...