1. Loh WN-H, Foo D, Lean LL, Tiong H-F, Chin BZB, Lam T, Liew L, Chen FG. Knowledge, awareness and attitudes of Singapore medical students regarding organ donation. Singapore Medical Journal, Feb 15, 2023.
2. Poh PK, Ang KS, Loh WNH. Importance of environmental sustainability to patients undergoing general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 19, 2023.
3. Ng CH, Leong SM, Kannan AR, Khoo D. Difficult airway training for anaesthetists and airway providers during a pandemic. Published online: 3 January, TAPS 2023, 8(1), 57-60.
4. Tan BWL, Tan BWQ, Tan ALM, Schriver ER, Gutierrez-Sacristan A, Das P, Yuan W, Hutch MR, Garcia Barrio N, Pedrera Jimenez M, Abu-el-rub N, Morris M, Moal B, Verdy G, Cho K, Ho Y-L, Patel LP, Dagliati A, Neuraz A, Klann JG, South AM, Visweswaran S, Hanauer DA, Maidlow SE, Liu M, Mowery DL, Batugo A, Makoudjou A, Tippmann P, Zoeller D, Brat GA, Luo Y, Avillach P, Bellazzi R, Chiovato L, Malovini A, Tibollo V, Samayamuthu MJ, Balazote PS, Xia Z, Loh NHW, Chiudinelli L, Bonzel C-L, Hong C, Zhang HG, Weber GM, Kohane IS, Cai T, Omenn GS, Holmes JH, Ngiam KY. Long-term kidney function recovery and mortality after COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: An international multi-centre observational cohort study. eClinicalMedicine, Published: November 07, 2022.
5. Ling RR, Loh NHW, Ramanathan K. Post-operative acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit: Before we treat it, we must diagnose it! Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Epub 2023 Jul 6.
6. Moal B, Orieux A, Ferte T, Neuraz A, Brat GA, Avillach P, Bonzel C-L, Cai T, Cho K, Cossin S, Griffier R, Hanauer DA, Haverkamp C, Ho Y-L, Hong C, Hutch MR, Klann JG, Le TT, Loh NHW, Luo Y, Makoudjou A, Morris M, Mowery DL, Olson KL, Patel LP, Samayamuthu MJ, Vidorreta FJS, Schriver ER, Schubert P, Verdy G, Visweswaran S, Wang X, Weber GM, Xia Z, Yuan W, Zhang HG, Zoller D, Kohane IS, Boyer A, Jouhet V. Acute respiratory distress syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection on young adult population: International observational federated study based on electronic health records through the 4CE consortium. PLOS ONE. Published: January 4, 2023
7. Ang KS, Low ZK, Ng BSW, Poh PK. Developing a quality improvement project to tackle the desflurane problem. BMJ Open Quality 2023, Volume 12; Issue 1.
8. Wh Poon; R R Ling; Ix Yang; H Luo; T Kofidis; G Maclaren; C Tham; Klk Teoh; K Ramanathan. Dexmedetomidine for adult cardiac surgery: a systematic review, meta-analysis and trail sequential analysis. Anaesthesia. 2023 Mar;78(3):371-380.
9. Scheuermann, S.; Tan, A.; Govender, P.; Mckie, M.; Pack, J.; Martinez, G.; Falter, F.; George, S.; A. Klein, A. High-flow nasal oxygen vs. standard oxygen therapy for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement with conscious sedation: a randomised controlled trial. Perioperative Medicine. Published: 14 April 2023
10. Zhang HG, Honerlaw JP, Maripuri M, Samayamuthu MJ, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Baig HS, L'Yi S, Ho Y-L, Morris M, Panickan VA, Wang X, Weber GM, Liao KP, Visweswaran S, Tan BWQ, Yuan W, Gehlenborg N, Muralidhar S, Ramoni RB, Kohane IS, Xia Z, Cho K, Cai T, Brat GA, Aaron JR, Agapito G, Albayrak A, Albi G, Alessiani M, Alloni A, Amendola DF, Angoulvant F, Anthony LLLJ, Aronow BJ, Ashraf F, Atz A, Avillach P, Azevedo PS, Balshi J, Beaulieu-Jones BK, Bell DS, Bellasi A, Bellazzi R, Benoit V, Beraghi M, Bernal-Sobrino JL, Bernaux M, Bey R, Bhatnagar S, Blanco-Martinez A, Bonzel C-L, Booth J, Bosari S, Bourgeois FT, Bradford RL, Brat GA, Breant S, Brown NW, Bruno R, Bryant WA, Bucalo M, Bucholz E, Burgun A, Cai T, Cannataro M, Carmona A, Caucheteux C, Champ J, Chen J, Chen KY, Chiovato L, Chiudinelli L, Cho K, Cimino JJ, Colicchio TK, Cormont S, Cossin S, Craig JB, Luis Cruz-Bermudez J, Cruz-Rojo J, Dagliati A, Daniar M, Daniel C, Das P, Devkota B, Dionne A, Duan R, Dubiel J, DuVall SL, Esteve L, Estiri H, Fan S, Follett RW, Ganslandt T, Garcia-Barrio N, Garmire LX, Gehlenborg N, Getzen EJ, Geva A, Gradinger T, Gramfort A, Griffier R, Griffon N, Grisel O, Gutierrez-Sacristan A, Han L, Hanauer DA, Haverkamp C, Hazard DY, He B, Henderson DW, Hilka M, Ho Y-L, Holmes JH, Hong C, Huling KM, Hutch MR, Issitt RW, Jannot AS, Jouhet V, Kavuluru R, Keller MS, Kennedy CJ, Key DA, Kirchoff K, Klann JG, Kohane IS, Krantz ID, Kraska D, Krishnamurthy AK, L'Yi S, Le TT, Leblanc J, Lemaitre G, Lenert L, Leprovost D, Liu M, Loh NHW, Long Q, Lozano-Zahonero S, Luo Y, Lynch KE, Mahmood S, Maidlow SE, Makoudjou A, Malovini A, Mandl KD, Mao C, Maram A, Martel P, Martins MR, Marwaha JS, Masino AJ, Mazzitelli M, Mensch A, Milano M, Minicucci MF, Moal B, Ahooyi TM, Moore JH, Moraleda C, Morris JS, Morris M, Moshal KL, Mousavi S, Mowery DL, Murad DA, Murphy SN, Naughton TP, Breda Neto CT, Neuraz A, Newburger J, Ngiam KY, Njoroge WFM, Norman JB, Obeid J, Okoshi MP, Olson KL, Omenn GS, Orlova N, Ostasiewski BD, Palmer NP, Paris N, Patel LP, Pedrera-Jimenez M, Pfaff ER, Pfaff AC, Pillion D, Pizzimenti S, Prokosch HU, Prudente RA, Prunotto A, Quiros-Gonzalez V, Ramoni RB, Raskin M, Rieg S, Roig-Dominguez G, Rojo P, Rubio-Mayo P, Sacchi P, Saez C, Salamanca E, Samayamuthu MJ, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Sandrin A, Santhanam N, Santos JCC, Vidorreta FJS, Savino M, Schriver ER, Schubert P, Schuettler J, Scudeller L, Sebire NJ, Serrano-Balazote P, Serre P, Serret-Larmande A, Shah M, Abad ZSH, Silvio D, Sliz P, Son J, Sonday C, South AM, Spiridou A, Strasser ZH, Tan ALM, Tan BWQ, Tan BWL, Tanni SE, Taylor DM, Terriza-Torres AI, Tibollo V, Tippmann P, Toh EMS, Torti C, Trecarichi EM, Tseng Y-J, Vallejos AK, Varoquaux G, Vella ME, Verdy G, Vie J-J, Visweswaran S, Vitacca M, Wagholikar KB, Waitman LR, Wang X, Wassermann D, Weber GM, Wolkewitz M, Wong S, Xia Z, Xiong X, Ye Y, Yehya N, Yuan W, Zambelli A, Zhang HG, Zoller D, Zuccaro V, Zucco C. Potential pitfalls in the use of real-world data for studying long COVID. NATURE MEDICINE. Volume 29, May 2023; 1040–1043.
11. Teo CT, Wu JS, Chan K, Ng SWB, Somani J, Loh W. What does the anesthesiologist need to know about monkeypox? Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 2023, No 5, p. 893-900.
12. Yasser NBM, Tan AJQ, Harder N, Ashokka B, Chua WL, Liaw SY. Telesimulation in healthcare education: A scoping review. Nurse Education Today, 2023.
13. Giacomo Monti; Nikola Bradic; Matteo Marzaroli; Aidos Konkayev; Evgeny Fominskiy; Yuki Kotani; Valery V Likhvantsev; Elena Momesso; Pavel Nogtev; Rosetta Lobreglio; Ivan Redkin; Fabio Toffoletto; Andrea Bruni; Martina Baiardo Redaelli; Natascia D'Andrea; Gianluca Paternoster; Anna Mara Scandroglio; Francesca Gallicchio; Mariano Ballestra; Maria Grazia Calabrò; Antonella Cotoia; Romina Perone; Raffaele Cuffaro; Giorgia Montrucchio; Vincenzo Pota; Sofia Ananiadou; Rosalba Lembo; Mario Musu; Simon Rauch; Carola Galbiati; Fulvio Pinelli; Laura Pasin; Fabio Guarracino; Giuseppe Santarpino; Felice Eugenio Agrò; Tiziana Bove; Francesco Corradi; Francesco Forfori; Federico Longhini; Maurizio Cecconi; Giovanni Landoni; Rinaldo Bellomo; Alberto Zangrillo, for the MERCY Investigators. Continuous vs Intermittent Meropenem Administration in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: The MERCY Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023;330(2):141-151. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.10598.
14. Low ZK, Liew L, Chua V, Chew S, Ti LK. Predictors of unplanned hospital readmission after non-cardiac surgery in Singapore: a 2-year retrospective review. BMC Surg, 2023 Jul 13;23(1):202.
15. Tan YW, Agrawal RV, Pan TLT, Muthiah MD, Teo FSW, Wong WH. Pentoxifylline therapy for persistent hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation. Singapore Medical Journal, August 17, 2023:2021-246.
16. Chiew JK, Low CJW, Zeng K, Goh ZJ, Ling RR, Chen Y, Ti LK, Ramanathan K. Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Anesth Analg 2023 Sep 1;137(3):587-600.
17. Tan AY, Loh NH. Fluid management in renal transplantation: Is it time to move towards goal-directed directed therapy? Ann Acad Med Singap 2023, 52:649-50, doi.org:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202339820.
18. Sim MA, Shen L, Ti LK, Sng BL, Broekman BFP, Daniel LM, Bong CL. Association between maternal labour epidural analgesia and autistic traits in offspring. J Clin Anesth, 2023
19. Ong SJ, Renfrew I, Khoo DX, Choong DA, Koh HL, Ng DS, Teo L, Lee JK, Yuen L, Chia KL, Chen PX, Teo YM, Ang B, Quek ST, Koh H, Lee J. SIR Flat CAP (Safety In Radiology - Flat-Packed Compact Airborne Precaution): A Low-Cost, Portable, Negative-Pressure Isolation Barrier Shield for Protecting Frontline Healthcare Workers. Cureus, 2023 Oct 2;15(10).
20. Xinzhe James Cai; Julian Cheong Kiat Tay; Yilin Jiang; Khung Keong Yeo; Philip En Hou Wong; Kah Leng Ho; Daniel Thuan Tee Chong; Lian Kah Ti; Gerard Leong; Kelvin Wong; Chi Keong Ching. Non-invasive mid-term electrocardiogram patch monitoring is effective in detecting atrial fibrillation. J Electrocardiol, 2023 Nov-Dec: 81:230-236.23.
21. Kai Yin Hwang; Lian Kah Ti; Nian Chih Hwang; May-Han Loh. Streamlining curriculum delivery within the regulatory framework during the COVID-19 pandemic: a medical school experience. Singapore Med J, 2023 Oct 3.
22. Anthony G Doufas; Mariata L Laporta; C Noelle Driver; Fabio Di Piazza; Marco Scardapane; Sergio D Bergese; Richard D Urman; Ashish K Khanna; Toby N Weingarten and the Prediction of Opioid-induced respiratory depression in patients monitored by capnographY (PRODIGY) Group Investigators. Incidence of postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression episodes in patients on room air or supplemental oxygen: a post-hoc analysis of the PRODIGY trial. BMC Anesthesiology volume 23, Article number: 332 (2023).
23. Tan, Aileen; Rubino, Antonio; Kaul, Sundeep; Soliman-Aboumarie, Hatem. POCUS in Monitoring: How Monitor Pulmonary Aeration/Deaeration? Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound. Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound, 2023, p. 309-314.
24. Xu FWX, Choo AMH, Ting PLM, Ong SJ, Khoo D. Leveraging AI in Postgraduate Medical Education for Rapid Skill Acquisition in Ultrasound-Guided Procedural Techniques. J Imaging 2023, Oct 16;9(10):225.
25. Tan J, Loh NHW, Chan HM, Teo K, Lim MJR. Cognition, Emotional States and Health-Related Quality of Life in Awake Craniotomy for Glioma: A Case Series. World Neurosurg, 2023 Nov:179:e428-e443.
26. Mervyn Jun Rui Lim, Raphael Hao Chong Quek, Kai Jie Ng, Benjamin Yong-Qiang Tan, Leonard Leong Litt Yeo, Ying Liang Low, Betsy Kar Hoon Soon, Will Ne-Hooi Loh, Kejia Teo, Vincent Diong Weng Nga, Tseng Tsai Yeo, Mehul Motani. Prognostication of Outcomes in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis with Support Vector Machine. World Neurosurgery, Volume 182, February 2024, pages e262-e269.
27. Choo C, Law LSC, How WJ, Goh B, Ashokka B. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of goal directed fluid therapy on postoperative outcomes in renal transplantation surgeries. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Vol. 52 No. 12, 679–694, December 2023.
28. Andrea Yap; Gerald WK Ho; Huijun Huang; Caitlin H Ng; Eugene H Liu. Recycling medical polyvinyl chloride waste. British Journal of Anaesthesia. Dec 21, 2003.
29. Lum BX, Liu EH, AY Tan. Excessive N2O consumption due to pipeline leakages detected through integrated financial and carbon accounting. Can J Anesth 2023, 70(10):1707-1708, doi.org/10.1007/s12630-023-02555-7.
30. Davies LJ, Matthew C, Pourghaderi AR, Leong AX, Chan DX, Koh DL, Tan AY, et al. COVID-19 Pandemic Simulation Modelling in Anaesthesia Residency Training toPredict Delays and Workforce Deficiencies: A Case Study of the Singapore Residency Training Program. Cureus 2023,16(1): e51852. Doi:0.7759/cureus.51852.
31. Lau YH, Li A, Lim SL, Woo KL, Ramanathan K, Chua HR, Akalya K, Tan AY, et al. SICM (NICER) Association of anticoagulation use during continuous kidney replacementtherapy and 90-day outcomes: A multicentre study. Ann Acad Med Singap 2023, 52:390-7, doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202337.
Publication Year 2022
1. Ong SJ, Anil G, Chia KL, Khoo XLD, Lee JK, Chen PX, Nares TM, Koh CJ, Su P, Yang C, Singh P, Rajendran PC, Fotheringham T, Quek ST, Renfrew I. The effectiveness of the Safety in Interventional Radiology (SIR) Shield in reducing droplet transmission and its effect on image quality and radiation dose. Br J Radiol. 2022 Jan 1;95(1129):20210835. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20210835. Epub 2021 Oct 21.
2. Chan SKT, Lim ZMJ, Tay SM. Navigating a complicated liver transplant in a patient with severe hepatopulmonary syndrome without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report. Singapore Med J. 2022 Jan 27. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2022002.
3. Balakrishnan A, Arora D, Niranjan KS, Chin R, Kannan AR, Ng SWB, Loh MH. Labour epidural practice in a tertiary training centre. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2022 Jan;51(1):49-52. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021421.
4. Sazzad F, Hon KFJ, Ramanathan K, Nah JH, Ong ZX, Ti LK, Foo R, Tay E, Kofidis T. Design Variation, Implantation, and Outcome of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Prosthesis: A Comprehensive Review. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Feb 24;8:782278. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.782278.
5. Ke YH, Chew STH, Seet CPE, Wong WY, Lim QYV, Chua PPN, Zhang J, Lim B, Chua TYV, Loh NHW, Ti LK. Incidence and risk factors of delirium in post-anaesthesia care unit. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2022 Feb;51(2):87-95. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021297.
6. Neo HJ, Sim MA, Ti LK, Ang SBL. Evaluation of the Efficiency and Safety of a Safe Label System: A Prospective Simulation Study. J Patient Saf. 2022 Mar 1;18(2):e568-e572. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000875.
7. Sun LY, Gitman M, Malik A, Pan LTT, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Ramsay M. Optimal management of perioperative analgesia regarding immediate and short-term outcomes after liver transplantation - A systematic review, meta-analysis and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 Mar 13:e14640. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14640.
8. Sim MA, Seet CPE, Khanna AK, Weingarten TN, Liew QEL, Law SCL, Liu K, Di Piazza F, Ti LK, PRODIGY. Association Between Race and Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression: An International Post Hoc Analysis of the Prediction of Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression In Patients Monitored by Capnography Trial. Anesth Analg. 2022 Mar 29. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006006.
9. Foo TYC, To YH, Irwanto A, Ng YJA, Yan B, Chew STH, Liu JJ, Ti LK. Variant landscape of the RYR1 gene based on whole genome sequencing of the Singaporean population. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 31;12(1):5429. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09310-w.
10. Li A, Cove ME, Phua J, Puah SH, Ng V, Kansal A, Tan QL, Sahagun JT, Taculod J, Tan YHA, Mukhopadhyay A, Tay CK, Ramanathan K, Chia YW, Sewa DW, Chew M, Lew SJW, Goh S, Dhanvijay S, Tan JJ, Fccp KCS; SICM-NICER Group. Expanding the utility of the ROX index among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 26;17(4):e0261234. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261234.
11. Liew QEL, Law SCL, Seet CPE, Di Piazza F, Liu K, Sim MA, Chua TYV, Weingarten TN, Khanna AK, Ti LK, PRODIGY. Nocturnal Oxygen Desaturation Index Correlates with Respiratory Depression in Post-Surgical Patients Receiving Opioids - A Post-Hoc Analysis from the Prediction of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Patients Monitored by Capnography (PRODIGY) Study. Nat Sci Sleep. 2022 Apr 26;14:805-817. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S351840.
12. Liaw SK. Sutini, Chua WL, Tan JZ, Levett-Jones T, Balakrishnan A, Pan LTT, Lau ST, Ignacio J. Desktop Virtual Reality Versus Face-to-Face Simulation for Team-Training on Stress Levels and Performance in Clinical Deterioration: a Randomised Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May 2:1–7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07557-7.
13. Tan CL, Jain S, Chan HM, Loh NHW, Teo K. Awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection: Patient experience and acceptance in an Asian population. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2022 Jun 9. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13785. Epub ahead of print.
14. Kohmura Y, Yang SM, Chen HH, Takano H, Chang CJ, Wang YS, Lee TT, Chiu CY, Yang KE, Chien YT, Hu HM, Su TL, Petibois C, Chen YY, Hsu CH, Chen P, Hueng DY, Chen SJ, Yang CL, Chin AL, Low CM, Tan CKF, Teo A, Tok ES, Cai XX, Lin HM, Boeckl J, Stampfl AP, Yamada J, Matsuyama S, Ishikawa T, Margaritondo G, Chiang AS, Hwu Y. The new X-ray/visible microscopy MAXWELL technique for fast three-dimensional nanoimaging with isotropic resolution. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 11;12(1):9668. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13377-w.
15. Weber GM, Hong C, Xia Z, Palmer NP, Avillach P, L'Yi S, Keller MS, Murphy SN, Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Bonzel CL, Serret-Larmande A, Neuraz A, Omenn GS, Visweswaran S, Klann JG, South AM, Loh NHW, Cannataro M, Beaulieu-Jones BK, Bellazzi R, Agapito G, Alessiani M, Aronow BJ, Bell DS, Benoit V, Bourgeois FT, Chiovato L, Cho K, Dagliati A, DuVall SL, Barrio NG, Hanauer DA, Ho YL, Holmes JH, Issitt RW, Liu M, Luo Y, Lynch KE, Maidlow SE, Malovini A, Mandl KD, Mao C, Matheny ME, Moore JH, Morris JS, Morris M, Mowery DL, Ngiam KY, Patel LP, Pedrera-Jimenez M, Ramoni RB, Schriver ER, Schubert P, Balazote PS, Spiridou A, Tan ALM, Tan BWL, Tibollo V, Torti C, Trecarichi EM, Wang X; Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE), Kohane IS, Cai T, Brat GA. International comparisons of laboratory values from the 4CE collaborative to predict COVID-19 mortality. NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Jun 13;5(1):74. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00601-0.
16. Quak SM, Pillay N, Wong SN, Karthekeyan RB, Chan DXH, Liu CWY. Effects of regional anaesthesia on mortality in patients undergoing lower extremity amputation: A retrospective pooled analysis. Indian J Anaesth. 2022 Jun;66(6):419-430. doi: 10.4103/ija.ija_917_21.
17. Zhang HG, Dagliati A, Shakeri Hossein Abad Z, Xiong X, Bonzel CL, Xia Z, Tan BWQ, Avillach P, Brat GA, Hong C, Morris M, Visweswaran S, Patel LP, Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Hanauer DA, Holmes JH, Samayamuthu MJ, Bourgeois FT, L'Yi S, Maidlow SE, Moal B, Murphy SN, Strasser ZH, Neuraz A, Ngiam KY, Loh NHW, Omenn GS, Prunotto A, Dalvin LA, Klann JG, Schubert P, Vidorreta FJS, Benoit V, Verdy G, Kavuluru R, Estiri H, Luo Y, Malovini A, Tibollo V, Bellazzi R, Cho K, Ho YL, Tan ALM, Tan BWL, Gehlenborg N, Lozano-Zahonero S, Jouhet V, Chiovato L, Aronow BJ, Toh EMS, Wong WGS, Pizzimenti S, Wagholikar KB, Bucalo M; Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE), Cai T, South AM, Kohane IS, Weber GM. International electronic health record-derived post-acute sequelae profiles of COVID-19 patients. NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Jun 29;5(1):81. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00623-8.
18. Chew WZ, Teoh WY, Sivanesan N, Loh PS, Shariffuddin II, Ti LK, Ng KT. Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring and Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jul 8:S1053-0770(22)00518-3. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.07.004.
19. Lee CCM, Beh ZY, Lua CB, Peng K, Fathil SM, Hou JD, Lin JA. Regional Anesthetic and Analgesic Techniques for Clavicle Fractures and Clavicle Surgeries: Part 1-A Scoping Review. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Aug 7;10(8):1487. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10081487.
20. im SM, Chan HC, Santosa A, Quek SC, Liu EHC, Somani J. Role of Occupational Health Services in Planning and Implementing of Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Singapore. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21):14217. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114217.
21. Landoni G, Brambillasca C, Baiardo Redaelli M, Bradić N, Ti LK, Povšić-Čevra Z, Nepomniashchikh VA, Zoccai GB, D'Ascenzo F, Romagnoli E, Scandroglio AM, Ballotta A, Rondello N, Franco A, Massaro C, Viscido C, Calabrò MG, Garofalo E, Canichella F, Monaco F, Severi L, Pisano A, Barucco G, Venditto M, Federici F, Licheri M, Paternoster G, Trompeo A, Belletti A, Mantovani LF, Perone R, Dalessandro G, Kroeller D, Haxhiademi D, Galbiati C, Tripodi VF, Giardina G, Lembo R, Nakhnoukh C, Guarracino F, Longhini F, Bove T, Zangrillo A, Bellomo R, Fominskiy E. Intravenous amino acid therapy for kidney protection in cardiac surgery a protocol for a multi-centre randomized blinded placebo controlled clinical trial. The PROTECTION trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Oct;121:106898. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106898.
22. Balakrishnan A, Venkatesan S, Foong TW, Lee CCM, Ti LK. Tragus pressure-guided removal of airway devices for safe emergence from sedation: A randomised controlled trial. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2022 Oct;51(10):661-663. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2022152.
23. Tan BWL, Loh NHW, Ngiam KY. Long-term kidney function recovery and mortality after COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: An international multi-centre observational cohort study. eClinicalMedicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101724.
24. Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Serret-Larmande A, Hutch MR, Sáez C, Aronow BJ, Bhatnagar S, Bonzel CL, Cai T, Devkota B, Hanauer DA, Loh NHW, Luo Y, Moal B, Ahooyi TM, Njoroge WFM, Omenn GS, Sanchez-Pinto LN, South AM, Sperotto F, Tan ALM, Taylor DM, Verdy G, Visweswaran S, Xia Z, Zahner J, Avillach P, Bourgeois FT; Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE). Hospitalizations Associated With Mental Health Conditions Among Adolescents in the US and France During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2246548. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46548.
25. Teo CB, Gan MY, Tay RYK, Loh WJ, Loh NHW. Association of preoperative hyponatremia with surgical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 32 observational studies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Dec 6:dgac685. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac685.
26. Haroon SW, Lau TW, Tan GL, Liu EHC, Hui SH, Lim SL, Santos D, Hodgson R, Taylor L, Tan JN; FH HHD, Davenport A. Risk assessment of failure during transitioning from in-centre to home haemodialysis. BMC Nephrol. 2022 Dec 20;23(1):406. doi: 10.1186/s12882-022-03039-4.
Publication Year 2021
1. Liu G, Tan JH, Hey HWD, Lau LL, Thambiah J, Kumar N, Tan J, Ruiz J, Nga V, Lwin S, Teo K, Chou N, Agrawal RV, Ng SWB, Wong WH, Yeo TT, Wong HK. A novel hospital capacity versus clinical justification triage score (CCTS) for prioritization of spinal surgeries in the "new normal state" of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eur Spine J. 2021 Jan 2. doi: 10.1007/s00586-020-06679-y. Online ahead of print.
2. Lean LL, Chin ZBB, Koh LY, Loh NHW, Loh MH. The hospital difficult airway team: experience and implications for patient care. Ir J Med Sci (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02471-5.
3. Le TT, Sacristán AG, Son J, Hong C, South AM, Beaulieu-Jones BK, Loh NHW, Luo Y, Morris M, Ngiam KY, Patel LP, Samayamuthu MJ, Schriver E, Tan LMA, Moore J, Cai T, Omenn GS, Avillach P, Kohane IS, Visweswaran S, Mowery DL, Xia Z. Multinational Prevalence of Neurological Phenotypes in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19. medRxiv. 2021 Jan 29;2021.01.27.21249817. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.27.21249817. Preprint.
4. Weber GM, Hong C, … Loh NHW …, Brat GA. International Comparisons of Harmonized Laboratory Value Trajectories to Predict Severe COVID-19: Leveraging the 4CE Collaborative Across 342 Hospitals and 6 Countries: A Retrospective Cohort Study. medRxiv. 2021 Feb 5;2020.12.16.20247684. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.16.20247684. Preprint.
5. Wong ET, Ong V, Remani D, Wong WK, Haroon S, Lau T, Nyeo HQ, Mukhopadhyay A, Tan BH, Chua HR. Filter life and safety of heparin-grafted membrane for continuous renal replacement therapy - A randomized controlled trial. Semin Dial. 2021 Jul;34(4):300-308. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12951.
6. Klann JG, Weber GM, Estiri H, Moal B, Avillach P, Hong C, Castro V, Maulhardt T, Tan ALM, Geva A, Beaulieu-Jones BK, Malovini A, South AM, Visweswaran S, Omenn GS, Ngiam KY, Mandl KD, Boeker M, Olson KL, Mowery DL, Morris M, Follett RW, Hanauer DA, Bellazzi R, Moore JH, Loh NHW, Bell DS, Wagholikar KB, Chiovato L, Tibollo V, Rieg S, Li ALLJ, Jouhet V, Schriver E, Samayamuthu MJ, Xia Z, Hutch M, Luo Y, The Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE) (CONSORTIA AUTHOR), Kohane IS, Brat GA, Murphy SN. Validation of an Internationally Derived Patient Severity Phenotype to Support COVID-19 Analytics from Electronic Health Record Data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2021;, ocab018, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab018.
7. Gorny AW, Bagdasarian N, Koh HKA, Lim YC, Ong SMJ, Ng SWB, Hooi B, Tham WJ, Kagda FH, Chua SWG, Yong M, Teoh HL, Cook AR, Sethi S, Yong DY, Loh T, Lim YTA, Aw KLA, Mak SWK, Fisher D. SARS-CoV-2 in migrant worker dormitories: Geospatial epidemiology supporting outbreak management. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;103:389-394. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.148.
8. Wong WEJ, Chan SP, Yong KJ, Tham YYS, Lim JRG, Sim MA, Soh CR, Ti LK, Chew STH. Assessment of acute kidney injury risk using a machine-learning guided generalized structural equation model: a cohort study. BMC Nephrol. 2021 Feb 22;22(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02238-9.
9. Kohane I, Aronow B, Avillach P, Beaulieu-Jones B, Bellazzi R, Bradford R, Brat G, Cannataro M, Cimino J, García-Barrio N, Gehlenborg N, Ghassemi M, Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Hanauer D, Holmes J, Hong C, Klann J, Loh NHW, Luo Y, Mandl K, Daniar M, Moore J, Murphy S, Neuraz A, Ngiam K, Omenn G, Palmer N, Patel L, Pedrera-Jiménez M, Sliz P, South A, Tan A, Taylor D, Taylor B, Torti C, Vallejos A, Wagholikar K, The Consortium For Clinical Characterization Of COVID-19 By EHR (4CE) , Weber G, Cai T. What Every Reader Should Know About Studies Using Electronic Health Record Data but May Be Afraid to Ask. J Med Internet Res 2021;23(3):e22219. URL: https://www.jmir.org/2021/3/e22219 DOI: 10.2196/22219.
10. Pan LTT, Chen FG. Opportunity within a crisis-A push towards programmatic assessment in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Med Educ. 2021 Mar 8. doi: 10.1111/medu.14486. Online ahead of print.
11. Khanna AK, Saager L, Bergese SD, Jungquist CR, Morimatsu H, Uezono S, Ti LK, Soto R, Jiang W, Buhre W. Opioid-induced respiratory depression increases hospital costs and length of stay in patients recovering on the general care floor. BMC Anesthesiol. 2021 Mar 20;21(1):88. doi: 10.1186/s12871-021-01307-8.
12. Seet CPE, Wong CHE, Chew STH, Ti LK, Kumar CM, Chua PPN. A survey of Singapore anaesthesiologists for practice and prevention of peri-operative hypothermia in adult surgical patients. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Apr;50(4):362-365. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020393.
13. Khanna AK, Jungquist CR, Buhre W, Soto R, Di Piazza F, Bergese SD, Morimatsu H, Uezono S, Lee S, Ti LK, D Urman R, McIntyre RJ, Tornero C, Dahan A, Weingarten TN, Wittmann M, Auckley D, Brazzi L, Le Guen M, Schramm F, Overdyk FJ, Saager L. Modeling the Cost Savings of Continuous Pulse Oximetry and Capnography Monitoring of United States General Care Floor Patients Receiving Opioids Based on the PRODIGY Trial. Adv Ther. 2021 May 24;1-15. doi: 10.1007/s12325-021-01779-7. Online ahead of print.
14. Bourgeois FT, Loh NHW, Avillach P. International Analysis of Electronic Health Records of Children and Youth Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection in 6 Countries. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2112596. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12596.
15. Kansal A, Dhanvijay S, Li A, Phua J, Cove ME, Ong WJD, Puah SH, Ng V, Tan QL, Manalansan JS, Zamora MSN, Vidanes MC, Sahagun JT, Taculod J, Tan YHA, Tay CK, Chia YW, Sewa DW, Chew M, Lew JWS, Goh S, Tan JEJ, Ramanathan K, Mukhopadhyay A, See KC. Predictors and outcomes of high-flow nasal cannula failure following extubation: A multicentre observational study. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Jun;50(6):467-473. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020564.
16. Hwang KY, Hwang NC, Tay KH. Conduct of virtual summative anesthesiology Objective Structured Clinical Examination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Jul 6;1-2. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02060-9.
17. Wang KPK, Liu W, Chew STH, Ti LK, Shen L. New-onset Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery is a Significant Risk Factor for Long-term Stroke: An 8-Year Prospective Cohort Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Jul 8:S1053-0770(21)00575-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.07.003.
18. Koh WJ, Chakravarhy M, Simon E, Rasiah R, Charuluxananan S, Kim TY, Chew STH, Brauer A, Ti LK. Perioperative temperature management: a survey of 6 Asia-Pacific countries. BMC Anesthesiol. 2021 Aug 16;21(1):205. doi: 10.1186/s12871-021-01414-6.
19. Oo S, Chia HXR, Li Y, Sampath HK, Ang SBL, Paranjothy S, Kit CTJ, Lee CCM. Bronchial rupture following endobronchial blocker placement: a case report of a rare, unfortunate complication. BMC Anesthesiol. 2021 Aug 30;21(1):208. doi: 10.1186/s12871-021-01430-6.
20. Chen HH, Yang SM, Yang KE, Chiu CY, Chang CJ, Wang YS, Lee TT, Huang YF, Chen YY, Petibois C, Chang SH, Cai X, Low CM, Tan FCK, Teo A, Tok ES, Lim JH, Je JH, Kohmura Y, Ishikawa T, Margaritondo G, Hwu Y. High-resolution fast-tomography brain-imaging beamline at the Taiwan Photon Source. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2021 Sep 1;28(Pt 5):1662-1668. doi: 10.1107/S1600577521007633.
21. Puah SH, Li A, Cove ME, Phua J, Ng V, Kansal A, Tan QL, Sahagun JT, Taculod J, Tan YHA, Mukhopadhyay A, Tay CK, Ramanathan K, Chia YW, Sewa DW, Chew M, Lew SJW, Goh S, Dhanvijay S, Tan JJ, See KC; SICM-NICER Group. High-flow nasal cannula therapy: A multicentred survey of the practices among physicians and respiratory therapists in Singapore. Aust Crit Care. 2021 Sep 10:S1036-7314(21)00127-2. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.001.
22. Estiri H, Strasser ZH, Brat GA, Semenov YR; Consortium for Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (Loh NHW), Patel CJ, Murphy SN. Evolving phenotypes of non-hospitalized patients that indicate long COVID. BMC Med. 2021 Sep 27;19(1):249. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02115-0.
23. Lim SM, Hwang CC, Santosa A, Quek SC, Liu EHC, Somani J. Safety and side effect profile of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers: A tertiary hospital experience in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Sep;50(9):703-711. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021160. PMID: 34625758.
24. Ke YH, Chew STH, Seet CPE, Wong WY, Lim QV, Chua PPN, Zhang J, Lim B, Chua TYV, Loh NHW, Ti LK. Risk factors of post-anaesthesia care unit delirium in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2021 Oct 11. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2021129.
25. Weber GM, Zhang HG, L'Yi S, Bonzel CL, Hong C, Avillach P, Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Palmer NP, Tan ALM, Wang X, Yuan W, Gehlenborg N, Alloni A, Amendola DF, Bellasi A, Bellazzi R, Beraghi M, Bucalo M, Chiovato L, Cho K, Dagliati A, Estiri H, Follett RW, García Barrio N, Hanauer DA, Henderson DW, Ho YL, Holmes JH, Hutch MR, Kavuluru R, Kirchoff K, Klann JG, Krishnamurthy AK, Le TT, Liu M, Loh NHW, Lozano-Zahonero S, Luo Y, Maidlow S, Makoudjou A, Malovini A, Martins MR, Moal B, Morris M, Mowery DL, Murphy SN, Neuraz A, Ngiam KY, Okoshi MP, Omenn GS, Patel LP, Pedrera Jiménez M, Prudente RA, Samayamuthu MJ, Sanz Vidorreta FJ, Schriver ER, Schubert P, Serrano Balazote P, Tan BW, Tanni SE, Tibollo V, Visweswaran S, Wagholikar KB, Xia Z, Zöller D; Consortium For Clinical Characterization Of COVID-19 By EHR (4CE), Kohane IS, Cai T, South AM, Brat GA. International Changes in COVID-19 Clinical Trajectories Across 315 Hospitals and 6 Countries: Retrospective Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Oct 11;23(10):e31400. doi: 10.2196/31400.
26. Le TT, Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Son J, Hong C, South AM, Beaulieu-Jones BK, Loh NHW, Luo Y, Morris M, Ngiam KY, Patel LP, Samayamuthu MJ, Schriver E, Tan ALM, Moore J, Cai T, Omenn GS, Avillach P, Kohane IS; Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE), Visweswaran S, Mowery DL, Xia Z. Multinational characterization of neurological phenotypes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 12;11(1):20238. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99481-9.
27. Balakrishnan A, Lee WCD, Dong C. Twelve tips for developing a systematic acute care curriculum for medical students. 2021 Oct 18:1-8. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1987405. Epub ahead of print.
28. Lim WY, Ng SWB, Lee CK, Shen J, Koh C, Lee P. Strategy for Safe Bronchoscopy during COVID pandemic. Ann Thorac Surg. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.034.
29. Ting YL, Lim JZM, Yeo PM, Sim W. Methemoglobinemia: a potential confounder in COVID-19 respiratory failure. Singapore Med J. 2021 Nov 8. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2021192.
30. Wai L, Wijerathne S, Liew QEL, Venkatesan S, Lee J, Loh C, Lomanto D. Novel local anaesthesia technique 'NATURE' (Nerves And Transversalis-fascia Using RopivacainE) to improve outcomes during endo-laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. Asian J Surg. 2021 Nov 10:S1015-9584(21)00640-0. doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2021.10.001.
31. Wong P, Seet E, Kumar CM, Koh KF, Pan TLT, Quah T, Chua NPP. Recommendations for standards of neuromuscular monitoring during anaesthesia. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Nov;50(11):852-855. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021159.
32. Tan KHJ, Menon NV, Tan PS, Pan LTT, Bonney GK, Shridhar IG, Madhavan K, Lim CT, Kow WCA. Presence of tumor cells in intra-operative blood salvage autotransfusion samples from hepatocellular carcinoma liver transplantation: analysis using highly sensitive microfluidics technology. HPB (Oxford). 2021 Nov;23(11):1700-1707. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2021.04.006.
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Publication Year 2020
1. Liew LQ, Teo WW, Seet E, Lean LL, Paramasivan A, Tan J, Lim I, Wang J, Ti LK. Factors predicting one-year post-surgical mortality amongst older Asian patients undergoing moderate to major non-cardiac surgery - a retrospective cohort study. BMC Surg. 2020 Jan 13;20(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12893-019-0654-x.
2. Foong TW, Ramanathan K, Chan KKM, MacLaren G. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation During Adult Noncardiac Surgery and Perioperative Emergencies: A Narrative Review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Jan;35(1):281-297. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.01.025. Epub 2020 Jan 21.
3. Ng SY, Phua J, Wong YL, Kalyanasundaram G, Mukhopadhyay A, Lim D, Chia N, Ho BCH, Bailey MJ, Shehabi Y, Ti LK. Singapore SPICE: sedation practices in intensive care evaluation in Singapore - a prospective cohort study of the public healthcare system. Singapore Med J. 2020 Jan;61(1):19-23. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019055.
4. Ti LK, Ang LS, Foong TW, Ng BSW. What we do when a COVID-19 patient needs an operation: operating room preparation and guidance. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Jun;67(6):756-758. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01617-4. Epub 2020 Mar 6.
5. Loh NW, Tan Y, Taculod J, Gorospe B, Teope AS, Somani J, Tan AYH. The impact of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) on coughing distance: implications on its use during the novel coronavirus disease outbreak. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Jul;67(7):893-894. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01634-3. Epub 2020 Mar 18.
6. Saito T, Asai T, Taguchi A, Sophia CTH, Liu W, Thinn KK, Ti LK. Prediction of failed facemask ventilation: new scoring system for difficult airway. J Anesth. 2020 Jun;34(3):367-372. doi: 10.1007/s00540-020-02761-3. Epub 2020 Mar 23.
7. Liu W, Li C, Tan FCK, Neo HJ, Chan YH, Low CM, Lee TL. Cerebrospinal fluid of chronic osteoarthritic patients induced interleukin-6 release in human glial cell-line T98G. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Mar 25;20(1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-00985-0.
8. Lee CCM, Thampi S, Lewin B, Lim TJD, Rippin B, Wong WH, Agrawal RV. Battling COVID-19: critical care and peri-operative healthcare resource management strategies in a tertiary academic medical centre in Singapore. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jul;75(7):861-871. doi: 10.1111/anae.15074. Epub 2020 May 3.
9. Thampi S, Yap A, Fan L, Ong J. Special considerations for the management of COVID-19 pediatric patients in the operating room and pediatric intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.
11. Ashokka B, Loh MH, Tan CH, Su LL, Young BE, Lye DC, Biswas A, Illanes SE, Choolani M. Care of the pregnant woman with coronavirus disease 2019 in labor and delivery: anesthesia, emergency cesarean delivery, differential diagnosis in the acutely ill parturient, care of the newborn, and protection of the healthcare personnel. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jul;223(1):66-74.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.04.005. Epub 2020 Apr 10.
12. Lee E, Loh W, Ang I, Tan Y. Plastic Bags as Personal Protective Equipment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. J Emerg Med. 2020 May;58(5):821-823. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.04.016. Epub 2020 Apr 11.
13. Khanna AK, Bergese SD, Jungquist CR, Morimatsu H, Uezono S, Lee S, Ti LK, Urman RD, McIntyre R Jr, Tornero C, Dahan A, Saager L, Weingarten TN, Wittmann M, Auckley D, Brazzi L, Le Guen M, Soto R, Schramm F, Ayad S, Kaw R, Di Stefano P, Sessler DI, Uribe A, Moll V, Dempsey SJ, Buhre W, Overdyk FJ; PRediction of Opioid-induced respiratory Depression In patients monitored by capnoGraphY (PRODIGY) Group Collaborators. Prediction of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression on Inpatient Wards Using Continuous Capnography and Oximetry: An International Prospective, Observational Trial. Anesth Analg. 2020 Oct;131(4):1012-1024. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004788.
14. Liang ZC, Chong MSY, Sim MA, Lim JL, Castañeda P, Green DW, Fisher D, Ti LK, Murphy D, Hui JHP. Surgical Considerations in Patients with COVID-19: What Orthopaedic Surgeons Should Know. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Jun 3;102(11):e50. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00513.
15. Paramasivan A, Lopez-Olivo MA, Foong TW, Tan YW, Yap APA. Intrathecal dexmedetomidine and postoperative pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Eur J Pain. 2020 Aug;24(7):1215-1227. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1575. Epub 2020 May 22.
16. Thampi S, Lee CCM, Ng BHZ, Yap APA. Considerations for resuscitation and transfer of paediatric patients with COVID-19. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Jul;125(1):e183-e185. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.063. Epub 2020 Apr 27.
17. Foong TW, Hui Ng ES, Wee Khoo CY, Ashokka B, Khoo D, Agrawal R. Rapid training of healthcare staff for protected cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Aug;125(2):e257-e259. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.081. Epub 2020 May 6.
19. Sim MA, Ti LK, Mujumdar S, Chew STH, Penanueva DJB, Kumar BM, Ang SBL. Sustaining the Gains: A 7-Year Follow-Through of a Hospital-Wide Patient Safety Improvement Project on Hospital-Wide Adverse Event Outcomes and Patient Safety Culture. J Patient Saf. 2020 May 9. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000725.
20. Kanneganti A, Sia CH, Ashokka B, Ooi SBS. Continuing medical education during a pandemic: an academic institution's experience. Postgrad Med J. 2020 Jul;96(1137):384-386. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137840. Epub 2020 May 13.
21. Ashokka B, Ong SY, Tay KH, Loh NHW, Gee CF, Samarasekera DD. Coordinated responses of academic medical centres to pandemics: Sustaining medical education during COVID-19. Med Teach. 2020 Jul;42(7):762-771. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1757634. Epub 2020 May 13.
22. Low TY, Hartman M, Chee CYJ, Mohankumar B, Ang SBL, San MT, Shabbir A, Madhavan K, So JBY. Restructuring the surgical service during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from a tertiary institution in Singapore. Am J Surg. 2020 Sep;220(3):553-555. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.05.021. Epub 2020 May 15.
23. Yip CYC, Yap ES, De Mel S, Teo WZY, Lee CT, Kan S, Lee MCC, Loh WNH, Lim EL, Lee SY. Temporal changes in immune blood cell parameters in COVID-19 infection and recovery from severe infection. Br J Haematol. 2020 Jul;190(1):33-36. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16847. Epub 2020 Jun 2.
24. Thong WY, Chong PH, Koh PL, Loh WN, Tay SK. First pediatric organ donation after circulatory determination of death in Singapore: Facing challenges in the absence of a local practice guideline. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Sep;24(6):e13740. doi: 10.1111/petr.13740. Epub 2020 May 23.
25. Siow WT, Tang SH, Agrawal RV, Tan AYH, See KC. Essential ICU drug shortages for COVID-19: what can frontline clinicians do? Crit Care. 2020 May 26;24(1):260. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02971-x.
26. Ashokka B, Chakraborty A, Subramanian BJ, Karmakar MK, Chan V. Reconfiguring the scope and practice of regional anesthesia in a pandemic: the COVID-19 perspective. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 Jul;45(7):536-543. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2020-101541. Epub 2020 May 28.
27. Sia CH, Goh FQ, Kong WK, Wu B, Paranjothy S. Cardiac sarcoma attached to pacemaker lead. J Card Surg. 2020 May;35(5):1148-1151. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14541. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
28. Ashokka B, Dong C, Law LS, Liaw SY, Chen FG, Samarasekera DD. A BEME systematic review of teaching interventions to equip medical students and residents in early recognition and prompt escalation of acute clinical deteriorations: BEME Guide No. 62. Med Teach. 2020 Jul;42(7):724-737. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1763286. Epub 2020 Jun 4.
29. Chua HR, MacLaren G, Choong LH, Chionh CY, Khoo BZE, Yeo SC, Sewa DW, Ng SY, Choo JC, Teo BW, Tan HK, Siow WT, Agrawal RV, Tan CS, Vathsala A, Tagore R, Seow TY, Khatri P, Hong WZ, Kaushik M. Ensuring Sustainability of Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy in the Face of Extraordinary Demand: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Kidney Dis. 2020 Sep;76(3):392-400. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.05.008. Epub 2020 Jun 4.
30. Archuleta S, Cross G, Somani J, Lum L, Santosa A, Alagha RA, Allen DM, Ang A, Beh D, Chai L, Chan SM, Lim SM, Olszyna DP, Ong C, Oon J, Salada BMA, Smitasin N, Sun L, Tambyah PA, Tham SM, Yan G, Yee CH, Dan YY, Jureen R, Tee N, Mahadevan M, Yau YW, Quek SC, Liu EH, Sin C, Bagdasarian N, Fisher DA. Responding to COVID-19: how an academic infectious diseases division mobilized in Singapore. BMC Med. 2020 Jun 8;18(1):179. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01641-7.
31. Koh CJ, Khoo D. Muffling of healthcare: Assessing the impact of personal protective equipment on speaking volume in an Endoscopy Centre. Dig Endosc. 2020 Sep;32(6):997. doi: 10.1111/den.13774. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
32. Bagdasarian N, Mathews I, Ng AJY, Liu EH, Sin C, Mahadevan M, Fisher DA. A safe and efficient, naturally ventilated structure for COVID-19 surge capacity in Singapore. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 May;42(5):630-632. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.309. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
33. Ke YH, Hwang KY, Thin TN, Sim YE, Abdullah HR. The usefulness of non-invasive co-oximetry haemoglobin measurement for screening pre-operative anaemia. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jan;76(1):54-60. doi: 10.1111/anae.15171. Epub 2020 Jun 27.
34. Hwang KY, Hwang NC. Incorporating Indices of Postoperative Glycemic Variability in Postoperative Outcome Prediction Modeling: How Accurate Can it Get? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jul;34(7):1803-1804. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.02.041. Epub 2020 Mar 4.
35. Paliwal PR, Tan BYQ, Leow AST, Sibi S, Chor DWP, Chin AXY, Yau YW, Cross GB, Wong LYH, Chia MLJ, Quak Z, Chua CYK, Tang DKK, Zune ET, Hung J, Goh Y, Jing M, Gopinathan A, Yang C, Ahmad A, Khoo DXL, Lee CM, Seet RCS, Sharma VK, Teoh HL, Yeo LLL, Chan BPL. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hyperacute stroke treatment: experience from a comprehensive stroke centre in Singapore. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2020 Oct;50(3):596-603. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02225-1.
36. Yuhe K, Huey Chew ST, Ang AS, Ge Ng RR, Boonkiangwong N, Liu W, Hao Toh AH, Caleb MG, Man Ho RC, Ti LK. Comparison of postoperative cognitive decline in patients undergoing conventional vs miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass: A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Card Anaesth. 2020 Jul-Sep;23(3):309-314. doi: 10.4103/aca.ACA_192_18.
37. Lee MCC, Tan AYH, Peng K, Lua CB, Chan HP, Chia NCH, Loh NW. Persistence of intracranial blood flow on cerebral angiography in brain death. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Nov;125(5):e404-e406. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.047. Epub 2020 Jul 18.
38. Lee MCC, Thampi S, Chan HP, Khoo D, Chin BZB, Foo DPX, Lua CB, Lewin B, Jacob R. Psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst anaesthesiologists and nurses. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Oct;125(4):e384-e386. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.07.005. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
39. Foong TW, Tan PS, Thampi S, Balakrishnan A. Anesthesia for pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: the dilemma and what we should know as anesthesiologists: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Jul 24;99(30):e21517. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021517.
40. Bharatendu C, Ong JJY, Goh Y, Tan BYQ, Chan ACY, Tang JZY, Leow AS, Chin A, Sooi KWX, Tan YL, Hong CS, Chin BZ, Ng E, Foong TW, Teoh HL, Ong ST, Lee P, Khoo D, Tsivgoulis G, Alexandrov AV, Sharma VK. Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) restores the N95 face mask induced cerebral hemodynamic alterations among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Outbreak. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Oct 15;417:117078. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117078. Epub 2020 Aug 3.
41. Ang E, Ng KT, Lee ZX, Ti LK, Chaw SH, Wang CY. Effect of regional anaesthesia only versus general anaesthesia on cancer recurrence rate: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Dec;67:110023. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.110023. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
42. Shree V, En Liew LQ, Teo WW, Ting J, Liew MF. Potentially fatal severe brady arrythmias related to Lopinavir-Ritonavir in a COVID 19 patient. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Feb;54(1):133-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.07.015. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
43. Foong TW, Tiong HF, Ong SY, Chen FG. Using quality improvement tools to enhance workplace learning in an anaesthesia unit. Med Teach. 2020 Nov;42(11):1228-1233. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1799960. Epub 2020 Aug 7.
44. Foong TW, Tan JKH, Ashokka B, Agrawal R, Lieske B, Bose S, Samarasekera DD, Chen FG. How do we turn surgical residents into safe intensive care unit clinicians? An Entrustable Professional Activities guided framework. Br J Surg. 2020 Oct;107(11):e491-e493. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11949. Epub 2020 Aug 13.
45. Teo WW, Ti LK, Lean LL, Seet E, Paramasivan A, Liu W, Wang J, Chua V, Liew LQ. The neglected perioperative population of undiagnosed diabetics - a retrospective cohort study. BMC Surg. 2020 Aug 18;20(1):188. doi: 10.1186/s12893-020-00844-2.
46. Ong SY, Ashokka B, Khoo D, Kelly MA. Considerations for Continuing Simulation Training During Infectious Outbreaks. Simul Healthc. 2020 Dec;15(6):422-426. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000496.
47. Lee DW, Wąsowicz M. Recent advances in nonoperating room anesthesia for cardiac procedures. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Aug;33(4):601-607. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000894.
48. Lee DW, Ma M, Parotto M, Wąsowicz M. Intubation outside of the operating room: new challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 era. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Aug;33(4):608-611. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000892.
49. Lee DW, Ma M, Parotto M, Wąsowicz M. Intubation outside of the operating room: new challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 era. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Aug;33(4):608-611. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000892.
50. Barry TWL, Jeanette TSLJ, Ashokka B, Lopez KG, Thambiah J, Kumar N. In the Extraordinary Times of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Clinical Strategies for Performing Spinal Surgery. Asian Spine J. 2020 Oct;14(5):721-729. doi: 10.31616/asj.2020.0306. Epub 2020 Sep 3.
51. Hamer RP, Jain S, Teo C, Loh WN, Chan HM, Yeo TT, Teo K. Optimizing the onco-functional balance in supratentorial brain tumour surgery: A single institution's initial experience with intraoperative cortico-subcortical mapping and monitoring in Singapore. J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Sep;79:224-230. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.07.027. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
52. Lim JZ, Chew SH, Chin BZ, Siew RC. Proficiencies of military medical officers in intubating difficult airways. BMC Emerg Med. 2020 Oct 7;20(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00375-2.
53. Lum BX, Liu EH, Archuleta S, Somani J, Bagdasarian N, Koh CS, Sin CS, Wong M, Quek SC, Fisher DA. Establishing a New Normal for Hospital Care: A Whole of Hospital Approach to COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 12:ciaa1722. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1722. Epub ahead of print.
54. Shree V, Lim TJ, Lean LL, So BYJ, Kim G. Anaesthesia considerations and techniques for Pressurised IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC). Pleura Peritoneum. 2020 Nov 17;5(4):20190013. doi: 10.1515/pp-2019-0013.
55. Koh W, Khoo D, Pan LTT, Lean LL, Loh MH, Chua TYV, Ti LK. Use of GoPro point-of-view camera in intubation simulation-A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 1;15(12):e0243217. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243217.
56. Tan YW, Agrawal RV, Pan LTT, Muthiah M, Wong WH. Pentoxyfylline for hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation: case report. Korean J Transplant 2020; 34(Suppl 1): S141-S141. https://doi.org/10.4285/ATW2020.OP-1214
57. Tan Y, Gajic O, Schulte PJ, Clark MM, Philbrick KL, Karnatovskaia LV. Feasibility of a Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2020 Oct-Dec;68(4):419-432. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2020.1795663. Epub 2020 Jul 30.
Publication Year 2019
1. Low S, Vathsala A, Murali TM, Pang L, MacLaren G, Ng WY, Haroon S, Mukhopadhyay A, Lim SL, Tan BH, Lau T, Chua HR. Electronic health records accurately predict renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrol. 2019 Jan 31;20(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1206-4.
2. Moorthy V, Sim MA, Liu W, Ti LK, Chew STH. Association between Ethnicity and Postoperative Hyperglycemia in a Southeast Asian Population Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Feb;33(2):388-393.
3. Alaa M, Tsopanomichalou Gklotsou M, Vu TD, Ti LK, Lee CN, Kofidis T. Comprehensive and integrative experimentation setup for large animal hybrid valvular heart surgery. J Surg Res. 2019 Feb;234:249-261.
4. Yik JH, Tham WYW, Tay KH, Shen L, Krishna L. Perioperative pregabalin does not reduce opioid requirements in total knee arthroplasty. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Feb 9. doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05385-7.
5. Yap A, Lopez-Olivo MA, Dubowitz J, Hiller J, Riedel B; Global Onco-Anesthesia Research Collaboration Group. Anesthetic technique and cancer outcomes: a meta-analysis of total intravenous versus volatile anesthesia. Can J Anaesth. 2019 May;66(5):546-561. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-019-01330-x. Epub 2019 Mar 4. Erratum in: Can J Anaesth. 2019 Aug;66(8):1007-1008. PMID: 30834506
6. Saw KME, Ng RGR, Chan SP, Ang YH, Ti LK, Chew STH. Association of genetic polymorphisms with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in a Southeast Asian population. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0213997. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213997.
7. Chew STH, Ti LK. Research in Anaesthesia - The PEGASUS Journey. TAPS 2019, 4(2).
8. Chan HM, Loh WN, Yeo TT, Teo K. Awake Craniotomy and Excision of a Diffuse Low-Grade Glioma in a Multilingual Patient: Neuropsychology and Language. World Neurosurg. 2019 Aug;128:91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.181. Epub 2019 May 3.
9. Moorthy V, Sim MA, Liu W, Chew STH, Ti LK. Risk factors and impact of post-operative hyperglycemia in non-diabetic patients after cardiac surgery: a prospective study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jun;98(23):e15911. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000015911.
10. Liaw SY, Tee A, Carpio GAC, Ang SBL, Chua WL. Review of systems for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in Singapore hospitals: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Singapore Med J. 2019 Jun 14. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019050.
11. Moorthy V, Liu W, Chan SP, Chew STH, Ti LK. Elucidation of the novel role of ethnicity and diabetes in poorer outcomes after cardiac surgery in a multi-ethnic southeast asian cohort. J Diabetes. 2019 Jun 18. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12961. [Epub ahead of print]
12. Tan YW, Lean LL, Paramasivan A. Cerebral oxygenation in hemodialysed patients. J Anesth. 2019 Jul 23. doi: 10.1007/s00540-019-02664-y. [Epub ahead of print]
13. Saito T, Asai T, Taguchi A, Chew STH, Liu W, Thinn KK, Ti LK. Correlation between failed facemask ventilation, failed ventilation through a supraglottic airway and difficult tracheal intubation in unexpected difficult airways: An observational study. J Clin Anesth. 2019 Aug 20;60:34-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.08.024. [Epub ahead of print]
14. Sim MA, Lee SH, Phan PH, Lateef A. Quality improvement at an acute medical unit in an Asian Academic Center: A mixed methods study of nursing work dynamics. Nurs Outlook. 2020 Mar-Apr;68(2):169-183. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2019.09.002. Epub 2020 Feb 8.
15. Moorthy V, Liu W, Chew STH, Ti LK. Impact of diabetes on outcomes of cardiac surgery in a multiethnic Southeast Asian population. Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2019 Nov;16(6):549-555. doi: 10.1177/1479164119866380. Epub 2019 Aug 2.
16. Chew SH, Lim JZM, Chin BZB, Chan JX, Siew RCH. Intubation with channeled versus non-channeled video laryngoscopes in simulated difficult airway by junior doctors in an out-of-hospital setting: A crossover manikin study. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 22;14(10):e0224017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224017. eCollection 2019.
17. Goh EZ, Loh NHW, Loh JSP. Submental intubation in oral and maxillofacial surgery: a systematic review 1986–2018. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.10.314.
18. Sazzad MF, Ghafoor N, Roy S, Munshi S, Khanam F, Chanda P, Wadud A, Islam S, Ahmed F, Siraj M, Ti LK, Kofidis T. Use of Suture tightening automated device COR-KNOT® for minimally invasive heart valve surgery: Our initial experience in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Heart Journal, 34(2), 127-131. https://doi.org/10.3329/bhj.v34i2.44444
19. Thampi S, Lee CCM, Agrawal RV, Ashokka B, Ti LK, Paranjothy S, Ponnamperuma GG. Ideal Sequence of Didactic Lectures and Simulation in Teaching Transesophageal Echocardiography Among Anesthesiologists. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 May;34(5):1244-1249. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.011. Epub 2019 Dec 16.
20. Paramasivan A, Khoo D. Standardized Patients Versus Peer Role Play-Exploring the Experience, Efficacy, and Cost-Effectiveness in Residency Training Module for Breaking Bad News. J Surg Educ. 2020 Mar-Apr;77(2):479-484. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.10.009. Epub 2019 Dec 27. PMID: 31889691.
21. Tan YHA, Chakraborty N. Chapter 24: Intravenous Fluids (pp243-250). Textbook of Ventilation, Fluids, Electrolytes and Blood Gases” First Edition, 2020. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi. ISBN: 9789389188059.
22. Ng ESH, Loh NHW. Immunonutrition. Chapter 49, Neurointensive Care. Oxford University Press 2019. ISBN-13: 978-0199481439.
Publication Year 2018
1. Ariffin MZ, Ibrahim KM, Lee ATH, Lee RZ, Poon SY, Thong HK, Liu EHC, Low CM, Khanna S. Forebrain Medial Septum Sustains Experimental Neuropathic Pain. (2018) Scientific Reports, 8(1), pp
2. Ke YH, Wong WJ, Ayuningtyas R, Chew STH, Ti LK. Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Blockade (rNMB) Following Low-Dose (<2xED95) Atracurium in Patients Receiving Laryngeal Mask Airway – An Audit Study. Med Saf Glob Health 2018, 7:1. DOI: 10.4172/2574-0407.1000142
3. Vu TD, Nguyen DV, Oo MZ, Alaa M, Ocampo EM, Cheyyatraivendran-Arularasu S, Wai Win P, Ja’afar N, Si-Guim G, Ong P, Ti LK, Richards AM, Kofidis T. On-pump transapical cardioscopic mitral valve replacement with cardiac arrest: short-term results in a porcine survival model. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Sep 1;27(3):437-445. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivy076
4. Wong DT, Metha A, Singh KP, Leong SM, Ooi A, Niazi A, You-Ten E, Okrainec A, Patel R, Singh M, Wong J. The effect of virtual reality bronchoscopy simulator training on performance of bronchoscopic-guided intubation in patients: A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2018 Sep 17. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000890. [Epub ahead of print]
5. Tan Y, Loganathan N, Thinn KK, Liu EHC, Loh NW. Dental injury in anaesthesia: a tertiary hospital's experience. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 Aug 16;18(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12871-018-0569-6
6. Phoon PHY, MacLaren G, Ti LK, Tan JSK, Hwang NC. History and Current Status of Cardiac Anesthesia in Singapore. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Jul 20. pii: S1053-0770(18)30519-6. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.07.018. [Epub ahead of print]
7. Shehabi Y, Bellomo R, Kadiman S, Ti LK, Howe B, Reade MC, Khoo TM, Alias A, Wong YL, Mukhopadhyay A, McArthur C, Seppelt I, Webb SA, Green M, Bailey MJ, Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation (SPICE) Study Investigators and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Sedation Intensity in the First 48 Hours of Mechanical Ventilation and 180-Day Mortality: A Multinational Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. 2018 Jun;46(6):850-859. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003071
8. Sim MA, Liu W, Chew STH, Ti LK. Wider perioperative glycemic fluctuations increase risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation and ICU length of stay. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 8;13(6):e0198533. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198533. eCollection 2018
9. Foong TW, Tan YKG. Over-delivery of desflurane via Aisys Carestation Aladin2 Cassette™ vaporiser. British Journal of Anaesthesia, Volume 120 , Issue 6 , 1434 – 1435 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2018.03.001
10. Chew SH, Ibrahim I, Yong YZ, Shi LM, Zheng QS, Samarasekera DD, Ooi SB. Factors influencing the decision to pursue emergency medicine as a career among medical students in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2018 Mar;59(3):126-132. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2018027
11. Wang Z, Loh KY, Liew QE, Siew CH, Tan GL. An uncommon association with sub-arachnoid hemorrhage in a young man. Urol Case Rep. 2018 Mar; 17: 34–35. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.12.010
12. Moorthy V, Sim MA, Liu W, Ti LK, Chew STH. Association Between Ethnicity and Postoperative Hyperglycemia in a Southeast Asian Population Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Mar 7. pii: S1053-0770(18)30198-8. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.03.010. [Epub ahead of print]
13. Leong SM, Tiwari A, Chung F, Wong DT. Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor associated with difficult airway management - A narrative review. J Clin Anesth. 2018 Mar;45:63-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2017.12.024. Epub 2018 Jan 4
14. Lean LL, Hong RYS, Ti LK. How the personalities of medical students at the National University of Singapore differ from the local non-medical undergraduate population: a cross-sectional study. Singapore Med J. 2018 Feb 12. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2018018. [Epub ahead of print]
15. Lee YL, Ganesh K, Ti LK, Ng SY. A prospective, observational, longitudinal cohort study of sedation practices in SGH intensive care units. (2018) Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 27 (2), pp. 103-109
16. Vu TD, Oo MZ, Nguyen DV, Ocampo EM, Ong Y, Cheyyatraivendran-Arularasu S, Ti LK, Richards MA, Kofidis T. Transapical cardioscopic mitral annuloplasty: a short-term survival study in a porcine model. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan 1;26(1):131-138. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx282
Publication Year 2017
1. Lean LL, Hong RY, Ti LK. End-task versus in-task feedback to increase procedural learning retention during spinal anaesthesia training of novices. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2017 Aug;22(3):713-721
2. Rex Joseph Morais. Echocardiography for Intraoperative Decision Making in Mitral Valve Surgery – A Pilot Simulation Based Training Module. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Accepted and pending for publication in 2017. Epub 2017 Jun
3. Siddiqui S, Puthucheary Z, Phua J, Ho B, Tan J, Chuin S, Lim NL, Soh CR, Loo CM, Tan AYH, Mukhopadhyay A, Khan FA, Johan A, Tan AH, MacLaren G, Taculod J, Ramos B, Han TA, Cove ME. National survey of outcomes and practices in acute respiratory distress syndrome in Singapore. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 16;12(6):e0179343. eCollection 2017
4. Gosavi A, Vijayakumar PD, Ng BS, Loh MH, Tan LG, Johana N, Tan YW, Sandikin D, Su LL, Wataganara T, Biswas A, Choolani MA, Mattar CN. Rapid initiation of fetal therapy services with a system of learner-centred training under proctorship: the National University Hospital (Singapore) experience. Singapore Med J. 2017 Jun;58(6):311-320
5. Alfred Kow, Choon Seng CHONG; Sophia ANG; Wee Boon TAN; Raj Kumar MENON. PAtient Safety in Surgical EDucation (PASSED): A Pilot Study Using iPad Game to Teach Patient Safety in Undergraduate Medical Curriculum. Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2017 May;46(5): 202-206
6. Zhang W, Chew ST, Liu W, Shen L, Ti LK. Anesth Analg. In Response. 2017 Mar;124(3):1012-1013
7. Eric Shih Hsiung Lee, Danny Tse Jiann Lim, Juvel Mabao Taculod, Juliet Tolentino Sahagun, Joerie Pasive Otero, Kaimin Teo, Will Ne Hooi Loh, Addy Yong Hui Tan. Factors Associated with Reintubation in an Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2017 Mar;21(3):131-137
8. Chew ST, Ng RR, Liu W, Chow KY, Ti LK. Acute kidney injury increases the risk of end-stage renal disease after cardiac surgery in an Asian population: a prospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol. 2017 Feb 13;18(1):60
9. V Ng, A Paramasivan, WS Loh, W Loh, D Khoo, TL Lee. Multiple episodes of airway management in a child with Klippel-Feil syndrome. Anaesthesia Cases. 2017 Feb 27; 2017-0042: ISSN 2396-8397
Publication Year 2016
1. Chen FG, Ti LK, Dong C. Call for a systematic approach to teaching trauma in medical schools. Med Teach. 2016 Jan; 38(1): 101. Epub 2015 Jun 2. Impact factor: 2.355
2. Chew S, Ng R, Liu W, Goh SG, Caleb MG, Ti LK. Miniaturized versus conventional cardiopulmonary bypass and acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. Perfusion. 2016 Jan;31(1):60-7 (Epub 2015 Apr 24). Impact factor: 1.442
3. Swapna Thampi, Balakrishnan Ashokka, Florian Beske. Difficult Airway in an Infant with Acute Superior Vena Cava Syndrome following Central Venous Catheterisation. The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Anaesthesia Cases (online publication at http://www.anaesthesiacases.org/case-reports/2016-0006). 11 Feb 2016. IF: 0
4. Liaw SY, Wong LF, Lim EY, Ang SB, Mujumdar S, Ho JT, Mordiffi SZ, Ang EN. Effectiveness of a Web-Based Simulation in Improving Nurses' Workplace Practice With Deteriorating Ward Patients: A Pre- and Postintervention Study. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Feb 19;18(2):e37. IF: 4.532
5. K.S. Wee, F.C.K. Tan, Y.P. Cheong, S. Khanna, C.M. Low. Ontogenic Profile and Synaptic Distribution of GluN3 Proteins in the Rat Brain and Hippocampal Neurons. Neurochemical Research 2016; 41(1): 290-297. IF: 2.472
6. Ng RR, Tan GH, Liu W, Ti LK, Chew ST. The Association of Acute Kidney Injury and Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery in an Asian Prospective Cohort Study. Medicine 2016; 95 e3005. IF: 2.133
7. Long M, Goh PS, Ti LK. Inadvertent insertion of central venous catheter into a Blalock-Taussig shunt--a rare complication. Paediatr Anaesth. 2016 Mar;26(3):322-4. doi: 10.1111/pan.12802. IF: 2.082
8. Harish Mithiran, Jai Sule, Faizus Sazzad, Yilin Ong, Lian Kah Ti and Theo Kofidis. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery atrial clipping for atrial fibrillation. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals. 2016 May;24(4):372-4. Epub 2014 December 11. IF: 0
9. Liu EH, Tan Y, Loh NH, Siau C. Potential rapid solutions to maintain ventilation in the event of anaesthesia machine failure with no access to the patient's airway. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2016 May;44(3):376-81. IF: 1.283
10. Sok Ying Liaw, Lai Fun Wong, Sophia Bee Leng Ang, Jasmine Tze Yin Ho, Chiang Siau, Emily Neo Kim Ang. Strengthening the Afferent Limb of Rapid Response Systems: An Educational Intervention Using Web-based Learning for Early Recognition and Responding to Deteriorating Patients. BMJ Quality Safety 2016 Jun;25(6):448-56. IF: 4.996
11. Lee DW, Thampi S, Yap EP, Liu EH. Evaluation of a smartphone camera system to enable visualization and image transmission, to aid tracheal intubation with the Airtraq® laryngoscope. J Anesth. 2016 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print]. IF: 1.343
12. L. Q. Liew, W. W. Teo, B. H. Tan, S. M. Leong and A. Y. Tan. Ease of Intubation with the Mcgrath® Mac, C-Mac® or Macintosh Laryngoscopes by Novice Operators in Simulated Difficult Airways – A Manikin Study. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 2016; 16(8): 1-6. IF: 0
13. Kumar N, Zaw AS, Khine HE, Maharajan K, Wai KL, Tan B, Mastura S, Goy R. Blood Loss and Transfusion Requirements in Metastatic Spinal Tumor Surgery: Evaluation of Influencing Factors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Jun;23(6):2079-86. IF: 3.655
14. Zhang W, Liu W, Chew ST, Shen L, Ti LK. A Clinical Prediction Model for Postcardiac Surgery Atrial Fibrillation in an Asian Population. Anesth Analg. 2016 Jun 1 (epub). IF: 3.827
15. Nah CW, Ti LK, Liu W, Ng RR, Shen L, Chew ST. A clinical score to predict acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in a Southeast-Asian population. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 Jul 1 (Epub). IF: 1.329
16. Gosavi A, Vijayakumar PD, Ng BS, Loh MH, Tan LG, Johana N, Tan YW, Sandikin D, Su LL, Wataganara T, Biswas A, Choolani MA, Mattar CN. Rapid initiation of fetal therapy services with a system of learner-centred training under proctorship: the National University Hospital (Singapore) experience. Singapore Med J. 2016 Jul 21. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2016127. (epub). IF: 0.573
17. Lean LL, Hong RY, Ti LK. End-task versus in-task feedback to increase procedural learning retention during spinal anaesthesia training of novices. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2016 Jul 27. (epub). IF: 0
18. Saito T, Chew ST, Liu WL, Thinn KK, Asai T, Ti LK. A proposal for a new scoring system to predict difficult ventilation through a supraglottic airway. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jul 22. pii: aew191. (epub). IF: 5.616
19. Ashokka B, Narendiran ,Bhattacharya A, Pai D, Liang S, Subramanian S, Larmie ET, Chen FG. Inherent variability in airway characteristics of simulation manikins: is it time we standardised assessments of crisis management skills? BMJ simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning (BMJ STEL). Published 18th August 2016 doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2016-000109. IF: 0
20. Tan C, Lee SS, Yeo SY, Ashokka B, Samarasekera DD. Developing metacognition through effective feedback. Medical Teacher. 2016. Published online 23 August 2016. DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2016.1209472. IF: 2.355
21. Loh May-Han, Lean Lyn Li, Ng Bryan Su Wei, Loh Will Ne-Hooi. Inadvertent spinal injection of ondansetron. J Anesth. 2016 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print]. IF: 1.343
Book chapters:
1. Ashokka B, Bhattacharya A. Chapter 24: The critically ill septic child- Role of anaesthesiologist. Eds Ahuja S & Bhattacharya A. In Essentials of Paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care. 2016. ISBN: 978-81-239-2940-8. CBS publishers & distributors pvt ltd.
2. Bhattacharya, A; Ashokka B; Chapter 2: Changing perspectives in anaesthesia. Eds Sinha A- Morbid Obesity: anaesthesia and perioperative management. 2016 ISBN: 978-81-8193-086-6 book release on 10 Sept 2016.
Publication Year 2015
1. Jason Phua, FRCP; Gavin M. Joynt, FRCP; Masaji Nishimura, MD; Yiyun Deng, MD; Sheila Nainan Myatra, MD; Yiong Huak Chan, PhD; Nguyen Gia Binh, MD; Cheng Cheng Tan, MBBS; Mohammad Omar Faruq, MD; Yaseen M. Arabi, MD; Bambang Wahjuprajitno, MD; Shih-Feng Liu, MD; Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemian, MD; Waqar Kashif, MD; Dusit Staworn, MD; Jose Emmanuel Palo, MD; Younsuck Koh, MD. (Joined as collaborators and site investigators: Addy YH Tan). “Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments in Intensive Care Units in Asia.” JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(3):363-371. (Published online January 12, 2015). Impact factor: 13.116
2. Roderica Rui Ge Ng, Aung Myat Oo, Weiling Liu, Teing Ee Tan, Lian Kah Ti, Sophia Tsong Huey Chew. Changing glucose control target and risk of surgical site infection in a Southeast Asian population. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Jan;149(1):323-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.076. Epub 2014 Sep 17. Impact factor: 4.168
3. Liaw SY, Wong LF, Chan SW, Ho JT, Mordiffi SZ, Ang SB, Goh PS, Ang EN. Designing and evaluating an interactive multimedia Web-based simulation for developing nurses' competencies in acute nursing care: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jan 12;17(1):e5. Impact factor: 3.428
4. Lee YZ, Lee RQ, Thinn KK, Poon KH, Liu EH. How patients fare after anaesthesia for elective surgery: a survey of postoperative nausea and vomiting, pain and confusion. Singapore Med J. 2015 Jan;56(1):40-6. Impact factor: 0.597
5. Tikki Pang, Kee Seng Chia, Yap Seng Chong, Eugene Liu, Kishore Mahbubani, John Wong, Khay Guan Yeoh. Human Wellbeing and Security: a Whole of Planet Approach. The Lancet. 2015 Jan 31; 385(9966): 395-6. Impact factor: 45.217
6. Xi Yang, Taezoon Park, Kewin Siah, Sophia BL Ang, Yoel Donchin. One size fits all? Challenges faced by physicians during shift handovers in a hospital with high sender/recipient ratio. Singapore Med J. 2015 Feb;56(2):109-15. Impact factor: 0.597
7. Thang D Vu , Shripad N Pal, Lian Kah Ti, Eliana C Martinez, Rufaihah A Jalil, Lieng H Ling, Chuen-Neng Lee, Mark A Richards, Theodoros Kofidis. An autologous platelet-rich plasma hydrogel compound restores left ventricular structure, function and ameliorates adverse remodeling in a minimally invasive large animal myocardial restoration model: a translational approach: Vu and Pal "Myocardial Repair: PRP, Hydrogel and Supplements". Biomaterials. 2015 Mar;45:27-35. Impact factor: 8.557
8. Saito T, Wong ZW, Thinn KK, Poon KH, Liu E. Review of critical incidents in a university department of anaesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2015 Mar;43(2):238-43. Impact factor: 1.296
9. Ang SB. Error proofing to reduce the incidence of retained guide-wires after central venous catheterisation-a call to anaesthetists and manufacturers for collaborative action. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2015 Mar;43(2):276-7. Impact factor: 1.296
10. Yeoh TY, Chan KB, Yeo LS, Liu EH, Pan TL. An evaluation of the I-gel supraglottic airway in 70 pediatric patients. J Anesth. 2015 Apr;29(2):295-8. doi: 10.1007/s00540-014-1915-6. Epub 2014 Sep 12. Impact factor: 1.176
11. Kofidis T, Duc Vu T, Pal SN, Vaibavi SR, Chang G, Chua YC, Ti LK, Lee CN. Feasibility of transapical cardioscopic surgery in a pig model. J Card Surg. 2015 Apr;30(4):355-9. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12419. Epub 2014 Aug 7. Impact factor: 0.89
12. Rohit V. Agrawal and Addy Y. H. Tan. The Use of McGrath® MAC Video Laryngoscope in Difficult Airway. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 2015 Apr; 7(10): 867-71. Impact factor: 0
13. Fang Ming Lim, Andi S. Putra, Jo Ern Yeoh, Laird A Winata, Kok Kiong Tan, Sophia TH Chew, Lian Kah Ti. Development of an Automatic Blood Aspiration Device for Periodic Measurement of Blood Glucose Level. J Med Devices 2015 Jun; 9(2). Doi: 10.1115/1.4030143. Impact factor: 0.42
14. Liu EH, Asai T. Cannot intubate cannot ventilate-focus on the 'ventilate'. J Anesth. 2015 Jun;29(3):323-5. doi: 10.1007/s00540-014-1858-y. Epub 2014 Jun 19. Impact factor: 1.176
15. Hong CC, Wang SM, Nather A, Tan JH, Tay SH, Poon KH. Chlorhexidine Anaphylaxis Masquerading as Septic Shock. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2015;167(1):16-20. doi: 10.1159/000431358. Epub 2015 Jun 19. Impact factor: 2.673
16. Naresh Kumar, Qasim Ahmed, Victor K. M. Lee, Aye Sandar Zaw, Raymond Goy, Hee Kit Wong. Are We Ready for the Use of Intraoperative Salvaged Blood in Metastatic Spine Tumour Surgery? Eur Spine J. Doi; 10.1007/s00586-015-4112-x. Epub 19 July 2015. Impact factor: 2.066
17. Eric S.H. Lee, Usha Narasimhan, Theodoros Kofidis, Lian Kah Ti. Difficulties With the Use of Thromboelastometry in a Patient With Antiphospholipid Syndrome Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Aug;29(4):1016-20. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.02.006. Epub 2014 Sep 10. Impact factor: 1.463
18. Tikki Pang, Yap Seng Chong, Hildy Fong, Eva Harris, Richard Horton, Kelley Lee, Eugene Liu, Kishore Mahbubani, Mari Pangestu, Khay Guan Yeoh, John Eu-Li Wong. Yes we can! The Raffles Dialogue on Human Wellbeing and Security. Lancet Global Health. 2015 Aug; 3(8): e496-500. Impact factor: 10.042
19. Saito T, Liu W, Chew ST, Ti LK. Incidence of and risk factors for difficult ventilation via a supraglottic airway device in a population of 14 480 patients from South-East Asia. Anaesthesia. 2015 Sep;70(9):1079-83. doi: 10.1111/anae.13153. Epub 2015 Jun 6. Impact factor: 3.382
20. Rui Ge Ng, Sophia Tsong Huey Chew, Weiling Liu, Peng-Guan Ong, Michael George Caleb, Lian Kah Ti. The inflammatory response between miniaturised and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass after cardiac surgery in an Asian population. Perfusion. 2015 Sep;30(6):487-94. Epub 2014 Dec 11. Impact factor: 0.935
21. Ashokka Balakrishnan, King Christopher. Major Leak from bottom-loading sodalime canister on a GE Datex-Ohmeda Aespire 7900. Anaesthesia Intensive Care. 2015 Nov;43(6):794-5. Impact factor: 1.296
22. Sim Ming Ann, Liu Weiling, Ng Roderica RG, Ti Lian Kah, Chew Sophia TH. Wider Perioperative Glycemic Fluctuations Increase Risk of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study. Medicine. 2015 November, 94(44): e1953. Impact factor: 5.723
23. Chang G, Lim RT, Vu TD, Kofidis T, Ti LK. Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Exicion of a Myocardial Pseudoaneurysm. Anesth Analg. 2015 Dec;121(6):1464-6. Impact factor: 3.472
24. Tze Yeng Yeoh, Elizabeth Ng, Agasthian T, Lian Kah Ti. Lung injury from use of a suction catheter via the double lumen tube. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2015 Dec; 29 (6): 1619-20. Epub: 2014 December 19. Impact factor: 1.463
BOOK PUBLICATION 2015:
1. Ashokka Balakrishnan. Text book of critical care. Chapter No 79 : Integrating palliative care in intensive care. Eds; Mehta Y, Sharma J & Gupta MK. 2015, Jaypee
2. Ashokka Balakrishnan. Essentials of Paediatric anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Section 4 - Intensive care: "The Critically ill child”. Ed Ahuja S. 2015, in Press.
3. Russell Allan, Andrea Baldwin, Anna Batchelor, Ne-Hooi Will Loh, et al. Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services. 2015.
Publication Year 2014
1. Guohao Chang, Vu duc Thang, Kristine Leok Kheng Teoh, Lian Kah Ti, Theodoros Kofidis. "Sutureless aortic valve implantation: first experience in Asia." Singapore Medical Journal. 2014; 55(11): 1-3. Impact factor: 0.597
2. Harish Mithiran, Jai Sule, Faizus Sazzad, Yilin Ong, Lian Kah Ti and Theo Kofidis. "Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery atrial clipping for atrial fibrillation." Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals. 2014 December 11. PMID: 25504982. Impact factor: 0
3. Sophia BL Ang, Sandhya Mujumdar, Seow Li Ching, Raymond Goy. "Our experience as an academic medical centre in the early recognition and management of the deteriorating patient in the general ward-a patient safety challenge." Anesthesia Intensive Care. 2014 Nov; 42(6):810-1. Impact factor: 1.296
4. Rex J. Morais, Ashokka Balakrishnan, Siau Chiang, and Ti Lian Kah. "Simulation of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Management: An Approach to Resident Training." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2014 Oct; 28(5):1387-1392. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.05.026. Impact factor: 1.463
5. Toby N Weingarten, Serena B Del Mundo, Tze Yeng Yeoh, Federica Scavonetto, Bradley C Leibovich, Juraj Sprung. "Hospitalization for partial nephrectomy was not associated with intrathecal opioid analgesia: Retrospective analysis." Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, Year 2014, Volume 8, Issue 4 [p. 517-522], DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.140879. Impact factor: 0
6. Rui Ge Ng, Sophia Tsong Huey Chew, Weiling Liu, Lian Kah Ti. " Persistent kidney injury at hospital discharge after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with normal preoperative serum creatinine and normal estimated glomerular filtration rate." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2014 Dec;28(6):1453-8. Epub: 2014 Sep 25. pii: S1053-0770(14)00201-8. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.05.007. Impact factor: 1.463
7. Sok Ying Liaw, Sally Wai-Chi Chan, Fun-Gee Chen, Shing Chuan Hooi, Chiang Siau " Comparison of virtual patient simulation with mannequin-based simulation for improving clinical performances in assessing and managing clinical deterioration: randomized controlled trial." Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014 September 17; 16(9):e214. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3322. Impact factor: 3.428
8. Ang SB, Hing WC, Tung SY, Park T "Experience with the use of the Codonics Safe Label System (™) to improve labelling compliance of anaesthesia drugs." Anaesthesia Intensive Care. July 2014; 42(4):500-6. Impact factor: 1.296
9. Juraj Sprung, Federica Scavonetto, Tze Yeng Yeoh, Jessica M Kramer, R Jeffrey Karnes, John H Eisenach, Darrell R Schroeder, Toby N Weingarten "Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy for Cancer: A Comparison Between General Anesthesia and Epidural Anesthesia with Fentanyl Analgesia: A Matched Cohort Study." Anesthesia and Analgesia 2014 Oct;119(4):859-66. Epub 2014 June 20. Impact factor: 3.472
10. Wong YL, Lim D, Ti LK. " Singapore SPICE: a prospective observational longitudinal cohort study of Sedation Practices in Intensive Care units in Singapore: 12AP1-1." European Journal of Anaesthesiology. June 2014; 31:196. Impact factor: 2.942
11. Tay EL, Hon JK, Yip JW, Teoh KL, Poh KK, Ang SB, Tan LK, Robless P. "Combined transcatheter therapy of aortic stenosis and thoracic aortic aneurysm." Ann Acad Med Singapore. May 2014; 43(5):279-81. Impact factor: 1.151
12. Federica Scavonetto, Tze Yeng Yeoh, Tasha L Welch, Toby N Weingarten, Juraj Sprung "Anesthesia and cor triatriatum." Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2014 Apr-Jun; 17(2):111-6. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.129833. PMID:24732609. Impact factor: 0
13. Sok Ying Liaw, Chiang Siau, Wen Tao Zhou, Tang Ching Lau "Interprofessional simulation-based education program: A promising approach for changing stereotypes and improving attitudes toward nurse-physician collaboration." Applied Nursing Research. 2014 Nov;27(4):258-60. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2014.03.005. Epub 2014 Apr 18. Impact factor: 0.733
14. Roderica Rui Ge Ng, Sophia Tsong Huey Chew, Weiling Liu, Liang Shen, Lian Kah Ti "Identification of modifiable risk factors for acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in an Asian population." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. April 2014, 1356-1361. Impact factor: 4.168
15. Tze Yeng Yeoh, Federica Scavonetto, Toby N. Weingarten, R. Jeffrey Karnes, Camille M. van Buskirk, Andrew C. Hanson, Darrell R. Schroeder and Juraj Sprung "Perioperative allogeneic nonleukoreduced blood transfusion and prostate cancer outcomes after radical prostatectomy." Transfusion 2014 Sep;54(9):2175-81. Epub 2014 Mar 24. doi: 10.1111/trf.12595. [Epub ahead of print]. Impact factor: 3.225
16. Vivienne H Ng, Charis EH Khoo, Sophia BL Ang, Agasthian T. "Double lumen tube insertion in the potentially difficult airway: A low-skill technique." British Journal of Anaesthesia. 12 March 2014. Impact factor: 4.853
17. Arielle Yi Jia ONG, HE Hong-Gu, Marie Li Mee TSEN, Tay Kwang Hui, Sally Wai Chi CHAN "Research in brief – A cross-sectional study of quality of life, pain intensity, psychological wellbeing and functional status of patients with chronic low back pain in Singapore." Singapore Nursing Journal. Jan-Mar 2014, Vol 41, (1). Impact factor: 0
18. Naresh Kumar, Qasim Ahmed, Victor K M Lee, Yongsheng Chen, Aye Sandar Zaw, Raymond Goy, Rohit Vijay Agrawal, Aisha Naheed Dhewar, Hee Kit Wong. "Can there be a place for intraoperative salvaged blood in spine tumor surgery?" Annals of surgical oncology. 2014 Jul; 21(7):2436-43. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-3569-x. Epub 2014 Feb 25. Impact factor: 3.93
19. Tze Yeng Yeoh, Federica Scavonetto, Ryan J. Hamlin, Harold M. Burkhart, Juraj Sprung, Toby N. Weingarten "Perioperative Management of Patients with DiGeorge Syndrome Undergoing Cardiac Surgery." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2014 Aug; 28(4):995-1001. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.10.025. Epub 2014 Jan 23. Impact factor: 1.463
20. Tze Yeng Yeoh, Erica D Wittwer, Toby N Weingarten, Juraj Sprung "Anesthesia and LEOPARD Syndrome: A Review of Forty-nine Anesthetic Exposures." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2014 Oct;28(5):1243-50. Epub 2014 Jan 23. pii: S1053-0770(13)00523-5. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.09.015. [Epub ahead of print]. Impact factor: 1.463
21. Hsien Jer Lim, Hanjing Lee, Lian Kah Ti "An audit of preoperative fasting compliance at a major tertiary referral hospital in Singapore." Singapore Medical Journal. 2014 Jan;55(1):18-23. Impact factor: 0.597
22. Sophia Tsong Huey Chew, Lian Kah Ti "Ethnicity and acute kidney injury: the correct definition of acute kidney injury?" British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2014 Jan; 112(1):177. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet453. Impact factor: 4.853
23. Sok Ying Liaw, Wen Tao Zhou, Tang Ching Lau, Chiang Siau, Sally Wai-Chi Chan "An interprofessional communication training using simulation to enhance safe care for a deteriorating patient." Nurse Education Today 34 (2014) 259-264. Impact factor: 1.364
24. F. Scavonetto, T. Y. Yeoh, E. C. Umbreit, T. N. Weingarten, M. T. Gettman, I. Frank, S. A. Boorjian, R. J. Karnes, D. R. Schroeder, L. J. Rangel, A. C. Hanson, R. E. Hofer, D. I. Sessler, and J. Sprung "Association Between Neuraxial Analgesia, Cancer Progression, and Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy: A Large, Retrospective Matched Cohort Study." British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2014 Jul; 113 Suppl 1:i95-102. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet467. Epub 2013 Dec 16. Impact factor: 4.853
25. Ng RR, Chew ST, Liu W, Shen L, Ti LK. Reply to the Editor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;148:367-8. Impact factor: 4.168
BOOK PUBLICATION 2014:
1. Tat Leang Lee and Zhen Zheng " Acupuncture Pain Research: Quantitative and Qualitative." Acupuncture for Pain Management. 2014.
Publication Year 2013
1. Eric Lee, Dong Haur Phua, Beng Leong Lim, Hsin Kai Goh "Severe chlorate poisoning successfully treated with methylene blue." The Journal of Emergency Medicine 2013, Vol 44, No. 2: 381-384. IP: 1.175
2. Sin El, Thong SY, Poon KH "Incidence of phantom limb phenomena after lower limb amputation in a Singapore tertiary hospital." Singapore Med J 2013, Feb: 54(2): 75-81. IP: 0.634
3. Kok Yuen Ho, Nicholas HL Chua, Jane M George, Sow Nam Yeo, Norhisham Bin Main, Chee Yong Choo, James WT Tan, Kian Hian Tan, Beng Yeong Ng "Evidence-based guidelines on the use of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain – a consensus statement by the pain association of Singapore task force." Annals Academy of Medicine March 2013, Vol. 42: No.3. IP: 1.221
4. EH Liu "Linking pay and performance" British Journal of Anaesthesia 111 (4):526-8, 2013. IP: 4.354
5. Chew ST, Mar WM, Ti LK "Association of ethnicity and acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in a South East Asian population."Br J Anaesth. 2013 Mar;110(3):397-401. Epub 2012 Nov 20. PubMed PMID: 23171723. IP: 4.354
6. Fan TW, Ti LK, Islam I. "Comparison of dexmedetomidine and midazolam for conscious sedation in dental surgery monitored by bispectral index." Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Jul;51(5):428-33. Epub 2012 Oct 8. PubMed PMID: 23058230. IP: 1.133
7. Tay AS, Liu EH, Lee TL, Miyazaki S, Nishimura W, Minami T, Chan YH, Low CM, Tachibana S "Cerebrospinal fluid of postherpetic neuralgia patients induced interleukin-6 release in human glial cell-line T98G." Neurochem Int. 2013 Sep 2;63(5):517-521. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24008207. IP: 2.65
8. Chen Y, Tai BC, Nayak D, Kumar N, Chua KH, Lim JW, Goy RW, Wong HK. "Blood loss in spinal tumour surgery and surgery for metastatic spinal disease: a meta-analysis." Bone Joint J. 2013 May; 95-B(5):683-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 23632682. IP: 2.801
9. Leung GK, Ang SB, Lau TC, Neo HJ, Patil NG, Ti LK. "Patient safety culture among medical students in Singapore and Hong Kong." Singapore Med J. 2013 Sep; 54(9):501-5. PubMed PMID: 24068058. IP: 0.634
10. Keah How Poon, Tat Leang Lee "Personalised and precision pain medicine – a dream coming true?" Annals Academy of Medicine, Oct 2013, Vol 42 No. 10. IP: 1.221
11. Aileen Ling Wan Tan, Raymond Goy "Anaesthetic management of a patient with Leigh’s syndrome with central hypoventilation and obstructive sleep apnoea." Singapore Med J 2013; 54(12): e250-e253. IP: 0.634
12. Augustin ID, Yeoh TY, Sprung J, Berry DJ, Schroeder DR, Weingarten TN. "Association between chronic kidney disease and blood transfusions for knee and hip arthroplasty surgery." The Journal of Arthroplasty June 2013; 28(6): 928-31. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.02.004. Epub 2013 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 23518427. IP: 2.369
13. Wei Wei Teo, Bryan Ng Su Wei. Combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labour in a patient with Marfan's syndrome and dural ectasia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2013 22, S2-S57
Publication Year 2012
1. Ti LK, Ang SB, Saw S, Sethi SK, Yip JW "Innovative strategy for effective critical laboratory result management: end-to-end process using automation and manual call centre." BMJ Qual Saf 2012; 21:657-662. IP: 2.394
2. Thanaporn L, Ti LK, Shivani M, Lye ST, Tan SA, Shen L, Kang DSC. "Anatomical variations of the internal jugular vein: implications for successful cannulation and risk of carotid artery puncture." Singapore Med J 2012; 53(5): 325-328. IP: 0.63
3. Ignacio JJ, Chan MF, Teo SH, Tsen LMM, Goy R. "Research in brief – The effect of music on pain, anxiety, and analgesic use on adults undergoing an orthopaedic surgery: A pilot study." Singapore Nurs J 2012: 39 No. 4, Oct – Dec 2012. IP: 0
4. Vu DT, Ti LK, Ong LC, Neo PH, Lee CN, Kofidis T. "Novel sutureless mitral valve implantation method involving a bayonet insertion and release mechanism: a proof of concept study in pigs." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 143:985-988. IP: 3.526
5. Phua J, Ho BC, Tee A, Chan KP, Johan A, Loo S, So CR, Chia N, Tan AY, Tham HM, Chan YH, Koh Y. "The impact of clinical protocols in the management of severe sepsis: a prospective cohort study." Anesth Intensive Care 2012; 40:663-74. IP: 1.396
6. Xu Pei-Chang, Lee Tat-Leang, Cui Shu-Li "Impacts on the skin temperature by the different distances of moxibustion: discussion on the safe distance of moxibusiton." Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Jul 2012; Vol 32, No. 7. IP: 0
7. Nivan Loganathan, Eugene Hern Choon Liu "Cricoid pressure: ritual or effective measure?" Singapore Med J 2012, 53(9): 620-622. IP: 0.63
8. JR Klinck, LTT Pan "Lessons from liver transplantation." Anaesthesia 2012; 67:1067-1071. IP: 2.958
9. Liaw Sok Ying, Siau Chiang, Gerald Seng Wee Chua, Piyanee Klainin-Yobas "Research in brief – Interprofessional learning in undergraduate education through simulation crisis team training." Singapore Nursing Journal 2012; July-Sept, Vol 39, No. 3:36-38. IP: 0
10. Mattar I, MF Chan, C Childs and E F G Chen. "The restless mind: Quantitative investigation of prevalent risk factors of delirium in critical care patients". International Journal of Nursing Practice, 18 (Supplement on 1) (2012): 6. (Australia). Publication no. 0513539. IP: 0.881
11. Liu EH, Li C, Govindasamy M, Neo HJ, Lee TL, Low CM, Tachibana S, “Elevated prepronociceptin, nociceptin/orphanin FQ and nocistatin concentrations in rat chronic constriction nerve injury and diabetic neuropathic pain model.” Neurosci Lett 2012; 506: 104-6. Epub 2011 Oct 29. IP: 2.026
12. Lean LL, Hegarty D, Harmon D. Analgesic effect of bilateral ultrasound-guided pudendal nerve blocks in management of interstitial cystitis. J Anesth. 2012 Feb;26(1):128-9. doi: 10.1007/s00540-011-1243-z. IF: 0.867
13. Yeo Soo Hoon, Lynn; Kyu Kyu Thinn; Poon Keah How; Eugene Liu. Compliance to Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis During Surgery. Annals Academy of Medicine September 2012, Vol. 41 (Suppl) No. 9.
BOOK PUBLICATION:
1. Tan AYH "End Tidal CO2", Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine, 2012, Part 5, 862-867, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-00418-6_140; Springer Reference, Vincent, Jean Louis; Hall, Jesse (Eds)
Publication Year 2011
1. Bennett GJ, Liu GK, Xiao WH, Hai WJ, Siau C, “Terminal arbor degeneration – a novel lesion produced by the antineoplastic agent paclitaxel.” Eur J Neurosci 2011; 33:1667-76. IP: 3.631
2. He HG, Lee TL, Jahja R, Sinnappan R, Vehvilainen-Julkunen K, Polkki T, Neo EKA.,“ The Use of nonpharmacological methods for children’s postoperative pain relief. Singapore Nurses’ Perspectives.” J Spec Pediatr Nurs 2011; 16:27-38. IP: 0.833
3. Liu EH, Das De S, Kumar N., “Suppression of motor evoked potentials with preservation of somatosensory evoked potentials.” Brit J Anaesth 2011 {E Letter 16 Nov}. http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/forum/topic/brjana_el%3b8066. IP: 4.243
4. Saw S, Loh TP, Ang SBL, Yip JWL, Sethi SK, “Meeting regulatory requirements by the use of cell phone text message notification with autoescalation and loop closure for reporting of critical laboratory results.” Am J Clin Pathol 2011; 136:30-34. IP: 2.598
5. Thain S, Ang SB, Ti LK, “Medical students’ preferred style of learning patient safety.” BMJ Quality and Safety 2011;20:201. IP : NA
6. Bhattacharya A, Ashokka B & Krishnaswamy N. Newer Teaching technologies in anaesthesia. Role of Simulation. Apollo medicine, 2011; 8 (2) 118-125. IF: NA
Publication Year 2010
1. He HG, TL Lee, R Jahaja, Emily Neo Kim Ann, Rajammal Sinnappan, K Vehvilainen-Jaulkunen, and MF Chan, “Nurses’ use of non-pharmacological methods in children’s postoperative pain management: educational intervention study.” Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66, no. 11 (2010): 2398-2409. IF: 1.54
2. Wah Tze Tan, Joyce ML Choy, Joanna Foo, “A 5-year profile of trauma admissions to the surgical care unit of a tertiary hospital in Singapore.” Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010; 39: 363-7. IF: 1.203
3. Asai T, Liu EH, “The i-gel, a new supraglottic airway.” Masui. 2010, Jun; 59(6): 794-7. Japanese. IF: 0
4. Tan BH, Chen FG, Liu EH, “An evaluation of the laryngeal mask airway supreme in 100 patients.” Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 2010 May; 38(3): 550-4. (PMID: 20514967; Updated: 9 Dec 2011). Publication no. 0507288. IF: 1.128
5. Khoo D, Chiam Y, Ng P, Berrick AJ, Koong HN. Phasing-out Tobacco: Proposal to Deny Access to Tobacco for those Born from 2000. Tob Control. 2010 Oct; 19(5): 355-60. IF: 3.077
6. Lee LC, Poh KK, Tang TP, Tan YL, Tee HW, Tan HC. The impact of gender on the outcomes of invasive versus conservative management of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010 Mar;39(3):168-72
Publication Year 2009
1. EHC Liu, RWL Goy, BH Tan and T Asai, "Tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopes in patients with cervical spine immobilization: a randomized trial of the Airway Scope(R) and the GlideScope®." British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2009; 103(3): 446-451. (United Kingdom)
2. EHC Liu, R Wender and AJ Goldman, "The LMA CTrach™ in patients with difficult airways (case report)." Anesthesiology 2009 Apr; 110(4): 941-943. (United States)
3. T Asai, EHC Liu, S Matsumoto, Y Hirabayashi, N Seo, A Suzuki, T Toi, K Yasumoto and Y Okuda, "Use of the Pentax-AWS in 293 patients with difficult airways." Anesthesiology 2009 Apr; 110(4): 898-904. (United States)
4. BSW Ng, RWL Goy, JA Bain, EFG Chen and EHC Liu, "The impact of manual in-line stabilisation on ventilation and visualisation of the glottis with the LMA CTrach: a randomised crossover trial.” Anaesthesia 2009 Aug; 64(8): 8 (2009): 894-898. (United Kingdom)
5. BH Tan, EHC Liu, RTC Lim, MHL Liow and RWL Goy, "Ease of intubation with the GlideScope or Airway Scope by novice operators in simulated easy and difficult airways--a manikin study." Anaesthesia 2009 Feb; 64(2): 187-190. (United Kingdom)
6. LK Ti, EFG Chen, GM Tan, WT Tan, JMJ TAN, L SHEN and RWL Goy, "Experiential learning improves the learning and retention of endotracheal intubation." Medical Education 2009 Jul; 43(7): 654-660. (United Kingdom)
7. LIAW, S Y, E F G Chen, P (KLAININ) YOBAS, J. D Brammer, P O B ANTHONY and D S DUJEEPA, "Developing clinical competency in crisis event management: an integrated simulation problem-based learning activity". Advances in Health Sciences Education, 15, no. 3 (2009): 403-413. (United States). (PMID: 19916052). Publication no. 0437049
8. Koong HN, Khoo D, Higbee C, Travers M, Hyland A, Cummings KM, Dresler C. Global Air Monitoring Study: a Multi-Country Comparison of Levels of Indoor Air Pollution in Different Workplaces. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2009 Mar; 38(3): 202-6
9. Yeo SN, Tay KH. Pain prevalence in Singapore Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2009 Nov;38(11):937-42
1. EHC Liu, RWL Goy, Y Lim and EFG Chen, "Success of tracheal intubation with intubating laryngeal mask airways: a randomized trial of the LMA Fastrach and LMA CTrach." Anesthesiology 2008 Apr; 108(4): 621-626. (United States)
2. EHC Liu, KH Poon, BS Ng, EYY Goh and RWL Goy, "The Airway Scope, a new video laryngoscope: its use in three patients with cervical spine problems (letter)." British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2008; 100(1): 142-143. (United Kingdom)
3. LK Ti, BL Goh, PS Wong, P Ong, SG Goh and CN Lee, "Comparison of Mini-Cardiopulmonary Bypass System with Air-Purge Device to Conventional Bypass System." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 Mar; 85(3): 994-1001. (United States)
4. GM Tan, LK Ti, KH Tan and TL Lee, "A comparison of screen-based simulation and conventional lectures for undergraduate teaching of crisis management." Anaesthesia And Intensive Care 2008 Jul; 36(4): 565-9. (United States)
5. Bee H. Tan, Usha Narasimhan, Eugene H. C. Liu, "Use of a bougie to overcome malposition of the Airway Scope during difficult tracheal intubation." Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2008 Apr; 55(4): 253-4
Publication Year 2007
1. R Sethuraman, MG Krishnamoorthy, TL Lee, EHC Liu, C Siau, W Nishimura, M Sakai, T Minami and S Tachibana, "Simultaneous Analysis of D- and L-Serine in Cerebrospinal Fluid by Use of HPLC." Clinical Chemistry 2007; 53(8): 1489-1494. (United States). (A sensitive analysis method for D-serine in CSF)
2. T Asai, RWL Goy and EHC Liu, "Cricoid pressure prevents placement of the laryngeal tube and laryngeal tube-suction II." British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2007; 99(2): 282-285. (United Kingdom)
3. T Joseph, TL Lee, C LI, C Siau, Y Nishiuchi, T Kimura and S Tachibana, "Levels of neuropeptides nocistatin, nociceptin/orphanin FQ and their precursor protein in a rat neuropathic pain model." Peptides 2007 Jul; 28(7): 1433-1440. (United States)
4. JA Kazi and EFG Chen, "Effect of Gabapentin on c-Fos expression in the CNS after paw surgery in rats." Journal Of Molecular Neuroscience 2007; 32(3): 228-234. (United States)
5. JA Kazi, EHC Liu, TL Lee and S Tachibana, "Localization of nocistatin-binding sites in mice brain and spinal cord using a biotinylated nocistatin probe." Neuroreport 2007 May; 18( 8): 767-770. (United States)
6. JA Kazi and EFG Chen, "Gabapentin completely attenuated the acute morphine induced c-Fos expression in the rat striatum." Journal Of Molecular Neuroscience 2007; 32(1): 47-52. (United States)
7. JA Kazi, EHC Liu, TL Lee and S Tachibana, "Nocistatin attenuated the nociceptin induced c-FOS expression in the mouse hippocampus". Neuropeptides 2007; 41(4): 227-31. (United Kingdom)
8. EHC Liu, TL Lee, Y Nishiuchi, T Kimura and S Tachibana, "Nocistatin and its derivatives antagonize the impairment of short term acquisition induced by nociceptin." Neuroscience Letters 2007 Apr; 416(2): 155-159. (Netherlands)
9. LL Li, KY Cheong, L K Yaw and EHC Liu, "The accuracy of surrogate decisions in intensive care scenarios." Anaesthesia And Intensive Care 2007 Feb; 35(1): 46-51. (United States)
Publication Year 2006
1. EHC Liu, RWL GOY and EFG Chen, "An evaluation of poor LMA CTrach views with a fibreoptic laryngoscope and the effectiveness of corrective measures." British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2006 Dec; 97(6): 878-82. (United Kingdom).
2. EHC Liu, RWL Goy and EFG Chen, "The LMA CTrach, a new laryngeal mask airway for endotracheal intubation under vision: evaluation in 100 patients." British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006 Mar; 96(3): 396-400. (United Kingdom)
3. Z Ye, EHC Liu, JP Higgins, BD Keavney, GD Lowe, R Collins and J Danesh, "Seven haemostatic gene polymorphisms in coronary disease: meta-analysis of 66,155 cases and 91,307 controls." Lancet 2006 Feb, 367(9511): 651-8. (United Kingdom)
4. X Liu, TL Lee and PTH Wong, "Cyclooxygenase-1 inhibition shortens the duration of diazepam-induced loss of righting reflex in mice." Anesthesia And Analgesia 2006 Jan; 102(1): 135-140. (United States)
5. T Joseph, TL Lee, N Chou, Y Nishiuchi, T Kimura, H Jikuya, K Ou, CC Yau and S Tachibana, "Identification of mature nocistatin and nociceptin in human brain and cerebrospinal fluid by mass spectrometry combined with affinity chromatography and HPLC." Peptides 2006 Jan; 27: 122-30. (United States)
6. R Sethuraman, TL Lee, JW Chui and S Tachibana, "Changes in amino acids and nitric oxide concentration in cerebrospinal fluid during labor pain." Neurochemical Research 2006; 31(9): 1127-33. (United States)
7. TL Lee, "Unilateral bronchospasm after interpleural analgesia with bupivacaine."Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2006 Apr; 50(4): 518-9. (Denmark)
8. EHC Liu, Y Nishiuchi, T Kimura and S Tachibana, "Supraspinal nocistatin and its amide derivative antagonize the hyperalgesic effects of nociceptin in mice." Neuroscience Letters Apr;397(1-2): 59-63.(Netherlands)
9. Lian-Kah Ti, Gee-Mei Tan, Sabrina Gwendolyn MY Khoo, Fun-Gee Chen, " The impact of experiential learning on NUS medical students: our experience with task trainers and human-patient simulation." Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2006 Sep;35(9):619-23