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2024/03/11
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Prof Lim Tow Keang

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Designations:

  • Senior Consultant, Division of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital
  • Senior Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
  • Senior Consultant, Division of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital

Qualifications:

MBBS (Distinction), M Med (Internal Medicine), FAMS (Respiratory Medicine), Fellow Royal College of Physicians, Edin & Lon

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Intensive Care Medicine, Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Medicine

Special Interests:

Improvement in Safety, Quality and Expertise

Journals & Publications

  1. Lim, T. K. (2020). The Facts, Fallacies and Uncertainties about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 49(6), 343-345.
  2. Chew, M. Y., Ng, J., & Lim, T. K. (2019). Diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis by pooling induced sputum. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 15. doi:10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100100
  3. Chan, H. P., & Lim, T. K. (2019). Procalcitonin and antibiotics in moderate-severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: to use or not to use. CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE, 25(2), 150-157. doi:10.1097/MCP.0000000000000548
  4. Molton, J. S., Thomas, B. A., Pang, Y., Khor, L. K., Hallinan, J., Naftalin, C. M., . . . Paton, N. I. (2019). Sub-clinical abnormalities detected by PET/MRI in household tuberculosis contacts. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 19, 7 pages. doi:10.1186/s12879-019-3705-0
  5. Prabhakaran, L., Yap, C. W., Neo, L. P., Gan, C. C., Tham, L. M., Wong, W. M., . . . Lim, T. K. (2018). Effectiveness of the eCARE Programme: A Short Message Service (SMS) for Asthma Monitoring. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 47(6), 233-236.
  6. Benton, M. J., Lim, T. K., Ko, F. W. S., Kan-o, K., & Mak, J. C. W. (2018). Year in review 2017: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. Respirology, 23(5), 538-545. doi:10.1111/resp.13285
  7. Lim, T. K., Chee, C., Chow, P., Chua, G., Eng, S. K., Goh, S. K., . . . Yeung, M. (2018). Ministry of health clinical practice guidelines: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Singapore Medical Journal, 59(2), 76-86. doi:10.11622/smedj.2018015
  8. Lim, T. K., & Siow, W. T. (2018). Pneumonia in the tropics. RESPIROLOGY, 23(1), 28-35. doi:10.1111/resp.13137
  9. Tan, V. S. R., Phua, J., & Lim, T. K. (2017). In sepsis, beyond adherence, timeliness matters. JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE, 9(9), 2808-2811. doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.08.65
  10. Lim, T. K., Ko, F. W. S., Benton, M. J., Berge, M. V. D., & Mak, J. (2017). Year in review 2016: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. Respirology, 22(4), 820-828. doi:10.1111/resp.13037

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