Paul Ananth Tambyah
National University of Singapore
55 Papers
222 Citations
Paul Ananth Tambyah is an academic researcher from National University of Singapore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Dengue fever. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 55 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul Ananth Tambyah include University Health System.
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Papers
Real-time epidemic monitoring and forecasting of H1N1-2009 using influenza-like illness from general practice and family doctor clinics in Singapore.
Jimmy Boon Som Ong,Mark I-Cheng Chen,Mark I-Cheng Chen,Alex R. Cook,Huey Chyi Lee,Vernon J. Lee,Vernon J. Lee,Vernon J. Lee,Raymond T. P. Lin,Paul Ananth Tambyah,Lee Gan Goh +10 more
TL;DR: The real-time surveillance system is able to show the progress of an epidemic and indicates when the peak is reached and can be used to form forecasts, including how soon the epidemic wave will end and when a second wave will appear if at all.
Financial burden and financial aid for medical students in Singapore: a national survey across all three medical schools.
Yeong Tze Wilnard Tan,Andrew Arjun Sayampanathan,Kannan Chidambaram,Yun Qing Koh,Jie Ming Nigel Fong,Jinrong Ivan Low,Chew Lip Ng,Paul Ananth Tambyah +7 more
TL;DR: Students in the three medical schools in Singapore differ in their financial needs and levels of financial support received, and a national approach to funding medical education may be needed to ensure that financial burdens do not hamper the optimal training of doctors for Singapore's future.
Review of the role of gastrointestinal multiplex polymerase chain reaction in the management of diarrheal illness.
Readon Teh,Wei De Tee,Wei De Tee,Eunice Tan,Kristie Fan,Calvin Jianyi Koh,Paul Ananth Tambyah,Jolene Oon,Nancy W S Tee,Alex Yu Sen Soh,Kewin Tien Ho Siah +10 more
TL;DR: Further studies are required to establish the utility of gastrointestinal multiplex PCR from a cost‐based perspective, whether specific enteropathogens such as Clostridioides difficile are better assessed with toxin gene detection and whether new parameters such as cycle threshold values can improve clinical application of test results.
Impact of financial background and student debt on postgraduate residency choices of medical students in Singapore.
Jie Ming Nigel Fong,Yeong Tze Wilnard Tan,Andrew Arjun Sayampanathan,Niraj Mohan,Yun Qing Koh,Jin Hao Justin Jang,Jin Rong Ivan Low,Anupama Vasudevan,Chew Lip Ng,Paul Ananth Tambyah +9 more
TL;DR: It is concerning that despite financial aid schemes, the cost of medical education remains a burden to students from lower-income households in Singapore, creating an undue push towards high-paying specialties.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Case Validation in an Anonymized Electronic Medical Record–Linked Expert System
Amartya Mukhopadhyay,Mahendran Maliapen,Venetia Ong,Rupert W. Jakes,Linda M. Mundy,Li Jialiang,Paul Ananth Tambyah +6 more
TL;DR: An electronic anonymized patient portal analysis using radiographic reports and admission and discharge diagnoses had sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 84.7%, 78.2%, 75%, and 87%, respectively, for community-acquired pneumonia validated against a blinded expert medical review.