Publications by authors named "W T Poh"

Article Synopsis
  • Advanced care planning (ACP) involves ongoing discussions among patients, families, and healthcare professionals about future healthcare needs.
  • Patients with rheumatic diseases often face significant symptoms and complications, but the rate of completed ACP in this group is low.
  • A quality improvement project in Singapore successfully increased ACP completion rates from 0 to 1 per month over a year through two Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, indicating a need for further research on enhancing ACP engagement in these patients.
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Introduction: Anaphylaxis was the first serious adverse event (AE) of special interest surfaced in Singapore following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Individuals who developed physician-diagnosed severe allergic reactions to the mRNA vaccines would be medically ineligible for mRNA vaccines and offered non-mRNA alternatives. This paper describes anaphylaxis reports received by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and presents a review of individuals who received heterologous COVID-19 vaccination.

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Objective: To assess the real-world effectiveness of ubrogepant by evaluating self-reported satisfaction with pain relief, ability to think clearly, and return to normal function in individuals who had used ubrogepant to treat a migraine episode within the preceding 14 days.

Background: Ubrogepant is an oral calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist approved for the acute treatment of migraine in adults. Few studies have evaluated the real-world effectiveness of ubrogepant.

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Regulatory studies have revolutionised over time. Today, the focus has shifted from animal toxicity testing to non-animal for regulatory safety testing. This move is in line with the international 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) principle and has also changed the regulator's perspective.

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Prediabetes is an early phase before diabetes. Diabetes and dietary inflammation are two crucial factors that are strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Dietary interventions slowed the progression of diabetes and CVD.

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