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Dr Lim Tian Jin

Tel:

+65 6772 4200

URL:

https://www.nuh.com.sg/anaesthesia

Designations:

Senior Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia, National University Hospital
Senior Consultant, FAST Programme (Get Better), Alexandra Hospital
Senior Consultant, Chronic Programme (Live Better), Alexandra Hospital

Qualifications:

MBBS (S'pore), M.Med (Anaesthesia) (S'pore), FANZCA

Specialties:

Anaesthesiology (Anaesthesia)

Sub-Specialties:

Chronic Programme (Live Better), FAST Programme (Get Better)

Special Interests:

Surgical Intensive Care

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Biosketch

Dr Lim is a senior consultant in the department of Anaesthesia and is the current director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

His interests are in neuroanaesthesia, and management of critically ill patients. He is also interested in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia, providing specialist care for obstetric patients in labour, or requiring anaesthesia for Caesarean section.

Area of Interest:
1. Critical Care
2. Neuro anaesthesia
3. Obstetric and Gynaecologic anaesthesia including labour epidural
4. Airway management
5. Regional Anaesthesia

Journals & Publications

Research and Publications:

Previous research projects

Ease of intubation with the GlideScope or Macintosh laryngoscope by inexperienced operators in simulated difficult airways - published
Evaluation of ease of intubation with the GlideScope or Macintosh laryngoscope by anaesthetists in simulated easy and difficult laryngoscopy - published

Papers published

"Ease of intubation with the GlideScope or Macintosh laryngoscope by inexperienced operators in simulated difficult airways", Can J Anaesth. 2004 Jun-Jul;51(6):641-2.
"Evaluation of ease of intubation with the GlideScope or Macintosh laryngoscope by anaesthetists in simulated easy and difficult laryngoscopyAnaesthesia. 2005 Feb;60(2):180-3.
"Minidose Intraspinal Local Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery in a Parturient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy" Asean Journal of Anaesthesiology. 2004 Dec: 5 (2) 125-8

Abstracts presented at conferences:

"Minidose Intraspinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery in a Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy", Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology Conference, New York, 2002.