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2024/01/25
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Asst Prof Irwani Ibrahim

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Designations:

  • Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital

Qualifications:

MBBS (Singapore), FRCS (A&E), FAMS, MPH (Australia)

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Emergency Medicine

Special Interests:

Critical Care Medicine, Health Services Research, Non-invasive ventilation,  Evidence-based Medicine

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Biosketch

Dr Irwani Ibrahim is a Senior Consultant in the Emergency Medicine Department at NUH. She graduated with MBBS from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and obtained her FRCS (A&E) from Edinburgh, UK. She went on to obtain a Master in Public Health from the University of Western Australia on an NMRC research fellowship. 

In 2010, she was part of a 4-member team that was awarded the National Medical Excellence Award. This team pioneered the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in the emergency department for patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. To date, NIV is a routine service adapted by all emergency departments in Singapore and the use has been expanded to many conditions causing respiratory failure. She continues to audit the service and teach NIV use to staff. 

In her work, she continues to teach medical students and residents. She is an examiner in the emergency medicine specialist exit examinations, both in the clinical and the critical appraisal topic (CAT) sections. 

Dr Irwani is an active researcher having authored over 30 publications. She has held the position of Deputy Program Director in the National University Hospital Residents Research Program and was awarded Best Research Mentor by the Wong Hock Boon Research Society in 2012.

She is a long-time advocate for evidence-based medicine and was appointed the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Evidenced-based Medicine and Nursing (APEBMN) since 2017. This workshop provides the skills required to appraise the ever-growing medical literature among healthcare professionals to make optimal decisions for ordering tests and treatment for patients.

Dr Irwani is interested in collaboration in the following areas: health services research that addresses the gap between the emergency department and primary care, the study of human factors in decision making and doctor-patient interaction.

Journals & Publications

  1. Chua, M. T., Kuan, W. S., Zheng, C. Q., Tiah, L., Kumar, R., Wong, Y. K. Y., Lin, J., Liang, S., Mayland, C. R., Shi, L., Ibrahim, I., & Yash Pal, R. (2021). Validation of "Care of the Dying Evaluation" in Emergency Medicine (CODE-EM): pilot phase of end-of-life management protocol offered within emergency room (EMPOWER) study. Ann Palliat Med. doi:10.21037/apm-21-380
  2. Ibrahim, I., Macatangay, R., Chai, C. Y., Khoo, C. M., & Mahadevan, M. (2021). 24-hr observation unit is safe location for rapid glucose control in uncomplicated severe hyperglycaemia. BMC Emerg Med, 21(1), 66. doi:10.1186/s12873-021-00460-0
  3. Yash Pal, R., Kuan, W. S., Tiah, L., Kumar, R., Wong, Y. K. Y., Shi, L., Zheng, C. Q., Lin, J., Liang, S., Segara, U. C., Yong, W. C., Chan, N. G. C., Chua, M. T., & Ibrahim, I. (2020). End-of-life management protocol offered within emergency room (EMPOWER): study protocol for a multicentre study. BMJ Open, 10(4), e036598. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036598
  4. Ibrahim, I., Kuan, W. S., Tan, E. Y. Q., & See, K. C. (2020). Asynchronous platform for a resident research showcase. Med Educ, 54(11), 1068-1069. doi:10.1111/medu.14333
  5. Ibrahim, I., Kuan, W. S., Yau, Y. W., Chua, M. T., Lin, Z., Cheng, L., Zheng, Q., Shi, L., Samuel, M., Souza, N. N. A., & Chan, E. S. Y. (2020). Different rate‐controlling agents for the management of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate in the emergency department: a network meta‐analysis.
  6. Ibrahim, I., Chua, M. T., Tan, D. W., Yap, S. H., Shen, L., & Ooi, S. B. S. (2019). Impact of 24-hour specialist coverage and an on-site CT scanner on the timely diagnosis of acute aortic dissection. Singapore Med J. doi:10.11622/smedj.2019039
  7. Ibrahim, I., Kuan, W. S., Frampton, C., Troughton, R., Liew, O. W., Chong, J. P., Chan, S. P., Tan, L. L., Lin, W. Q., Pemberton, C. J., Ooi, S. B., & Richards, A. M. (2017). Superior performance of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide for diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure in an Asian compared with a Western setting. Eur J Heart Fail, 19(2), 209-217. doi:10.1002/ejhf.612
  8. Ibrahim, I., Chor, W. P., Chue, K. M., Tan, C. S., Tan, H. L., Siddiqui, F. J., & Hartman, M. (2016). Is arterial base deficit still a useful prognostic marker in trauma? A systematic review. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 34(3), 626-635. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.012
  9. Ibrahim, I., Yau, Y. W., Ong, L., Chan, Y. H., & Kuan, W. S. (2015). Arterial Puncture Using Insulin Needle Is Less Painful Than With Standard Needle: A Randomized Crossover Study. Academic Emergency Medicine, 22(3), 315-320. doi:10.1111/acem.12601
  10. Kuan, W. S., Ibrahim, I., Chan, S. P., Li, Z., Liew, O. W., Frampton, C., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C. J., Chong, J. P. C., Tan, L. L., Lin, W., Ooi, S. B. S., & Richards, A. M. (2020). Mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin outperforms N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for the diagnosis of acute heart failure in the presence of atrial fibrillation. Eur J Heart Fail, 22(4), 692-700. doi:10.1002/ejhf.1660
  11. Kuan, W. S., Ibrahim, I., Leong, B. S., Jain, S., Lu, Q., Cheung, Y. B., & Mahadevan, M. (2016). Emergency Department Management of Sepsis Patients: A Randomized, Goal-Oriented, Noninvasive Sepsis Trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 67(3), 367-378.e363. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.010

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Emergency Medicine in Singapore (SEMS), Member

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