Dr Hilda Hu is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Anaesthesia. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne in 2007 and gained Fellowship with the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2017 along with specialist accreditation from the Singapore Medical Council. She is the Associate Program Director of the NHG Anaesthesia residency program and site director for Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. In addition, she serves as the Anaesthesia lead for the Emergency Laparotomy Pathway. Her special interests lie in medical education and geriatric surgery.

Publications

• Aug 2022 J Clin Monit Comput Vol 36 (4): 1139-1145
  “Comparing the first attempt tracheal intubation success of the hyperangulated McGrath X-blade vs the Macintosh type C-mac videolaryngoscope in patients with cervical immobilization: a two-centre randomization control trial”
  J Zhang, LZ Tan, H Toh, CW Foo, S Witjeratne, H Hu, E Seet

• Oct 2021 Acute Medicine and Surgery Vol 28; 8 (1): e702
  “Initial emergency laparotomy outcomes following transdisciplinary preoperative care pathway in Singapore”
  MW Ong, SS Goh, WJ Tung, WW Lim, HH Hu, CY Lim, P Ng, KY Tan, J Goo

• Apr 2021 Korean J Anaesthesiol Vol 74 (2): 175-177
  “Continued catastrophic cardiovascular collapse following intra operative hydrogen peroxide irrigation: time to reconsider its use!”
  HH Hu, WH Tan, DH Park, CM Kumar

• Mar 2020 Annals, Academy of Medicine Singapore Vol49 (3): 166-170
  “Emergency laparotomy outcomes: Higher first-year mortality in the elderly”
  SS Goh, MW Ong, WW Lim, HH Hu, YC Wong, K Naidu, J Goo