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Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai
Researcher at National Defence University of Malaysia
Publications - 14
Citations - 172
Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai is an academic researcher from National Defence University of Malaysia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 11 publications receiving 62 citations.
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Favipiravir use in COVID-19: Analysis of suspected adverse drug events reported in the WHO database
Rimple Jeet Kaur,Jaykaran Charan,Siddhartha Dutta,Paras Sharma,Pankaj Bhardwaj,Praveen Sharma,Halyna Lugova,Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai,Salequl Islam,Mainul Haque,Sanjeev Misra +10 more
TL;DR: Favipiravir appears to be a relatively safe drug that may explain the improvement in critically ill patients and reduce inflammatory markers, according to a review of adverse drug events reported in the WHO pharmacovigilance database.
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Review of Contemporary and Forthcoming Detection Tools
Mumtarin Jannat Oishee,Tamanna Ali,Nowshin Jahan,Shahad Saif Khandker,Ahsanul Haq,Mohib Ullah Khondoker,Bijon Kumar Sil,Halyna Lugova,Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai,Abdullahi Rabiu Abubakar,Santosh Kumar,Mainul Haque,Mohd. Raeed Jamiruddin,Nihad Adnan +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors elaborate on various COVID-19 diagnostic tools that are available or under investigation, including cell culture, followed by an indirect fluorescent antibody, is one of the most accurate methods for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Benefits of gamification in medical education
K. Krishnamurthy,Nikil Selvaraj,Palak Gupta,Benitta Cyriac,Puvin Dhurairaj,Adnan Abdullah,Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai,Halyna Lugova,Mainul Haque,Sophie Xie,Ang Eng-Tat +10 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of what is meant by gamification in this era of medical education and specific educational games, mobile apps, and virtual simulations that may be used for preclinical and clinical training have been discovered and classified.
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Prevalence of obesity and its associated risk factors among the elderly in Malaysia: Findings from The National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2015.
Suthahar Ariaratnam,Wan Shakira Rodzlan Hasani,Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai,Hamizatul Akmal Abd Hamid,Miaw Yn Jane Ling,Bee Kiau Ho,Sazlina Shariff Ghazali,Noorlaili Mohd Tohit,Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff +8 more
TL;DR: A substantial proportion of Malaysian elderly were obese, and factors associated with obesity among them were being female, having secondary education with a household income of RM 3000 and above and being hypertensive or diabetic.
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Risk perception of cardiovascular diseases among individuals with hypertension in rural Malaysia
Nazar Mohd Zabadi Mohd Azahar,Ambigga Devi S. Krishnapillai,Noor Hanita Zaini,Khalid Yusoff,Khalid Yusoff +4 more
TL;DR: This study shows that respondents who were not on medications, unaware of their hypertension status and those who had uncontrolled hypertension tended to underestimate their risk for CVD, and improving their CvPRS through a concerted health education may lead to better therapeutic behaviour and outcomes.