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Amudha Poobalan
Researcher at University of Aberdeen
Publications - 62
Citations - 5029
Amudha Poobalan is an academic researcher from University of Aberdeen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Weight loss & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 55 publications receiving 4594 citations.
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Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement
Alison Avenell,John Broom,Tamara Brown,Amudha Poobalan,Lorna Aucott,Sally C. Stearns,William Cairns Stewart Smith,R. T. Jung,Marion K Campbell,A. M. Grant +9 more
TL;DR: The drugs orlistat and sibutramine appear beneficial for the treatment of adults with obesity, and metformin for obese patients with type 2 diabetes, and exercise and/or behaviour therapy appear to improve weight loss when added to diet.
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A review of chronic pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy.
Amudha Poobalan,Julie Bruce,W. Cairns S. Smith,P. M. King,Zygmunt H Krukowski,W Alastair Chambers +5 more
TL;DR: The frequency of chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair was found to be as high as 54%, much more than previously reported, and quality of life of patients is affected.
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Chronic pain and quality of life following open inguinal hernia repair.
Amudha Poobalan,Julie Bruce,P. M. King,W. A. Chambers,Zygmunt H Krukowski,William Cairns Stewart Smith +5 more
TL;DR: The aim was to determine the frequency and characteristics of chronic pain following open inguinal hernia repair and to identify risk factors for its development.
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Obesity as an independent risk factor for elective and emergency caesarean delivery in nulliparous women--systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the association between increasing maternal body mass index (BMI) and elective/emergency caesarean delivery rates and found that women with higher BMI were more likely to have emergency caesar-section.
Obesity as an independent risk factor for elective and emergency caesarean delivery in nulliparous women – Systematic review.
TL;DR: The objective of the study was to investigate the association between increasing maternal body mass index (BMI) and elective/emergency caesarean delivery rates and systematic review and meta‐analysis of published cohort studies were used.