News & Articles

News

  1. ST (Mind Your Body), 11 October 2012 – Weighty problem for those with fatty livers
  2. ST: More kids suffer chronic bowel ailment (May 20 2014)
  3. ST Article: More have bowel disease that can raise cancer risk (May 30 2018)
  4. Sunday Times – Ready for Toilet Training (29 Aug 2010)
  5. FRISO’s Good Poop Advisory Panel, CNA Singapore Tonight, Lian He Zao Bao and The Vent Machine.
  6. Make Regular Toilet Breaks a Habit for Young Children is an educational lifestyle piece for parents with young children. Lian He Zao Bao on – (6 March 2022)
  7. Singapore Motherhood – Over 1 in 2 Singaporean Toddlers have Constipation — Does Yours? , is an educational article for parents with young children dealing with constipation. (14 April 2022)

Research Publications in peer-review local and international journals

  1. Ong C, Lim PT, Logarajah V, Liwanag MJ, Ang BX, Cher Y, Chiou FK, Kader A.BMC Gastroenterol. 2018 Dec 12;18(1):185. doi: 10.1186/s12876-018-0907-7.PMID: 30541458
    Exclusive enteral nutrition with concomitant early thiopurine use was effective in maintaining steroid-free remission in a Southeast Asian cohort of children with Crohn’s disease.
  2. Chong CY, Ong RY, Seah VX, Tan NW, Chan MY, Soh SY, Ong C, Lim AS, Thoon KC.J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Jan;56(1):123-129. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14506. Epub 2019 May 30.PMID: 31145505
    Taurolidine-citrate lock solution for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infection in paediatric haematology-oncology and gastrointestinal failure patients with high baseline central-line associated bloodstream infection rates.
  3. Lee WS, Karthik SV, Ng RT, Ong SY, Ong C, Chiou FK, Wong SY, Quak SH, Aw MM.Pediatr Neonatol. 2019 Aug;60(4):396-404. doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2018.09.007. Epub 2018 Oct 2.PMID: 31409456
    Characteristics and outcome of primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease in Asian children.
  4. Chiou FK, Ong C, Low Y, Chiang LW, Phua KB.J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2019 Sep-Oct;9(5):581-587. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 Mar 25.PMID: 31695248
    Non-Invasive Predictors for the First Variceal Hemorrhage in Children With Biliary Atresia After Kasai Portoenterostomy.
  5. Ong C, O’Toole E, Ghali, L, Malone M, Smith V, Callard R, Harper JI. 2004.LEKTI in the skin demonstrable by immunohistochemistry: a potential skin test for Netherton’s syndrome.British Journal of Dermatology 2004; 151: 1253-1257
  6. Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Cope J, Ong C, Harper JI.Topical recombinant alpha1-antitrypsin: a potential treatment for Netherton syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Mar;142(3):396-8
  7. N Visnuth, KB Phua, A Kader, HP Chu, C Ong. Omeprazole induced myositis in a child on triple therapy for Helicobacter Pylori. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Sep;55(3):338-9
  8. JX Siew, TL Yap, KB Phua, A Kader, MV Fortiere, Ong C. Annular Pancreas: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Child. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Sep;55(3):338-9
  9. Logarajah V, Phua KB, Yap TL, Ong C.“Obstructive uropathy in a child with severe chronic constipation”.Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2012. 21(3) Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  10. Ong C, Logarajah V. Gastric Pacing in a child with Severe Gastroparesis. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2012. 21(3) 205
  11. Ong CS, Ong C, Han WM. Evidence for Low Residue Diet in the Management of GI Related Conditions. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2012. 21(3) 172
  12. JH Li, MY Leong, KB Phua, Y Low, C Ong. Cap polyposis: A rare cause of rectal bleeding in children. World J Gastroenterol 2013 July 14; 19(26): 4201-4207
  13. Kader A, Ong C, Logarajah V, Phua KB, Tan ES.Urinary reducing substances in neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency. Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine 2014;3(2):e030211
  14. Pandey A, Salazar E, Kong CS, Lim WC, Ong J, Ong DE, Ong C, Aw M, Wee E, Chuah SW, Tan V, Tay WL, Nadkarni N, Ling KL. Risk of Major Abdominal Surgery in an Asian Population-based Crohns Disease Cohort. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2625-33
  15. Chong JH, Jamuar SS, Ong C, Thoon KC, Tan ES, Lai A, Aan MK, Tan WL, Foo R, Tan EC, Lau YL, Liew WK. Tricho-hepato-enteric-syndrome-THE-S-two-cases-and-review-of-the-literature. Eur J Pediatr 2015 Oct 15;174(10):1405-11
  16. Tan ZH, Phua KB, Ong C, Kader A. Prolonged-hepatitis-and-jaundice-a-rare-complication-of-paediatric-Epstein-Barr-virus-infection. Singapore Med J 2015 Jul;56(7):e112-5
  17. J Pichler, C Ong, N Shah, M Elawad. Histopathological Features of gastrointestinal biopsies in children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Pediatr Res. 2016 Jun;79(6):895-901. doi: 10.1038/pr.2016.27
  18. Chiang LW, Lee CY, Krishnaswamy G, Nah SA, Kader A, Ong C, Low Y, Phua KB. Seventeen years of Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia in a single Southeast Asian paediatric centre J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Apr;53(4):412-415
  19. Tan CX, Chan SM, Lee LY, Ong C, Phua KB, Aw MM, Saw S, Lee GH, Wong F, Thoon KC. Serologic Responses After Hepatitis B Vaccination in Preterm Infants Born to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Positive Mothers: Singapore Experience. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Aug;36(8):e208-e210
  20. Chiou FK, Ong C, Phua KB, Chedid F, Kader A. Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia presenting in first fourteen days in term neonates. World J Hepatol. 2017 Sep 18;9(26):1108-1114
  21. Heine RG, AlRefaee F, Bachina P, De Leon JC, Geng L, Gong S, Madrazo JA, Ngamphaiboon J, Ong C, Rogacion JM. Lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited. World Allergy Organ J. 2017 Dec 12;10(1):41
  22. Gwee KA, Lee WW, Ling KL, Ong C, Simadibrata M, Abdullah M, Sollano JD, Leelakusolvong S, Gonlachanvit S, Lee YY, Ricaforte-Campos JD, Yin YK, Chong KM, Wong CY. Consensus and contentious statements on the use of probiotics in clinical practice: A south east Asian gastro-neuro motility association working team report. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Apr 26
  23. Ong C, Aw MM, Liwanag MJ, Quak SH, Phua KB. Rapid rise in the incidence and clinical characteristics of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in a South-East Asian cohort in Singapore, 1994-2015. J Dig Dis. 2018 Jun doi: 10.1111/1751-2980.1264121
  24. Lee LE Ye, Ong C, Thoon KC, Phua KB. Comparing Monovalent and Combination Hepatitis B Vaccine Outcomes in Children Delivered by Mothers with Chronic Hepatitis B. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Reviews Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Ong C, Harper JI. Netherton’s Syndrome : Book chapter in Oxford Textbook of Paediatrics Dermatology. Eds JI Harper, A Oranje, N.Prose. 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, December 2005
  2. Chiou FK, How CH, Ong C Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Childhood. Singapore Med J. 2013 Apr;54(4):195-9
  3. Ong C, Phuah KY, Salazar E, How CH. Managing the ‘picky eater’ dilemma. Singapore Med J. 2014 Apr;55(4):184-90
  4. Baby Bear KK Hospital 2nd and 3rd Edition 2015- Acute and Chronic Diarrhea Chapter

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About Dr. Christina Ong

Senior Consultant
Paediatrician
Paediatric Gastroenterologist

“Dr Christina Ong is a senior consultant paediatrician and paediatric gastroenterologist. Her clinical expertise includes management of children with gastrointestinal conditions as well as performing endoscopic procedures. As an experienced paediatrician with more than 20 years clinical experience, she also specialises in treating children with general medical conditions”

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