Department of Paediatrics

1.  Faculty members and their research interest:

Name of the Faculty & Designation

Research Interest

E-mail Address

Dr. S. Srinivasan

Director-Professor & Head

Infant nutrition, Human lactation and breast feeding promotion, immunization, Infectious diseases with reference to diarrhoea, respiratory diseases, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, pediatric            Cardiology, pediatric pulmonology

 srinivasan*jipmer.edu

 

Dr. B. Vishnu Bhat,

Professor         

Perinatal hypoxia, Neonatal sepsis, developmental pediatrics nephrology

vishnu*jipmer.edu

 

Dr. S. Mahadevan

Professor

Neurotuberculosis - Immunodiagnostics, Tuberculin reaction, Therapeutics in

scorpion sting

 smdev*jipmer.edu

 

Dr. Niranjan Biswal,

Professor

Management of scorpion sting and and related complications,hepatic encephalopathy, Pain abdomen in children

 nbiswal*jipmer.edu

 

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2.  No. of Post-graduate admission per year:

      i) M.D.      -  5

      ii) D.C.H.  - 1 

3.  Highlights of patient care provided :

§         Started Pediatric & Neonatal intensive care units separately.

§         Pediatric cardiology follow clinic on Thursday afternoon.  Child guidance clinic once a week. Nephrology, respiratory including tuberculin neurology on Fridays.  Hemophilia clinic once a month.

§         Daily echocardiographic evaluation.

§         Lectures Critical care nursing and First Aid, Lectures for Paramedical workers lectures as and when requested. 

National programmes: 

¨      AFB surveillance programme – diarrhoea and respiratory disease control programme.

¨      Breast feeding and human lactation management.

¨      National Immunisation Programme. 

4.  Special equipments available:

Vital signs multichannel monitor, ECG monitor, Noninvasive blood pressure monitor, Pulse oximeter, Neonatal ventilator, Neonatal & pediatric ventilator, Neonatal & pediatric ventilator (VIP bed), Syringe infusion pump, Drop counter infusion pump, Electrocardiogram, Ultrasonogram, Bronchoscope, Upper gastro intestinal endoscope

Open care system, ECG machine, Syringe infusion pump, Incubator, Microcomputer controlled radiant warmer, Apnea monitor, Multichannel vital signs monitor. 

5.  Major research activities:

v      ICMR project of neonatal-perinatal database.

v      Acute shock state in children.

v      Acute respiratory insufficiency.

v      Study of prolonged fevers in children.

v      Clinical and pulmonology assessment of children with failure to thrive.

v      Diagnostics in neurotuberculosis, tuberculin reaction.

v      Therapeutics in scorpion sting.

v      Hemophilia.

v      Lipid profile in nephrotic syndrome.

v      Study of snake bite in children with reference to neural failure.

v      Perinatal hypoxia – mycocardial dysfunction/haematological profile.

v      Neonatal sepsis congenital malformations.

v      Autopsy study of GIT malformation among still birth.

v      Tuberculin testing in school children.

v      Chronic diarrhoea in children.

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