Department of Paediatrics

General Facilities:

Office Space:

Equipments:

Library:

Area of Department Library:    30m²

No. of Books Available:

            Central Library:     867     

            Departmental Library:     148     

Departmental Museum:

• Space: 25 Sq. Meter
• of specimens 30          
• Charts/ Diagrams. Adequate

Publications:

• Jayasree P, Sushamabai S, Abraham S et al. Epidemiological factors affecting anemia prevalence in rural adolescents in South India. Pushpagiri Medical Journal 2012(3); 99‐103

• Elenjickal MG, Sobha K, Kurian N, Bai S.S. Early detection of autism – Comparison of two screening tools. Pushpagiri Medical Journal 2012; 3: 113-117

• Jayasree P, Sushamabai S, Sukumaran TU, S et al Study on the clinical profile of paediatric tuberculosis and comparison with adult tuberculosis:  Experience  from  a  tertiary  care  center  in  South    Pushpagiri Medical Journal. Vol5. No.2; Jan‐July 2014: 5: 102-105.

• .Poroor J, Vijayan A, Dev A, Sankaran S et al. Clinical and microbiological profile of invasive pneumococcal disease in under five children: an  institution  based  study. Pneumonia.  2014. Vol.3; 191

• Vinitha Wills, Jacob Abraham. Abruptio Placenta – an Analysis of Risk Factors and Perinatal Outcome. Academic Medical Journal of India, Volume 3, Issue 1.

• Simon SA, Bai SS, Vipin CL. Clinical profile of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children attending child development clinic.  Pushpagiri Medical Journal 2014:5:98-102.

• JayasreePoroor, Doye George. Tuberculosis in adolescents and children: data on clinical presentation and treatments outcomes for a period of 4 years, from a tertiary care hospital in South India. J of Evidence Based Med &Hlthcare, Vol. 2/Issue 18/May 04, 2015.2752-2757

• Vinitha Wills, Jacob Abraham, N S Sreedevi. A comparative study of Early Onset versus Late Onset Preeclampsia.Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Vol 5, No.2, January – June 2014:88-92.

• Manju George Elenjickal, TU Sukumaran, S Sushamabai. The diagnostic value of first EEG in children suspected with epilepsy. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Vol 5, No.2, Jan – June 2014:106-110.

• U Sukumaran.“Vit D in health disease”. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Vol 5, No.2, Jan – June 2014.

• Jacob Abraham. Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: a differential diagnosis for hypoglycaemia in the neonate & variations in clinical presentation. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Vol 3, No.1, July – December 2013 published in June 2014.

• John Joseph, Jacob Abraham. Neonatal Teratomas. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Vol 3, No.1, July – December 2013 published in June 2014.
• Carol Sara Cherian, Reena Thomas. “Case of Gitelman syndrome”, Pushpagiri Medical Journal  Dec. 2013

 Ongoing Research Projects:

• Alliance for Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococci (ASIP) – a multi-center study in collaboration with CMC Vellore. Phase 1 completed in December 2012, Phase II restarted from August 2013 and is continuing. – Dr. P Jayasree, Dr. S Sushamabai,
• T U Sukumaran, Dr. S Letha,Dr. Mathew Varghese.
• Surveillance and characterization of rota virus causing diarrhea in central Travancore. – Dr. Carol Sara Cherian, Dr. S Sushamabai, Dr.SeemaOomen, Jagan OA. Study completed regarding case collection and analysis. Rota virus PCR isolation completed. Paper publication in progress.
• A pilot study to assess immunity levels to rubella virus in female students of Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla. Catherine Joseph, Dr. S Sushamabai, Dr. Carol Sara Cherian, Jagan O.A, Sheila Kachchhap, Sara Chandy.  Study & Analysis completed.  Paper for publication being prepared.
• Clinical profile of influenza A virus infection in children – Dr. Carol Sara Cherian,Dr. Shanty Mary Koshy, Dr. S Sushamabai. Phase 1 study over.  Phase II is started from May 2014 and is continuing.
• Comparative study of conventional and molecular methods for improving laboratory diagnosis of Pediatric influenza in a tertiary hospital in Central Travancore, South India. – Jagan O.A, Dr. Carol Sara Cherian, Dr. S Sushamabai, Dr. S Letha. Preliminary work started. Project has to be submitted to the ethical committee.
• Clinical profile of children with wheezing of age 2 month to 1 year – Dr. Carol Sara Cherian,  Dr. S Sushamabai, Dr. Shanty Mary Koshy.  Project started in January 2014 and is progressing.
• Clinical and virological study on acute bronchiolitis in children under 2 years. Dr.Unaise V V, Dr.Sushamabai, Dr. Carol Sara Cherian, Dr. T U Sukumaran, Dr. S Letha, Dr.AnandManoharan. Department of Pediatrics and Pushpagiri Research Centre. Ethical approval obtained. Study in progress. 

1. Neonatal services:
   1. NICU           – 24 hours functional
   2. Neonatal Ventilation
   3. Exchange transfusion
   4. Phototherapy             
   5. Parenteral Nutrition
2. Endoscopy         
3. Dialysis  
4. Paediatric Ventilation
5. Thalassemia day care center
6. Physiotherapy section.
7. Child counseling services
8. HIV
9. Delivery room services

 Investigative facilities:

1. Paediatric Endoscopy
2. Paediatric Bronchoscopy
3. PFT                                        
4. ABG                                      

Intensive Care facilities:

• PICU
• NICU
• Dialysis Unit
• Obstetric care area
• Recovery ICU
• Surgery ICU
• Medical ICU
• ICCU,
• Neurosurgery ICU

Speciality Clinics run by the Department: