Month: May 2024

Dr Adeena ,Dr Greeshma(Paed Intensivist),Dr Jayakumar Department of Pediatrics,AIMS KochiTwo month 20 day old male child ,known case of closed meningomyelocoele under follow up from outside health care facility presented with with high grade fever and noisy breathing of 1 day and 1st episode seizure lasting for 45 minutes.The seizure was associated with fever, uprolling of Read More …

Dr.Venkatesh Kumar, Dr.R.Krishna Kumar(Paed cardio) Dr.Vinitha Prasad,Dr.Stefy,Dr.Shela,Dr.C.Jayakumar,AIMS Kochi.Eleven year old male child – K/C/O Restrictive perimembranous VSD presented with recurrent fever of 1 ½ month duration requiring two hospital admissions in the past 1 month.For the first admission,he was treated as a urinary tract infection with antibiotics for 7 days,child became afebrile then discharged.He was Read More …

Dr Theresa, Dr Suma Balan(Paed Rheumato), Dr C Jayakumar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi  Eight year old child who was apparently normal 1 year back presented with swelling under left eye and fever following a dental procedure Fever was high grade in nature with no chills ,rigors, cough, cold, and loose stools. Child had another Read More …

Dr.shobika,Dr.Vinayan,Dr.Vyshak(Paed neuro),Dr.C Jayakumar,Dr.Praveena AIMS,KOCHI Four month old male child presented with complaints of high grade intermittent fever,h/o multiple episodes of non projectile non bilious vomiting of 3 daysOn day 4 of illness,the child had refusal of feed and poor sucking,the child was admitted in near hospitalDuring the hospital stay he had paroxysmal events semiology being Read More …

Dr.Rithwik Sunil, Dr. Vinayan(Pediatric Neurology), Dr.Sajith Kesavan(Intensivist and Paed pulmonologist,, Dr.Greeshma Issac(Intensivist), Dr. C Jayakumar Two year old boy, developmentally normal and immunised for age, presented with complaints of excessive lethargy , behavioral issues and hyperkinetic movements following a  febrile illness. Child initially had a URTI which was treated symptomatically. The following days, child showed Read More …

Dr. Mahak Bhasin, Dr. Sajitha Nair, Dr. Naveen Viswanath (Paed surgery)Dr. Sindhu, Dr. Sreya, Dr CJayakumar Department of Pediatrics, AIMS, Kochi  Three month old female child partially immunised developmentally normal was brought for evaluation for recurrent cough due to which she was not being operated for an antenatally detected adnexal mass. Faulty feeding practices were identified Read More …

Dr.Ghaniya KC , Dr.Vinitha Prasad, Dr.Stefy Sunny DrShela Sany ,DrC JayakumarAIMS- Kochi Thirteen year old boy presented with complaints continuous non-projectile and non-bilious vomiting of three weeks’ duration, mostly occurring after meals.The vomiting was associated with decreased appetite and a significant weight loss of 6 kg over two months. Additionally, the patient experienced epigastric pain Read More …

Dr Varsha V S, Dr Jayasree,DrAswinPrabhu ,DrPerraju/ Dr Lakshmi S Nair/ Dr Smrithi Menon, (AIMS NEO),DrCJayakumar Department of Pediatrics AIMS Kochi. Early term/Symmetrical SGA/Male ba born to a 32 years old G2P1L1 mother with no comorbidities but scan s/o oligohydramnios and grade 1 IUGR. Ba was born via emergency LSCS (Indication: non-progression of labor). Ba cried Read More …

Dr Anakha V Ajay ,Dr Naveen Viswanath(Dept of Pediatric surgery) Dr Sajith Kesavan Dr Greeshma Issac (Dept of pediatric intensive care) DrCJayakumar AIMS ,KOCHI  Three month old 38 week old ba with birth weight of 2.8kg, exclusively breast fed presented with abdominal distension and decreased urine output since two days. Mother also noticed that child Read More …

Dr Sree Lekshmy.S, Dr.C.Jayakumar, Dr.Bhanu Vikraman Pillai, Dr.Anupa, (Paed Gastro)Dr.Sheela Namboothiri. (Paedgenetics) Two month old male ba, first child of non consangenous parentage presented with history pale coloured stools and high coloured urine since 1 week of age. At the time of admission ba was irritable, had stable vitals. Clinically child had pallor and jaundice. Systemic examination revealed Read More …