Month: November 2024

Dr Theresa Raju, Dr Sajitha Nair, Dr Sindhu, Dr Sreya, Dr Sheena Kochumon (paediatric genetics), Dr C Jayakumar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Eleven year-old female child with history of recurrent episodes of cough with wheeze on controllers presented with short stature, failure to thrive, and history recurrent (5)fractures following trivial trauma in the past.First Read More …

;Dr.Rithwik Sunil, Dr.Praveena N.B, Dr. C JayakumarA 17-year-old male presented with a two-week history of fever, loose stools, and vomiting. He reported an evening rise in temperature, with a maximum recorded spike of 101 °F. The patient experienced significant abdominal pain, primarily localized to the right lumbar and iliac regions, accompanied nausea and vomiting. He Read More …

Dr. Shobika, Dr.Jayakumar,Dr.Praveena,Dr.PreethiAIMS kochiNine months old female child was brought with complaints of inward deviation of right eye noticed mother around 5 months of age.No h/o watering of eyes,eye discharge,nystagmus, Past history:No previous hospital admission in past Birth history:1st child of NCMAntenatal history:UneventfulNatal history:Term/AGA/Female/B.W-3.5kg/CIAB Post natal history:UneventfulDevelopmentally normal and immunized upto age. At admission,child Read More …

Dr. Mahak Bhasin, Dr. Sajitha Nair, Dr Sindhu, Dr Sreya, Dr C. Jayakumar, Department of Pediatrics, AIMS, Kochi Seventeen year old child developmentally normal and immunised for age k/c/o hypothyroidism on treatment for the same had complaints of infrequent bowel movements with painful passage of hard stools ~once in two weeks. Weight was 55kgs at this Read More …

Dr.Ghaniya KC, Dr.C Jayakumar  Four year old female child ,presented with complaints of intermittent high-grade fever since two weeks, headache for 10 days, and vomiting for 4 days, with one episode of seizure characterized uprolling of eye ball and stiffening of all four limbs  No significant perinatal /past history of any illness CLINICAL EXAMINATION Read More …

Dr Varsha V S, Dr Vinayan KP(Ped neuro)DrC Jayakumar AIMS , KochiThree month old boy, with history of neonatal encephalopathy presented with prolonged posturing of the body and poor oral intake. Duration of these episode gradually increased in the last 48 hours Term and preeclampsia of the mother led to emergency LSCSAt birth ba was Floppy and Read More …

Dr. Terencia, Dr. Sajith Kesavan, Dr. C Jayakumar Dept of Pediatrics AIMS, KOCHITwo years old male child presented with temper tantrums, feeling of loneliness, sleep disturbances and nightmares.Parents had noticed these symptoms after birth of younger sibling and thought to be due to sibling rivalry Tab Escitalopram started from an our side health care was without any notable Read More …

Dr.SreeLekshmy.S, Dr.C.Jayakumar, Dr.Jayasree, Dr.Sheela Namboothiri Pretem (36+3weeks) born to a 34 year old G2A1 mother with antenatal scans showing fetus with vein of galen malformation, dextrocardia, bilateral SVC, lower placed and malrotated right kidney, single umbilical artery. AFI- 31. Microarray sent was normal. Ba was born at 36+3 weeks of gestation on 20/09/24 at 10:36am elective LSCS Read More …