A simple and cheap alternative approach to administering continuous positive airway pressure in resource limited settingsThirunavukkarasu Arun Babu
MD, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute IGMC and RI Puducherry 605 009, India
Trop Doct 42:240. 2012
..Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a valuable tool in managing infants requiring respiratory support. This article highlights a simple and economical alternative model to administer nasal CPAP using an infant feeding tube...
- Congenital miliaria crystallina in a term neonate born to a mother with chorioamnionitis
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu
Department of Pediatrics, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Osudu, Agaram Village, Puducherry, India
Pediatr Dermatol 29:306-7. 2012
..The disease is seen frequently in hot, humid, tropical climates and in the neonatal period, but congenital occurrence is rare. We report a case of congenital MC in a baby born to a mother with chorioamnionitis...
Persistent earache due to tonsillolithThirunavukkarasu Arun Babu
Department of Pediatrics, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences SLIMS, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India 607 402
Indian Pediatr 49:144-5. 2012
..The tonsilloliths were successfully removed under local anaesthesia following which the symptoms subsided...
- Post streptococcal myalgia: an under-recognized clinical syndrome
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu
Department of Pediatrics, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences SLIMS, Osudu, Agaram Village, Puducherry 605 502, India
Indian J Pediatr 79:383-5. 2012
..The authors report a case of PSM in an 11-year-old boy along with a review of previously reported cases. The diagnosis of PSM should be considered in children presenting with acute myalgia and high Anti-Streptolysin O titres...
- Prophylactic topical heparin can prevent or postpone intravenous cannula induced superficial thrombophlebitis
T Arun Babu
Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER, Puducherry, India
Med Hypotheses 74:857-8. 2010
..High incidence of ST justifies the use of prophylactic topical heparin with all IV cannulations. Prophylaxis will be better than treatment in managing patients with IV cannulas...
- Vitamin A supplementation in late pregnancy can decrease the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in newborns
T Arun Babu
Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER, Puducherry, India
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 23:1468-9. 2010
..It will also treat the highly prevalent vitamin A deficiency in pregnant mothers and newborns of the developing world...
- Academic dishonesty among undergraduates from private medical schools in India. Are we on the right track?
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences SLIMS, India
Med Teach 33:759-61. 2011
..Though doctors are considered to be respectful role models of professionalism and ethics, medical students are no strangers to academic dishonesty...
