Deepak Sharma
Department of Neonatology, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
[ 1 ] - Indian Childhood Cirrhosis: Case Report and Pediatric Diagnostic Challenges
Introduction: Indian childhood cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease usually seen in paediatric age group and is unique to the Indian subcontinent. The definitive causative factor for the disease is not found till now but excess copper ingestion has been associated with it.Case presentation: An Indian origin one and half year old premorbidly normal male child presented with history of gradual di...
[ 2 ] - Petechial Hemorrhage: A clinical diagnosis of neonatal Thrombocytopenia and sepsis
A preterm female baby with birth weight of 1.5kg was referred to our hospital on day 6 for difficulty in breathing. Baby was admitted at birth for respiratory distress and feed intolerance to other hospital and in view of clinical deterioration baby was referred. Baby had thrombocytopenia with platelets counts of 11000/ mm3 and high CRP titer. Baby had petechial haemorrhagic spots all over the ...
[ 3 ] - Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A dreadful condition of premature babies
NEC is inflammatory necrosis of intestine with most common site being terminal ileum and ascending colon in preterm babies (1). The condition is typically seen in premature infants, and the timing of its onset is generally inversely proportional to the gestational age of the baby at birth, i.e. The earlier a baby is born, longer is the time of risk for NEC in premature babies. The incidence of ...
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