Publications by authors named "Anand Singh Kushwaha"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study aimed to characterize necrotizing pneumonia (NP) in children, identifying key features in a group of 10 patients from a database of 272 pneumonia cases treated between 2014 and 2018.
  • - Patients with NP experienced severe respiratory distress, with 70% needing mechanical ventilation, and the most common pathogen found was Staphylococcus aureus, affecting 60% of the cases.
  • - Key complications included pleural effusion and pneumothorax, leading to intercostal drainage in 70% of patients, and airway hemorrhage was noted as the most fatal complication.
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Introduction: Isolated splenic abscesses (SAs) are rare in children. We report a single-center experience with emphasis on their diagnosis, etiology, treatment, and outcome.

Methods: This is a retrospective review.

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Ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunting used in the treatment for hydrocephalus is associated with several complications. Mechanical failure of shunt is the commonest complication of all. Visceral/bowel perforation is an unusual but serious complication of VP shunting.

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