Publications by authors named "Chandrakanta Kumar"
Objective: The purpose of the study is to establish the prevalence of stroke as well as the clinical and radiological correlates of stroke in children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM).
Methods And Materials: A prospective observational study was conducted at the Pediatric Department, King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Using a computed tomography (CT) scan/brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients were divided into stroke and non-stroke groups.
Objective: To evaluate the incidence and type of neuroimaging abnormalities in first unprovoked seizure (FUS) in children. To investigate the association of neuroimaging abnormalities with clinical variables.
Methods: A prospective observational study enrolled children aged 6 months-14 years with FUS over one year at a tertiary-care teaching hospital, Northern India and subjected them to neuroimaging.
Background: Few studies have focused on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain findings associated with functional mobility in cerebral palsy.
Objective: To determine association between MRI findings and Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS) levels in cerebral palsy.
Methods: Prospective-observational study conducted in Pediatric Neurology Clinic at a public teaching hospital, Northern India.
Objectives: To evaluate the proportion of scrub typhus meningoencephalitis among children with acute encephalitis syndrome and to outline its differentiating features. To develop a prediction rule for scrub typhus meningoencephalitis.
Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care public hospital in Northern India.
This article presents a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) phenomenon based optical fiber sensor (OFS) for the detection of dopamine (DA). DA functions as a hormone and a neurotransmitter in the human body and plays a crucial role in the peripheral system. To develop the OFS for DA detection, taper fiber probe was fabricated and immobilized with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and functionalized with Polyethylene glycol (PEG).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a public health problem in India. Neuroinfections are believed to be the most important etiology. Minocycline is a semisythetic tetracycline having excellent penetration into cerebrospinal fluid, established neuroprotective and antiviral properties besides action on nonviral causes of AES.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Revised case definitions of dengue into dengue with/without warning signs (DWS/D) and severe dengue (SD) was proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO)/Tropical Disease Research (TDR) in 2009. To date, there has been no Indian study that has applied this classification.
Aims And Objectives: To assess the accuracy and applicability of the revised WHO classification (2009) of dengue in children seen at a tertiary healthcare facility in India.
Unlabelled: Management of West syndrome is unsatisfactory. In our clinic we observed that a significant proportion of patients respond to usual dose of valproate.
Objective: To prospectively assess the efficacy of valproate in controlling infantile spasms in West syndrome.