Publications by authors named "Prince Pareek"

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  • The study looks at how doctors in India inform parents about the origins of certain medical treatments for babies and if they respect parents' religious beliefs.
  • Out of the doctors surveyed, most always ask for parents' permission before giving treatments, but many don't tell them about the animal sources of those treatments.
  • Doctors need to pay more attention to what parents believe and provide options when it comes to treatments, especially during important times like pregnancy.
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  • - The study compared the effectiveness and safety of oral versus intravenous sildenafil in treating mild to moderate pulmonary hypertension in newborns, particularly in areas without access to inhaled nitric oxide.
  • - Conducted as a randomized trial in a neonatal intensive care unit in India, the research involved 40 newborns and measured various health outcomes, including pulmonary arterial pressure and oxygenation index.
  • - Results showed no significant difference in the time taken to reduce pulmonary arterial pressure between the two groups, though systemic hypotension was observed in some infants receiving intravenous sildenafil, which was not seen in the oral group.
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Background: Delayed cord clamping (DCC) is practiced worldwide, as standard care in both term and preterm babies. Our aim was to determine the hemodynamic effects of DCC on transitional circulation.

Material And Methods: This prospective observational study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital, at Pune, India, from May 2018 to October 2019.

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Objective: There has been an endeavor in recent years, to administer surfactant by minimally invasive techniques to neonates with surfactant deficiency. The objective of this study was to compare the need for intubation and mechanical ventilation after surfactant delivery, using Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA) technique and Intubation SURfactant Extubation (InSurE), in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

Methods: We conducted a pilot randomized control trial (RCT) at a tertiary care center over a period of 18 months.

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Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia is a very common entity witnessed in most of the newborns. Rarely are there events where the bilirubin levels reach extreme values mandating invasive therapy. Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia when solely present is easy to manage and diagnose the common aetiological factors associated with it.

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We studied 48 children receiving abacavir-based HAART regimen, over a period of one-year for side effects and failure rates. None of the children developed hypersensitivity reaction. The CD4 count significantly improved from the time of enrolment till 12 months of therapy while the failure rate was 14.

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