Publications by authors named "S C Singhi"

The authors present a 16-mo-old boy with flu like symptoms, not responding to supportive management and progressed to severe hypoxemic pneumonia. Adenovirus was detected in the nasopharyngeal aspirate. He showed rapid improvement after intravenous cidofovir administration.

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Objectives: We describe our experience with use of midline catheters in PICU and compare the performance of midline catheters to peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC).

Methods: A review of hospital records was done to including all pediatric patients admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care centre who underwent placement of midline catheters or PICC, over a period of 18 months (July, 2019 to January, 2021). Patient details, indication, type of catheter and number of attempts at insertion, type and number of infusions administered, dwell time and complications were retrieved from the records.

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It is vital to directly engage with the autism community in order to develop better services and drive the research agenda. While some studies in high-income countries have mapped the priorities of the autism community, there is a severe dearth of such efforts in the global south. Five million autistic individuals are estimated to live in India alone, and there has been little effort to map their priorities.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study assessed the impact of pulse oximetry on mortality rates in children hospitalized with pneumonia, finding that it significantly reduced case fatality risk (CFR) from 5.8% to 2.1%).
  • Among the studied children, nearly 20% with chest-indrawing pneumonia were hypoxemic, leading to a 10.3% CFR for those cases, highlighting the critical need for monitoring oxygen levels.
  • Key mortality risk factors identified included younger age, moderate malnutrition, and female sex; the findings suggest that integrating pulse oximetry into pneumonia care for children under 5 is vital.
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