Research, Publications and Awards

The department has been developing a research center called the PERINATAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE (PBRC). This center aims to develop international and national collaborations for conducting ethical research in neonatal brain injury.

Publication :

• Thayyil S, Montaldo P, Garegrat R et al. Whole-Body Hypothermia, Cerebral Magnetic Resonance Biomarkers, and Outcomes in Neonates with Moderate or Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Born at Tertiary Care Centers vs Other Facilities: A Nested Study Within a Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Network Open.2023;6(5):e2312152.doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12152.
• Burgod S, Mazlan M, Garegrat R et al.Duration of birth depression and neurodevelopmental outcomes after whole-body hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – A subgroup analysis of the HELIX trial The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100284
• Electroencephalographic response to levetiracetam and phenytoin in neonatal seizures unresponsive to phenobarbital: a multicentre prospective observational study (In submission at The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia).
• Singh P, Deshpande S, Nagpal R, Garegrat R, Gupta S, Suryawanshi P. Management of neonatal pulmonary hypertension – a survey of neonatal intensive care units in India. BMC Pediatr. 2023;23(1). doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2512564/v1.
• Chetan C, Suryawanshi P, Patnaik S, Soni NB, Rath C, Pareek P, Gupta B, Garegrat R, Verma A, Singh Y. Oral versus intravenous sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension in neonates: a randomized trial. BMC Pediatr. 2022;22(1):311. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03366-3.
• Verma A, Suryawanshi P, Chetan C, Oka G, Singh Y, Kallimath A, Singh P, Garegrat R. A detailed echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular functions in stable full term small for gestational age babies. J Ultrasound. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s40477-022-00691-2.
• Garegrat R, Malshe N, Suryawanshi P, Patnaik SK. Improving donor human milk collection in a hospital without a human milk bank: a quality improvement initiative at an urban tertiary-care teaching hospital. BMJ Open Qual. 2021;10 (Suppl 1):e001467. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001467.

Mrs Promila Devilal, Miss Ravita Manwar, Miss Rajveer Kaur from our center has completed the paramedic training programme on asthma diagnosis and inhalation practices conducted by Chest research and training