Research Projects

Project

Principal Investigator

Guide

Co-guide

Date of Commencement

Completed / Ongoing

Funded

Y / N

Collaborative

Y / N

A comparative study on morbidities and neurodevelopmental outcome of babies born late preterm with  term gestation in a tertiary care teaching institution

Dr.Ganesh. K.M

Dr.PMC Nair

-

2011

Completed

No

No

Study of predisposing factors of Urinary Tract Infections in children under 5 years

Dr.Devika.P

Dr.Sreedevi.N

Dr.Henry.P.Y

2011

Completed

No

No

Clinicosonological profile of mesenteric Lymph                          adenitis in   children presenting        with abdominal pain                                 aged 3-12 yrs

Dr.Lakshmipriya.S

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Henry.P.Y

2011

Completed

No

No

A study of neurodevelopmental outcome among children till one and half years of age attending well baby and high risk baby clinic in a tertiary care centre

Dr.AnjuKrishnan.T

Dt.PMC Nair

-

2012

Completed

No

No

A study of anemia and its clinicopathological profile in children aged 6 months to 12 years in a rural tertiary care centre in Kerala

Dr.Gowri Raj

Dt.PMC Nair

Dr.Sreedevi.N

2012

Completed

No

No

Predictors of Hypoxemia in children With Acute  Asthma  between 5-12 yrs coming to a rural tertiary care centre  in South Kerala    

Dr.Vimal.P

Dr.Sreedevi.N


2012                        

Completed

No

No

Umbilical cord bilirubin as a predictor of subsequent neonatal jaundice requiring treatment – a prospective study

Dr.ShakibShafi Abbas

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Shaji.S.M

2013

Completed

No

No

Study of risk factors of malnutrition among children (1-5 years) in a tertiary care teaching  centre

Dr.VidyaMadhavan

Dr.Sreedevi


2013

Completed

No

No

Study on maternal risk factors and neonatal clinical features in diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

Dr.Devi.S

Dr.PMC Nair


2013

Completed

No

No

A study on the clinical outcome of moderate                                          

persistent bronchial asthma treated with standard therapy versus vitamin D supplementation as adjunct to  standard therapy

Dr.AnuradhaKrishnadas Nair   

Dr.Lalitha Kailas


2014

completed

No

No

A study of correlation of foot length &birth weight of newborns to fit a prediction model

Dr.Hisham Abdu Rahiman

Dr.Sreedevi.N

Dr.Shaji.S.M

2014

completed

No

No

Use of probiotics in the outcome of neonatal jaundice

Dr.Ria Reba Jacob

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Jemila James

2014

completed

No

No

Umbilical cord bilirubin and albumin as predictors of significant neonatal jaundice in term neonates

Dr.MuhammedRafi.M.P

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Jemila James

2015

completed

No

No

Timing of tooth eruption among children attending                                                                            paediatric department of a tertiary care centre in South Kerala

Dr.Soumya.S

Dr.Lalitha Kailas


2015

 completed

No

No

Heart murmurs detected during routine neonatal examination in first week of life and its clinical significance – a descriptive study

Dr.MuhammedMujeebRahman.K.T

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Jemila James

2015

completed

No

No

A study of plasma zinc level and nutritional risk factors in                                                     children with pneumonia in the age group of 6 months to 5 years

Dr.Ashrin.A. Noushad

Dr.Lalitha Kailas  

Dr.Sreekanth

2016

completed

No

No

Prevalence of known risk factors for “Readmission jaundice” in newborns born in a tertiary care centre – A descriptive study

Dr.Saleena.s

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Jemila James

2016

completed

No

No

Incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in newborns using cord TSH as screening tool in a tertiary care centre

Dr.Fathima

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Jemila James

2016

completed

No

No

Risk factors of overweight and obesity among 8-10 year old  school going children in Trivandrum

Dr.Roshan Joseph John

Dr.Lalitha Kailas

Dr.Swapna.K.Pillai

2017

ongoing

No

No

Postnatal evaluation of infants with antenatal hydronephrosis

Dr.Umair.C.H

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Jemila James

2017

completed

No

No

Comparison of serum sodium levels between children with febrile convulsions and non-convulsive febrile children

Dr.Anusree.C.S

Dr.Shaji.S.M

Dr.Swapna.K.Pillai

2017

completed

No

No

Newborn screening using pulse oximetry for cardiac and non cardiachypoxaemic conditions

Dr.Leya Sara Samuel

Dr.Lalitha Kailas

Dr.PMC Nair

2018

Ongoing

No

No

Study of LATCH Score in mothers  a tertiary care centre on postnatal day 2

Dr.Fibi.C.S

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Rajeev.S.V

2018

Ongoing

No

No

Incidence of hypoglycemia in high risk newborns

Dr.Fhausiya. V.K

Dr.PMC Nair

Dr.Swapna.K.Pillai

2018

Ongoing

No

No

Proportion of Non alcoholic fatty liver diseases among        obese and overweight children and its  associated factors in a tertiary care centre

Dr.Seena.K

Dr.Lalitha Kailas

Dr.Swapna.K.Pillai


Dr.Vysakh

2019

Ongoing

No

No

Clinico etiological study of recurrent abdominal pain in children aged 3 to 12 years in atertiary health care centre

Dr.Anu.M.J

Dr.Rekha.S.Nair

Dr.K.M.Gopinadhan

Dr.Rekha.S.Nair

2019

Ongoing

No

No

Follow up study on congenital hypothyroidism
Dr.VeenaDilip
Dr.Shaji.S.M
Dr.K.M. GopinadhanDr.Swapna.K.Pillai
2019
Ongoing
No
No
Status of iron stores in neonates of anemic mothers

Dr Shameem

Farhath
Dr KM Gopinathan
Dr Swapna k pillai
2021
Ongoing
No
No

Proportion of early childhood caries & associated risk factors among children aged less than 6 years attending pediatric opd in a teritiary care centre

Dr Shayana

udayakumar

Dr Shaji S M

Dr Calvin

Hilary

2021

Ongoing

No

No

 Assessment of Screen time on behavioural and growth parameters in children aged between 2-8 years in a Tertiary Care Centre in South Kerala – 


Dr.Neziya.M


Dr Lalitha Kailas


Dr Rekha S Nair


2022


completed


N N

Proportion of behavioural abnormalities in overweight & obese children compared to children with normal weight in the age group of 6 to 12 years in a tertiary care centre in South Kerala- 


Dr.A.G.Dhanya Saran


Dr Swapna K Pillai


Dr Gayatri 


2022


Ongoing 


N N

 A quality improvement initiative to enhance delayed cord clamping practice at delivery room as the standard of care in NB babies at a tertiary care centre in Kerala 


Dr Aravind G K


Dr Shaji S M



Dr Arun Edwin

2022


Ongoing 


N N

Relationship between Serum Zinc levels and febrile seizures – A hospital based case control study 


Dr Shakeel Ahmed


Dr Lalitha Kailas


Dr Rekha S Nair 


2022


ongoing


N N

Comparison ofserum bilirubin levels using transcutaneous bilirubinometry and conventional laboratory method of neonates after completion of phototherapy


Dr Aparnna B


Dr Swapna K Pillai


Dr Arun Edwin 


2023


ongoing


N
N

Proportion of insulin resistance among overweight and obese childrenof the age group 5-15 yeats using the HOMA-IR index in a tertiary care centre


Dr Devi P S


Dr Rekha S Nair 



2023


ongoing


N
N

Impact of delayed cord clamping on neonatal outcome in infants of mothers with gestational diabetes in comparison with normal mothers 



Dr Sajna Jaffar 


Dr Shaji S M 


Dr Arun Edwin 


2023


ongoing


N
N