Dr. Lalitha Kailas

Associate Dean, Professor

MBBS, MD

Area of Interest

  • Endocrinology and rheumatology

Additional Responsibilities

  • Principal
  • Member of Senate KUHS : 20189-2022
  • Ethical committee member , CDC, TVM from 2019
  • Chairman Institutional Human Ethics Committee , Institute of Advanced Virology , Thonnakkal, Kerala  since 2022

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

  • Life time member of IAP 
  • Reviewer Indian Pediatrics : 2023 
  • FIAP award 2021

Publications

Title

Journal / Book

Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc.)

Authorship

1st / 2nd / Other

State /Reg / Nat / Int

Indexed in

Neurodevelopmental assessment of neonates with congenital hypothyroidism in a tertiary care center: 

Indian Journal of Child Health

Vol-4, Issue-3, July-Sept 2017


Nat


Clinical & laboratory profile of dengue fever cases in children less than 12 years in atertiary care centre in rural kerala

 IP International Journal of Medical Paediatrics and Oncology

October- December 2018:4(4):137-141 

2nd author

Int


Clinical profile and neuroimaging of neonates with influenza encephalopathy

Indian Journal of Child Health

27Apr.2018;5(4):272-5                         

4th author

Nat


Newborn foot length measurement as a screening tool for the prediction of birth weight

Journal of medical sciences and clinical research

volume 07/issue 06/ page 761-767/june 2019.




Influence of risk factors on malnutrition, in children of one to five-years age group: a case control study

Indian Journal of Applied Research (IJAR)

Volu   volume - 9/issue -7/ July 2019.



Nat


A study of serum zinc levels in children admitted with pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in India
Journal

Ashrin A Naushad,  Lalitha Kailas and Sreekanth K Sivaraman.  A study of serum zinc levels in children admitted with pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in India. Indian Journal of Child Healt. 2022; 8(12): 426-429. https://doi.org/10.32677/ijch.v8i12.3235

 


2nd
Int

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Chapter on Varicella


IAP textbook of Paediatrics


5th & 6th edition


1st 


Nat 



Chapter on goiter 


PG Textbook of Paediatrics 


5th & 6th edition 


1st 


Nat 



Chapter on Parvo virus


IAP textbook of infectious diseases 


3rd edition 


1st 


Nat



Association of junk food consumption , daily screen timeand daily physical activity with overweight and obesity among school children aged 8-10years – A cross sectional case control study 


JCDR


VOL 17 (2)SC08-SC12 Feb 2023 


3rd 


Nat


DOAJ


Study of association of respiratory viruses in the etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children and correlation with clinical and laboratory features : role of emerging new viruses 


IJRMS


Vol12 NO.1 (2024): January 2024


2nd 


International 


Pubmed


A  case of generalized edema —         Not a nephrotic syndrome. 


Paediatric Companion Journal


Paediatric Companion September – December 2023 – Volume 2- Issue 3


2nd


State


Google Scholar


Presentations

Topic

Guest lecture /oral/poster/convener of workshop

Name of the event

Conference/ CME/Workshop

Venue

Dates

Child abuse and neglect

Guest lecture

National Conference

Conference

Nagpur

January  2018

FTT and recurrent resp .infections in children with CHD

Guest lecture

Pedheart Quilon

IAP

Kollam

March 2018

- Acid suppressants, Fever in a young infa

Guest lecture

IAP  State conference

IAP

Kollam

November 2018

  Renal transplantation- Panelist

Guest lecture

IAP National conference

IAP conference


January 2019

 Diet in special situations

Guest lecture

Paediatric Nutrition state conference

Conference


September 2019

                           Allergic disorders 

Guest lecture

National IAP conference

Conference

Madhyapradesh

January 2020 

Life in the time of Covid

Guest lecture

State Pedicon

Conference

Alappuzha 

November 2020

                              Treatment of LTBI

Guest lecture

Trainining programme for health service doctors

Workshop

Trivandrum

March 2020

Management of Pediatric TB 

Guest lecture

IAP 

Workshop 

Trivandrum

October 2020

 short febrile illness

Guest lecture

State IDICON 



August 2021

                       Headache in children and  PCV Update


Guest lecture

State conference of IAP

Conference

Cochin 

November 2021

Panel Discussion-Abdominal pain Pediatricians View

Guest lecture

National IAP Conference

Conference


February 2022

Fever –Time line of Investigations

Guest lecture

IAP TVM conference

Conference

Trivandrum

April 2022

 How to choose antibiotics

Guest lecture

KIMS Paediatric Conclave

Conference

Trivandrum

October 2022

Infections in office practice - Calicut

Guest lecture 

State IAP Calpedicon

Conference

Calicut

November 2022







Approach to child with Anemia

Guest lecture 

KIMS Paediatric Conclave

Conference

Trivandrum

September 2023

What is new in pediatric TB 

Guest lecture

Institutional Conference at Karakkonam Medical College

Conference

Trivandrum

October 2023

Updates in Paediatric TB 

Guest lecture

Kerala Respicon

Conference

Trivandrum

August 2024

Chair for debate on cows milk after 6 months v/s 1 year of age

Guest lecture

IYCN Conference

Conference

Trivandrum

November 2024

Research Projects

Project

Completed / Ongoing

Funded

Y / N

Collaborated

Y / N

Published

Y / N

A study on the clinical outcome of moderate persistent bronchial asthma treated with standard therapy versus vitamin D supplementation as adjunct to standard therapy.

Completed

      N

       N

      N

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

Completed

      N

        N

       N

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

Completed

      N

         N

       N

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

Completed

      N

         N

       N

Newborn screening using pulse oximetry for cardiac and non cardiac hypoxaemic conditions.

Completed

      N

         N

       N

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

Completed 

      N

         N

       N

Assessment of screen time on behavioral and growth parameters in children aged between 2-8 years in a tertiary care center in South Kerala


Completed 


N


N


N


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


Completed

N


N


N