Anoop Pahuja

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Department of Neonatology

Background W orkforce challenges in the NHS present a threat to delivering high-quality health services. Effective bed management can help maintain patient flow by efficiently utilising limited hospital resources, thus helping to provide high-quality care and improve patient satisfaction. Impaired patient flow leading to delayed discharge is a dail...

Abnormal levels of end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) during resuscitation in the delivery suite are associated with intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) development. Our aim was to determine whether carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the first 3 days after birth reflected abnormal EtCO2 levels in the delivery suite, and hence, a prolonged rather than an e...

Executive Summary The findings of the working Group recommend that: 1. All Trusts should have a system in place for the prevention, assessment and management of in-hospital newborn falls. 2. The mothers-baby dyad at risk of accidental in-hospital fall should undergo appropriate surveillance. 3. Parents should be provided with information to pre...

Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are major complications of premature birth. We tested the hypotheses that prematurely born infants who developed an IVH or BPD would have high expiratory tidal volumes (VTE) (VTE > 6 ml/kg) and/or low-end tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) levels (ETCO2 levels < 4.5 kPa) as recorded...

Background: Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are major complications of very premature birth. Respiratory function monitoring has shown expired tidal volumes (VTe) and end tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) levels are very variable during the resuscitation. Aims and objectives: To test the hypothesis that premature...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease that predominantly affects prematurely born infants. Initially BPD was described in infants who had suffered severe respiratory failure and required high pressure, mechanical ventilation with high concentrations of supplementary oxygen. It now also occurs in very prematurely born infants wh...

Background and Aims Neonatal HSV encephalitis is well described and known to cause morbidity. However, there is no consensus regarding its optimal treatment, especially around using suppressive oral therapy after intravenous acyclovir. We aim to discuss treatment controversies and review possible neurodevelopmental outcomes in such cases. Methods W...

We would like to present a case of persistent right sided collapse in a preterm baby with an unexpected diagnosis. Baby X was born floppy requiring resuscitation and was intubated, ventilated and was transferred to NICU. There was decreased air entry on auscultation of right side of the chest, while the rest of the examination was normal. The chest...