Indrajit SureshColumbia Asia Hospital - Mysore · Department of Pediatrics
Indrajit Suresh
MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), DM Medical Gastroenterology
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Introduction
A pediatrician at heart, with the wonderful insights of gastroenterology as the feather in my professional cap. I love medicine, problem solving and helping people take care of themselves.
Education
August 2014 - July 2017
May 2009 - October 2012
September 1999 - May 2005
Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram
Field of study
- Medicine
Publications
Publications (17)
Article about acquired adult laryngomalacia and its management strategy.
Intrahepatic calculi or hepatolithiasis is an uncommon phenomenon which is found in relatively higher rates in eastern Asian countries. Patients usually present with features of cholangitis or intrahepatic abscess and are at risk for developing cholangiocarcinoma. Correct diagnosis and management often pose challenges. A 42-year-old female presente...
Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis is an uncommon condition encountered mostly in elderly males with a variety of symptoms-dysphagia being the most common. The presence of a benign esophageal stricture is usually seen. Association of this condition with gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic alcohol intake has been reported. Therapy is...
Low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (LPAC) syndrome, first described in 2001, could be the causality in a significant number of young patients with cholelithiasis, who have a recurrence of symptoms despite cholecystectomy. A mutation of the ABCB4/MDR3 gene, causes a disruption in the translocation of phosphatidylcholine, resulting in bile ac...
Background
Hepatic dysfunction during pregnancy places both the mother and the fetus at risk. Investigations which are efficient, cost effective and easily available for prognostication are required to tackle this global problem. We studied the etiologies and evaluated investigations for predictive efficiency.
Methods
One hundred ninety-seven preg...
Introduction: In developing countries like India, Helicobacter pylori related gastritis is a major health ailment. This study was aimed to explore the prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients undergoing upper gastrointes-tinal endoscopy and its association with the various gastroduodenal diseases.
Iatrogenic Osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) may follow aggressive correction of hyponatremia with hypertonic saline. Locked-in syndrome (LIS), is an entity rarely encountered in ODS, and has been infrequently reported in children. LIS has variable outcomes, although associated with significant morbidity and a protracted course. The authors pres...
Introduction: In developing countries like India, Helicobacter pylori related gastritis is a major health ailment. This study was aimed to explore the prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients undergoing upper gastrointes-tinal endoscopy and its association with the various gastroduodenal diseases.
Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of rare cornification diseases. Genetic mutations are responsible for the condition, with some causing a relatively milder phenotype such as 'self-improving collodion ichthyosis'. In most cases, affected babies are born with a thick parchment like membrane covering their body. Thes...
The syndrome of transient headache and neurological deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL) has been infrequently reported in children. This condition can mimic many serious conditions of the central nervous system, while actually being benign in nature. The authors present the report of an 8 year old developmentally normal female w...
Sclerosing cholangitis comprises of a spectrum of cholestatic conditions that are characterized by patchy fibrosis, inflammation and destruction of intra hepatic and extrahepatic ducts. We report a case of a 42 year old woman who presented with darkening of skin with yellowish discolouration of the eyes. Clinical examination revealed icterus, taut...
Background:
Children contribute significantly to the overall patient statistics for Dengue globally. India’s disease burden has increased greatly. Mysore district faces outbreaks of Dengue on a yearly basis with certain areas being consistently more affected. More efforts are needed to identify risk factors in children, and the illness trends.
M...
The sulfated polysaccharide dermatan sulfate (DS) forms proteoglycans with a number of distinct core proteins. Iduronic acid-containing domains in DS have a key role in mediating the functions of DS proteoglycans. Two tissue-specific DS-epimerases, encoded by DSE and DSEL, and a GalNAc-4-O-sulfotransferase encoded by CHST14 are necessary for the fo...
Questions
Questions (17)
Everyone has that point in life where definitive decisions have to be made. A researcher's life is no bed of roses, and involves dedication, spirit and tremendous energy. What were the incidents that made you think and decide on the path of research?
I have seen a surprisingly high number of children presenting with tardive dyskinesia after getting prescribed metoclopramide in peripheral health centers. Do pediatricians in other nations still use metoclopramide? Or are they switching to other drugs?
An interesting situation arose before me a few days back. A 4 year old child presented with left sided tonic convulsions. Upon elicitation of history, it turned out that he had Sturge-Weber syndrome, and was on multiple anti-epileptic drugs. His parents reported that the seizures had been present for almost one-and-a-half hours. He had seizures previously too, which had necessitated hospitalizations and ER visits, and every time the convulsions had been controlled within half an hour.
The child did not respond to loading doses of Phenytoin nor Sodium Valproate, and we saw him having convulsions for almost an hour, In any other setting, with such a prolonged duration of convulsions,the child would have been intubated, ventilated, and started on continuous infusions of anticonvulsants,However,going by my gut instinct, I decided to avoid intubation, and opted for Levetiracetam, and within 15 minutes of administration, the convulsions subsided.The child was sedated for a few hours thereafter, and was back to his normal self by the next 5 hours. He was then transferred to the wards from the ICU the very next day.
How do you function in similar settings?. Do you always rely on textbook knowledge for such cases?, or do you trust your instincts too, which tell you to take a chance?
Do narrate interesting situations you have faced.
Projects
Project (1)
A multivariate analysis of various factors contributory to alcoholic liver disease in the young
