Professional Experience:
1,Sri Ramachandra University- 2005 to present-
Designation- Professor, dept. of general medicine
Joined as an assistant professor in 2005. Involved in outpatient and inpatient care, teaching and research. Interested in the subspecialities of women’s health, infectious diseases, medical problems in obstetrics, low cost intensive care therapy . Passionate about teaching and inculcating knowledge and stimulating interest in medicine.
2. Sitaram Bhartia Institute, New Delhi- 2003-2004
Memberships:
Member of API and IMA.
Examiner of MBBS and MD medicine at various centres
Member of numerous committees including co-chairman of infection control committee, co secretary of PG curriculum committee , member of foundation committee.
Publications:
1)Estimates of Sepsis Prevalence and Outcomes in Adult Patients in the ICU in India: A Cross-sectional Study. Chest. 2022 Jun;161(6):1543-1554. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.673.
2)Role of secondary sepsis in COVID-19 mortality: Observations on patients with preexisting diabetes mellitus and newly diagnosed hyperglycemia. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2022 Apr 12;92(4). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2037.
3)Course of COVID-19 Based on Admission D-Dimer Levels and Its Influence on Thrombosis and Mortality. J Clin Med Res. 2021 Jul;13(7):403-408. doi: 10.14740/jocmr4550. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
4)Hospitalization Outcomes and Mortality Predictors of Sars-Cov-2 Infection in the Elderly: a Single Center Experience from India.Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases 16.2 (2021).
5)Outcomes in severe SARS-CoV-2 patients with liberal oxygenation and steroid therapy-a single centre experience.Critical Care & Shock 24.3 (2021)
6)Hospital outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 in rheumatoid arthritis: A case series observation.” Indian Journal of Rheumatology 16.4 (2021): 464-465.
7)Hypoxia as an independent predictor of adverse outcomes in pulmonary embolism. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2018 Jan;26(1):38-43. doi: 10.1177/0218492317746252.
8)HLH – Unusual Trigger and Positive Outcome. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018 Mar;66(3):90-1.
9)Derivation and Validation of a Novel Prediction Model to Identify Low-Risk Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Aug 15;120(4):676-681. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.05.043.
10)Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome as an unusual cause of cyclic vomiting. Indian J Psychiatry. 2016 Apr-Jun;58(2):234-5. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.183777.
11)Study of the clinical profile of patients with CT proven acute pyelonephritis in a tertiary care hospital.Medico Research Chronicles 3.1 (2016): 64-68.
12)Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis mimicking lung cancer in a nonasthmatic male patient.” Indian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 30.2 (2016): 9
13) Performance of BinaxNOW G6PD deficiency point-of-care diagnostic in P. vivax-infected subjects. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jan;92(1):22-27. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0298.
14)Prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with bleeding tendencies in dengue. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2015 Jan 15;9(1):105-10. doi: 10.3855/jidc.5031.
15)Tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Oct 6;2015:bcr2015211910. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211910
16)Ischaemic stroke with internal carotid artery occlusion following viper bite: A case report.” Neurology Asia 19.2 (2014): 191-193
17)Categorization of dengue fever according to phase of illness–a suggestion for clinical studies using single diagnostic sample. Braz J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep-Oct;17(5):622-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.05.003.
18)Musculoskeletal manifestations of dengue fever: is there a changing pattern?J Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Mar;18(2):102-3. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318247f3a2.
19)Presenting features of diabetes mellitus- Indian J Comm Med,2010 Oct;35(4):523-5
20)Progressive dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with hypereosinophilic syndrome despite prednisone induced hematological remission. J Assoc Physicians India. 2001 Sep;49:944-5.