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Paediatrics Department of Paediatrics (Email Id: paemed.pgims@hry.nic.in) Department of Pediatrics The department of paediatrics
provides care to neonates, infants, children and adolescent up till the age
of 14 years. The vision of department is to provide excellence in clinical
care, training and research. The department is equipped with infrastructure
facilities of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), pediatric intensive care
unit (PICU) and pediatric wards. Pediatric hemato-oncology services are being
provided in the department. Dr Jagjit Singh Dalal have successfully completed
three years of DM Training in Neonatology. Dr Jaya Shankar Kaushik (DM
Pediatric Neurology) is in the process of establishing Pediatric Neurology
services. The department serves as referral centre for neighbouring districts
of Haryana. Faculty
Speciality
Clinics
Publications (Indexed) in last 5 years (2011-2016) 1. Gathwala
G, Khera A, Singh J. Response. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2011 Jul;6(2):163-4. 2.
Singh J, Rattan KN, Gathwala G,
Kadian YS. Idiopathic unilateral lower limb gangrene in a neonate. Indian J
Dermatol. 2011 Nov;56(6):747-8. 3. Gathwala
G, Goel M, Singh J, Mittal K. Intravenous diazepam, midazolam and lorazepam
in acute seizure control. Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;79(3):327-32. 4.
Gathwala G, Singh J, Rattan KN,
Bhalla K. Nonchylous idiopathic pleural effusion in the newborn. Indian J
Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan;15(1):46-8. 5. Marwah
A, Gathwala G. Symptomatic hypoglycemia causing brain injury in a term breast
fed newborn following early discharge. Indian J Pediatr. 2011
Dec;78(12):1549-51. 6. Gathwala
G, Khera A, Singh J, Balhara B. Magnesium for neuroprotection in birth
asphyxia. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2010 Jul;5(2):102-4. 7. Gathwala
G, Dalal P, Dalal JS, Choudhry O. Transient aplastic anemia in Down's
syndrome - a rare association. Eur J Med Genet. 2011 May-Jun;54(3):341-2. 8. Gathwala
G, Walia M, Bala H, Singh S. Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating
factor in preterm neonates with sepsis and relative neutropenia: a
randomized, single-blind, non-placebo-controlled trial. J Trop Pediatr. 2012
Feb;58(1):12-8. 9. Mittal
K, Goel MK, R P, Khanna P. Local skin reaction following an accidental
injection from a BCG vaccine in a healthcare worker. Australas Med J.
2011;4(2):94-6. 10. Gathwala
G, Singh J, Dalal P, Garg A. Hypoglossia-hypodactyly syndrome in a newborn. J
Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2011 Mar;39(2):99-101. 11. Gathwala
G, Sindwani A, Singh J, Choudhry O, Chaudhary U. Ten days vs. 14 days
antibiotic therapy in culture-proven neonatal sepsis. J Trop Pediatr. 2010
Dec;56(6):433-5. 12. Kaur
G, Vinayak N, Mittal K, Kaushik JS, Aamir M. Clinical outcome and predictors
of mortality in children with sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock from Rohtak, Haryana: A prospective
observational study. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2014 Jul;18(7):437-41. 13. Mittal
K, Kaushik JS, Kaur G, Aamir M, Sharma S. Unusual presentation of
Sturge-Weber syndrome: Progressive megalencephaly with bilateral cutaneous
and cortical involvement. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2014 Apr;17(2):207-8. 14. Yadav
M, Mittal K. Effect of vitamin D supplementation on moderate to severe
bronchial asthma. Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Jul;81(7):650-4. 15. Singh
J, Gathwala G, Khanna A, Abrol P, Mittal K, Gehlawat VK. Acquired
methemoglobinemia due to contaminated Holi colors - a rare but preventable
complication. Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Apr;80(4):351-2. 16. Mittal
K, Goel MK. Knowledge Regarding Reproductive Health among Urban Adolescent
Girls of Haryana. Indian J Community Med. 2010 Oct;35(4):529-30. 17. Goel
MK, Kundan M. Psycho-Social Behaviour of Urban Indian Adolescent Girls during
menstruation. Australas Med J. 2011;4(1):49-52. 18. Singh
J, Dalal P, Bhalla K, Rattan KN. Neonatal Adrenal Hemorrhage presenting as
Prolonged Hyperbilirubinemia. J Neonatal Surg. 2016 Apr 10;5(2):22. 19. Rattan
KN, Singh J, Dalal P, Sonika P, Rattan A. Sacral Rachipagus Parasite: A Case Report. J Neonatal Surg. 2016 Apr
10;5(2):16. 20. Rattan
KN, Singh J, Dalal P. Neonatal Duodenal Obstruction: A 15-Year Experience. J
Neonatal Surg. 2016 Apr 10;5(2):13. 21. Aamir
M, Punia H, Dalal P, Sharma D. Conservative management of a large neonatal
ovarian cyst: a case report. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Apr;9(4):SD04-5. 22. Rattan
KN, Dalal P, Gupta M. Exomphalos major associated with thoracic teratoma and
hamartoma of left leg: a rare association. J Neonatal Surg. 2014 Jul
10;3(3):41. 23. Dalal
P, Chaudhry D, Shukla V. Analysis of heavy metals concentration in ambient
air and in human population of Rohtak, India. J Environ Biol. 2013
Sep;34(5):945-9. 24. Dalal
P, Singh J. Recurrent headache in children. J Indian Med Assoc. 2014
Feb;112(2):106-7, 109. 25. Gathwala
G, Dalal P, Dalal JS, Dayal S, Singh G. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: a
rare association with hypophosphatemic rickets. Indian J Pediatr. 2013
May;80(5):430-1. 26. Shukla
V, Dalal P, Chaudhry D. Impact of vehicular exhaust on ambient air quality of
Rohtak city, India. J Environ Biol. 2010 Nov;31(6):929-32. 27. Chandelia
S, Khanna A. Appropriateness of prescriptions for common cold. Indian J
Pediatr. 2013 Feb;80(2):171. 28. Gulati
S, Kaushik JS. How I treat a first single seizure in a child. Ann Indian Acad
Neurol. 2016 Jan-Mar;19(1):29-36. 29. Dubey
R, Kaushik JS, Israni A, Saini L, Patel H, Chakrabarty B, Gulati S. Finger
drop sign: Rare presentation of a common disorder. Brain Dev. 2016
Feb;38(2):250-2. 30. Kumar
RM, Saini L, Kaushik JS, Chakrabarty B, Kumar A, Gulati S. A Combination of Moyamoya
Pattern and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: A Case of Tubercular
Vasculopathy. J Trop Pediatr. 2015 Oct;61(5):393-6. 31. Chellamuthu
P, Sharma S, Jain P, Kaushik JS, Seth A, Aneja S. High dose (4 mg/kg/day)
versus usual dose (2 mg/kg/day) oral prednisolone for treatment of infantile
spasms: an open-label, randomized controlled trial. Epilepsy Res. 2014 Oct;108(8):1378-84. 32. Kaushik
JS, Chakrabarty B, Gulati S, Patel H, Lodha R, Pai G, Kumar A. Unusual late
neurological complication in a child after an Indian krait bite. Pediatr
Neurol. 2014 Jul;51(1):130-2. 33. Mittal
H, Mehndiratta S, Kaushik JS, Godbole T. De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome.
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2013 Nov-Dec;79(6):849. 34. Narang
M, Kaushik JS, Sharma AK, Faridi MM. Predictors of mortality among the
neonates transported to referral centre in Delhi, India. Indian J Public
Health. 2013 Apr-Jun;57(2):100-4. 35. Kaushik
JS, Patra B, Sharma S, Yadav D, Aneja S. Clinical spectrum and treatment
outcome of West Syndrome in children from Northern India. Seizure. 2013
Oct;22(8):617-21. 36. Kaushik
JS, Sharma S, Aneja S, Kumar A. Chiari type 1 malformation and
periventricular nodular heterotopia in a 6-year-old boy with congenital
hemiplegia: a case report. J Child Neurol. 2014 Jan;29(1):99-102. 37. Kaushik
JS, Gomber S, Dewan P. Clinical and epidemiological profiles of severe
malaria in children from Delhi, India. J Health Popul Nutr. 2012
Mar;30(1):113-6. 38. Kashyap
B, Das S, Jain S, Agarwal A, Kaushik JS, Kaur IR. Correlation between the
clinico radiological heterogeneity and the immune-inflammatory profiles in
pediatric patients with neurocysticercosis from a tertiary referral centre. J
Trop Pediatr. 2012 Aug;58(4):320-3. 39. Jain
P, Rajeshwari SM, Singh J, Kumar T, Agarwal SP, Das P. Myofibrillar Myopathy
Presenting as Neonatal Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction: An Extremely Rare
Entity. Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2016;35(2):124-8. 40. Surreptitious
insulin overdosing in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Jain V, Satapathy AK, Yadav J. Indian
Pediatr. 2015 Aug; 52(8):701-3. 41. Unusual
presentation of congenital neuroblastoma as persistent respiratory distress
and Fever from age of 13 days in an infant: a case report. Sharma D, Yadav J, Garg E. Iran J Pediatr.
2014 Dec; 24(6):787-9. 42. Addisonian
Crisis Due to Antitubercular Therapy. Yadav J, Satapathy AK, Jain V. Indian J Pediatr. 2015 Sep; 82(9):860. 43. Cushing
syndrome related to leukemic infiltration of the central nervous system. Yadav J, Jain V. J Pediatr Endocrinol
Metab. 2015 May; 28(5-6):717-9. 44. Opportunistic
Infections and Complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Infected
Children: Correlation with immune status. Yadav J, Nanda S, Sharma D. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J.
2014 Nov; 14(4):e513-21. 45. Novel ABCC8
(SUR1) gene mutations in Asian Indian children with congenital
hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Jahnavi S, Poovazhagi V, Kanthimathi S, Balamurugan K, Bodhini D,
Yadav J, Jain V, Khadgawat R, Sikdar M, Bhavatharini A, Das AK, Kaur T, Mohan
V, Radha V. Ann Hum Genet. 2014 Sep; 78(5):311-9. 46. Split
hand/foot malformation syndrome (SHFM): rare congenital orthopaedic disorder. Patel A, Sharma D, Yadav J, Garg E. BMJ
Case Rep. 2014 Jun 27;2014. 47. Brown tumor
due to vitamin D deficiency in a child with cerebral palsy. Yadav J, Madaan P, Jain V. Indian J
Pediatr. 2014 Dec; 81(12):1419. 48. Cyclopia
syndrome. Sharma
D, Yadav J, Garg E. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jun 9;2014. 49. Pheochromocytoma
presenting as diabetes insipidus. Jain V, Yadav J, Satapathy AK. Indian Pediatr. 2013 Nov 8;
50(11):1056-7. 50.
Benign and infected Sacrococcygeal Teratoma in a 13 year old girl.
APSPJ Case Rep 2015; 6(2)-20. 51.
Gross Congenital Malformation in a Government Hospital. Indian Journal
of Public Health, Vol.58, Issue1, Jan-Mar,2014. 52.
Nonchylous idiopathic pleural effusion in the
newborn. Gathwala G, Singh J, Rattan KN, Bhalla K. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan;15(1):46-8. 53. Mehta P, Verma A, Gathwala G,
Lohia S. Hallervorden Spatz Syndrome: A Case Report International Journal of
Contemporary Medical Research 2016;3(4):1100-1101. 54.
Noonan
syndrome: ACTH induced hypertensive emergency Mittal K, Mehta P, Mittal A
Sch. J. App. Med. Sci. 2016; 4(3C):818-819. 55.
Brocho-biliary fistula:
A rare complication after ruptured liver abscess in a 3˝ year old child.
Kumar P, Mehta P, Ismail J, Agarwala S, Jana M, Lodha R, et al. Lung India
2015;32:489-91. 56.
A
Verma, G Gathwala, P Mehta, M Yadav, R Yadav, S Taparia
. Heryln-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome associated with
Rectovesical fistula and Neural tube defect: A Rare Presentation. The Southeast Asian Journal of
Case Report and Review 2015; 4 (4):1924-1930. 57.
Mehta P, Sinha A, Sami A, Hari P, Kalaivani M, Gulati A, Kabra M,
Kabra SK, Lodha R, Bagga A. Incidence of acute
kidney injury in hospitalized
children. Indian Pediatr. 2012
Jul;49(7):537-42. 58.
Kabra SK, Lodha R,
Mehta P. “50 years of Pediatric Pulmonology, Progress and Future” Indian Pediatr. 2013 Jan 8;50(1):99-103 59.
Mehta P, Agarwala S,
Jana M, Kabra SK. “Swine flu
presenting as acute appendicitis” Indian J Pediatr.2014 Feb;81(2):208-9. 60.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy: an
alarming face of child abuse. Gehlawat P, et al. Indian J Psychol Med. 2015. 61. Diabetes
with comorbid depression: rate of SSRI in better glycemic control. Asian
Journal of psychiatry. 2013. 62.
Congenital Malaria with Atypical Presentation: A Series of Three Case
Reports Journal of Clinical Neonatology 2015; 4(3):206-8. 63.
Ischiopagus parasitic twin: A rare case report Nigerian Journal of
Surgical Sciences Jan-June 2015;25(1) 64.
Giant Fronto-parietal Encephalocele: A rare case report. Indian Journal
of Case Report. 2015; July 25 ISSN (p) 2454-129x ISSN (e) 2454-1303. 65.
Immunocontraceptives: How far from reality?
Lekhwani S, Vaswani N, Ghalaut VS, Shanker V, Singh R. Adv
Biomed Res. 2014 Dec 6; 3: 247. 66.
Clinical predictors of influenza A (H1N1) in
Kanpur, India. Midha T, Nath B, Kumari R, Rao YK, Lekhwani
S, Vaswani ND, Pandey U. J Indian Med Assoc. 2012
Jan;110(1):22, 24, 39 67.
Morbidity profile and seasonal variation of
diseases in a primary health center in kanpur district: a tool for the health
planners. Kumari R, Nath B, Midha T, Vaswani ND,
Lekhwani S, Singh B. J Family Med Prim Care. 2012
Jul;1(2):86-91 68.
Joubert syndrome: a case report.
Singh J, Gathwala G, Agarwal S, Monika, Vaswani ND. J Indian
Med Assoc. 2011 May;109(5):348-9. 69.
Proteomics in obstetrics and gynecology.
Lekhwani S, Shankar V, Vaswani ND. Indian J Hum Genet.
2011 Jan;17(1):3-6. 70.
Opportunistic Infections and Complications in Human
Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Infected Children: Correlation with immune status.
Yadav J, Nanda S, Sharma D. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J.
2014 Nov; 14(4):e513-21. 71. Verma
R, Chawla S, Dhankar M. Importance of Micronutrient Supplementation Programme
in Childhood to Reduce Child Mortality: The Haryana Experience. Int J Prev
Med. 2016 Jun 22;7:87. 72. Sharma
A, Dishant, Gupta V, Kaushik JS, Mittal K. Aluminum phosphide (celphos)
poisoning in children: A 5-year experience in a tertiary care hospital from
northern India. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2014 Jan;18(1):33-6. 73. Aamir
M, Mittal K, Kaushik JS, Kashyap H, Kaur G. Predictors of stress among
parents in pediatric intensive care unit: a prospective observational study.
Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Nov;81(11):1167-70. 74. Arya
V, Gehlawat VK, Kaushik JS, Gathwala G. Assessment of parent reported quality
of life in children with epilepsy from Northern India: A cross-sectional study. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2014
Jan;9(1):17-20. 75. Mittal
K, Gupta V, Khanna P, Kaushik JS, Sharma A. Evaluation of Integrated
Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) algorithm for diagnosis
and referral in under-five children. Indian J Pediatr. 2014 Aug;81(8):797-9. 76. Gehlawat
VK, Arya V, Kaushik JS, Gathwala G. Clinical spectrum and treatment outcome
of severe malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax in 18 children from northern
India. Pathog Glob Health. 2013 Jun;107(4):210-4. 77. Gupta
M, Nanda S, Kaushik JS. Quality of life in symptomatic HIV infected children.
Indian Pediatr. 2013 Dec;50(12):1145-7. Ongoing research projects (National) 1. National
Hospital based rotavirus Surveillance Network- funded by ICMR (Prof Geeta
Gathwala) 2. Establishing
integrated National perinatal data base (NNPD) Network in India- funded by
WHO (Prof Geeta Gathwala) 3.
Gross congenital malformations among babies born at
PGIMS, Rohtak and their risk factors-a case-control study.(Prof
Geeta Gathwala) Ongoing
Thesis Research
Postgraduate allotment
Research Projects 1. WHO-SEARO
National neonatal perinatal database (NNPD) project. (Principal Investigator:
Sr Prof Geeta Gathwala) 2. ICMR
National rotavirus surveillance network project (Principal Investigator: Dr
Geeta Gathwala) 3. ICMR,
CDC Atlanta and CMC Vellore collaboration: Rotavirus vaccine impact
assessment: Surveillance study. (Principal Investigator: Dr Geeta Gathwala
and Dr Poonam Dalal) 4. INCLEN
and AIIMS collaborative research project: Development of Acute Respiratory
Infection Treatment Units (ATUs) and assess their utility in improving
healthcare and research in pneumonia related morbidity and mortality in India
(Principal Investigator: Dr Poonam Mehta, Co-PI: Dr Geeta Gathwala) Awards/Recognition 1. Dr.
Virender Gehlawat, Asstt. Professor has won best paper presentation at Paediatric
Conference of North India, New Delhi, 3-4 Dec. 2016 2. Dr.
Prathapa Shetty, Final year PG has won first prize in oral paper presentation
in NEOCON-2016 3. Dr.
Suchitra Yadav, Final year PG has won
2nd prize in poster presentation at PEDICON-2017 held 18-22
Jan., 2017 at Bangalore. 4. Sr
Prof Geeta Gathwala and Sr Prof Sanjiv Nanda have received UHS award for
excellence in teaching 5. Prof
Kundan Mittal has been awarded Fellowship of Indian Academy of Pediatrics,
and Fellowship of Criticial care Physician. (2016) 6. Dr
Vikas Gupta, has been awarded with Gold medal for Paper presentation at
National conference PEDICON 2013 7. Dr
Gurpreet Kaur, has been awarded Gold Medal for paper presentation in NEOCON
2013. 8. Award
for best poster paper presentation for paper entitled ‘Cardiac troponin I as
an early predictor of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy” at 49th national
conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (PEDICON 2012) held at Gurgaon.
(Dr Geeta Gathwala, Dr Poonam Dalal, Dr Jagjit Singh Dalal) 9. Dr
Jagjit Singh: a.
Best paper award in annual
conference of IAP Haryana state on 11th December 2011 at Kurushetra in 22nd
annual conference of state IAP Haryana. b. Award
for academic excellence received in HARCON 2011 on 11th December at
Kurushetra in 22nd annual conference of state IAP Haryana 10. Dr
Poonam Mehta, has been awarded with Sorel Catherine Freymann Prize for being
the best Post Graduate in Pediatrics, at All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi, 2010. ICMR Short Term Studentship (STS) 1. Predictors of acute meningitis among
children presenting with febrile convulsion (Dr Amiraj Singh) (Guide: Sr Prof
Geeta Gathwala) (STS 2013) 2.
Predictors
for critical care admission among children presenting to emergency with
recurrent wheezing: A case control study (Dr Aman Saini) (Guide: Dr Jaya
Shankar Kaushik) (STS 2013) Events and CME organised in department ·
National
workshops on NRP in May 2015 ·
Department conducts one UG quiz and
2 PG quiz including PG quiz in Neonatology annually. ·
Organized
and conducted the 16TH NNF quiz college round as QUIZ master in
Deptt of pediatrics on 6th august 2016. ·
Organised 5th IAP
pediatric Quiz for post graduates 2011 as “Quiz Master” college round held at PGIMS Rohtak on
9/8/2011 ·
Organized
Asthma training module (ATM) as organizing secretary at Gymkhana club Rohtak
held on 8th of July 2012 (Dr Jagjit) ·
A
national neonatology forum (NNF) quiz college round for post graduates was
held on 6th August 2016 at 1 PM in Pediatric seminar room. Four teams
participated. Dr Ashok and Dr Dayachand from PGIMS stood first. These
students participated in zonal rounds at Jodhpur on 7th August
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