Dr Ankit Parakh, Pediatric Pulmonologist – Pediatric Practice… Pearls for your Pediatric Office Practice

ALLERGIC DISORDERS…

Skin Prick Testing- when to plan

20 Nov 202215 Nov 2022

Indications for performing a Skin Prick Testing in children Allergic Rhino-sinusitis/conjunctivitis Seasonal rhinitis/conjunctivitis These children should be tested if not responding to the usual treatment Perennial rhinitis/conjunctivitis All cases should be tested as the…

Respiratory System…

Role of a sleep study in pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

31 Jul 20225 Aug 2022

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome(OSAS) is a disorder of breathing during sleep characterized by prolonged partial upper airway obstruction and/or intermittent complete obstruction (obstructive apnea). This disrupts normal ventilation during sleep &…

Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis…

Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis PBB

13 Feb 202211 Feb 2022

PBB is increasingly being considered to be one of the common causes of chronic wet cough, particularly in young children (<5 years of age) in western countries for the past…

Bronchoscopy…

Tracheo-bronchial Foreign Body Extraction in children

3 Jan 202129 Dec 2020

Removal of foreign bodies from the child’s airways can be done either by a flexible bronchoscope or a rigid bronchoscope. Most usual foreign bodies like peanuts, almonds, other nuts and seeds…

ALLERGIC DISORDERS…

Tiatropium in Children with Asthma

15 Dec 202024 Dec 2020

ALLERGIC DISORDERS…

Skin Prick Testing

2 Aug 20201 Aug 2020

A non-responding allergic condition, be it a resistant asthma or a rhinitis is a challenge in our day to day clinical practice. It also gives a poor Quality of life to the child and the parents,…

Foreign Body Aspiration…

Foreign body Aspiration in children

21 Jun 202020 Jun 2020

We all have encountered clinical scenarios of classical presentation of a toddler coming after some foreign body aspiration. But clinical dilemma arises when we do not get a classical history…

INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

2019 RNTCP IAP Guidelines for Treatment of Tuberculosis in children… Part 2

22 Dec 201918 Dec 2019

Changes in 2019 RNTCP No CAT II ATT Regimen Guidelines CAT II used to be the empiric treatment regimen for treatment failures, defaulters and TB relapse and this category has…

INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

2019 RNTCP IAP Guidelines for Treatment of Tuberculosis in children… Part 1

19 Dec 201914 Dec 2019

Type of patient *** RegimenNew microbiologically confirmed Pulmonary TB 2HRZE+ 4HRE ## New Clinically diagnosed Pulmonary TB2HRZE+ 4HRE ## New microbiologically confirmed extra-pulmonary TB2HRZE+ 4HRE ## New Clinically Diagnosed extra-pulmonary TB2HRZE+ 4HRE ## Drug sensitive Previously Treated TB @(Recurrence, Treatment after loss to follow up, Treatment after Failure) 2HRZE+ 4HRE ## Note *** Molecular testing shall be done in all new cases in children with suspected…