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Neonatology
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. John’s Hospital is one of the first neonatal units to be established in Karnataka and completed its Silver Jubilee in 2015. It is a leading tertiary referral centre for high-risk newborn care in Southern India, providing comprehensive care to both intramural and extramural newborns.
The NICU currently has 30 intensive care beds and 12 high-dependency beds, supported by a dedicated 7-bedded Mother–Newborn Intensive Care Unit (MNICU), the first of its kind in South India. The unit is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and facilities for advanced neonatal intensive care.
In keeping with the mission and vision of St. John’s, we strive for excellence in neonatal care. Our outcomes, with NICU survival exceeding 90% and neonatal mortality of less than 4 per 1000 live births, are comparable with those of leading centres. With the continued support of the hospital management and the Medico-Social Work Department, we endeavour to ensure that no child is denied appropriate care because of financial or social circumstances.
Training & Education
The Super Specialty Department of Neonatology was established in 2011 and is the first department in Karnataka recognised by the National Medical Commission (NMC) to train three DM Neonatology students every year.
The department provides a comprehensive academic environment with structured postgraduate and super-specialty training, bedside teaching, simulation-based learning, multidisciplinary academic programmes and opportunities for national and international exposure.
Research & Innovation
Research is an integral component of our clinical and academic mission. Our research programmes span clinical research, translational research, community-based interventions and quality improvement initiatives.
The department houses the Centre for Advanced Research in Community Neonatology and an ICMR Centre of Excellence, providing a platform for collaborative research, capacity building and innovation in neonatal and community health.
Human Milk Bank
The Human Milk Bank provides safe, screened and pasteurized donor human milk for eligible newborns when mother’s own milk is unavailable or insufficient. The service also promotes breastfeeding, lactation support and human milk donation.
Parents attending follow-up visits are advised to bring the baby's discharge summary, investigation reports, vaccination records and previous medical documents.
The Department emphasizes safe, compassionate, evidence-based and family-centred neonatal care, with active parental participation in the care of every newborn.
The follow-up and early intervention services focus on growth, feeding, neurodevelopment, developmental milestones and early identification of health or developmental concerns in high-risk infants.
Community Outreach
The department has been actively involved in training, mentoring and outreach education in collaboration with the Government and non-governmental organisations.
Our community neonatal initiatives focus particularly on high-priority districts of Karnataka, where we mentor healthcare personnel working in Special Care Newborn Units (SNCUs) and support them in strengthening the quality of newborn care.
Through these partnerships, we aim to bridge the gap between tertiary neonatal care and community-level newborn services and contribute to improving neonatal outcomes across the state.
Excellence in Neonatal Care
With a legacy spanning several decades, the Department of Neonatology at St. John’s combines clinical excellence, advanced technology, compassionate care, education, research and community engagement.
Our vision is to continue building a centre of excellence in neonatology that not only provides state-of-the-art care to critically ill newborns but also advances knowledge, develops future leaders in neonatology and contributes meaningfully to improving newborn health in India.
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The Department of Neonatology provides comprehensive care for preterm, high-risk and critically ill newborns, including:Intensive and high-dependency care for preterm and high-risk newbornsManagement of VLBW and ELBW infantsAdvanced respiratory support including CPAP, non-invasive and mechanical ventilation including High frequency ventilationManagement of neonatal sepsis and serious infectionsManagement of neonat...
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Nurse Mentor Training Program to Improve Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care at Primary Health Centres: Process Evaluation
Maryann Washington, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Swarnarekha Bhat, Annamma Thomas, Suman Rao, Gayathiri Perumal, Troy Cunningham, Janet Bradley, Lisa Avery, Elisabeth Fischer, Prem K. Mony Feasibility of Implementing Resuscitation Training for Parents of At-risk Infants at Discharge (FIRST AID)
A. Nalina, A. Shashidhar, Aril Bhatia, Shridevi Bisanalli & P. N. Suman Rao Preterm Care Training Through Comprehensive Multimodal Training Packages
Chaitra Angadi · Adhisivam Bethou Online Neonatal Training and Orientation Programme in India (ONTOP-IN)—The Way Forward for Distance Education in Developing Countries
Anu Thukral , Arun Sasi , Deepak Chawla , Parul Datta , Sheeza Wahid , Suman Rao , Venkatnarayan Kannan , Aruna Veeragandam , Srinivas Murki , Ashok K. Deorari Sustaining a "culture of silence" in the neonatal intensive care unit during nonemergency situations: a grounded theory on ensuring adherence to behavioral modification to reduce noise levels
S Swathi , A Ramesh , M Nagapoornima , Lavina M Fernandes , C Jisina , P N Suman Rao , A Swarnarekha Evaluation of body parameters for estimation of endotracheal tube length in Indian neonates
Dharamveer Tatwavedi , Saudamini Vijay Nesargi, Nachiket Shankar, Suman Rao, Swarna Rekha Bhat PAIN—Perception and Assessment of Painful Procedures in the NICU
Carl Denis Britto , Suman Rao PN , Saudamini Nesargi , Sitara Nair , Shashidhar Rao , Theradian Thilagavathy , Armugam Ramesh , Swarnarekha Bhat Topical Anesthesia or Oral Dextrose for the Relief of Pain in Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity: a Randomized Controlled Double-blinded Trial
Saudamini V. Nesargi , Suneetha Nithyanandam , Suman Rao , Somashekhar Nimbalkar , Swarnarekha Bhat Efficacy of expressed breast milk in reducing pain during ROP screening--a randomized controlled trial
Lalitha Rosali , Saudamini Nesargi , Shiny Mathew , Usha Vasu , Suman P N Rao , Swarnarekha Bhat Comparison of efficacy of three devices of manual positive pressure ventilation: a mannequin-based study
Somashekhar M Nimbalkar, Suman Rao PN, Saudamini V Nesargi, Ashish R Dongara & Swarnarekha Bhat Availability of emergency neonatal care in eight districts of Karnataka state, southern India: a cross-sectional study
Prem K. Mony, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Swarnarekha Bhat, Suman V Rao, Maryann Crockett, Lisa Avery, BM Ramesh, Stephen Moses & James Blanchard Perfusion Index-Bedside Diagnosis of Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla , Vinu John , Suman Rao Pn , Kiron Varghese NNF: Clinical Protocols in Perinatology: Ashish Jain and Ballambattu Vishnu Bhat (eds)
Suman Rao Effectiveness of Onsite Nurse Mentoring in Improving Quality of Institutional Births in the Primary Health Centres of High Priority Districts of Karnataka, South India: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Krishnamurthy Jayanna ,Janet Bradley,Prem Mony,Troy Cunningham,Maryann Washington,Swarnarekha Bhat,Suman Rao,Annamma Thomas,Rajaram S,Arin Kar,Swaroop N,Ramesh B M,Mohan H L, Assessment of Neonatal Pain During Heel Prick: Lancet vs Needle—A Randomized Controlled Study
Carl Britto , Jasmine , Suman P N Rao Analgesic Efficacy of Oral Dextrose and Breast Milk during Nasopharyngeal Suctioning of Preterm Infants on CPAP: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
Luvena Rodrigues , Saudamini V Nesargi , Maneka Fernandes , A Shashidhar , Suman P N Rao , Swarnarekha Bhat Monitoring the Postnatal Growth of Preterm Infants: A Paradigm Change
Villar J, Giuliani F, Barros F, Roggero P, Coronado Zarco IA, Rego MAS, Ochieng R, Gianni ML, Rao S, Lambert A, Ryumina I, Britto C, Chawla D, Cheikh Ismail L, Ali SR, Hirst J, Teji JS, Abawi K, Asibey J, Agyeman-Duah J, McCormick K, Bertino E, Papageorghiou AT, Figueras-Aloy J, Bhutta Z, Kennedy S Barriers and enablers to skin-to-skin contact at birth in healthy neonates - a qualitative study
Amala James Alenchery , Joanne Thoppil , Carl Denis Britto , Jimena Villar de Onis , Lavina Fernandez , P N Suman Rao Barriers and enablers to skin-to-skin contact at birth in healthy neonates - a qualitative study
Amala James Alenchery , Joanne Thoppil , Carl Denis Britto , Jimena Villar de Onis , Lavina Fernandez , P N Suman Rao Correlation between Perfusion Index and CRIB Score in Sick Neonates Admitted to a Tertiary Center
Jisha Mathew , Chandrakala Bada Shekarappa , Suman Padubidri Nanyam Rao Continuous, real-time monitoring of neonatal position and temperature during Kangaroo Mother Care using a wearable sensor: a techno-feasibility pilot study
Suman Rao , Prashanth Thankachan , Bharadwaj Amrutur , Maryann Washington , Prem K Mony Remote biomonitoring of temperatures in mothers and newborns: design, development and testing of a wearable sensor device in a tertiary-care hospital in southern India
Prem K Mony , Prashanth Thankachan , Swarnarekha Bhat , Suman Rao , Maryann Washington , Sumi Antony , Annamma Thomas , Sheela C Nagarajarao , Hiteshwar Rao , Bharadwaj Amrutur Therapeutic hypothermia for moderate and severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in newborns using low-cost devices - ice packs and phase changing material
Y N Prashantha , P N Suman Rao , Saudamini Nesargi , B S Chandrakala , Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla , A Shashidhar Gastric Residual Volumes Versus Abdominal Girth Measurement in Assessment of Feed Tolerance in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Shemi Thomas , Saudamini Nesargi, Preena Roshan, Renjita Raju, Shiny Mathew, Sheeja P, Suman Rao In utero fuel homeostasis: Lessons for a clinician
Rao PN, Shashidhar A, Ashok C Fluconazole prophylaxis against fungal colonization and invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight infants
Tushar B Parikh , Ruchi N Nanavati, Chandrakant V Patankar, Suman Rao, Kishore Bisure, Rekha H Udani, Preeti Mehta Fluconazole prophylaxis against fungal colonization and invasive fungal infection in very low birth weight infants
Tushar B Parikh , Ruchi N Nanavati, Chandrakant V Patankar, Suman Rao, Kishore Bisure, Rekha H Udani, Preeti Mehta Kangaroo mother care for low birth weight infants: a randomized controlled trial
Rao P N Suman , Rekha Udani, Ruchi Nanavati Spectral analysis of noise in the neonatal intensive care unit
M D Livera , B Priya, A Ramesh, P N Suman Rao, V Srilakshmi, M Nagapoornima, A G Ramakrishnan, M Dominic; Swarnarekha Efficacy of a low cost protocol in reducing noise levels in the neonatal intensive care unit
A Ramesh , P N Suman Rao, G Sandeep, M Nagapoornima, V Srilakshmi, M Dominic, Swarnarekha Hypercalcemia in extremely low birth weight neonates
Saudamini Vijay Nesargi , Swarna Rekha Bhat, Suman Rao P N, Arpana Iyengar Hypercalcemia in extremely low birth weight neonates
Saudamini Vijay Nesargi , Swarna Rekha Bhat, Suman Rao P N, Arpana Iyengar Low cost calibrated mechanical noisemaker for hearing screening of neonates in resource constrained settings
A Ramesh , C Jagdish , M Nagapoorinima , PN Suman Rao , AG Ramakrishnan , GC Thomas , M Dominic , A Swarnarekha Early term--continuing conundrum of immaturity
P N Suman Rao, Swarnarekha Bhat Expressed breast milk vs 25% dextrose in procedural pain in neonates, a double blind randomized controlled trial
Jagdish Prasad Sahoo , Suman Rao, Saudamini Nesargi, Thomas Ranjit, C Ashok, Swarnarekha Bhat Maintaining reduced noise levels in a resource-constrained neonatal intensive care unit by operant conditioning
A Ramesh , S B Denzil, R Linda, P K Josephine, M Nagapoornima, P N Suman Rao, A Swarna Rekha Umbilical cord milking in preterm neonates requiring resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial
Ram Mohan G, Shashidhar A, Chandrakala BS, Nesargi S, Suman Rao PN. Comparison of new ballards score and parkins score for gestational age estimation
Kavita Sreekumar, Annely D’lima, Saudamini Nesargi, Suman Rao & Swarnarekha Bhat Effect of early versus delayed cord clamping on hematological status of preterm infants at 6 wk of age
Thomas Ranjit, Saudamini Nesargi, P. N. Suman Rao, Jagdish Prasad Sahoo, C. Ashok, B. S. Chandrakala & Swarnarekha Bhat Variability in survival of very low birth weight neonates in hospitals of India
Srinivas Murki, Neeraj Kumar, Deepak Chawla, Anuradha Bansal, Ashish Mehta, Manish Shah, Swarnarekha Bhat, Suman Rao, Naveen Bajaj, Gurdev Chowdhary, Ashwani Singal, Sandeep Kadam, Naveen Jain, T Baswaraj, Rhishikesh Thakre Probiotics for promoting feed tolerance in very low birth weight neonates — A randomized controlled trial
Shashidhar A, Suman Rao PN, Nesargi S, Bhat S, Chandrakala BS Decreasing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections Through Quality Improvement Initiative
Balla KC, Rao SP, Arul C, Shashidhar A, Prashantha YN, Nagaraj S, Suresh G Decreasing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections Through Quality Improvement Initiative
Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla , Suman Pn Rao , Celine Arul , A Shashidhar , Y N Prashantha , Savitha Nagaraj , Gautham Suresh Onsite mentoring of special newborn care unit to improve the quality of newborn care
Y N Prashantha , A Shashidhar , B C Balasunder , B Pradeep Kumar , P N Suman Rao Response Measures to Infection Outbreaks During the Second Year of Sustenance Phase of Infection Control Quality Improvement
Bharathi Balachander , Deepa Rajesh , Cycil Lillian Pinhero , Sunu Paul , Sophia Stevens , Suman Rao Medication errors in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in South India: A prospective observational study
B Prakadeesh Bharathi, Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Kevin Saldanha, P N Suman Rao, D Padmini Devi Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence-based Medicine Viewpoint
Joseph L Mathew Clinical predictors of outcome in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in term neonates
Aggarwal, P.Chaudhari, S.Bhave, S.Pandit, A. Barve, S. Research priorities for care of preterm or low birth weight infants: health policy
GLD, NHAJ, SA, MB, LC-T, QF, PFR, ZH, AAI, CK, VNK, RK, SDL-M, SM, KM, RM, MM, SN, MS, HTT, ADW, BW, KY Incremental costs of scaling up kangaroo mother care: Results from implementation research in Ethiopia and India
Mony PK, Tadele H, Gobezayehu AG, Chan GJ, Kumar A, Mazumder S, Beyene SA, Jayanna K, Kassa DH, Mohammed HA, Estifanos AS, Kumar P, Jadaun AS, Hailu Abay T, Washington M, W/Gebriel F, Alamineh L, Fikre A, Kumar A, Trikha S, Ashebir Gebregizabher F, Kar A, Bilal SM, Belew ML, Debere MK, Krishna R, Dalpath SK, Amare SY, Mohan HL, Brune T, Sibley LM, Tariku A, Sahu A, Kumar T, Hadush MY, Gowda PD, Aziz K, Duguma D, Singh PK, Darmstadt GL, Agarwal R, Gebremariam DS, Martines J, Portela A, Jaiswal HV, Bahl R, Rao Pn S, Tadesse BT, Cranmer JN, Hailemariam D, Kumar V, Bhandari N, Medhanyie AA Antenatal dexamethasone for improving preterm newborn outcomes in low-resource countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis of the WHO ACTION-I trial
Katherine E Eddy , Joshua P Vogel , Nick Scott , Dagnachew Fetene , Tom Tidhar , Olufemi T Oladapo, Gilda Piaggio, My Huong Nguyen , Fernando Althabe, Rajiv Bahl, Suman P N Rao, Ayesha De Costa, Suchita Gupta , Abdullah H. Baqui, Mohammod Shahidullah, Saleha Begum Chowdhury , Salahuddin Ahmed , Saima Sultana , Iffat Ara Jaben , Shivaprasad S Goudar, Sangappa M Dhaded, Yeshita V Pujar , Sunil S Vernekar , Saraswati Welling , Geetanjali M Katageri , Muttappa R Gudadinni , Saumya Nanda , Zahida Qureshi, Harriet Tunu Baraka , Alfred Osoti, George Gwako , John Kinuthia, Samuel Ojo , Adesina Olubukola Adeponle , Ayede Adejumoke Idowu , Ebunoluwa Aderonke Adejuyigbe, Oluwafemi Kuti , Bankole Peter Kuti , Francis Bola Akinkunmi , Weyinmi Emmanuel Kubeyinje , Hadijat Olaide Raji , Olusanya Abiodun , Anthony Dennis Isah , Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Lumaan Sheikh , Almas Aamir , Farrukh Raza New World Health Organization recommendations for care of preterm or low birth weight infants: health policy
GLD [co-chair], NHAJ, SA, MB, LC-T, QF, PFR, ZH, AAI, CK, VNK, RK, SDL-M, SM, KM, RM, MM, SN, SR, MS, HTT, ADW, BW, KY Effect of dexamethasone on newborn survival at different administration-to-birth intervals: A secondary analysis of the WHO ACTION (Antenatal CorticosTeroids for Improving Outcomes in Preterm Newborn)-I trial
Olufemi T. Oladapo, Joshua P. Vogel, Gilda Piaggio, My Huong Nguyen , Fernando Althabe, Rajiv Bahl, Suman P.N. Rao, Ayesha De Costa, Shuchita Gupta , Abdullah H. Baqui, Mohammod Shahidullah, Saleha Begum Chowdhury , Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Zahida P. Qureshi , Fredrick Were, John Kinuthia, Adejumoke I. Ayede, Olubukola A. Adesina, Oluwafemi Kuti , Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Shabina Ariff, Sajid B. Soofi, Lumaan Sheikh , Jose Carvalho , Vania A. Nilsson , Luciana Abreu Antenatal corticosteroids for early preterm birth: implementation strategy lessons from the WHO ACTION-I trial
Ayesha De Costa , Olufemi T Oladapo , Shuchita Gupta , Anayda Portela , Joshua P Vogel , Joao Paulo Souza , Suman Rao , Nicole Minckas , Özge Tuncalp , Rajiv Bahl , Fernando Althabe Universal screening for hyperbilirubinemia in term healthy newborns at discharge: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Faiza Khurshid , Suman Pn Rao , Caroline Sauve , Shuchita Gupta Immediate skin-to-skin contact for low birth weight infants is safe in terms of cardiorespiratory stability in limited-resource settings
Agnes Linnér , Björn Westrup , Siren Rettedal , Kondwani Kawaza , Helga Naburi , Sam Newton , Barak Morgan , Harish Chellani , Sugandha Arya , Vincent Samuel Phiri , Ebunoluwa Adejuyigbe , Naana A Wireko Brobby , Adwoa Pokua Boakye-Yiadom , Luis Gadama , Evelyne Assenga , Matilda Ngarina , Suman Rao , Rajiv Bahl , Nils Bergman Target product profile: aerosolized surfactant for neonatal respiratory distress
Suman Rao , Karen Edmond , Rajiv Bahl Severity and mortality associated with COVID-19 among children hospitalised in tertiary care centres in India: a cohort study
Vidushi Gupta , Amitabh Singh , Sheetal Ganju , Raghvendra Singh , Ramachandran Thiruvengadam , Uma Chandra Mouli Natchu , Nitesh Gupta , Deepali Kaushik , Surbhi Chanana , Dharmendra Sharma , Mudita Gosain , Suman Pn Rao , Narendra Pandey , Arvind Gupta , Sandeep Singh , Urmila Jhamb , Lalitha Annayappa Venkatesh , Chitra Dinakar , Anil Kumar Pandey , Rani Gera , Harish Chellani , Nitya Wadhwa , Shinjini Bhatnagar Effect on neonatal sepsis following immediate kangaroo mother care in a newborn intensive care unit: a post-hoc analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial
Sugandha Arya , Suhail Chhabra , Richa Singhal , Archana Kumari , Nitya Wadhwa , Pratima Anand , Helga Naburi , Kondwani Kawaza , Sam Newton , Ebunoluwa Adejuyigbe , Bjorn Westrup , Nils Bergman , Siren Rettedal , Agnes Linner , Rahul Chauhan , Nisha Rani , Nicole Minckas , Sachiyo Yoshida , Suman Rao , Harish Chellani Affiliations Expand The beneficial effect of early and prolonged kangaroo mother care on long-term neuro-developmental outcomes in low birth neonates - A cohort study
Shridevi Bisanalli , Bharathi Balachander , A Shashidhar , Vijaya Raman , Pavitra Josit , Suman Pn Rao Global newborn health research priorities identified in 2014: A review to evaluate the uptake
Shuchita Gupta , Suman Pn Rao , Sachiyo Yoshida , Rajiv Bahl New World Health Organization recommendations for care of preterm or low birth weight infants: health policy
GLD [co-chair], NHAJ, SA, MB, LC-T, QF, PFR, ZH, AAI, CK, VNK, RK, SDL-M, SM, KM, RM, MM, SN, SR, MS, HTT, ADW, BW, KY Comparison of growth patterns in the first year of life between term small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age South Indian infants
Shruti R Pai , Ramya Padmanabha , Sanjana Kamalakar , Jini V Aravind , Deepa Puttaswamy , Suman Pn Rao , Srinivas K Jois , Asha Kamath , Rebecca Kuriyan The World Health Organization Antenatal CorTicosteroids for Improving Outcomes in preterm Newborns (ACTION-III) Trial: study protocol for a multi-country, multi-centre, double-blind, three-arm, placebo-controlled, individually randomized trial of antenatal corticosteroids for women at high probability of late preterm birth in hospitals in low- resource countries
Ayesha de Costa ,Olufemi T. Oladapo The 77th World Health Assembly resolution calling for newborn screening, diagnosis, and management of birth defects: moving towards action in low-income and middle-income countries
Pui-Ying Iroh Tam , Carmencita D Padilla , Stanley Zlotkin , Adejumoke Idowu Ayede , Tahmina Banu , Janet Kayita , Rajesh Khanna , Suman Pn Rao , Khalid Siddeeg , Salimah Walani , Ayesha de Costa Impact of scaling up of kangaroo mother care on neonatal mortality among babies born with birth weight <2000 g in a district in southern India: a prospective cohort analysis
Tinku Thomas , Arin Kar , Suman P N Rao , Swaroop Narayana , Maryann Washington , Shashidhar Rao , Krishnamurthy Jayanna , Prabhu Deva Gowda , Mohan Harnahalli Lakkappa , Prem Mony Factors influencing confidence in tracheal intubation among neonatal trainees: A questionnaire-based study
Vishwas Rao , Bharathi Balachander , Pragya Dubey , Suman Rao Pn Transfer to Home of Low‐Birth‐Weight Infants in Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)‐A Point of Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) Approach
Anjali S. Raj ,Vishwas Rao ,R. Deepa , Hindumathy Babu , Sandra Shaju , Suman V. Rao Measuring ENAP interventions for small and/or sick newborns in routine health information systems: indicators and considerations from a WHO expert consultation
Ayesha De Costa ,Harriet Ruysen Observations, Beliefs & Science Among Obstetricians on Kangaroo Mother Care in India
Objective: To obtain insights into the knowledge and attitudes of obstetricians towards “kangaroo mother care” (KMC), and to identify their role in it in India. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study in the form of a comprehensive, structured questionnaire-based survey was conducted and disseminated to several obstetricians across various cities in India between January and June 2023 using an online survey tool by the “snowball” sampling method. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Each response was assigned a specific weight. A scoring system was developed using the partial credit model. Scores were categorized using the Jenks break classification into “low”, “moderate”, and “high”. The Mann–Whitney U-test was carried out to explore the relationship between participant scores with age and location of practice. Results: The final dataset consisted of 215 obstetricians across India. Most respondents (89.30%, 192/215) were aware of the impact of KMC on reducing neonatal mortality (though the precise figures were less known). The term “KMC” was used interchangeably with skin-to-skin contact at birth by 69.77% (150/215) of respondents. The “Belief section” received a positive response, with most participants advocating for antenatal counselling on KMC and its inclusion in obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics curricula. We found that 98 (45.6%) and 90 (41.9%) respondents scored moderate-to-high in the Science and Observations sections, respectively, and 90 (41.9%) excelled in the Beliefs section. There were significant associations (P = 0.011 and 0.018, respectively) between the age of the practitioner and his/her knowledge and practices of KMC, and between those who worked in academic centers compared with those who did not in terms of their beliefs towards KMC practices (P = 0.020), suggesting that exposure and experience in the field enhanced the understanding of KMC, highlighting the need for targeted training for new obstetricians. Conclusion: Obstetricians exhibited positive attitudes and beliefs towards KMC and were ready to increase their knowledge and practices. It is crucial to collaborate and harness this potential to ensure their greater involvement in KMC implementation. Less invasive surfactant administration versus intubation-surfactant-extubation: a single-center retrospective study
C.S. Jithin, MD, DM, , A. Nalina, MD, DM, , A. Shashidhar, MD, DM, , P.N. Suman Rao, MD, DM, Comparison of new ballards score and parkins score for gestational age estimation
Kavita Sreekumar, Annely D’lima, Saudamini Nesargi, Suman Rao & Swarnarekha Bhat Fetal vascular malperfusion (FVM): diagnostic implications and clinical associations
Gayatri Ravikumar , Dwayne Mascarenhas , P N Suman Rao , Julian Crasta Highlights 2018: health stories in focus
Joanna Palmer Breast Milk Quality Improvement Bundle for Very Low Birth Weight Neonates
Akshatha Mallikarjuna, Saudamini Vijay Nesargi, Suman P N Rao Design and Implementation of a Structured Programme for Validation of Birth Weights in a District of Southern India: A Case Study
Prem K Mony , Maryann Washington , Suman Rao , Jayachitra Gajendran , Virgin Thooya , Swaroop N , Arin Kar , Krishnamurthy Jayanna Kangaroo Mother Care in Hospitalized Low Birth-Weight Infants on Respiratory Support: A Feasibility and Safety Study
Shridevi Bisanalli , Saudamini Nesargi, Ram Mohan Govindu, Suman Pn Rao Goat lung surfactant for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome among preterm neonates: a multi-site randomized non-inferiority trial
Medhanyie AA, Alemu H, Asefa A, Beyene SA, Gebregizabher FA, Aziz K, Bhandari N, Beyene H, Brune T, Chan G, Cranmer JN, Darmstadt G, Duguma D, Fikre A, Andualem BG, Gobezayehu AG, Mariam DH, Abay TH, Mohan HL, Jadaun A, Jayanna K, Kajal FNU, Kar A, Krishna R, Kumar A, Kumar V, Madhur TK, Belew ML, M R, Martines J, Mazumder S, Amin H, Mony PK, Muleta M, Pileggi-Castro C, Pn Rao S, Estifanos AS, Sibley LM, Singhal N, Tadele H, Tariku A, Lemango ET, Tadesse BT, Upadhyay R, Worku B, Hadush MY, Bahl R The Thin But Fat Phenotype is Uncommon at Birth in Indian Babies
Rebecca Kuriyan , Saba Naqvi , Kishor G Bhat , Santu Ghosh , Suman Rao , Thomas Preston , Harshpal Singh Sachdev , Anura V Kurpad Impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care initiated immediately after birth (iKMC) on survival of newborns with birth weight between 1.0 to < 1.8 kg: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Ebunoluwa Aderonke Adejuyigbe, Pratima Anand, Daniel Ansong, Chineme Henry Anyabolu, Sugandha Arya, Evelyne Assenga, Ibraheem Awowole, Monika Bahl, Rajiv Bahl, Jill Bergman, Nils Bergman, Adwoa Boakye-Yiadom, Rahul Chauhan, Harish Chellani, Nidhi Chopra, Rupali Dewan, Queen Dube, Luis Gadama, Harsh Vardhan Jaiswal, Kondwani Kawaza, Bankole Peter Kuti, Oluwafemi Kuti, Roderick Larsen-Reindorf, Agnes Linnér, Alexander Manu, Augustine Massawe, Nicole Minckas, Pratima Mittal, Ausbert Msusa, Helga Naburi, Sam Newton, Matilda Ngarina, Ayodele Olanrewaju Oladele, Gyikua Phlange-Rhule, Cynthia Pillegi-Castro, Nisha Rani, P N Suman Rao, Siren Rettedal, Isha Saini, Vincent Samuel, Richa Singhal, Jyotsana Suri, Nitya Wadhwa, Björn Westrup, Naana Wireko-Brobby, Sachiyo Yoshida Simulation training to improve aseptic non-touch technique and success during intravenous cannulation-effect on hospital-acquired blood stream infection and knowledge retention after 6 months: The snowball effect theory
Bharathi Balachander 1, Deepa Rajesh 1, Bonita Viona Pinto 1, Sofia Stevens 1, Suman Rao Pn 1 Predictors of length of hospital stay among preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care unit: Data from a multicentre collaborative network from India (INNC: Indian National Neonatal Collaborative)
Srinivas Murki, Venkateshwarlu Vardhelli, Saikiran Deshabhotla, Deepak Sharma, Dinesh Pawale, Dattatray Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Nandkishor S Kabra, Mangalabharathi Sundaram, Nishad Plakkal, Ashish Mehta, Baswaraj Tandur, Deepak Chawla, Subramanian Sreeram, Bijan Saha, PN Suman Rao, Sandeep Kadam Predisposing factors for excessive loss of weight in exclusively breastfed term and late preterm neonates - a case control study
Dhanya Jayaraj , Suman Rao , Bharathi Balachander Antenatal Dexamethasone for Early Preterm Birth in Low-Resource Countries
Oladapo OT, Vogel JP, Piaggio G, Nguyen MH, Althabe F, Gülmezoglu AM, Bahl R, Rao SPN, De Costa A, Gupta S, Baqui AH, Khanam R, Shahidullah M, Chowdhury SB, Ahmed S, Begum N, D Roy A, Shahed MA, Jaben IA, Yasmin F, Rahman MM, Ara A, Khatoon S, Ara G, Akter S, Akhter N, Dey PR, Sabur MA, Azad MT, Choudhury SF, Matin MA, Goudar SS, Dhaded SM, Metgud MC, Pujar YV, Somannavar MS, Vernekar SS, Herekar VR, Bidri SR, Mathapati SS, Patil PG, Patil MM, Gudadinni MR, Bijapure HR, Mallapur AA, Katageri GM, Chikkamath SB, Yelamali BC, Pol RR, Misra SS, Das L, Nanda S, Nayak RB, Singh B, Qureshi Z, Were F, Osoti A, Gwako G, Laving A, Kinuthia J, Mohamed H, Aliyan N, Barassa A, Kibaru E, Mbuga M, Thuranira L, Githua NJ, Lusweti B, Ayede AI, Falade AG, Adesina OA, Agunloye AM, Iyiola OO, Sanni W, Ejinkeonye IK, Idris HA, Okoli CV, Irinyenikan TA, Olubosede OA, Bello O, Omololu OM, Olutekunbi OA, Akintan AL, Owa OO, Oluwafemi RO, Eniowo IP, Fabamwo AO, Disu EA, Agbara JO, Adejuyigbe EA, Kuti O, Anyabolu HC, Awowole IO, Fehintola AO, Kuti BP, Isah AD, Olateju EK, Abiodun O, Dedeke OF, Akinkunmi FB, Oyeneyin L, Adesiyun O, Raji HO, Ande ABA, Okonkwo I, Ariff S, Soofi SB, Sheikh L, Zulfiqar S, Omer S, Sikandar R, Sheikh S, Giordano D, Gamerro H, Carroli G, Carvalho J, Neilson J, Molyneux E, Yunis K, Mugerwa K, Chellani HK. Effect of early versus delayed cord clamping on hematological status of preterm infants at 6 wk of age
Thomas Ranjit, Saudamini Nesargi, P. N. Suman Rao, Jagdish Prasad Sahoo, C. Ashok, B. S. Chandrakala & Swarnarekha Bhat Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Nicole Minckas , Melissa M Medvedev , Ebunoluwa A Adejuyigbe , Helen Brotherton , Harish Chellani , Abiy Seifu Estifanos , Chinyere Ezeaka , Abebe G Gobezayehu , Grace Irimu , Kondwani Kawaza , Vishwajeet Kumar , Augustine Massawe , Sarmila Mazumder , Ivan Mambule , Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Elizabeth M Molyneux , Sam Newton , Nahya Salim , Henok Tadele , Cally J Tann , Sachiyo Yoshida , Rajiv Bahl , Suman P N Rao , Joy E Lawn Quality improvement initiative to improve the duration of kangaroo mother care for twin preterm neonates born at a tertiary care hospital in resource-limited settings
Pihu Arora , Anitha Kommalur , Sahana Devadas , Mallesh Kariyappa , Suman P N Rao Small and sick newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic: global survey and thematic analysis of healthcare providers' voices and experiences
Rao SPN, Minckas N, Medvedev MM, Gathara D, Y N P, Seifu Estifanos A, Silitonga AC, Jadaun AS, Adejuyigbe EA, Brotherton H, Arya S, Gera R, Ezeaka CV, Gai A, Gobezayehu AG, Dube Q, Kumar A, Naburi H, Chiume M, Tumukunde V, Medhanyie AA, Plange-Rhule G, Shabini J, Ohuma EO, Tadele H, W/Gebriel F, Hadgu A, Alamineh L, Mehta R, Molyneux E, Lawn JE Decreasing antibiotic over-use by implementation of an antibiotic stewardship programme in preterm neonates in resource limited settings – a quality improvement initiative
Anitha Kommalur , Vidyalakshmi Baddadka , Sahana Devadas , Mallesh Kariyappa , B. Dakshayani , Shilpa Krishnapura Lakshminarayana , Suman P. N. Rao , Praveen Venkatagiri , Gayathri Devi Chinnappa , Sushma Veranna Sajjan Reducing rates of discharge against medical advice in the neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital in South India: a mixed-methods study
Bosco AN, A S, Rees CA, Wheeler AD, Britto CD, P N SR Immediate "Kangaroo Mother Care" and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight
Arya S, Naburi H, Kawaza K, Newton S, Anyabolu CH, Bergman N, Rao SPN, Mittal P, Assenga E, Gadama L, Larsen-Reindorf R, Kuti O, Linnér A, Yoshida S, Chopra N, Ngarina M, Msusa AT, Boakye-Yiadom A, Kuti BP, Morgan B, Minckas N, Suri J, Moshiro R, Samuel V, Wireko-Brobby N, Rettedal S, Jaiswal HV, Sankar MJ, Nyanor I, Tiwary H, Anand P, Manu AA, Nagpal K, Ansong D, Saini I, Aggarwal KC, Wadhwa N, Bahl R, Westrup B, Adejuyigbe EA, Plange-Rhule G, Dube Q, Chellani H, Massawe A Diagnosis and Management of Neonatal Bacterial Sepsis: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives
Domenico Umberto De Rose , Maria Paola Ronchetti , Ludovica Martini , Jole Rechichi , Marco Iannetta , Andrea Dotta , Cinzia Auriti Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study
Mony PK, Tadele H, Gobezayehu AG, Chan GJ, Kumar A, Mazumder S, Beyene SA, Jayanna K, Kassa DH, Mohammed HA, Estifanos AS, Kumar P, Jadaun AS, Hailu Abay T, Washington M, W/Gebriel F, Alamineh L, Fikre A, Kumar A, Trikha S, Ashebir Gebregizabher F, Kar A, Bilal SM, Belew ML, Debere MK, Krishna R, Dalpath SK, Amare SY, Mohan HL, Brune T, Sibley LM, Tariku A, Sahu A, Kumar T, Hadush MY, Gowda PD, Aziz K, Duguma D, Singh PK, Darmstadt GL, Agarwal R, Gebremariam DS, Martines J, Portela A, Jaiswal HV, Bahl R, Rao Pn S, Tadesse BT, Cranmer JN, Hailemariam D, Kumar V, Bhandari N, Medhanyie AA Comparison of efficacy of a 7-day versus a 14-day course of intravenous antibiotics in the treatment of uncomplicated neonatal bacterial sepsis: study protocol of a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial
Sourabh Dutta S, Nangia S, Jajoo M, Gathwala G, Nesargi S, Sundaram M, Kumar P, Saili A, Kumar D, Dalal P, Suman Rao PN, Shanmugam R, Ray P, Randhawa VS, Saigal K, Sharma M, Nagaraj S, Radhakrishnan D. Antenatal dexamethasone for late preterm birth: A multi-centre, two-arm, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial
Olufemi T. Oladapo ,Rajiv Bahl , Accelerated scale-up of Kangaroo Mother Care: Evidence and experience from an implementation-research initiative in south India
Jayanna K, Rao S, Kar A, Gowda PD, Thomas T, Swaroop N, Washington M, Shashidhar AR, Rai P, Chitrapu S, Mohan HL, Martines J, Mony P. No Data available for Book chapters.
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DEPARTMENT OF Neonatology
| DOCTOR | Morning | Evening |
| Dr. Shashidhar A | Wednesday | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday |
| Dr. Suman Roa | Friday | |
| Dr. Chandrakala BS | Wednesday | Monday, Friday |
| Dr. Saudamini Nesargi | Monday | |
| Dr. Bharathi B | Saturday | |
| Dr. Nalina A | Saturday |
Speciality Clinics
| DOCTOR | DAYS | TIMINGS |
| Dr. Shashidhar A, Dr. Chandrakala BS, Dr. Nalina A | Thursday | 2-4 pm |
| Dr. Suman Rao, Dr. Saudamini Nesargi, Dr. Bharathi B | Tuesday | 2-4 pm |
| On Rotation | 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month (Early Intervention Clinic) | 9-12 Am |
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