Final year postgraduates were selected for Award Paper Presentation

Its happy to share with all that our our postgraduates in the Department of Pediatrics under the guidance of Dr. Adarsh E (HOD and Professor, Department of Pediatrics), were selected for Award Paper Presentation at the IAP Mangalore PEDICON and National Neonatology Conference at KS Hegde Institute and hospitals in Mangalore, on 9th and 10th of March, 2024. 3 of our final year postgraduates were selected for Award Paper Presentation Category under the following headings.

• Dr. Kiruthikkashri Jois (1st prize award paper)– Diagnostic utility of diaphragmatic ultrasound to predict surfactant replacement therapy in neonates below 34 weeks of gestation- a prospective observational study.
• Dr. Ajith Krishna –
• Dr. Yusuf Aslam – Effect of maternal voice on proportion of feeding in preterm infants (Improved neonatal outcome with live or recorded maternal voice: A hospital based randomized controlled trial)