Respiratory Medicine

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Research focus

  • Asthma and allergy disorders
  • Occupational lung diseases
  • Role of genetics and environmental factors in respiratory illness
  • Fungal infections of the lung
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 
  • Sleep related respiratory problems
  • Biomarkers in respiratory diseases

Ongoing projects

  • Multi-centre phase II/III Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of VPM 1002 in the prevention of Tuberculosis Recurrence in Pulmonary TB patients after successful TB treatment
  • A randomized, multi-dose, double blind, placebo controlled, parallel group, sequential design, multi centric study to evaluate efficacy and safety of beclomethasone Dipropionate Metered Dose Inhaler 
  • Dynamics of velopharyngeal closure mechanism in malek’s pharyngoplasty
  • Nida Clinical trials Network 
  • A study of CD4 count profile in pulmonary & extra pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care centre
  • Clinico-radiological and cytological correlation of lung & mediastinal lesions
  • Prevalence of aspergillus fumigates hypersensitivity in patients with chronic respiratory diseases in a tertiary care hospital
  • Diagnosis yield of medical thoracoscopy in pleural effusion of unknown etiology
  • Predictors of severity and level of serum inflammatory markers in obstructive sleep apnea
  • Diagnostic yield of Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in Endobronchial Ultrasound
  • The value of Assess Respiratory Risk in surgical patients in Catalonia – A preoperative evaluation & scoring of post-operative pulmonary complications in a tertiary care hospital
  • Sensitivity of Gen expert ultra in diagnosis of Extra pulmonary  Tuberculosis
  • Can side stream end-tidal Carbon dioxide measurement accurately predict the arterial carbon dioxide in patients with Hypercapnia undergoing non-invasive ventilation – a prospective observational study
  • Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Chronic Lung Diseases
  • The Diagnostic value of Pleural Fluid Homocysteine in exudative pleural effusion
  • Randomized control trial comparing application of NIV in patients with Decompensated Hypercapnic Respiratory failure in Intensive care and Non Intensive care settings
  • Prevalence of latent TB infection in CKD patients
  • Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring of first line Anti-Drugs different weight bands in adults according to national  tuberculosis elimination  program            
  • Prevalence of persistent chest imaging abnormalities, impaired and exercise capacity in patients who have recovered from Covid19 pneumonia
  • To examine the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and coronary artery disease in a cohort of patients diagnosed with coronary  artery disease
  • Evaluation of diagnostic Accuracy of fractional Exhaled nitric oxide in patients with suspected asthma      
  • The study of pleural manometry as a diagnostic tool in thoracentesis in patients with moderate to massive pleural effusion
  • To validate the diagnostic accuracy of cancer ratio and cancer ratio plus in exudative pleural effusions
  • To compare the efficacy doxy cyclinc vs povidone iodine as a pleuralsclerosing agent in malignant pleural effusion recurrent persistent pleural effusion and pnemothorax
  • Evaluation of patient with intestinal lung disease using impulse Oscillometry 
  • Comparison of the CAT score versus the DECAF score to predict Inpatients outcomes amongst chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. patients having exacerbation      
  • Comparing Effectiveness of milligent volume assured pressure support (IVAPS) VS bi-level positive airway pressure spontaneous/timed (BIPAP S/T) for hypercapnic  respiratory failure with acidosis acute exacerbation chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  
  • The evaluate the effect of 8 weeks hybrid (In person and tele–monitored pulmonary rehabilitation on exercise  capacity and quality of life in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary  
  • Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients with diffuse Parenchymal lung disease    
  • Health related quality of life in various clinical phenotypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in a  tertiary care hospital India 
  • To study clinical radiological and immunological profile of patients diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a tertiary care hospital in South India. 
  • To determine the sensitivity and specificity of impulse oscillometry versus spirometry in patients diagnosed with asthma in a tertiary care hospital   
  • Incidence and prevalence of carbapenem resistant enterobacterales in intensive care unit 
  • Efficacy of continuous positive Airway pressure on inflammatory biomarkers in diabetics with obstructive sleep apnea 
  • The study clinical profile radiological, electrocardiographic and ECHO cardio graphic profile in patients diagnosed with chronic Corpulmonale in a tertiary care hospital in South India 

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