Bhubaneswar: Paediatricians at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital revived a new-born baby suffering from multiple complications.
The baby, delivered at Khordha, had developed respiratory distress eight hours after birth and was brought to IMS and SUM Hospital.
The baby developed shock and low blood pressure after being admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Multiple drugs had to be administered to stabilise blood pressure.
A 2D Echocardiography revealed poor cardiac contraction and critical aortic stenosis.
After urgent cardiology opinion, a balloon valvotomy was conducted. The baby’s condition improvement, and was extubated to room air.
After two weeks of hospital stay, the baby was discharged.
Prof. (Dr) Soumya Ranjan Mahapatra, and associate professor Dr Gyanaranjan Nayak performed the cardiac intervention. Prof. (Dr) Anuspandana Mohapatra performed the echocardiography, while Prof. (Dr) Ratan Kumar Das, Prof. (Dr) Bhabagrahi Mallick, Dr Bineet Panigrahi, Dr Payal Pradhan, Dr Sudipta Sahoo, Dr Sitikantha Nayak, Dr Shrutiprajna Kar, Dr Kalpita Sahoo, Dr Adyasha Kanungo, Dr Suresh Tripathy, Dr Subhalaxmi Sahoo, Dr Sarath Chandrika and Dr Pujitha were involved in the clinical care of the baby.
Prof. (Dr) Debasish Nanda, Professor and Head of Department of Neonatology, congratulated the doctors and staff for excellent team work that resulted in early diagnosis and timely intervention in a complicated case.
