Neonatology and Perinatology

Biography

Varghese Abraham has completed his Postgraduation in Pediatric Medicine from Christian Medical College Ludhiana in 2015. He is interested in Pediatric Neurology
and Neonatology. After his post-graduation his main work was with the neonates and is the in charge of SNCU in Christian Hospital Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh,
India. He has 5 international paper presentations and was the resource person in Neonatal Survival Training (A series of workshop funded by Emmanuel Hospital
Association Canada). He has 2 case reports in international journal and one research brief in Journal of Clinical Neonatology which is awaiting publication. He has
given prime importance in patient care, teaching and medical research. He was the principal investigator in 2 studies done in Christian Hospital Chhatarpur, India
and always took initiative in uplifting the quality of care by frequent training of the pediatric and neonatal staff nurses.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the limit of agreement between non-contact infrared temperature (NCIT) from forehead, chest and
abdomen with digital axillary temperature (DAT).
Design & Setting: Prospective study was conducted in the Neonatal unit of Christian Hospital Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh,
India (A mission hospital under Emmanuel Hospital Association, New Delhi).
Methods: In this study NCIT from the forehead, chest and abdomen was compared with DAT by Bland Altman plot.
Results: A total of 211 sets of temperature were recorded from neonates admitted in the Division of Neonatology, Christian
Hospital Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The DAT agrees well with NCIT chest [mean difference = 0.1346, 95% limit of
agreement: (0.08455, 0.1846)] as compared to NCIT forehead and abdomen [Figure 1].
Recent Publications
1. Varghese Abraham, Elizabeth Johnson, Khristina Deep, Deepanjali Dip, Pratima Yadav and Mahima Singh (2018) Is
phototherapy stressful? A study to compare the stress of neonates in single and double surface phototherapy. Journal
of Clinical Neonatology 7:38-40.
2. Varghese Abraham (2015) Congenital malaria mimicking sepsis - a case report from malaria endemic area in Central
India. Acad J Pediatr Neonatol 1(1).
3. Abraham M Ittyachen, Mohan B Jose and Varghese Abraham (2013) Autoimmune hemolytic anemia secondary to
chicken pox. Ann Trop Med Public Health, 6:353-