PRAM-Easy to assess Severity of Asthma Exacerbation in Children-Dr.Deo Kumar Jha,Faculty,Respiratory Foundation of India-Redefining Pediatric Respiratory Medicine for better Pediatric Respiratory Care through Fellowship Program
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood.It is clinically manifested as repeated cough,shortness of breath ,chest tightness and wheeze.All the manifestations may not be present every time.Sometimes ,in children .there is no cough but only problem is shortness of breath and at other times ,there is no shortness of breath and the only […]
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis-ABPA-Dr.Dev Jha,Faculty,Respiratory Foundation of India
ABPA is not uncommon in children suffering from Asthma or cystic Fibrosis It is caused by a fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Other species of Aspergillus may be involved in causation of ABPA.Sometime the clinical manifestations may be due to fungi ,other than Aspergillus and this is the reason this disease entity is now called ABPM-Allergic Bronchopulmonary […]
Peds-AIRQ-new tool for assessing Asthma control in children -GINA-2026-Dr.Dev Jha,Pediatric Pulmonologist,Faculty-Respiratory Foundation of India
GINA 2026 has introduced new tool ,which is very simple as well as very comprehensive for assessing the level of control of Asthma in children between 5-11 years of age . Although ,it has not been validated externally,it is the first time GINA has introduced this simple tool which can be used at any centre. […]
Diagnosis of Asthma in children below 5 years of age-GINA 2026-Dr.Dev Jha, Faculty,Respiratory Foundation of India
GINA -Global initiative of asthma strategy report is coming every year. There is a landmark shift in the strategy report in 2025 continuing in 2026 for the diagnosis of Asthma in children below 5 years of age There are three components for the diagnosis and all three should be present for the diagnosis of asthma. […]
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children-OSAS in children-Dr.Dev Jha,Faculty,Respiratory Foundation of India
OSAS is a condition of partial or total obstruction in the upper airway during sleep resulting in intermittent hypoxemia , hypoventilation with retention of co2 in blood and sleep fragmentation.It occurs repeatedly during sleep.This condition is a sleep related breathing disorder-SBD In different studies, the prevalence has been found to be 1-4 % in children […]
POLYSOMNOGRAPHY-SLEEP STUDY IN CHILDREN-Dr.Dev Jha,Faculty-Respiratory Foundation of India
Polysomnography is the study of sleep ,sleep architecture,sleep latency,sleep efficiency and various events going on in the boby during sleep, like aruosals, apnea, hypopnea, hypoventilation, central/obstructive apnea, central/obstructive hypopnea oxygen saturation,level of carbon dioxide,heart rhythm, frequency and amplitude of brain activities, muscle tone ,respiratory efforts,leg movements and snoring In accordance with the recommendation of American […]
Sleep Disorders in Children-Dr.Dev Jha,Faculty-Respiratory Foundation of India
Sleep disorders are the disorders that affect the adequate sleep in child.Adequate sleep is necessary for the growth,development,cognitive functions and memory of children International classification of sleep disorder -3 by American Academy of Sleep Medicine has classified sleep disorders in children into 6 classes
Sleep neurophysiology-Dr.Dev Jha, Respiratory Foundation of India
Sleep is an active nerobiological precess regulated by interaction of Ascending reticular activating system ,VLPO,Process -C and Process-S Wakefulness occurs by two ARAS-Ascending reticular activating system of brainstem Sleep starts with deactivation of ARAS by Galanin and GABA secreted by hypothalamic VLPO Awake state is maitained by hypocretin,also called orexin which is a switch stabiliser […]
Next Batch of Fellowship Program in Pediatric Pulmonology with Bronchoscopy ,starts on 23.01.26,Dr Dev Jha, Chief Faculty,Respiratory Foundation of India
Learn Pediatric Pulmonolgy clinically, directly from the expert Dr Dev Jha,Pediatric Pulmonologist and Intensivist,India Most of the patients seen in OPD by a Pediatrician have Respiratory ailments Respiratory diseases range from mild to severe,needing expertise of a clinician to diagnose it properly This Fellowship Program trains a doctor and make clinically sound to diagnose the […]
New Respiratory diseases of this decade-Disease of continuous airway irritation-Dr Dev Jha,Bronchoscopy Training/Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology@Respiratory Foundation of India
In the last few years, due to rising level of air pollution ,small lungs of children are exposed to highest burden . Children breathe at faster rate and their lungs are still growing. In such scenario, the high concentration of PM2.5 in the air of India, easily enters the airways and causes continuous irritation with […]
