Dr. Karthik Narayanan R

Senior Consultant – General Pediatrics & Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergency, Chennai

MBBS,MD,DM

English, Tamil Guindy Sholinganallur

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Dr. Karthik Narayanan is a top General Pediatrician & Pediatric Intensivist in Guindy, Sholinganallur, Chennai. He is a Senior Consultant – Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergency. He has done his MBBS from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore followed by MD in Pediatrics from the prestigious PGIMER, Chandigarh. He further completed his super-specialization DM in Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine from the same institute. He has to his credit, the honor of being invited as faculty to many medical conferences and has published many book chapters. He has presented oral papers and publications at national and international conferences.

Areas of interest:

Vasoactives in septic shock

Bed-side Ultrasound in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Biomarkers in Severe Sepsis

Critical Care Nursing training and education

Low-cost innovative strategies in Pediatric critical care

Skill Set:

Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) qualified instructor for Pediatric Advanced Life support (PALS) and Basic Life support (BLS).

Also Trained In

Pediatric and neonatal emergencies

Securing subclavian, internal jugular and femoral lines in infants and children

Thoracostomy tube insertions

Exchange transfusion/ partial exchange in neonates

Bedside echocardiography and its use to assess hemodynamics and congenital heart diseases

Peri-operative care in children with congenital and acquired heart disease

Peri-operative care of neonates and children undergoing GI and urological surgeries

Mechanical ventilation including high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in neonates and children

Renal replacement therapies (Peritoneal dialysis, intermittent hemodialysis, sustained low-efficiency dialysis and CRRT in children)

Neuro-critical care: Invasive ICP insertion and monitoring, continuous EEG monitoring, management of raised intracranial pressure and refractory/super-refractory status epilepticus, care of children following post-operative neurosurgical interventions and traumatic brain injury

Flexible bronchoscopy in PICU

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (Veno-venous and veno-arterial) in a patient with respiratory failure (ARDS) and cardiac failure (post-operative care and cardiogenic shock due to acquired heart diseases).

He is well recognised in the field of Pediatrics and regarded as one of the best General Pediatrician & Pediatric Intensivist in Guindy, Sholinganallur, Chennai.