Om Krishna Pathak

A compassionate neonatologist with special interest in quality improvement and point of care ultrasound. Almost a decade experience in high volume delivery services with level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care unit. Dedicated academician and coordinator of Fellowship in Neonatology program.

• Nepal Medical Council (NMC No 7756)

• Excellent health care solution award given by Nick Simond Institute at

national rural health care conference, 2012

• Lucky media house health award 2021

Publications:

• Preterm neonates admitted in the NICU at a tertiary care centre: A descriptive cross-sectional study, 2023 JNMA (as a co-author)
• Leave Against Medical Advice among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Crosssectional Study, JNMA 2023 (as a co-author)
• Usability, acceptability and feasibility of a novel technology with visual guidance with video and audio recording during newborn resuscitation: a pilot study, December 2022,BMJ Health & Care Informatics 29(1):100667 (as a co-author)
• Co-author of “Manual of Neonatal sepsis” 2021
• Pathak, O.et al(2021). Cranial Ultrasound in Moderate and Late Preterm Neonates: A Prospective Observational Study. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 41(1), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v41i1.31024.
• Nepal Paediatric Society Clinical Guidance for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in the Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Nepal. J Nepal Paediatr Soc Vol 41 Issue 1 Jan-Apr 2021.
• Co-author of “Point of care Neonatal Lung Ultrasound” 2020
• The Economic burden of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission at a Community Hospital of Central Nepal. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 40(1), 41-47. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v40i1.28600, 2020
• Guideline for the management of COVID 19- Prepared by scientific committee of NMA Chitwan, Nepal: Technical report published in Researchgate March 2020
• Co-author of the book “Atlas of point of care neonatal cranial ultrasound” 2018
• Pathak OK et al. International journal of medicine and biomedical sciences, 2017.
• Co-authors of the book “Newer Insight in Perinatology” May 2017.
• Om Krishna Pathak et al. SVT and gram negative sepsis in Neonates. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 39(3), 197-199. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v39i3.28641
• Om K. Pathak et al. Retrospective Study Of Clinical Profile And Prognostic Indicators In Patients Of Alcoholic Liver Disease Admitted In A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital In Western Nepal. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jul; 15(3): 171–175.

doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.54746

• Is low hemoglobin level a risk factor for acute lower respiratory tract infection ? Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society Vol.30(1) 2010 1-7 . DOI: 10.3126/jnps.v30i1.2453(co-author)

Presentations:

• Presented a paper on Neonatal Supraventricular Tachycardia in NEPCON 2014
• Presented a paper on ‘Lung ultrasound in critical care’ in NEPCON 2018
• Presented a paper on “Cranial ultrasound in moderate and late preterm neonates” on

3rd Annual Nepal Pediatric Society scientific meet 2019

• 3rd Chitwan International conference on Pediatric Emergency Medicine on “Bites and Stings in Milieu” on March 27, 2022
• Point of care Quality Improvement: A new paradigm. Presented on Mini Nepcon 2024

References:

Pradeep Suryawanshi

Bharati Vidhyapeeth University / Professor

+919923540500 drpradeepsuryawanshi@gmail.com

Kalpana Subedi

Government of Nepal / Professor

+977 9841318209 kalpana_subedi@hotmail.com