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Respiratory Medicine

The Department of Respiratory Medicine in Vydehi hospital has a team of committed and caring specialists who practice evidence-based medicine with holistic approach to lung disorders.

From the past 2 decades, the Department of Respiratory Medicine has been involved in the management of acute and chronic respiratory diseases like bronchial asthma, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), bronchiectasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, interstitial lung diseases, sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnoea, smoking cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation, occupational lung diseases, diagnosis of lung cancer etc.

The Department of Respiratory Medicine is one of the most efficient centre providing specialised services in In-patient and Out-patient setting including bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, pulmonary rehabilitation and sleep study (polysomnography).

Professor & HOD

Dr.Alamelu Haran

MBBS, MD
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
79697

Associate Professor

Dr.Ajit H

MBBS, MD
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
86217

Associate Professor

Dr.Mamatha S

MBBS, MD
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
80505

Assistant Professor

Dr.Hemalatha A S

MBBS, DNB
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
80346

Assistant Professor

Dr.Gummadi Anish Reddy

MBBS, MD
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
Anp20150000124Ktk

Senior Resident

Dr.Santoshkumar Hammigi

MBBS, MD
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
124161

Senior Resident

Dr.Sukumar K N

MBBS, MD
Karnataka State Medical
Council Registration Number
110726

  1. Outpatient services:
  • Monday- Saturday -7.30 AM to 6.30 PM
  • Sunday -7.30 AM to 1.00 PM
  1. In-patient services:
  • 60 general beds
  • Unlimited private beds
  1. Pulmonary Function Lab:
  • Spirometry(PFT)
  • Diffusing capacity measurements by CO diffusion(DLCO)
  1. Bronchoscopy services:
  • Diagnostic bronchoscopy
  • Broncho-alveolar lavage(BAL)
  • Endobronchial biopsy(EBB)
  • Trans- bronchial lung biopsy(TBLB)
  • Transbronchial Needle Aspiration(TBNA)
  1. Thoracoscopy services :
  • Thoracoscopic biopsy
  1. Pleural procedures:
  • Pleural fluid aspiration
  • Intercostal drainage facility
  • Pleurodesis
  1. Radiological Interventions:
  • Chest (USG) sonography & guided procedures
  • CT Guided lung biopsy
  • CT Guided pleural biopsy
  • Bronchial Artery Embolization(BAE)
  1. Exercise testing & Rehabilitation:
  • 6 min. walk test
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation programme
  1. Full Fledged Sleep lab:
  • Level 1—Polysomnography
  • Limited channel sleep study
  • Titration  study
  1. NTEP (National Tuberculosis Elimination Program)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis including MDR- TB services
S NOAUTHOR 1ST, 2ND AND CORRESPONDING AUTHORTITLE OF PAPERNATIONAL OR INTERNATIONALNAME OF THE JOURNALINDEXING DETAILSDATE OF PUBLICATIONPAGENO, VOL,ISSN NO
1.

DR MAMATHA S

DR ALAMELU HARAN

LUNG CANCER IN SMOKERS VERSUS NONSMOKERS: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OVER A 5-YEAR PERIODINTERNATIONALEGYPT J CHEST DIS TUBERCGOOGLE SCHOLAR, DOAJ,PUBMED14/05/ 2020ISSN 0422-7638 2020; 69:429-33.
2.DR ALAMELU HARANUTILITY OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN PERIEXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASEINTERNATIONALMEDPULSE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINEINDEX COPERNICUS, WORLD CAT, PORTICO, SCILITJANUARY 2021ISSN: 2550-7583[PRINT] ISSN: 2636 – 4751[ONLINE] JANUARY 2021; 17(1):04-08.
3.

DR MAMATHA S

DR ALAMELU HARAN

DIAGNOSTIC VALIDITY OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY THORAX IN COMPARISON WITH FIBREOPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY FOR ENDOBRONCHIAL LESIONSINTERNATIONALJOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH [JCDR]INDEX COPERNICUS, DOAJ01/03/2021ISSN NO 0973 709X [ONLINE] 2249-782X [PRINT]   2021 MAR; VOL- 15(3):OC09-OC13
4.DR GUMMADI ANISH REDDYUTILITY OF GENEXPERT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS/RIFAMPICIN ASSAY IN SMEAR-NEGATIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISNATIONALAPK J INT MEDDOAJ21/04/2021ISSN NO 2666-1802   YEAR 2021 VOLUME:9 ISSUE:2 PAGES : 108-112
5.DR ALAMELU HARANTHE CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND LABORATORY PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS WITH AUTOIMMUNE FEATURES FROM INDIA: AN OBSERVATIONAL, CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDYINTERNATIONALCEREUSPUBMED CENTRAL (PMC), PUBMED, GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND WEB OF SCIENCE23/05/2021ISSN 2168 8184 2021 MAY 23;13(5):E15187. DOI: 10.7759/CUREUS.15187.
6.DR ALAMELU HARANASSOCIATION BETWEEN NON-CYSTIC FIBROSIS BRONCHIECTASIS AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A SINGLE-CENTER CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDYINTERNATIONALCEREUSPUBMED CENTRAL (PMC), PUBMED, GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND WEB OF SCIENCE31/03/2021ISSN 2168 8184 2021 MAR 31;13(3):E14231. DOI: 10.7759/CUREUS.14231.
7.DR GUMMADI ANISH REDDYEFFICACY, SAFETY, AND LOT-TO-LOT IMMUNOGENICITY OF AN INACTIVATED SARS-COV-2 VACCINE (BBV152): INTERIM RESULTS OF A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND, CONTROLLED, PHASE 3 TRIALINTERNATIONALLANCETPUBMED, DOAJ, EMBASE11/12/2021 ISSN 0140-6736[PRINT] ISSN 1474 – 547X[WEB]   2021; 398: 2173–84
8.DR PRAVEEN KUMAR B SCLINICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL STUDY OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA – A HOSPITAL BASED STUDYINTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL RESEARCHINDEX MEDICUS,INDEX COPERNICUS13-07-2019ISSN NO 2393 – 915X[ONLINE] 2454—7379[PRINT]   2019;6(7):G1-G5.
9.

DR ALAMELU HARAN

DR AJIT H

ENDOBRONCHIAL INSTILLATION OF TRANEXAMIC ACID TO CONTROL BLEEDING DURING BRONCHOSCOPIC PROCEDUREINTERNATIONALEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR & CLINICAL MEDICINE

CENGAGE LEARNING  CREOSS REFERENCE

JISC KB

SHEPRA ROMEO

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

2022

ISSN 2515 8260

VOLUME 9,ISSUE 7,PAGES 6451-6458

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DR MAMATHA S,

DR ALAMELU HARAN

DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICORADIOLOGICAL PRESENTATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL HAEMOGLOBINOPATHY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDYINTERNATIONALJ CLIN OF DIAGN RESDOAJ2022

VOL. 16

ISSUE 7,

P22-25

11DR ALAMELU HARAN FEV1/FVC AND FEV1/SVC RATIOS IN DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES.INTERNATIONALEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR & CLINICAL MEDICINE

CENGAGE LEARNING

CROSS REFERENCE

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SHEPRA ROMEO

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

2022VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6,PAGES 2209-2216.

12

 

DR ALAMELU HARAN

DR GUMMADI ANISH REDDY

 A STUDY OF VARIOUS PREDICTORS OF COPD RELATED FATIGUE (COPD-RF) AND ITS CORRELATION WITH OTHER ESTABLISHED OUTCOME PARAMETERS IN COPD: PREDICTORS OF COPD RELATED FATIGUE (COPD-RF) AND ITS CORRELATION WITH OTHER ESTABLISHED OUTCOME PARAMETERS IN COPD.INTERNATIONALNIGER MED JPUBMED CENTRAL202363(2):133-9
13DR MAMATHA SDIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF XPERT MTB/RIF IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE OF SPUTUM-SCARCE RECURRENT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS CASES.INTERNATIONALJOURNAL OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES NU

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14DR AJIT HCHANGING TRENDS OF ADENOCARCINOMA AMONG OTHER NON-PERIPHERAL LUNG TUMOURS IN SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS: A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE’S EXPERIENCE.NATIONALAPIK JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINEDOAJ12.07.2022

ISSN NO.2666-1802

VOLUME 10-ISSUE 3 PAGE NO.195-202

15DR AJIT HCORRELATIONS BETWEEN INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN TUBERCULOSIS-ASSOCIATED OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.INTERNATIONALCUREUSPUBMED CENTRAL, WEB OF SCIENCE,  GOOGLE SCHOLAR01.03.2022

ISSN NO.2168-8184

14(3):E22742 DOI:10.7759/CUREUS.22742

16DR AJIT H A CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF AFB SMEAR POSITIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCHDOAJ 

ISSN NO. 0975-3583,0976-283

VOL. 10-ISSUE 3 PAGE 2163-2172

17DR AJIT HUSEFULNESS OF CRP AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN THE CLINICAL COURSE OF COVID-19 INFECTION DURING THE THREE WAVES: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.INTERNATIONALMED J DR DY PATIL VIDYAPEETHDOAJ2022VOLUME:15/ISSUE NUMBER:8/PAGE: 253-258
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DR RAVIVARMA

DR PRAVEENKUMAR

FEV1/FVC AND FEV1/SVC RATIOS IN DIAGNOSIS OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA.INTERNATIONALEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR & CLINICAL MEDICINE

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SHEPRA ROMEO

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2022VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6,PAGES 2217- 2224
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DR RAVIVARMA

DR PRAVEENKUMAR

CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE ATTENDING TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.INTERNATIONALEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR & CLINICAL MEDICINE

CENGAGE LEARNING

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SHEPRA ROMEO

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

2022VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6,PAGES 2225-2229
20DR HEMALATHA A.SDIFFERENTIAL WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT PREDICTING SEVERITY AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19.NATIONALTHE JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF CHEST PHYSICIANSDOAJ2021

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21DR SUKUMAR K NDIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF CBNAAT IN BRONCHIAL WASHINGS OF SPUTUM SMEAR-NEGATIVE AND SPUTUM-SCARCE PATIENTS WITH PRESUMPTIVE TBINTERNATIONALEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR & CLINICAL MEDICINE,CROSSREF ,SHERPA ROMEO,DOAJ2022ISSN 2515-8260VOLUME 09,ISSUE 08,2022
22DR SUKUMAR K NCLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS CLINICALLY SUSPECTED TO HAVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE.INTERNATIONALEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR & CLINICAL MEDICINE,CROSSREF ,SHERPA ROMEO,DOAJ2022ISSN 2515-8260 VOLUME 09,ISSUE 08,2022
23DR SUKUMAR K NPREDICTORS OF NONINVASIVE VENTILATION SUCCESS IN ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPDINTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE SCIENCES BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMA RESEARCHEMBASE,CROSS REF ,INDEX COPERNICUS2023ISSN 2250-3137 VOLUME 12,NO.2,APRIL-JUNE 2023
24DR SANTOSH KUMAR

PREDICTORS OF CORRECT TECHNIQUE OF PRESSURIZED METERED DOSE INHALERS AMONG PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN RAJASTHAN, INDIA

 

INTERNATIONALIOSR JOURNAL OF DENTAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCESGOOGLE SCHOLARMARCH 2022E-ISSN: 2279-0853, P-ISSN: 2279-0861.VOLUME 21, ISSUE 3 SER.3 (MARCH. 2022), PP 07-13
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DR ALAMELU HARAN

DR MAMATHA S

DR GUMMADI ANISH REDDY

THE COEXISTENCE OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIECTASIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.NATIONALIP INDIAN J IMMUNOL RESPIR MEDGOOGLE SCHOLAR2022

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26DR PATAMSETTY BALAJISTUDY OF SIDE EFFECT PROFILE OF BEDAQUILINE CONTAINING REGIMEN AMONG PATIENTS WITH EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS AT A NODAL DRUG-RESISTANT CENTRE.NATIONALNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY,PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY

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12.02.202313(3): 648-651. DOI:10.5455/NJPPP.2023.13.02057202306022023
27DR. VYBHAV VIJENDRAPREDICTING COVID-19 PNEUMONIA SEVERITY ON CHEST X-RAY WITH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDYNATIONALINDIAN J MED SCI

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2020132:40
28DR ALAMELU HARAN, DR. MAMATHA S

ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS AND THE PREVALENCE OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS OF THE DEEP VEINS OF BILATERAL LOWER LIMBS IN HOSPITALISED CASES OF ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPD IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE.

 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCHDOAJ2024VOL-18(1): OC19-OC22
  1. Gummadi Anish Reddy won second prize for the paper presentation:- “In search for a better life in bronchiectasis” on 15th July 2017 at Pulmokarn [Karnataka state pulmonologists annual conference] held at JSS medical college , Mysore, Karnataka.
  2. Dr. Vijay Kumar.S [PG] got first prize in quiz and free paper presentation in Pulmokarn 2019 held on 19thand 20th January 2019 at Mangalore, Karnataka
  3. Dr. Spurthy .P [PG] won 3rdprize in post-graduate respiratory physiology quiz held at trust well hospital , Bangalore, Karnataka in June 2022.
  4. Dr. Spurthy. P [PG] won 2nd prize in sciflix –post-graguate respiratory medicine quiz  at November 2022 Napcon held at Udaipur, Rajasthan.   
  5. Dr. Theertha Prakash [PG] won best oral paper of the session award at November 2022 Napcon held at Udaipur, Rajasthan.
  6. Dr ashika N.A[PG] won 3rdprize in poster presentation during Karnataka state pulmonologist annual conference” Pulmokarn 2023” held in October 2023 at Bangalore, Karnataka.
  7. Dr. Deepa D [PG] won 3rd prize in oral presentation in category of interventional pulmonology and critical care at Natcon 2023 held at Thrissur, Kerala in February 2023.