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Dr. Saravana Babu M. S.

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Dr. Saravana Babu M. S.
Additional Professor
Anesthesiology

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8589086898

People - Anaesthesiology Department

Dr. Saravana Babu M. S.

Academic Qualifications

  • DM (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia), SCTIMST, Trivandrum, December 2016
  • MD (Anesthesiology), CSJM University, Kanpur, June 2013
  • MBBS, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, March 2009.

Professional Record

  • Assistant Professor (Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia), SCTIMST, Trivandrum, July 2017 - till date
  • Assistant Professor - Adhoc (Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia), SCTIMST, Trivandrum, January 2017 to July 2017.

Honors

  • Member of Organizing Committee of Transesophageal echocardiography workshop at 31st South Zone Annual conference of Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, TRISZAC 2015.
  • Third prize in Poster presentation "Utility of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in assessing the operability of high risk single stage fontan procedure" at 10th Annual Perioperative and Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography Workshop 2016, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
  • Certificate of appreciation for Best Log book presentation in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography fellowship examination by Indian college of cardiac anaesthesia at IACTACON 2018, Hyderabad.

Area of Interest

  • Perioperative Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Regional Anesthesia in pediatric cardiac surgeries
  • Fast-tracking in pediatric cardiac anesthesia
  • Regional anesthesia for Thoracic and Vascular surgeries

Fellowships

  • Fellowship in Transesophageal echocardiography (FTEE) from Indian College of Cardiac Anesthesia, August 2017.

Membership

  • Member of Indian Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Member of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiologists

On-going Projects

  • Chitra heart valve prosthesis at aortic position: intraoperative and postoperative echocardiographic evaluation - a multicentric study among three institutes of national importance
  • Effects of continuous epidural versus paravertebral analgesia on intraoperative anaesthetic requirements and postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing thoracic surgery
  • Helmet CPAP device for non-invasive ventilation in intensive care units
  • Surgery for left atrial myxoma: our twelve year experience of anaesthesia and perioperative care

Publications

Article

  1. G N Chennakesavallu, Gadhinglajkar SV, Babu S, Sreedhar R, Kori NM, Kiran M., Ultrasound Imaging of the Inferior Vena Cava to Confirm Correct Guidewire Placement After Femoral Venous Cannulation in Critically Ill Neonates: A Case Report., A&A Practice , 2018, 11: 103-105, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29634534
  2. Aggarwal N, Sreedhar R, Gadhinglajkar SV, Dharan BS, Babu S, Pillai MN, Menon S, Intraoperative Diagnosis of Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries by Transesophageal Echocardiography, J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 2018, 32: 1794-1799, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396089
  3. Saravana babu MS, Shrinivas VG, Rupa Sreedhar, Mollikiran, Unnikrishnan M, Shivanesan P, Kapilamoorthy TR, Accidental complete occlusion of innominate artery during deployment of thoracic endovascular aortic repair graft following Hybrid stage -1 carotid-carotid bypass: Is it possible to avert consequences of cerebral ischemia?. , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 2018, 32: 1841-1847, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29217248
  4. Saravana Babu MS, Rupa Sreedhar, Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar, Prasanta Kumar Dash, Subin Sukesan, Vivek Pillai, Varghese T Panicker, Neelam Aggarwal, Intraoperative transesophageal and postoperative transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation of Chitra tilting disc heart valve prosthesis implanted at aortic position. , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 2018, 32: 782-789, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29217244
  5. Panneer M, Babu S, Murugaiyan P, Comparison of I-gel versus endotracheal tube in patients undergoing elective cesarean section: A prospective randomized control study, Anesth Essays Res, 2017, 11: 930-933., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284851
  6. Babu S, Gupta BK, Gautam GK, A Comparative Study for Post-operative Analgesia in the Emergency Laparotomies: Thoracic Epidural Ropivacaine with Nalbuphine and Ropivacaine with Butorphanol., Anesth Essays Res, 2017, 11: 155-159, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298776
  7. Gharde P, Aggarwal N, Sharma KP, Gadhinglajkar S, Babu S, Chauhan S, Rajashekar P., Absent pulmonary valve in a case of Tetralogy of Fallot: An incidental discovery on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography., Anesth Analg, 2017, 125:1149-1152, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28742780
  8. Aggarwal N, Gadhinglajkar SV, Panicker VT, Sreedhar R, Babu S, Mathew DG, Prasannakumar CS., Posterior Aortic Root Enlargement During Aortic Valve Replacement: Role of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 2017, 31:1312-1317, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28596055
  9. Saravana babu, Unnikrishnan KP, Muthu Kumar, Bineesh Radhakrishnan, Neelam Aggarwal, Saurabh Nanda, Distortion of aortic valve from mechanical traction imposed by the mitral valve prosthesis – the three dimensional echocardiography era. , A A Case Rep. , 2017, 20: 472-474, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28994691
  10. Aggarwal N, Saravana Babu MS, Three-dimensional parametric imaging for intraoperative quantification of regional left ventricular function in ischemic cardiomyopathy. , A A Case Rep. , 2017, 20: 272-273, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393799
  11. Saravana Babu MS, Aggarwal N, Asha A, Ashok DS, Koshy T. , Importance of 3D real time perioperative TEE in ASD device embolization, A A Case Rep. , 2017, 20:278, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408547/
  12. Babu S, Gadhinglajkar SV, Kumar M, Sukesan S, Dharan BS, Sreedhar R, Aggarwal N, Mitral Inflow Obstruction Resulting From a Dilated Coronary Sinus: Role of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Surgical Repair. , A A Case Rep. , 2017, 8: 164-169, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114154
  13. Gupta BK, Verma AK, Saravana Babu M S, Gautam G, Mhaske VR, Singh C, Management of pituitary apoplexy., Indian J Anaesth, 2016, 32:118-9, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006559
  14. Saravana babu MS, Verma AK, Gupta BK, Jain V, Incremental epidural anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section in a patient with ostium secundum ASD and severe pulmonary stenosis with right to left shunt., Indian J Anaesth, 2016, 60: 363-4., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212728
  15. Saravana babu MS, Gadhinglajkar S, Sreedhar R, Agarwal N, Gregory DM, Pillai V, Redo cardiac valve surgery and severe kyphoscoliosis - Anesthetic challenges., Anesth Essays Res, 2016, 19: 533-4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27397462
  16. Aggarwal N, Gadhinglajkar S, Sreedhar R, Dharan BS, Chigurupati K, Babu S, Warden repair for superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in children: Anesthesia and transesophageal echocardiography perspective, Anesth Essays Res, 2016, 19: 293-9, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052072
  17. Gupta BK, Saravana Babu MS, Agarwal A, Agarwal S, Mhaske V, Saxena S, Anesthetic consideration in patient with lateral nasal proboscis, Indian J Anaesth, 2015, 31: 414., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26330732
  18. Saravana Babu MS, Verma AK, Agarwal A, Tyagi CM, Upadhyay M, Tripathi S, A comparative study in the postoperative spine surgeries: Epidural ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine and ropivacaine with clonidine for post-operative analgesia., Indian J Anaesth, 2013, 57:371-6, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24163451
  19. Agarwal A, Babu MS, Verma M, Agarwal S, A rare case of necrotising fasciitis after spinal anaesthesia, Indian J Anaesth, 2013, 57:316-8. , https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23983303