About Doctor:
Dr. R. Alekhya is a Consultant Pediatric Intensivist and Pediatrician committed to delivering comprehensive, evidence-based healthcare for infants, children, and adolescents. She adopts a multidisciplinary and family-centered approach to pediatric care, emphasizing early intervention, patient safety, and individualized treatment plans. Her practice is focused on improving recovery, promoting healthy development, and providing compassionate care tailored to the unique needs of every child.
Education / Qualifications:
- MBBS
- DNB
- IDPCCM
Area of Expertise:
- Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU)
- Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Sepsis & Septic Shock Management
- Respiratory Failure & Advanced Airway Management
- Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)
- Post-Operative Pediatric Critical Care
- Pediatric Trauma & Medical Emergencies
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Growth, Development & Preventive Child Healthcare
Clinical Focus:
- Pediatric Critical Care
- Comprehensive Pediatric Healthcare
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Respiratory & Hemodynamic Support
- Family-Centered Critical Care
- Preventive & Developmental Pediatrics
Academic & Professional Contributions:
Workshops Participated:
- BLS
- PALS
- EPICON
As a Faculty:
- SAVE workshop ( structured approach to Ventilation in Emergency)
- ECMO workshop (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)
- CRRT workshop (Continuos Renal Replacement Therapy )
- POCUS ( point of care ultrasound) workshop
Publications:
Thesis
- Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity and its association with the risk factors according to the gestational age in premature neonates admitted to a Tertiary Care NICU.
Paper Presentation:
- Association of Height and Weight with Age at Menarche – A School-Based Study (PEDICON 2020).
- Measuring Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Asymptomatic School-Going Children (5–12 Years) for Construction of a Nomogram (PEDICON 2020).
Case Report:
- A Rare Presentation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae with Splenic Nodules
- Published in the Indian Journal of Case Reports.
- Co-author for "Growing Skull Fractures in a Child: A Rare Sequela of Pediatric Head Trauma"
- Published in the Journal of Medical and Scientific Research.
- A rare presentation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae with splenic nodules Alekhya Rodda, Avinash Reddy, Parag Shankarrao Dekate, Kiran Kumar Banothu Department of Pediatrics, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Kondapur, Hyderabad, India.
Book Chapter:
- Co-author for "Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome" in Decision Making in Critical Care Medicine.
Professional Membership:
- Member of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP)