Yamini Krishnan

Multiple Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - A Fatal Complication in a Highly Curable Disease

Yamini Krishnan, S. Gazel, Shailaj Kurup & V. P. Muralikrishnan · Asian Hematology Research Journal · 2021

Multiple infectious intracranial aneurysms are rare in the paediatric population. This case report is of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed this fatal complication in induction therapy. The child succumbed despite aggressive medical management and surgical i...

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Glucocorticosteroid Induced Bradycardia in Children Receiving Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia-an Unrecognised Phenomenon

Yamini Krishnan, S. Gazel, Uma V. Sankar & P. S. Sreedharan · Asian Oncology Research Journal · 2021

Introduction: Glucocorticoids are an integral part of the treatment protocols of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Bradycardia is an under recognised cardiovascular side effect of steroids in children. Though there is published data from the west on this phenomenon, there is        ...

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