Research
Completed Projects
- University Grants Commission [UGC] Major Project – Evaluation of the Quality of Blood Components.
- University Grants Commission [UGC] Minor Project – Antibodies Screening in Multiply Transfused Patients.
- The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University Grant Project(2019-2020) -Estimation of Prevalence of Factor VIII Inhibitors in Haemophilia patients.
- The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology funded Project (April 2021 to March 2023) – Seroprevalence of Covid-19 among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai.
IH & BT PG Completed Dissertations
- Donor adverse reaction.
- Platelet alloantibody specificity in multiply transfused patients.
- Detection and identification of unexpected antibodies in Thalassemic patients.
- Transfusion support in Leukemic children.
- Techniques involved in diagnosis of Leptospirosis and prevalence in Voluntary Blood Donors.
- Prevalence of occult hepatitis among voluntary blood donors.
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Blood Donation.
- Prevalence of cytomegalovirus in Voluntary Blood Donors.
- Prevalence of Red cell Antibodies in Antenatal Mothers.
- Comparative Study of Coombs Test : Tube Vs Gel
- A Study of Serum Ferritin levels among voluntary blood donors.
- Malaria Screening among Voluntary blood donors- To find out the Prevalence- To evaluate the Sensitivity of different techniques.
- Type and screen versus Anti human globulin, cross matching – A prospective study.
- Estimation of Pro inflammatory Cytokines in stores platelet concentrates prepared by Pre storage Leukofiltered / Non-leuko filtered Platelet Rich Plasma method and Buffy coat method – A Comparative study.
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E virus among voluntary blood donors in Chennai – A cross sectional study.
- Factors influencing therapeutic Efficacy of stem cell transplantation In Hematological malignant patients. – A Prospective Observational Study.
- Evaluation of blood utilization practice in obstetrics-A Prospective study.
- Seroprevalence of Dengue virus levels among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai -A cross sectional study.
- Evaluating the appropriateness blood component utilization in Burns patients.
- Seroprevalence of Human Parvovirus B19 levels among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai-A cross sectional study.
- Analysis of usage of platelet rich plasma in department of cosmetology at tertiary care hospital.
- KAB study among Voluntary Blood Donors regarding their awareness and willingness to join stem cell registry and to donate hematopoietic stem cells.
- A study on correlation of adverse events with changes in biochemical procedural and hematological parameter in plateletpheresis donor.
- Prevalence of Factor VIII inhibitors in Hemophilia A patients who on Factor VIII therapy.
- Evaluation of Blood utilization practice among Neonates.
- Evaluation of Coagulation profile and transfusion support in preeclampsia patients.
- Evaluation of DAT positive cases by Elution study.
- Evaluation of levels of coagulation factors V and VIII on storing FFP at different temperature-A study at regional Blood Bank and CEMONC centre.
- Comparative Study between the Usage of whole Blood and Reconstituted Blood for Exchange Transfusion in Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia.
- Evaluation of Count Increment in Hemato-Oncology Patients Receiving Single Donor Platelet Transfusion.
- A study of Transfusion Related Adverse Effects in a Tertiary Care Hospital
- Comparative Study of HIV, HCV and HBV screening by third and fourth generation ELISA among First Time Voluntary Blood Donors.
- A Study on Blood Component Utilization Using TEG and RcoT in Liver Transplantation.
- Seroprevalence of ZIKA virus among voluntary blood donors.
- The role of Thromboelastography to decide appropriate utilization of blood components in obstetric complications.
- Assessment of effectiveness of three different elution methods of DAT positive red blood cells.
- Comparative study on the efficacy of TPE and intravenous immunoglobulin in the clinical outcome of neurological disorders.
- Correlation of Serum Ferritin with MRI assay of Liver Iron Load in Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia Patients.
- Therapeutic effect of Irradiated Apheresis Granulocytes in oncology patients: Cross sectional study.
- Coagulation management and massive transfusion practices in obstetric hemorrhage at a tertiary care centre: Cross sectional study.
- Non-Cryo preserved peripheral blood stem cell stored at 2 to 4°C for 4 days in autologous transplant: Cross sectional study.
- Factors determining the outcome of intrauterine transfusion in Hemolytic Diseases of Fetus and Newborn management: Cross sectional study.
- Categorizing and resolving ABO discrepancy in regional referral blood centre: Cross sectional study.
- Role of Direct Antiglobulin test and Elution Technique in diagnosing Hemolytic Disease of Newborn.
- Analysis of blood component utilization in Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis-G virus among voluntary blood donors.
- Evaluation of the quality of Platelet concentrates stored for 21 days in Platelet additive Solution at 2 to 8°C.
IH & BT PG Ongoing Dissertations
- A descriptive study to assess the outcome profile of paediatric peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in a tertiary care centre.
- Factors determining cognitive impairment in Thalassemic patients.
- Screening and identification of red cell alloantibodies in multiparous antenatal mothers.
- An observational study on the clinical outcome of patients undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange in rat killer poisoning.
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of recipient Hemovigilance among nurses in a government tertiary care hospital.
- Blood donor deferral pattern analysis as an important tool for blood safety.
- Evaluation of IgM & IgG Anti A/B titre by Conventional tube technique and comparison of IgG Anti A/B titre with Column agglutination technology in ABO incompatible Renal transplantation.
- Seroprevalence of Toxoplasmosis Gondii among voluntary blood donors in Chennai-A cross sectional study.
- Efficacy of Therapeutic plasma exchange in Rapidly progressive glomerular nephritis – An observational study.
- Evaluation of Therapeutic leukocyte reduction in Leukemia patients – An observational study.