Dr. Karthik Arigela

Dr Karthik Arigela is a Paediatrician and Paediatric Intensivist in Bengaluru with 17 years of experience, currently practising as a Consultant at Manipal Hospital, Yelahanka.

He specialises in paediatric critical care, extracorporeal life support, advanced mechanical ventilation, and post-transplant intensive care.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Karthik Arigela focuses on paediatric intensive care and critical emergency medicine through the following clinical areas:

Paediatric Intensive Care and Resuscitation

Dr Karthik manages life-threatening paediatric emergencies, delivering advanced resuscitation and continuous haemodynamic monitoring for septic shock, acute respiratory failure, and multi-organ dysfunction.

Extracorporeal Life Support and Ventilation

He provides advanced invasive mechanical ventilation alongside extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support children with severe cardiopulmonary collapse.

Post-Transplant and Cardiac Critical Care

He delivers specialised intensive care for children following bone marrow and solid organ transplants, managing acute immunosuppression complications, severe neutropenia, and post-cardiac surgery recovery.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Transport

Dr Arigela utilises point-of-care ultrasonography for real-time cardiac assessments and ultrasound-guided vascular access, while coordinating air and ground retrieval for critically ill paediatric patients.

Educational Background

He completed his MBBS and an MD in Paediatrics as a university rank holder, followed by an Indian Diploma in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and an advanced Fellowship in Paediatric Intensive Care from Birmingham Children's Hospital in the United Kingdom.

Awards, Research, and Publications

He is a university rank holder in MD Paediatrics and serves as national faculty for paediatric critical care workshops, having authored research papers on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and paediatric lung cryobiopsy in indexed medical journals.

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