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Byline: Siddharth. Chavali, Hari. Dash Background: Neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care are constantly evolving branches of clinical neuroscience, and patient management is often influenced by literature such as randomized controlled trials, [...]

Byline: Sunil. Pandya, Kiran. Mangalampally Pregnancy is a normal physiologic process with the potential for pathologic states. Pregnancy has several unique characteristics including an utero-placental interface, a physiologic stress that [...]

Byline: Sugata. Dasgupta, Tulika. Jha, Priyojit. Bagchi, Shipti. Singh, Ramprasad. Gorai, Sourav. Choudhury Background: Critical care services are essential for the subset of obstetric patients suffering from severe maternal morbidity. [...]

Byline: Gurmeet. Singh, Ceva. Pitoyo, Dita. Aditianingsih, Cleopas. Rumende Background: The incidence of invasive fungal disease (IFD) is increasing worldwide in the past two to three decades. Critically ill patients [...]

Byline: Babak. Mahshidfar, Azadeh. Sameti, Saeed. Abbasi, Davood. Farsi, Mani. Mofidi, Peyman. Hafezimoghadam, Popak. Rahimzadeh, Mahdi. Rezai Aims: To evaluate the effect of intravenous (IV) acetaminophen on reducing the need [...]

Byline: José Carlos. Reyes, Joaquín. Alonso, Javier. Fonseca, Margarita. Santos, María de los Ángeles. Jiménez, Jay. Braniff Aim: To study all the elderly patients (≥75 years) who were admitted in [...]

Byline: Vahid. Shakoori, Mahsa. Agahi, Maryam. Vasheghani-Farahani, Sayed. Marashi Zinc phosphide (Zn[sub]2P[sub]3) rodenticide, is generally misused intentionally for suicidal purpose in Iran. For many years, scientists believe that liberation of [...]

Byline: Anup. Bhat, Kalyana. Chakravarthy, Bhamini. Rao Context: The rehabilitation needs of the patients in neurological Intensive Care Units (ICUs) vary from that of a medical ICU patient. Early mobilization [...]

Byline: Afzal. Azim, Armin. Ahmed Adequate nutritional therapy is essential for recovery from critical illness. Nutritional requirement varies in different patients and varies daily in a single patient. Both under [...]

Byline: Pradeep. Venkategowda, S. Rao, Yogesh. Harde, Mithilesh. Raut, Dnyaneshwar. Mutkule, Kartik. Munta, Mallela. Rao Aim: To observe the 28 and 90 days mortality associated with prone position and assist [...]

Byline: Ramesh. Venkataraman, Lakshmi. Ranganathan, Vipin. Nirmal, J. Kameshwaran, C. Sheela, M. Renuka, Nagarajan. Ramakrishnan Height measurement in the critical care unit is necessary for estimating ideal body weight and [...]

Byline: Ahmed. El-Nawawy Despite the tremendous improvement in the management of severe sepsis and septic shock, which are still major problems affecting millions of people around the world each year, [...]

Byline: Aleksandr. Urakov, Anton. Kasatkin, Anna. Nigmatullina Context: Venous outflow from the cranial cavity occurs mainly through the internal jugular vein (IJV). The increase in venous outflow through IJV is [...]

Byline: Tarun. George, David. Chase, John. Peter, Sowmya. Satyendra, R. Kavitha, Leah. George, Vineeth. Thomas Introduction: Patients admitted into a medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) have varying illnesses and risk [...]

Byline: Armin. Ahmed, Afzal. Azim, A. Baronia, Rungmei. Marak, Mohan. Gurjar Use of antifungal agents has increased over past few decades. A number of risk factors such as immunosuppression, broad [...]

Byline: Charles. Panackel, Rony. Thomas, Benoy. Sebastian, Sunil. Mathai Acute liver failure (ALF) is a life-threatening illness, where a previously normal liver fails within days to weeks. Sudden loss of [...]

Byline: Vijay. Agrawal, Abhishek. Bansal, Ranjeet. Kumar, Bhanwar. Kumawat, Parul. Mahajan Potassium permanganate (KMnO [sub]4 ) is rarely used for suicidal attempt. Its ingestion can lead to local as well [...]

Byline: Andrew. Gardner Hyperglycemia has long been observed amongst critically ill patients and associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Tight glycemic control (TGC) is the clinical practice of controlling blood [...]

Byline: Viswas. Chhapola, Sandeep. Kumar, Pallavi. Goyal Introduction: Blood gas (BG) analysis is required for management of critically ill patients in emergency and intensive care units. BG parameters can be [...]

Byline: Birinder. Paul, Gunchan. Paul Analgesia and sedation has been widely used in intensive care units where iatrogenic discomfort often complicates patient management. In neurological patients maximal comfort without diminishing [...]

Byline: Sarah. Miller Episodic migraine is a common debilitating condition with significant worldwide impact. An effective management plan must include acute treatment to relieve the pain and potential disability associated [...]

Byline: Randeep. Kaur, Ashu. Mathai, John. Abraham Background: Central venous catheters (CVC) are associated with mechanical, infectious and thrombotic complications. Aims: To study (a) the incidence of mechanical and infectious [...]

Byline: Jose. Chacko, Gagan. Brar, Ashok. Elangovan, Ramanathan. Moorthy We report a case of 'Apical Ballooning Syndrome' following attempted suicidal hanging. Our patient developed retrosternal chest pain and ischemic changes [...]

Byline: Qutaiba. Tawfic, Pradipta. Bhakta, Rajini. Kausalya Dear Editor, Enteral nutrition is an integral part of management of patients in ICU. [sup][1] Use of enteral nutrition through a nasogastric tube [...]

Byline: Jyoti. Sahoo, Banani. Poddar, Afzal. Azim, Ratender. Singh, Mohan. Gurjar, Arvind. Baronia This case series details our experience with seven patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza from an intensive [...]

Byline: Nidhi. Singla, Neelam. Kaistha, Neelam. Gulati, Jagdish. Chander Dear Editor, Critically ill patients admitted in Intensive Care Units (ICU) are predisposed to many nosocomial infections due to underlying illnesses, [...]

Byline: Vikas. Kesarwani, Dhaval. Ghelani, Graham. Reece Esophageal obstruction due to solidified enteral feeds is a rare but distressful complication in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It has been suggested [...]

Byline: Saban. Yalcin, Kutluk. Pampal, Aydin. Erden, Sirali. Oba, Selçuk. Bilgin Sir, Anisocoria (a unilateral dilated pupil) in critical care patients is a point of concern, which warrants a thorough [...]

Byline: Madhur. Mehta, Girija. Rath, Uma. Padhy, Manish. Marda, Charu. Mahajan, Hari. Dash Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), the most common and the most severe form of acute hepatic porphyria, is [...]

Byline: Lalitha. Pillai, Supriya. Aigalikar, Sunil. Vishwasrao, S. M. K.. Husainy Aims: To identify the relatives of the intensive care unit (ICU) patients at risk for developing symptoms of posttraumatic [...]

Byline: Ajay. Goila, Mridula. Pawar Physicians, health care workers, members of the clergy, and laypeople throughout the world have accepted fully that a person is dead when his or her [...]