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Tropical fevers in Indian intensive care units: A prospective multicenter study
Sunit Singhi, Narendra Rungta, Karthi Nallasamy, Ashish Bhalla, JV Peter, Dhruva Chaudhary, Rajesh Mishra, Prakash Shastri, Rajesh Bhagchandani, TD Chugh, for Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine Research Group Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2017 21(12):811-818 Background and Aims: Infections in tropics often present as undifferentiated fevers with organ failures. We conducted this nationwide study to identify the prevalence, profile, resource utilization, and outcome of tropical fevers in Indian Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Materials and Methods: This was a multicenter prospective observational study done i...
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - December 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Sunit Singhi Narendra Rungta Karthi Nallasamy Ashish Bhalla JV Peter Dhruva Chaudhary Rajesh Mishra Prakash Shastri Rajesh Bhagchandani TD Chugh for Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine Research Group Source Type: research

SCCM Pod-394 Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rakesh Lodha, MD, on his article titled Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children: Experience from Tertiary Care Hospital in North India, published the September issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - September 11, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Scrub typhus & #8211; A major cause of pediatric intensive care admission and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome: A single-center experience from India
Conclusion: Scrub typhus is an important cause of MODS in this part of the world, especially in fevers associated with features as identified and not responding to conventional antibiotics.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - February 19, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Prabahs Prasun Giri Joydeb Roy Agnisekhar Saha Source Type: research

Comparative study between noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure and hot humidified high-flow nasal cannulae as a mode of respiratory support in infants with acute bronchiolitis in pediatric intensive care unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital
Conclusion: HHHFNC is an emerging alternative to nCPAP in the management of infants with acute bronchiolitis.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - February 19, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Mihir Sarkar Rajasree Sinha Satyabrata Roychowdhoury Sobhanman Mukhopadhyay Pramit Ghosh Kalpana Dutta Shibarjun Ghosh Source Type: research

Hospital-acquired hyponatremia in pediatric intensive care unit
Conclusions: HAH is associated with increased fluid intake, presence of ADH-stimulating drugs or conditions, and postsurgical status and has an adverse effect on the outcome of PICU patients.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - September 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Anil Sachdev Nagaraj Pandharikar Dhiren Gupta Neeraj Gupta Suresh Gupta Shekhar T Venkatraman Source Type: research

A prospective antibacterial utilization study in pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary referral center
Conclusions: The use of antibacterials was not indiscriminately high but more prescriptions per sensitivity pattern are required.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - June 18, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Nitin B Mali Siddharth P Deshpande Milind S Tullu Chandrahas T Deshmukh Nithya J Gogtay Urmila M Thatte Source Type: research

The Current State of Workforce Diversity and Inclusion in Pediatric Critical Care
Literature suggests the pediatric critical care (PCC) workforce includes limited providers from groups underrepresented in medicine (URiM; African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander). Additionally, women and providers URiM hold fewer leadership positions regardless of health-care discipline or specialty. Data on sexual and gender minority representation and persons with different physical abilities within the PCC workforce are incomplete or unknown. More data are needed to understand the true landscape of the PCC workforce across disciplines. Efforts to increase...
Source: Critical Care Clinics - November 2, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Yuen Lie Tjoeng, Carlie Myers, Sharon Y. Irving, Ivie Esangbedo, Derek Wheeler, Ndidiamaka Musa Source Type: research

Development a reverse triage system based on modified sequential organ failure assessment for increasing the critical care surge capacity
Conclusion: The MSOFA scores can contribute to the design a leveling system for discharging patients from critical care unit. Based on this system, the members of the caring team can predict the final health status of the patient.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - August 17, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Abbasali Ebrahimian Hossein Ghasemian-Nik Raheb Ghorbani Ali Fakhr-Movahedi Source Type: research

Intra- and inter-observer reliability of quadriceps muscle thickness measured with bedside ultrasonography by critical care physicians
Conclusions: This study shows that ultrasound is a reliable tool for the measurement of quadriceps muscle thickness by critical care physicians with excellent inter- and intra-class reliability.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - July 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Vijay Hadda Gopi C Khilnani Rohit Kumar Ashesh Dhunguna Saurabh Mittal Maroof Ahmad Khan Karan Madan Anant Mohan Randeep Guleria Source Type: research

Critical care junior doctors & #39; profile in a lower middle-income country: A national cross-sectional survey
Conclusion: Measures to improve training opportunities for these doctors and strategies to improve their retention in ICUs need to be addressed.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - November 13, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva D. D. S. Baranage Anuruddha Padeniya Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera Sunil De Alwis Anuja Unnathie Abayadeera Palitha G Mahipala Kosala Saroj Jayasinghe Arjen M Dondorp Rashan Haniffa Source Type: research

Mapping the characteristics of critical care facilities: Assessment, distribution, and level of critical care facilities from central India
Conclusion: This study could just be an eye opener for our healthcare authorities at both state and national levels to estimate the proportion of ICU beds per lac population. Similar mapping of intensive care services from other States will generate national data that is hitherto unknown.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - October 17, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Saurabh Saigal Jai Prakash Sharma Abhijit Pakhare Santosh Bhaskar Sanjay Dhanuka Sanjay Kumar Yogesh Sabde Pradip Bhattacharya Rajnish Joshi Source Type: research

Efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment approach in the patient with pulmonary fibrosis in critical care outpatient department
Manu Goyal, Kanu Goyal, Kanimozhi Narkeesh, Asir John Samuel, Narkeesh Arumugam, Subhasish Chatterjee, Sorabh SharmaIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2017 21(7):469-472 The purpose of the present case study was to explore the efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in patient with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in the critical care outpatient department. Here, we present a 48-year-old male case with breathlessness, increased frequency of defecation, and pain in and around the nape of neck with diagnosed pulmonary fibrosis. He scored 3 on a patient-reported modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea scal...
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - July 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Manu Goyal Kanu Goyal Kanimozhi Narkeesh Asir John Samuel Narkeesh Arumugam Subhasish Chatterjee Sorabh Sharma Source Type: research

Development of critical care medicine in India
Publication date: Available online 8 January 2020Source: Journal of Critical CareAuthor(s): Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni, Kapil Gangadhar Zirpe, Subhal Bhalchandra Dixit, Dhruva Chaudhry, Yatin Mehta, Rajesh Chandra Mishra, Srinivas Samavedam, Manish Munjal, for the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
Source: Journal of Critical Care - January 9, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research

Relationship of serum procalcitonin, c-reactive protein, and lactic acid to organ failure and outcome in critically ill pediatric population
Conclusions: This study found that in comparison to PCT and CRP, high plasma lactic acid levels are associated with the development of all-cause MODS and worse outcome in critically ill children admitted in PICU. Prediction of prognosis based on the lactic acid alone may contribute to improve patient management, but further studies are required to endorse our findings.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - February 19, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Imran Siddiqui Lena Jafri Qalab Abbas Ahmed Raheem Anwar Ul Haque Source Type: research