Normative cutoffs of muscle mass, muscle strength, and frailty for healthy Indian population.

Background: Population-derived cutoffs for low skeletal muscle mass, skeletal muscle strength, and frailty among Indians are lacking. Studies describing sarcopenia and frailty among patients with chronic liver diseases have used cutoffs derived from Caucasian populations giving erroneous results.

Aims: We aimed to derive gender-specific cutoffs for low skeletal muscle mass and skeletal muscle strength from healthy Indians.

Living Donor Liver Transplant in patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome without the use of Intraoperative Renal Replacement Therapy, a single-center experience.

Background: Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is often used to support the intraoperative course during liver transplantation (LT) for patients with HRS. However, the use of intraoperative CRRT (IOCRRT) is not without its problems. Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a planned operation and is possible without IOCRRT as the recipient can be optimized.

Dexmedetomidine with propofol versus fentanyl with propofol for insertion of Proseal laryngeal mask airway: A randomized, double-blinded clinical trial.

Background And Aims: Successful insertion of the proseal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) requires much greater doses of propofol as compared to classic laryngeal mask (CLMA). Dexmedetomidine and fentanyl are equally effective adjuvants for CLMA insertion. We designed this study to compare the efficacy of these two drugs as sole adjuvant in PLMA insertion.