Pregnancy and SARS-COV2 Infection.

Pachisia AV, Govil D. Pregnancy and SARS-COV2 Infection. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(3):196-197.

Carotid Blood Flow as a Surrogate for Pulse Contour Analysis in Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness: A Prospective, Observational, Single-Centre Study (Contour Study).

Background and objectives The quest for an accurate and reliable non-invasive method of assessing cardiac output in critically ill patients is still ongoing. Carotid artery Doppler is a promising non-invasive, reproducible, and feasible bedside monitor. So we compared the change in cardiac output derived from arterial pressure waveforms (pulse contour analysis) with that from carotid artery Doppler-derived measurements, in post-major elective abdominal surgery patients.

Fluid Responsiveness in Critically Ill Patients Using Carotid Peak Systolic Velocity Variability: A New Frontier.

Background and objectives A fluid responder is a patient who can increase his stroke volume/ cardiac output by more than 10%-15% after a fluid bolus. Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) velocity time integral (VTI) variability is widely used as an adynamic parameter of fluid responsiveness, but a transthoracic echo view of LVOT VTI is often time-consuming and, at times, difficult to achieve. So, in the quest for another parameter that might equally be a good surrogate marker of stroke volume variation, carotid peak systolic velocity (CPSV) variation has been studied.

Debunk the Myth: Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Cervical Spine Injury.

Govil D, Pachisia AV. Debunk the Myth: Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Cervical Spine Injury. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(10):1067-1068.

Ultrasound-guided Bedside Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage in Critically Ill: A Friend Indeed.

Pachisia AV, Govil D. Ultrasound-guided Bedside Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage in Critically Ill: A Friend Indeed. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(1):4-5.

Seeing is Believing: The Import of Lung Ultrasound!

Govil D, Pachisia AV. Seeing is Believing: The Import of Lung Ultrasound! Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(8):894-895.

Post-cardiac Arrest Ventilator Triggering.

Pachisia AV, Bhattacharyya S. Post-cardiac Arrest Ventilator Triggering. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(4):196.

Comparative evaluation of Truview evo2 and Macintosh laryngoscope for ease of orotracheal intubation in children - A prospective randomized controlled trial.

Background And Aims: Truview evo2 has been found to improve the glottic view when compared with the Miller blade in pediatric population. However, there is limited literature comparing it with Macintosh laryngoscope in children. We thus aimed to assess and compare Truview evo2 with the Macintosh laryngoscope for orotracheal intubation in children with regards to time to intubate, laryngoscopic view, ease of intubation, and associated hemodynamic changes.