Critical Care Nursing in India.

Critical care nursing and medicine have evolved significantly over the past few decades. Critical care in India began the major urban hospitals and has not yet become established in rural health care facilities. The formation of Indian critical care nursing and medical societies led to emerging regular conferences, updates, continuing nursing and medical education, workshops, and training programs for the further training of nurses and doctors.

A cross-sectional study of surveillance of adverse drug reactions in inpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Pharmacovigilance plays an imperative role in providing information about adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and drug safety in a hospital. Hence, it was considered worthwhile to study the surveillance of ADRs in inpatient departments (IPD). Our study aims to evaluate the frequency, type, characteristics, causality, and severity and avoidability of ADRs in the IPDs.

Can symptom relief be provided in the home to palliative care cancer patients by the primary caregivers? An Indian study.

Background: A large proportion of cancer deaths occur in the developing world, with limited resources for palliative care. Many patients dying at home experience difficult symptoms.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of a structured training program on symptom management along with an acute symptom management kit for primary caregivers of cancer patients receiving home care.

Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain lesions: an observation and follow-up.

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a technique for obliterating intracranial targets that are inaccessible or unsuitable for open surgical techniques. By means of well-collimated beams of ionizing radiation, a high-dose, single fraction of radiation is delivered to a defined volume of tissue. The entrance and exit doses are distributed in such a way that tissue outside the target is minimally affected.