Publications by authors named "Archana Areti"
Background: Structured training in regional anaesthesia includes pretraining on simulation-based educational platforms to establish a safe and controlled learning environment before learners are provided clinical exposure in an apprenticeship model. This scoping review was designed to appraise the educational outcomes of current simulation-based educational modalities in regional anaesthesia.
Methods: This review conformed to PRISMA-ScR guidelines.
Background: The lumbar plexus (LP) is a group of nerves located at the fourth lumbar vertebra level, between the anterior two-thirds and posterior one-thirds of the psoas muscle. In this study, the researchers aimed to investigate the spread of latex in injections of LP, suprainguinal fascia iliaca, and circum-psoas planes to assess the different regional techniques for blocking LP nerves (LPNs).
Methods: The study involved performing ultrasound-guided injections of three different colored latexes in six cadavers.
Background And Aims: The head-elevated laryngoscopy position (HELP) and a 25° backup have been proposed to enhance glottic visualisation, yet concerns about ergonomic discomfort hinder their widespread adoption. This study compares the comfort and posture adopted by anaesthesiologists while performing laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation with patients in HELP while in a supine position or with 25° backup.
Methods: The study included 48 patients aged 18-60 years with normal airways and 12 experienced anaesthesiologists.
Background At Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, a competency-based learning and training (CoBaLT©) model for postgraduate (PG) curriculum, within the regulatory norms, was implemented in 2016 after adequate faculty development programmes. This focused on well-defined outcomes. Methods A review of the outcomes was undertaken in 2018 as part of internal quality assurance receiving feedback from all stakeholders, viz.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Real-time ultrasound guidance (USG) has been applied for lower thoracic epidural access, but the more challenging mid-thoracic epidural (MTE) access remains underexplored. This report presents a technique of real-time US guidance with a novel paramedian cross view, termed "the PX view," for securing MTE catheters, along with an outcome analysis from a retrospective case series.
Methods: Medical records of patients who underwent USG-MTE catheter placement with the PX view and drip infusion technique from January to December 2022 were reviewed.
Background And Aims: Commonly, the superficial cervical plexus and interscalene block were combined to provide surgical anaesthesia for procedures on the clavicle, which are neither selective nor site-specific considering the innervation of the clavicle. The aim was to analyse effectiveness and block dynamics of selectively blocking supraclavicular (SC) nerves and upper trunk (UT) of brachial plexus (SCUT BLOCK) as a site-specific regional anaesthesia strategy for clavicle surgery.
Methods: SC nerves and UT were blocked with 3-ml and 5-ml local anaesthetic, respectively, in 70 American Society of Anesthesiologists I and II patients aged above 18 years, undergoing clavicle surgery.