Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detecting Critical Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates.

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) leads to significant morbidity in the neonatal population and is a crucial disorder behind early infancy death rates. Most have a critical congenital heart defect (Cr CHD) out of all the heart defects found in babies. A subgroup of cardiac anomalies needs surgery or catheter intervention during the neonatal period.

Prospective analysis of goal-directed fluid therapy vs conventional fluid therapy in perioperative outcome of composite resections of head and neck malignancy with free tissue transfer.

Background And Aim: Head and neck cancer surgeries with free tissue transfer are complex procedures, and fluid management can grossly affect the microvascular anastomosis. We hypothesise that intra-operative goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) is the key to administer fluid individualised to a patient's requirement. The aim of this study was to observe the role of GDFT in perioperative flap outcome and length of hospital stay.

Head and neck radiotherapy - A risk factor for anaesthesia?

Background: The aim was to study perioperative management in head and neck cancer, the commonest cancer in Indian men, after radiation therapy. Radiotherapy (RT) targets the tumour and the neck including the thyroid gland. RT induced physical effects (on the airway) and physiological effects (on the thyroid) impact perioperative care.