A comparative study of epidural catheter colonization and infection in Intensive Care Unit and wards in a Tertiary Care Public Hospital.

Infection is a potentially serious complication of epidural analgesia and with an increase in its use in wards there is a necessity to demonstrate its safety. We aimed to compare the incidence of colonization of epidural catheters retained for short duration (for 48 h) postoperative analgesia in postanesthesia care unit and wards. It was a prospective observational study done in a tertiary care teaching public hospital over a period of 2 years and included 400 patients with 200 each belonged to two groups PACU and ward.

Anaesthetic management of a patient with sturge-weber syndrome undergoing oophorectomy.

The Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a neurocutaneous disorder characterized by leptomeningeal and facial angiomas, neurologic and ocular manifestations. We report a case of oophorectomy for ovarian dermoid in a 14 year-old girl who was a diagnosed case of Sturge-Weber Syndrome. General anaesthesia was given for the procedure.