Critical care services in Bagmati province of Nepal: A cross sectional survey.

Background: This study aimed to assess the current status of critical care services in 13 districts of Bagmati Province in Nepal, with a focus on access, infrastructure, human resources, and intensive care unit (ICU) services.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among healthcare workers employed in 87 hospitals having medical/surgical ICUs across Bagmati Province. Data were collected through structured questionnaires administered via face-to-face and telephone interviews.

An Unusual Presentation with Facial Hyperpigmentation on Escalation of the Dose of Sertraline.

Background: Hyperpigmentation is a common side effect of different drugs with many of these having a well-explained mechanism and some even having a characteristic distribution. However, it is a rare side effect of sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), with only a few reported cases. In addition, there are no specific characteristics of the lesions or the risk factors.

Late Presentation of Hypoxic Injury of Brain in an Infant.

Perinatal asphyxia is one of the leading causes of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. In a developing country like Nepal, home delivery is the leading cause of perinatal asphyxia. Neuroimaging remains the diagnostic modality of choice.

COVID-19 mortality and its associated factors in Nepal: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Reports from other countries have indicated that severe forms and fatal cases of COVID-19 in older adults and people with underlying comorbidities. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors associated with COVID-19 mortality in Nepal.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 12 to July 23, 2021 to identify the underlying factors associated with COVID-19 deaths.

infection among the pediatric population at a tertiary care children's hospital in central Nepal: a retrospective study.

Background: Typhoid fever, an infective bacterial disease, is capable of causing fatal systemic infection in humans, and in an era of antimicrobial resistance, it has become of public health importance. This study aimed to investigate the laboratory diagnosis of bloodstream infection, its serotype, antimicrobial resistance pattern, and seasonal variation at a tertiary care children's hospital.

Methods: We undertook a retrospective, cross-sectional study by reviewing hospital-based laboratory records of patients whose blood culture samples were submitted from the outpatient department to the laboratory of a tertiary care children's hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, from January 2017 to January 2019.