Knowledge and awareness of infection control practices among nursing professionals: A cross-sectional survey from South Asia and the Middle East.

Background: The proficiency of nursing professionals in the infection prevention and control (IPC) practices is a core component of the strategy to mitigate the challenge of healthcare associated infections.

Aim: To test knowledge of nurses working in intensive care units (ICU) in South Asia and Middle East countries on IPC practices.

Methods: An online self-assessment questionnaire based on various aspects of IPC practices was conducted among nurses over three weeks.

Comparison of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation With High-Flow Nasal Cannula, Face-Mask, and Helmet in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objectives: For COVID-19-related respiratory failure, noninvasive respiratory assistance via a high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), helmet, and face-mask noninvasive ventilation is used. However, which of these options is most effective is yet to be determined. This study aimed to compare the three techniques of noninvasive respiratory support and to determine the superior technique.

Therapeutic plasma exchange: A potential therapeutic modality for critically ill adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection.

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection can be severe and fatal due to cytokine storm. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) potentially mitigates the harmful effects of such cytokines. We investigated the use of TPE, as rescue therapy, in patients with severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.

Severe imported malaria in an intensive care unit: A case series.

Introduction: Complicated malaria is a medical emergency with a high mortality if untreated.

Aim: To describe the clinical spectrum, treatment practices and outcome of severe malaria cases admitted to an intensive care unit.

Method: Thirteen severe malaria cases admitted to the ICU over a 6 years period (2012 - October 2018) were included.

Bedside placement of small-bowel feeding tube in Intensive Care Unit for enteral nutrition.

Enteral nutrition is the preferred mode of nutrition in critically ill patients whenever feasible as it has a number of advantages over parenteral feeding. Both gastric and small-bowel feeding can effectively deliver calories. In patients with gastroparesis, small-bowel feeding can help avoid parenteral feeding.

Wernicke's encephalopathy following hyperemesis gravidarum.

Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a potentially reversible yet serious neurological manifestation caused by vitamin B1(thiamine) deficiency. It is commonly associated with heavy alcohol consumption. Other clinical associations are with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), starvation, and prolonged intravenous feeding.

Outcomes after rigid bronchoscopy in children with suspected or confirmed foreign body aspiration: a retrospective study.

Objective: To identify the determinants of immediate outcome after rigid bronchoscopy for suspected or confirmed foreign body (FB) aspiration. The outcome may be affected by the duration of bronchoscopy, the type of FB, the time between inhalation and removal of the FB, and the type of anesthetic induction. Arterial desaturation, bronco-laryngospasm, and the need for tracheal reintubation as complications were investigated.