A Comprehensive Analysis and Review of Artificial Intelligence in Anaesthesia.

In the field of anaesthesia, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a game-changing technology. Applications of AI include keeping records, monitoring patients, calculating and administering drugs, and carrying out mechanical procedures. This article explores the current uses, challenges, and prospective applications of AI in anaesthesia practices.

Comparison of Intrathecal Chloroprocaine With Bupivacaine in Short Gynecological Procedures: A Randomized Double-Blind Study.

Background Neuraxial anesthesia, compared to general anesthesia, offers better patient comfort, early ambulation, and discharge with excellent post-operative pain relief for short gynecological procedures. Recently chloroprocaine, a short-acting local anesthetic agent became available for intrathecal use. This study aimed to compare intrathecal chloroprocaine with bupivacaine in short gynecological procedures.

Efficacy of an indicated intervention program for Indian adolescents with subclinical depression.

Subclinical depressive symptoms in adolescents are associated with a host of impairments and constitute a risk factor for future depression. The aim of the present study was to study the efficacy of a school-based group coping skills program for Indian adolescents with subclinical depression. Adolescents (n = 120) across two schools comprised the intervention and control groups and were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 3 months no-contact follow-up.

Subclinical depression in Urban Indian adolescents: Prevalence, felt needs, and correlates.

Background: Subclinical depression in adolescents constitutes a risk factor for future clinical depression and hence warrants examination. However, there is a paucity of research that documents subclinical depression among adolescents in India.

Objectives: (a) To investigate the prevalence of subclinical depression in urban school-going adolescents; (b) to investigate the problems and felt needs of these adolescents; (c) to examine depression-related variables; and (d) to examine the relationships between socio-demographic and depression-related variables.

Development of a school-based program for adolescents at-risk for depression in India: results from a pilot study.

A majority of adolescents in India, who are at risk for depression, do not receive treatment or receive it when the psychopathology has become entrenched and chronic. The present pilot study was an endeavor to assess the felt needs of adolescents vis-à-vis the difficulties and stressors experienced by them. For this purpose, 300 students across three schools were screened using standardized measures.

Treatment of child anxiety: an exploratory study of the role of maternal anxiety and behaviours in treatment outcome.

Anxiety disorders are common among parents of anxious children and have been found to impede child treatment outcomes, yet it is unclear whether it is parental anxiety that needs to be targeted in therapy or associated parental behaviours. Twenty-two children (6-12 years) with a current anxiety disorder and their mothers received cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) for child anxiety. In addition, of the 12 mothers who met criteria for a current anxiety disorder, 6 received CBT for their own disorder.