Publications by authors named "N H Kabra"
Objectives: Previous studies have suggested a potential role for inhaled corticosteroids, such as budesonide, in reducing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) among preterm infants. The objective of our study was to investigate the effectiveness of intratracheal administration of corticosteroid with surfactant on the composite outcome of death or BPD at 36 weeks in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.
Study Design: This before-after cohort study compared outcomes in ELBW infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who received intratracheal surfactant with budesonide to a historical cohort who received surfactant alone.
Postoperative critical care management of congenital heart disease patients requires prompt intervention when the patient deviates significantly from clinician-determined vital sign and hemodynamic goals. Current monitoring systems only allow for static thresholds to be set on individual variables, despite the expectations that these signals change as the patient recovers and that variables interact. To address this incongruency, we have employed statistical process monitoring (SPM) techniques originally developed to monitor batch industrial processes to monitor high-frequency vital sign and hemodynamic data to establish multivariate trajectory maps for patients with d-transposition of the great arteries following the arterial switch operation.
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- LVAD implantation significantly improves patient functional status, as shown by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, with most patients showing improvement at both 6-month and 12-month follow-ups.
- A retrospective study of 151 patients found that 92.62% improved at 6 months, with many achieving class I or II symptoms, and this improvement remained stable over 2 years.
- The study identified ischemic heart failure as a strong predictor of sustainable functional improvement following LVAD implantation, highlighting the potential benefits for high-risk patients.
Does the objective measurement of muscle strength improve the detection of postoperative residual muscle weakness?
J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol
October 2022
Background And Aims: The postoperative residual neuromuscular block (PRNB) has a significant impact on patient safety and well-being, but continues to remain underestimated. Objective evaluation of handgrip strength using a force dynamometer can be useful to identify postoperative muscle weakness.
Material And Methods: Thirty-two American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I and II patients who received general anesthesia were included.