Publications by authors named "Nithin Prakasan Nair"

Introduction: Covid 19 epidemic has affected the people making them undergo emergency procedures requiring intubation. A protective box was innovated at our tertiary care centre to safeguard the HCW during intubation and/or extubation and the study was planned to assess its use and safety among the anaesthesiologists.

Methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire base survey was done among anaesthesiologists in various strata of residency.

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Loss of voice is a serious concern for a laryngectomee which should be addressed prior to planning the procedure. Voice rehabilitation options must be educated before the surgery. Even though many devices have been in use, each device has got its limitations.

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 Airway foreign bodies are emergencies involving multidisciplinary departments like Pediatrics, Aneasthesiology and Otorhinolaryngology. It is always a challenge to diagnose and manage patients who present late to our emergencies.  In the present study, we aim to analyze the various challenges faced during the management of tracheobronchial foreign bodies with delayed presentation.

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Background: One of the debilitating complications of head and neck cancer radiotherapy is hearing loss.

Objective: To quantify the magnitude of sensory neural hearing loss (SNHL) in the head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation therapy.

Design And Methods: This is a prospective study.

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Objective: It has been shown that prolonged use of face masks results in physiological changes in the nasal cavity. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of prolonged use of face masks on nasal mucociliary clearance (NMC).

Methods: A single group pre-post study was conducted to determine the effects of prolonged use of N95 face mask (≥4 hours) on the NMC rates in health care workers.

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The number of critically-ill coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients requiring mechanical ventilation is on the rise. Most guidelines suggest keeping the patient intubated and delay elective tracheostomy. Although the current literature does not support early tracheostomy, the number of patients undergoing it is increasing.

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Introduction: Association of hearing loss has been found with a couple of febrile illnesses. Dengue fever is an arboviral febrile illness that is transmitted by Aedes mosquito. A case of sensorineural hearing was documented in the literature recently in dengue haemorrhagic fever.

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Venous ectasias are benign conditions of the neck, in which focal dilatations of veins occur. Internal jugular, external jugular or superficial veins are usually the affected ones in the neck. They are often ignored or misdiagnosed.

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of viral pneumonia that has paralysed the entire world both in terms of health and economy. It has been recently declared as a global pandemic. All the health care professionals must be aware of the disease entity and take precautionary measures to control its transmission from person to person, particularly in hospital settings.

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Tracheo-innominate artery fistula is a rare complication of tracheotomy with very high mortality rate. Only a few patients survive this complication as reported in the literature. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old gentleman who presented to the emergency department with a history of penetrating neck trauma following a road traffic accident.

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 Chronic suppurative otitis media is a common ailment in developing countries, and it generally presents with otorrhea and hearing loss. Different surgical procedures have been used to treat otitis media; among them is myringoplasty, which is a procedure that includes repair of the tympanic membrane. Platelet concentrates have been used widely in different types of wounds and are found to improve wound healing.

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