Incidence of acute kidney injury and its associated risk factors in patients undergoing elective oesophagectomy surgeries at a tertiary care cancer institute - A pilot prospective observational study.

Background And Aims: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a significant postoperative complication. Multiple perioperative factors are implicated in the causation of AKI in the postoperative period in patients with oesophageal cancer. The study aimed to find out the incidence, causes and effects of AKI following oesophagectomy surgery.

A single-arm prospective interventional study to assess the efficacy of continuous bronchial cuff pressure monitoring to detect the displacement of lung isolation devices in elective thoracic surgeries.

Background And Aims: During proximal or distal migration of lung isolation device (LID), the bronchial cuff would move into a wider or narrower portion of the bronchus, leading to a decrease or increase in the cuff pressure, respectively. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a study to find out the efficacy of continuous bronchial cuff pressure (BCP) monitoring for detecting the displacement of LID.

Methods: A single-arm interventional study was conducted including hundred adult patients undergoing elective thoracic surgeries using a left-sided LID.