COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on peer review speed of anesthesiology journals: An observational study.

Background And Aims: Publication of a scientific article in a reputed journal is an uphill task that demands a significant amount of time and effort from the author and editorial team. It is a matter of great enthusiasm for all prospective researchers to know whether this daily evolving publication load of articles during this pandemic had changed the journal's inherent peer review or publication process. We aimed to compare the peer review speed of anesthesiology journal articles published during pandemic (2020) to the previous year and to analyze various factors affecting peer review speed.

Analysis of publication speed of anesthesiology journals: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Publication speed is one of the critical factors affecting authors' preference to a journal for manuscript submission. The publication time of submitted manuscripts varies across journals and specialty.

Objectives: Several bibliometric studies in various fields of medicine, except in anesthesiology, have addressed the issue of publication speed and factors that influence the publication speed.

Impact of visually guided versus blind techniques of insertion on the incidence of malposition of Ambu AuraGain™ in paediatric patients undergoing day care surgeries: A prospective, randomised trial.

Background And Aims: In adults, video laryngoscopy is recommended for supraglottic airway device (SGAD) placement as it results in better device position and higher oropharyngeal leak pressures. In children, there is a paucity of studies evaluating the impact of visually guided techniques on SGAD placement. Aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of visual-guided techniques of SGAD placement in children.

Myocardial Protection in Adult Cardiac Surgery With del Nido Versus Blood Cardioplegia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Myocardial protection in adult cardiac surgery is commonly achieved with either multidose blood cardioplegia or single-dose del Nido crystalloid cardioplegia.

Aim: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the outcomes of del Nido cardioplegia versus blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery.

Method: All English-language articles were searched in MEDLINE (PubMed), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Google Scholar up to March 2020, to identify randomised control trials, prospective observational studies, and retrospective analyses (with or without propensity matching) reporting any or all of the primary and secondary endpoints.

Management of a parturient with uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot in shock: an anesthetic challenge.

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease. The survival of patients with uncorrected TOF till the fourth decade of life is rare (around 3%). Pregnancy in a patient with uncorrected TOF requires a multidisciplinary approach.

Diencephalic syndrome: an anaesthetic challenge.

Diencephalic syndrome is one of the rare causes of failure to thrive in infants and young children. It is caused by a tumour in diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus), characterised by profound emaciation with uniform loss of body weight despite normal or slightly decreased appetite, locomotor hyperactivity, euphoria and visual symptoms. Anaesthetic considerations due to decreased body fat include positioning to avoid pressure necrosis, measures to avoid hypothermia, proper drug dosing, treating electrolyte imbalances and delayed recovery.