Critical care admissions and outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women: a systematic review.

Purpose: To synthesise evidence for the incidence of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, characteristics and mortality of pregnant and postpartum women with a focus on differences between high-income countries (HICs) and low-middle-income countries (LMICs) and report changes in reported findings since the last review by Pollock et al. (2010).

Methods: We searched Ovid Medline, EMBASE, and CINAHL (2010-2023), following best practice guidelines for abstract screening for large-evidence systematic reviews.

Correction: Understanding patient and family experiences of critical care in Bangladesh and India: What are the priority actions to promote person-centred care?

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The injury pattern and outcomes among elephant attack survivors presenting to the emergency department: A retrospective observational study.

Background: Human-elephant conflicts (HECs) are becoming a disturbing public health concern in eastern India. This study highlights the pattern of injuries, epidemiological factors, and outcomes among the victims who survived an elephant attack (EA).

Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital.

Understanding patient and family experiences of critical care in Bangladesh and India: What are the priority actions to promote person-centred care?

Patients' experiences in the intensive care unit (ICU) can enhance or impair their subsequent recovery. Improving patient and family experiences on the ICU is an important part of providing high quality care. There is little evidence to guide how to do this in a South Asian critical care context.

Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Anterior, Posterior and Combination of Quadratus Lumborum Block in Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgeries: A Pilot Study.

Background: The quadratus lumborum block (QLB) is an effective technique to provide analgesia for upper and lower abdominal surgeries. There are various approaches described in the literature, but the best approach is still to be explored. This study aims to compare the analgesic efficacy of three different approaches of QLBs.

Timing of Exposure to ICU Diaries and Its Impact on Mental Health, Memories, and Quality of Life: A Double-Blind Randomized Control Trial.

Unlabelled: Optimal time for ICU diary delivery and impact on mental health (MH), anxiety-depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), quality of life (QOL), and memories is unclear. We evaluated the effect of ICU diaries, dispatched at different time points, on outcomes in an Indian cohort.

Design: Double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Effect of Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant in quadratus lumborum block in patient undergoing caesarean section - A randomised controlled study.

Study Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant in quadratus lumborum block (QLB) for postoperative pain relief at rest in patients undergoing caesarean section (CS). The primary objective was to compare the time to the first request of rescue analgesia. Secondary objectives were to compare the amount of rescue analgesia, patient satisfaction, Numeric rating scale (NRS), and Ramsay sedation score (RSS) during the first 24 h.

A novel prefabricated patient-specific titanium cranioplasty: reconsideration from a traditional approach.

Objective: Patient-specific implants (PSI) for cranioplasty are expensive, and cost remains the limiting factor in low- to middle-income countries. The authors describe a novel, reproducible and cost-effective method of designing prefabricated titanium PSI cranioplasty.

Methods: Ten patients from June 2018 to December 2020 were included in this retrospective study.

Intensive care unit (ICU) diaries and the experiences of patients' families: a grounded theory approach in a lower middle-income country (LMIC).

Objective: An intensive care unit (ICU) diary is a relatively new concept in low middle-income countries (LMICs). Illiteracy and socio-cultural inhibitions may affect the use and utility of this intervention, which has proven beneficial to patients and their families in high income countries (HICs). We aimed to explore how families of ICU patients experienced ICU diaries in our set up by using the Grounded Theory (GT) approach.

Raised Intracranial Pressure Syndrome: A Stepwise Approach.

Unlabelled: Raised intracranial pressure (rICP) syndrome is seen in various pathologies. Appropriate and systematic management is important for favourable patient outcome. This review describes the stepwise approach to control the raised ICP in a tiered manner, with increasing aggressiveness.

Air embolism through open hub of external jugular vein intravenous cannula.

Introduction: Venous air embolism is a catastrophic complication that can result in sudden cardiac arrest and death. Massive air embolism has been reported with central venous catheter through the internal jugular and subclavian veins. Though external jugular vein is a potential site of an air embolism to cardiac chambers and subsequently to vital organs such as brain, heart and lungs but has not been reported yet in literature.