Evaluation of Cognitive and Psychomotor Functional Changes in Anesthesiology Residents after 12 hours of Continuous Work in Operation Theater: An Observational Study.

Background: Prolonged working hours in operation theater may impair cognitive and psychomotor function.

Aims: This study was done to evaluate the changes in cognitive and psychomotor changes in the anesthesia residents after 6 and 12 h of continuous work in operation theater.

Settings And Design: Sixty anesthesia residents whose working hours were expected to be longer than 12 h were recruited for this prospective, observational study.

Psychomotor recovery of dexmedetomidine compared with propofol after sedation during spinal anesthesia: A randomized control trial.

Background And Aims: Early psychomotor recovery is an essential part of day care surgery which depends on brain integration of motor and sensory co-ordination. Even though dexmedetomidine is commonly used for day care procedures, the recovery profile was not studied. Hence, this study was designed to evaluate the psychomotor recovery of sedation with dexmedetomidine during spinal anesthesia.

Effect of immobilised cervical spine on oropharyngeal sealing pressure with Ambu AuraGain™ Supraglottic airway: A randomised crossover trial.

Background And Aims: Ambu AuraGain™ laryngeal airway (AuraGain) is one of the newer supraglottic airway device introduced in 2014. Cervical spine stabilisation with hard cervical collar makes insertion of supraglottic airways and tracheal intubation difficult. This study was conducted to investigate whether the presence of a cervical collar affects the oropharyngeal sealing pressure (OSP) and fibreoptic view of the glottis (Brimacombe score) in airways secured with the AuraGain.

Postoperative analgesia after inguinal hernia repair - Comparison of ropivacaine with bupivacaine: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Postoperative pain management by surgical site infiltration has an edge over other methods of analgesia as it is simple and has lesser side effects. This study was designed to compare the analgesic effects provided by bupivacaine, a classical long-acting local anesthetic and ropivacaine, a new amino amide local anesthetic agent.

Subjects And Methods: Ninety patients scheduled for elective inguinal herniorrhaphy were randomly allocated to one of the three groups: Group I - R 0.

Diagnostic accuracy of bedside tests for predicting difficult intubation in Indian population: An observational study.

Background: Unanticipated difficult intubation can be challenging to anesthesiologists, and various bedside tests have been tried to predict difficult intubation.

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of difficult intubation in the Indian population and also to determine the diagnostic accuracy of bedside tests in predicting difficult intubation.

Settings And Design: In this study, 200 patients belonging to age group 18-60 years of American Society of Anesthesiologists I and II, scheduled for surgery under general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation were enrolled.

Fractured tracheostomy tube presenting as a foreign body in a paediatric patient.

Tracheostomy tube fracture and aspiration into the tracheobronchial tree leading to airway obstruction is a dangerous complication after tracheostomy. We report a case of a fractured tracheostomy tube in a 6-year-old child who had been maintained on a tracheostomy tube for the past 5 years. The tracheostomy tube got fractured at the junction of the tube and neck plate, and impacted in the trachea and right main bronchus.

Use of i-gel for caesarean section with kyphoscoliosis.

We describe the anaesthetic management using i-gel for airway maintenance in a patient with kyphoscoliosis presenting for emergency caesarean section due to fetal distress and scar tenderness. The patient had a history of previous caesarean section under general anaesthesia, and presently her cardiorespiratory status is stable. We used i-gel, the new supraglottic airway device, for maintaining the airway under intravenous anaesthesia using propofol.

Oral ketamine and dexmedetomidine in adults' burns wound dressing--A randomized double blind cross over study.

Study was designed to compare analgesic efficacy and side effects of oral dexmedetomidine and ketamine in adults for burn wound dressing. Sixty healthy adults with thermal burns with burn area (20-50%) were randomly assigned into 2 groups. In Group K 5mg/kg ketamine and in Group D 4 mcg/kg dexmedetomidine was given orally.