Effect of oral clonidine, etoricoxib, and gabapentin as premedication on sensory and motor blocks and post operative analgesia in surgeries under subarachnoid block using bupivacaine.

Oral premedicant has better patient compliance since it avoids a potential needle prick, and hence can be considered closest to an ideal premedicant. This was a randomized prospective observational study on 120 patients after obtaining ethical committee approval and valid informed consent from patients to be part of the study. We assessed the onset and duration of both sensory and motor blocks along with postoperative analgesic requirement by the patient in terms of first dose and total dose required over the period of 24 hours.

Anaesthetic significance and management of a child with neonatal purpura fulminans.

Protein C deficiency is a rare autosomal-dominant disorder of varying severity. Patients with homozygous and compound heterozygous protein C deficiency present with neonatal purpura fulminans (NPF). Other presentations usually include disseminated intravascular coagulation and venous thromboembolism.

Anaesthetic management of peripartum cardiomyopathy using "epidural volume extension" technique: a case series.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in parturients, occurring in approximately one in 1000 deliveries, manifesting during the last few months or the first 5 months of the postpartum period. It can result in severe ventricular dysfunction during late puerperium. The major concern while managing these patients is to optimize fluid administration and avoid myocardial depression, while maintaining stable intraoperative hemodynamics.

Allergy to lactated ringer solution-an unusual case presentation.

Allergic reactions may be noted by an anesthesiologist during various stages of anesthesia that include induction, maintenance, and post anesthesia care. The incidence of allergic reactions is most common in the perioperative period as a result of various drugs being used concomitantly. It is of paramount importance that an allergic reaction be rapidly diagnosed and adequately treated, because anaphylaxis and acute allergic reactions can occur within minutes in a sensitized individual and can be fatal.

Alstrom syndrome: A rare genetic disorder and its anaesthetic significance.

Alstrom syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that was first described in 1959, by Carl Henry Alstrom, characterised by multiorgan system involvement ranging from ocular, aural, endocrinal, hepatorenal, gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiac to the musculoskeletal system, among many others. It exposes the patient to various risks ranging from pulmonary aspiration and increased cardiac morbidity to separational anxiety, and may necessitate postoperative elective ventilation. We hereby present the successful management of one such diagnosed case in a 12-year-old boy, who presented to us for incision and drainage of an abscess present over the nape of his neck, along with foreign body removal from his right ear.