Predicting successful liberation of patients from mechanical ventilation has been a focus of
interest to clinicians practicing in intensive care. Various weaning indices have been …

Lung ultrasound is a point-of-care imaging tool that is routinely used in acute care medicine.
Traditionally, radiology physicians were the primary practitioners of diagnostic ultrasound, …

We report a case of severe envenoming with unusual complications and two anecdotal
cases of fatalities following proven 17-scale-row ‘Sind krait’(Bungarus cf. sindanus) bites on …

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis [CVST] is often an infrequent cause of neurological
dysfunction resulting in admissions in Intensive care units [ICU]. Because of its myriad …

Aim: To study the prevalence of symptoms suggestive of post-traumatic stress disorder in
relatives of severe trauma patients admitted to the ICU. Materials and Methods: 177 relatives of …

Background. Rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) has been widely used as a predictor of
extubation outcome in mechanically ventilated patients. We hypothesize that the rate of …

Patients with large variations in phenytoin levels despite standard doses may prove to become
difficult clinical problems. Our study of 34 head injury patients whose serum phenytoin …

Objective: We present a rare case of survival following inhalation of nitric acid fumes and its
decomposition products, which resulted in severe pulmonary edema and Acute Respiratory …

We present a rare case of unexpected sudden death in a young woman with undiagnosed
sickle disease. The provocative factors for the terminal events were excessive exercise in the …

Arachnoid cysts are the most common congenital cystic lesions in the brain occurring in the
middle fossa, suprasellar region and occasionally in the posterior fossa. Conventionally all …