Sushree Das, Ranjita Acharya, Madhusmita Patro, Nupur Moda, Gunde Mounika Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):360-365 Background: One of the most feared symptoms of any disease is PAIN. It is a complex phenomenal experience, especially in children. Various methods and medications have been administered through different routes. Regional anesthesia produces marvelous postoperative analgesia and cessation of stress response in infants and children. Caudal epidural analgesia is the most acceptable and popular method of providing intra- and postoperative analgesia for abdominal, perinea ..read more

Kanchan Rani, Payal Jain, Sushil D Bhogawar, Radhika S Bhogawar, Mukesh Kumar Prasad, Amit Kumar Choudhary Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):366-372 Introduction: Severe preeclampsia can lead to various complications including increased intracranial pressure (ICP) which can be catastrophic but difficult to detect because of variable nonspecific symptoms. Ultrasonography has been used as noninvasive measure to monitor optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) as a marker of raised ICP. Effect of MgSO4 on ICP can modify the management approach, need for additional monitoring, targeting hem ..read more

Elizabeth Nishi Vijayakumar, Srinivasan Ramachandran, Vishwanath R Hiremath, Sureshkumar Kuppusamy, Balasubramanian Shanmugam, Dinesh Babu Dhamodharan Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):412-415 Background: Limited studies are available for assessing the optimal pillow height for sniffing position to obtain the best glottic view during laryngoscopy and intubation in the Indian population. Aims: This study was designed to evaluate laryngoscopic view and intubation conditions in sniffing position using three different pillow heights (without a pillow, 4 cm, and 7 cm) during direct lar ..read more

Mahima Lakhanpal, Debpriya Sarkar, Ritesh Kumar, Isha Yadav Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):296-300 Background: As the waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues, the current treatment modalities emphasize the use of antiviral agents to save the human lives. Even though remdesivir is one of the current recommended modalities, data on the efficacy of remdesivir in reducing the rate of 28-day mortality are still not concurrent in all the reports. Aim: The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of remdesivir in reducing the rate of mortality in a te ..read more

Hideyo Horikawa, Mitsuhiro Matsuo, Mitsuaki Yamazaki Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):392-396 Background: Routine tests before ophthalmologic surgery in adult patients are no longer recommended. However, there are limited data on the utility of routine preoperative tests for children. Aims: We aimed to describe the effect of routine preoperative tests on systemic perioperative complications by hospital discharge or by day 30 following eye surgery. Settings and Design: This was a single-center, observational, and descriptive study. Subjects and Methods: We examined all patients &a ..read more

Neha Singh, Jayanta Kumar Mitra, Bhavna Sriramka, Devi Prasad Mohapatra, Shree Mishra, Sahadeb Panigrahi Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):402-406 Introduction: In the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline health-care workers (HCWs) including anesthesiologists have been fatigued due to long working hours in critical care units or operation theaters and necessity to remain available on call at odd hours. In addition, the exposure to numerous diseased and morbid patients throughout the prolonged pandemic period has predisposed them to psychological distress. Materials and Methods: This is a ..read more

Meena Kumari, Aastha , Anju Kumari, Sapna Bathla, Nikki Sabharwal, Akshaya Kumar Das Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):326-330 Background: Video laryngoscopes (VL) assist in securing the airway faster and more accurately in difficult airways. However, data regarding its usefulness in patients with normal airways are sparse. Aim: We designed this study to compare the ease and success of endotracheal intubation between C-MAC and Macintosh direct laryngoscope (DL) in adult patients with no anticipated airway difficulty. Settings and Design: The design involves prospective randomized ..read more

Bindu Nagaraj, BR Vinay, NV Vani, VP Dayananda Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):381-385 Background: In long bone surgeries, the severity of pain is more, demanding good intraoperative anesthesia, and prolonged postoperative analgesia. This is achieved in spinal anesthesia with adjuvants to local anesthetics, which act synergistically. Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of nalbuphine and dexmedetomidine as adjuvants to bupivacaine versus bupivacaine alone in lower limb orthopedic surgeries under the subarachnoid block (SAB). Settings and Design: This is a pros ..read more

Nida Haider, Aparna Shukla, Manoj Kumar Chaurasia, Reetu Verma, Hemlata , Gyan Prakash Singh Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):316-320 Background: Recently, opoids are linked with cancer recurrence. Duloxetine hydrochloride (DH), an anxiolytic may reduce total opoid requirement after cancer surgery. Aims: We assessed the efficacy of a single dose of DH in reducing the total morphine requirement after open radical cholecystectomy. We also calculated the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score, patient satisfaction score (PSS), and time taken to the use of the first rescue analgesic. Settin ..read more

Ganesh Kumar Ram, Saurav Shekhar, Raj Bahadur Singh, Ravi Anand, Ranjeet Rana De, Nitin Kumar Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 2022 16(3):321-325 Background: Hydrocortisone showed an important role in reversal of shock when added to standard therapy in managing septic shock. Hyperglycemia is one of the most common side effects associated with corticosteroid treatment. Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the risk of hyperglycemia of intermittent hydrocortisone boluses versus continuous infusion in septic shock patients. Settings and Design: This was a prospective randomized controlled study c ..read more