Role of Peritoneal Dialysis in CRRT age: An Excellent alternative to CRRT in Resource Limited Area: A case Report
Although peritoneal dialysis was started in 1920 but it was regarded as life saving in 19461. Intensive care unit is a highly dynamic area and often intensivist...
Epidemiology of Fungal infection in a tertiary care hospital in Northeast India: A Retrospective Study [PART II]
Invassive fungal infection is a common problem faced in ICU’s of all over the world.If we went back to history, It started in 1835 by the discovery of a mould ,...
Antibiogram of a tertiary care hospital in North East India
The hospital antibiogram is a periodical summarization of antibiotics susceptibility of local bacterial isolates. This is the first step in formulation of a hos...
AeromonasCaviae – as a blood stream pathogen in human
The first Aeromonas strain was described by Zimmermann in the year 1890. Caselitez established its pathogenicity in humans. Aeromonas genus can cause multiple i...
Blood Banking: balancing between safety and sufficiency
Blood transfusion is an essential part of modern day treatment procedure and most of the time being a life saving one. Maintaining a constant reserve of safe an...
The purpose of triage in the emergency department (ED)
The purpose of triage in the emergency department (ED) is to prioritize incoming patients and to identify those who cannot wait to be seen. The triage nurse per...
Accidental arterial catheterisation during an attempt of central line placement and subsequent formation of pseudoaneurysm after pull and pressure technique
Central venous catheterization in humans was first described by Werner Frossman, a surgical intern, in 1929, who canalized his own right atrium via the cephalic...
Inhospital Cardiac Arrest Survival in a Tertiary Care Hospital In North East India
With the availability of new equipment and standardized guidelines from the American Heart Association resuscitation effort post cardiac arrest improved over ti...
Emergence of Colistin resistance : A retrospective study in a tertiary care centre in North East India
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is “a global health security threat that requires action across government sectors and society as a whole” The World Health Organ...