Articles
The Prognostic value of Admission Arterial Blood Lactate Level in Mixed ICU Population
There are studies emphasizing the importance of arterial blood lactate level on outcome, specifically mortality in patients with circulatory shock, cardiac arrest, trauma, sepsis, septic shock, ards, ...
Bedside Cart System And Its Effects On Work Dynamics of Critical Care Nurses
The outcome of ICU patients is directly related to the clinical nursing attention they receive during the severe illness. So to achieve that we designed a unique portable cart able to be stocked wi...
Point of Care Testing (POCT):Where are we?
POCT is a mode of testing in which the analysis is performed at the site where health care is provided close to the patient. A wide number of lab test are now available in different POC devices used f...
Application of 1.0% Chlorhexidine gel and its effect on Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in a tertiary care hospital in north east India
Catheter associated urinary tract infection is an important cause of mortality and morbidity. Its incidence in India as per available study is 22.22%(Col Shivinder Singh et al, medical journal armed f...
Persistent left superior vena cava: a case report and review of literature
Persistent left superior vena cava is rare but important congenital vascular anomaly. It results when the left superior cardinal vein caudal to the innominate vein fails to regress. It is most commonl...
Innovations – Newer Tools in Emergency Medicine
The only constant feature in this world is change. While all the change may not lead to progress, there can be no progress without change. This is true for any individual, institution, organization or...