critical care
Critical Care Medicine in a Rural Setting
The major population in any community is rural. The lack of health literacy, distance and transportation, social stigma and belief in traditional medication, patients are very often brought acriticall...
Hypoglycemia as an independent cause of cardiac arrest: A case report
Hypoglycemia is a very common side effect of insulin therapy and oral hypoglycemic agents. Occurrence of cardiac arrest as a result of severe hypoglycaemia has not been documented much in literature. ...
Epidemiology and outcome of poisoned patient : A Retrospective analysis in a tertiary care hospital in northeast India
A common medical emergency is poisoning, irrespective of whether it is intentional or accidental. Poisoning is a significant global public health problem. According to WHO data, in 2012 an estimated 1...
Validation of Culture & sensitivity reports
The clinical microbiology laboratory plays a critical role in antimicrobial stewardship by providing patient specific culture and susceptibility data to optimize individual antimicrobial management an...
A Case of Adult-Onset Bartter’s Syndrome
Bartter’s Syndrome is characterized by renal potassium wasting with hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, increased renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, normal blood pressure, resistance to the pressor e...
Implementation of Nutritional Guidelines for Critical Care Patients in Developing Countries
It is very important for us to updates our knowledge and to know new nutritional guidelines. But is it sufficient..? Because the implementation of the updated nutritional guidelines especially for cri...
Acute Kidney Injury Induced by Rhabdomyolysis
The reported incidence of acute kidney injury after rhabdomyolysis is as high as 65%1 which occurs as a result of multiple mechanisms including tubular obstruction, direct and ischemic tubular injury,...
A Brief Overview For Clinician’s Orientation To ICU And Alternative Planning
The global history of ICU care dates back to the polio epidemic in 1950s, when the specialty of critical care was born. The technique of controlled ventilation was then extended to patients with drug ...