Submissions from 2021
Post-operative pain management modalities employed in clinical trials for adult patients in LMIC; a systematic review, Gauhar Afshan, Robyna Irshad Khan, Aliya Ahmed, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui, Azhar Rehman, Syed Amir Raza, Rozina Kerai, and Khawaja Mustafa
Incidence and risk factors of delirium in surgical intensive care unit, Muhammad Asghar Ali, Madiha Hashmi, Waqas Ahmed, Syed Amir Raza, Muhammad Faisal Khan, and Bushra Salim
Ratio of height to thyromental distance: A comparison with mallampati and upper lip bite test for predicting difficult intubation in Pakistani population, Saman Tauheed Ali, Khalid Samad, Syed Amir Raza, and Muhammad Qamarul Hoda
Efficacy and safety of dotinurad in hyperuricemic patients with or without gout: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Ayman Iqbal, Kinza Iqbal, Eisha Farid, Ali Ishaque, Muhammad Hasanain, Taha Bin Arif, Shajeea Arshad Ali, Sawai Singh Rathore, and Mehreen Malik
Bilateral mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block does not attenuate stress response to total abdominal hysterectomy: A randomised controlled placebo trial, Samina Ismail, Aliya Ahmed, Muhammad Qamarul Hoda, Samie Asghar, Aysha Habib, and Aliya Aziz
Combined use of a videolaryngoscope and a flexible bronchoscope for awake tracheal intubation when front-of-neck airway is not an option, Muhammad Furqan Khan, Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Umer Slote, Bushra Salim, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Augmented package of palliative care for women with cervical cancer: Responding to refractory suffering, Eric L. Krakauer, Khadidjatou Kane, Xiaoxiao Kwete, Gauhar Afshan, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé, Lawrence F. Borges, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Stephen Connor, and Raimundo Correa
Essential package of palliative care for women with cervical cancer: Responding to the suffering of a highly vulnerable population, Eric L. Krakauer, Khadidjatou Kane, Xiaoxiao Kwete, Gauhar Afshan, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé, Lawrence F. Borges, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Stephen Connor, and Raimundo Correa
Cervical cancer-associated suffering: Estimating the palliative care needs of a highly vulnerable population, Eric L. Krakauer, Xiaoxiao Kwete, Khadidjatou Kane, Gauhar Afshan, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé, Sarah Byrne-Martelli, Stephen Connor, Raimundo Correa, and C R Beena Devi C R Beena Devi
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: A success story of a diagnostic challenge, Mohsin Nazir, Malika Hameed, and Rizwana Shehzad
Epidemiological characteristics, ventilator management, and clinical outcome in patients receiving invasive ventilation in intensive care units from 10 Asian middle-income countries (PRoVENT-iMiC): An International, multicenter, prospective study, Luigi Pisani, Anna Geke Algera, Ary Serpa Neto, Areef Ahsan, Abigail Beane, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat, Abul Faiz, Rashan Haniffa, Seyed MohammadReza Hashemian, and Madiha Hashmi
Safety and effectiveness of ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks: Audit at tertiary care hospital, Asma Abdus Salam, Riffat Aamir, Robyna Irshad Khan, Aliya Ahmed, and Azhar Rehman
Frequency of immediate neonatal complications (hypoglycemia and neonatal jaundice) in late preterm and term neonates, Muhammad Salman, Heeranand Rathore, Shabina Ariff, Rashid Ali, Ausaf Ahmed Khan, and Muhammad Nasir
Management of difficult airway in a pregnant patient with severely reduced mouth opening, Faisal Shamim, Aly Bahadur, Dinaz Ghandhi, and Anum Aijaz
Persistent post-surgical pain following breast cancer surgery: An observational study in a tertiary care hospital, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui, Sana Zeeshan, Aliya Ahmed, and Shaista Khan
Enhancing the efficiency of bag mask ventilation: New method, Muhammad Irfan Ul Haq
Submissions from 2020
Managing acute pain in HIV+/AIDS patients: Knowledge and practice trends among emergency physicians of major tertiary care centers of a developing country, Aliya Ahmed, Gauhar Afshan, Robyna Irshad Khan, Badar Afzal Khan, Seemin Jamali, Nighat Farooq, Sarosh Saleem, Rubaba Naeem, and Uzma R. Khan
Prophylactic mesh placement for the prevention of incisional hernia in high-risk patients after abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Jawad Ahmed, Nimra Hasnain, Iayla Fatima, Farheen Malik, Muhammad A. Chaudhary, Junaid Ahmad, Mehreen Malik, Laraib Malik, Muhammad Osama, Mirza Zain Baig, Faisal Khosa, and Faiz Bhora
COVID-19 and liver injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Jawad Ahmed, Tehlil Rizwan, Farheen Malik, Raniyah Akhter, Mehreen Malik, Junaid Ahmad, Abdul Wasay Khan, Muhammad A. Chaudhary, and Muhammad Shariq Usman
Paediatric thoracic tumour resection: Challenge For an anaesthesiologist, Shabbir Ahmed, Khalid Samad, Muhammad Saad Yousuf, and Faisal Junejo
Anaesthetic management of patients undergoing deep brain simulation: A retrospective review of 8 cases from a tertiary care center of Pakistan, Usama Ahmed, Faraz Shafiq, Dileep Kumar, Khalid Ahsan, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Multicenter international survey on cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion practices in adult cardiac surgery, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, Livia Gautel, Vladimir Lomivorotov, Caetano Nigro Neto, Marc Vives, Mohamed R. El Tahan, Nandor Marczin, Giovanni Landoni, Steffen Rex, and Gudrun Kunst
Awareness during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Ali Asghar, Bushra Salim, Saqiba Tahir, Fahad Islam, and Muhammad Faisal Khan
Telogen effluvium: A review of the literature, Fahham Asghar, Nazia Shamim, Umar Farooque, Haris Sheikh, and Ramsha Aqeel
Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID-19: A prospective international multicentre cohort study, K El-Boghdadly, D J N. Wong, R Owen, M D. Neuman, S Pocock, J B. Carlisle, C Johnstone, P Andruszkiewicz, P A. Baker, and Faisal Shamim
Twin pregnancy complicated by intrauterine death of one fetus and herniated bowel loops over gravid uterus, Malika Hameed and Khalid Ahsan
Comparison of two supraglottic airway devices on postoperative sore throat in children: A prospective randomized controlled trial, Malika Hameed, Khalid Samad, and Hameed Ullah
In response to letter title "immediate hemodynamic and gaseous exchange effect of bi-level positive airway pressure after cardiac surgery: Our insight to Hamid et al.'s study", Mohammad Hamid, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, and Saba Ahmed
Immediate changes in hemodynamics and gas exchange after initiation of noninvasive ventilation in cardiac surgical patients, Mohammad Hamid, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, and Saba Ahmed
Efficacy of intravenous paracetamol in combination with lidocaine pretreatment for reducing pain during injection of propofol, Muhammad Hayat, Gauhar Afshan, Muhammad Nasir, Samie Asghar, and Abdul Monem
A prospective observational study to determine the predictors of increased number of attempts at labour epidural placement, Samina Ismail and Syed Amir Raza
Global safety in anaesthesia and surgery: Implications for anaesthesia in Pakistan, Fauzia Anis Khan
Pediatric anesthesia severe adverse events leading to anesthetic morbidity and mortality in a tertiary care center in a low- and middle-income country: A 25-year audit, Nasir Khoso, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Shemila Abbasi, and Fauzia A. Khan
Accuracy of tuffier's line identification by palpation method: Cross-sectional comparative study among obese, pregnant and control groups, Mehreen Malik and Samina Ismail
Delay between onset of indication and definitive surgery for tracheal trauma, Mohammad Bin Pervez, Hassan Mushtaq, Shahmir Chauhan, Ali Aahil Noorali, Yasir Bilal Khan, Muhammad Saad Yousuf, and Saulat Fatimi
Critical care bed capacity in Asian countries and regions, Jason Phua, Mohammad Omar Faruq, Atul P. Kulkarni, Ike Sri Redjeki, Khamsay Detleuxay, Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Kyi Kyi Sann, Babu Raja Shrestha, Madiha Hashmi, and Jose Emmanuel M Palo
Validation of predictive models identifying patients at risk for massive transfusion during liver transplantation and their potential impact on blood bank resource utilization, Aliaksei Pustavoitau, Nicole A. Rizkalla, Brooke Perlstein, Promise Ariyo, Asad Latif, April J. Villamayor, Steven M. Frank, William T. Merritt, Andrew M. Cameron, and Benjamin Philosophe
Frequency of early-onset neonatal sepsis following prolonged rupture of membranes, Heeranand Rathore, Arshalooz Rahman, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Nasir, and Seharish Sherali
Anaesthetic management for hiatal hernia repair in a child with bartter's syndrome: A case report, Durriya Raza and Fauzia Khan
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction following general anaesthesia in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery, Khalid Samad, Hameed Ullah, and Muhammad Saad Yousuf
The use of guedel airway for naso-orogastric tube insertion in patients with COVID-19. A way to minimize aerosol generation, Faraz Shafiq and Dileep Kumar
Successful airway management using awake videolaryngoscopy for a rare thyroid cancer with grade III goitre and intra-tracheal invasion, Faisal Shamim, Iqra Jangda, and Mubasher Ikram
Transversus abdominis plane block as a sole anesthetic technique for open appendectomy in patient with treacher collins syndrome: A case report, Khalid Maudood Siddiqui, Muhammad Asghar Ali, and Bushra Salim
Potential barriers amongst health care professionals of Pakistan in managing COVID-19 patients, Muhammad Irfan Ul Haq, Faraz Shafiq, and Haris Sheikh
Submissions from 2019
Correlation of trainees' selection scores with their subsequent performance during specialty training in anesthesiology, Aliya Ahmed and Rashida Ahmed
Multicenter international survey on the clinical practice of ultra-fast-track anesthesia with on-table extubation in pediatric congenital cardiac surgery, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, Mona Momeni, Andrea Szekely, Mohammad Hamid, Mohamed R. El Tahan, and Steffen Rex
Anaesthetic management of cerebral arterio-venous malformation excision using awake craniotomy: Initial experience of two cases, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Khalid Ahsan, Faraz Shafiq, and Ather Enam
Sleeping pattern before thoracic surgery: A comparison of baseline and night before surgery, Mohammad Hamid, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, and Saba Ahmed
Pakistan registry of intensive carE (PRICE): Expanding a lower middle-income, clinician-designed critical care registry in south Asia, Madiha Hashmi, A Beane, A Taqi, M I. Memon, P Athapattu, Z Khan, A M. Dondorp, and R Haniffa
Management of parturient with triplet pregnancy and placenta percreta: Importance of multi-disciplinary approach, Samina Ismail and Akbar Azizullah
Perfect recipes for obstetric anesthesia: Need of caution in the resource constraint environment, Samina Ismail and Malika Hameed
Critically ill obstetric patients in resource-limited settings, Samina Ismail and Muhammad Sohaib
Obstetric patients requiring critical care: Retrospective study in a tertiary care institute of Pakistan, Samina Ismail and Muhammad Sohaib
Anesthesiologists' compliance with institutional hand hygiene policies, Fareena Khan and Robyna Irshad Khan
The SAFE-T summit 2018: Implications for the WFSA safety and quality of practice committee, Fauzia Khan
Evaluation of job stress and burnout among anesthesiologists working in academic institutions in 2 major cities in Pakistan, Fauzia Khan, Mubashir H. Shamim, Liaqat Ali Ali, and Arshad Taqi
Perioperative ultrasound; fashion, luxury or necessity!, fazal hameed khan
The utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a marker of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically Ill patients, Shabnum Khawaja, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Madiha Hashmi, and Farooq Ghani
Isoflurane alone versus small dose propofol with isoflurane for removal of laryngeal mask airway in children-A randomized controlled trial, Dileep Kumar, Gauhar Afshan, Muhammad Zubair Tahir, and Mohammad Hamid
Hypertension as a reason for cancellation of elective surgical cases on day of surgery: A five year audit report from the Aga khan university hospital Karachi, Abdul Monem, Amjad Nadeem, and Fauzia Khan
Is pelvis x-ray essential in stable trauma patients? Step towards lowering the treatment cost, Asad Moosa, Roger Gill, Iqra Jangda, Raza Hasnain Sayyed, and Hasnain Zafar
Intravenous dexamethasone along with caudal block improves analgesic efficacy following day-case inguinal hernia repair in children: A randomized controlled trial, Amjad Nadeem and Aliya Ahmed
Knowledge, training and practice of cricoid pressure application by the anesthesiologists of teaching hospitals of a developing country: A national survey, Mohsin Nazir and Muhammad Qamarul Hoda
Applying quality improvement methods to neglected conditions: Development of the South Asia Burn Registry (SABR), Nukhba Zia Nukhba Zia, Asad Latif, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Ehmer Al-Ibran, Madiha Hashmi, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Sazzad Khondoker, Mohammed Saeed Quraishy, and Adnan A. Hyder
Effect of pharmacological agents administered for attenuating the extubation response on the quality of extubation: A systematic review, Bushra Salim, Saima Rashid, M Asghar Ali, Amir Raza, and Fauzia Khan
An awake throughout approach for awake craniotomy: A perspective from a resource-limited country, Faraz Shafiq, Jai Parkash, Ather Enam, Muhammad Faheem Khan, and Tanveer Baig
Response to a case report titled: Anaesthetic management of a patient with left ventricular non-compaction undergoing laparotomy, Faraz Shafiq, M Irfan Ul Haq, and Anwar ul Huda
Perioperative glycemic control and its outcome in patients following open heart surgery, Khalid M Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali Asghar, Muhammad F. Khan, and fazal Wahab khan
ESRA19-0179 Frequency and presentation of persistent pain following breast cancer surgery: An observational study in a tertiary care hospital, Sarfraz Siddiqui, S Zeeshan, A Ahmed, and S Khan
Submissions from 2018
Pediatric critical incidents reported over 15 years at a tertiary care teaching hospital of a developing country, Shemila Abbasi, Fauzia Anis Khan, and Sobia Khan
Misplaced central venous catheter in carotid artery during emergency surgery for the total correction of tetralogy of fallot of an adolescent boy, Shabbir Ahmed, Faisal Junejo, and fazal Wahab khan
Integration of reflective practice in postgraduate medical education, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar
Representation of South Asian countries in five high-impact anesthesia journals, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, Karima Karam Khan, and F. Khan
Effect on neonatal outcome of pharmacological interventions for attenuation of the maternal haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation: A systematic review, Asiyah Aman, Bushra Salim, K Munshi, S A. Raza, and Fauzia Khan
Effect of two techniques of parental interaction on children's anxiety at induction of general anaesthesia - A randomized trial, Alia Hussain and Fauzia Khan
Change in mallampati class during labor: Hypertensive versusnormotensive parturients, S Ismail
Occupational exposure to HIV in a developing country: assessing knowledge and attitude of healthcare professional before and after an awareness symposium, Samina Ismail, Safia Awan, Rubaba Naeem, Sarfraz Siddiqui, Badar Afzal, Bushra Jamil, and Uzma Rahim Khan
Occupational exposure to HIV in a developing country: assessing knowledge and attitude of healthcare professional before and after an awareness symposium, Samina Ismail, Safia Awan, Rubaba Naeem, Sarfraz Siddiqui, Badar Afzal, Bushra Jamil, and Uzma Rahim Khan2 Uzma Rahim Khan2 Uzma Rahim Khan2
Postoperative pain management practices and their effectiveness after major gynecological surgery: An observational study in a tertiary care hospital, Samina Ismail, Sarfraz Siddiqui, and Azhar Rehman
Comparison between intravenous boluses versus infusion of tranexamic acid (TXA) to reduce bleeding in paediatric cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) surgeries, Faisal Junejo, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, Mohammad Hamid, Syed Shabbir Ahmed, Fauzia Minai, and Muneer Amanullah
Tophaceous gout with congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, Muhammad Kashif and Adnan Qureshi
Urinary retention in unilateral total knee arthroplasty: Comparison between continuous epidural analgesia and single-shot femoral nerve block, Ausaf Ahmed Khan and Robyna Irshad Khan
Improving anesthesia safety in low-resource settings, Fauzia Khan and Alan Merry
Analgesic effect of bilateral subcostal tap block after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Karima Karam Khan and Robyna Irshad Khan
Intravenous lidocaine and postextubation laryngospasm, Muhammad Faisal Khan and Ullah Saleem
History conflict and non-formulary medicine: A threat for anaesthesiologist in low and middle-income countries, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Areeba Shamim, and Faisal Shamim
Fluid choice during perioperative care in children: A survey of present‑day proposing practice by anesthesiologists in a intertiary care hospital, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Khalid Maudood Siddiqui, and Ali Asghar
Corticosteroid therapy for sepsis: A clinical practice guideline, Francois Lamontagne, Bram Rochwerg, Lyubov Lytvyn, Gordon H. Guyatt, Morten Hylander Møller, Djillali Annane, Michelle E. Kho, Neill K J Adhikari, Flavia Machado, and Madiha Hashmi
Glioblastoma multiforme involving conus medullaris in a child, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Mohammad Usman Ali, Naureen Mushtaq, Maria Tariq, and Asmara Waheed
The critically ill patient with tuberculosis in intensive care: Clinical presentations, management and infection control., Akaninyene Otu, Madiha Hashmi, Ahmed M. Mukhtar, and Arthur Kwizera
The critically ill patient with tuberculosis in intensive care: Clinical presentations, management and infection control, Akaninyene Otu, Madiha Hashmi, Ahmed M. Mukhtar, Arthur Kwizera, Simon Tiberi, Bruce Macrae, Alimudin Zumla, Martin W. Dünser, and Mervyn Mer
Practice of ventilation in middle-Income countries (PRoVENT-iMIC): Rationale and protocol for a prospective international multicentre observational study in intensive care units in Asia, Luigi Pisani, Anna Geke Algera, Ary Serpa Neto, Areef Ahsan, Abigail Beane, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat, Abul Faiz, Rashan Haniffa, Reza Hashemian, and Madiha Hashmi
Palliative surgical gastrostomy under ultrasound‑guided bilateral rectus sheath blocks in a head and neck cancer patient, Saima Rashid; Faisal Shamim,; Maha Khan; and Robyna Khan
A six-month retrospective study of resources burden by trauma victims in the surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital in Pakistan, Muhammad Rizwan, Madiha Hashmi, and Hasnain Zafar
Pre-anaesthetic assessment of intracranial pressure using optic nerve sheath diameter in patients scheduled for elective tumour craniotomy, Faraz Shafiq, Muhammad Asghar Ali, and Fauzia Khan
Use of Guedel Airway as a guide to insert nasogastric tube under general anaesthesia: A simple and logical way, Faraz Shafiq, Faruq Hameed, and Khalid M Siddiqui
Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks in high-risk patients, requiring lower limb (Above and below knee) amputation, Faisal Shamim, Malika Hameed, Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, and Shemila Abbasi
Other clinical applications of videolaryngoscopy besides intubation, Faisal Shamim, Marium Nafis, and Mubasher Ikram
Bleeding in Locally Invasive Pelvic Malignancies: Is Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy a Safe and Effective Non-Invasive Option for Securing Hemostasis? A Single Institution Perspective, Muhammad Shuja, Saadiya Nazli, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Asif Iqbal, Reham Mohamed, Mutahir A. Tunio, Eyad F. Alsaeed, Mushabbab Asiri, and Yasser Bayoumi
Factors affecting reintubations after cardiac and thoracic surgeries in cardiac intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital, Khalid Maudood Siddiqui, Khalid Samad, Faisal Jonejo, Muhammad Faisal Khan, and Khalid Ahsan Khalid Ahsan