Submissions from 2023
641: Resources and inequities among pediatric critical care facilities in Pakistan, Qalab Abbas, Muhammad Zaid Hussain, Fatima Farrukh Shahbaz, Hamna Shahbaz, Mustafa Ali Khan, Naveed ur Rehman Siddiqui, Anwarul Haque, Muhammad Haroon Hamid, and Asad Latif
Measuring the patient safety culture at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan using the hospital survey on patient safety culture (HSOPSC), Fasih Ali Ahmed, Fozia Asif, Tahir Munir, Sohail Haleem, Zehra Feroze Ali, Asim Belgaumi, Hasnain Zafar, and Asad Latif
Impact of a national collaborative project to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patients, Yaseen M. Arabi, Zohair Al Aseri, Abdulmohsen Alsaawi, Ali M. Al Khathaami, Eman Al Qasim, Abdullah A. Alzahrani, Mohammed Al Qarni, Sheryl Ann I. Abdukahil, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, and Asad Latif
Comparison of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and thiazolidinediones for management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Ishaque Hameed, Javeria Hayat, Shayan Marsia, Syed Abdus, Rafay Khan, Omer Mustafa Siddiqui, Mohammad Omer Khan, Shanza Malik, Kaneez Fatima, and Marat Fudim
Caesarean section for placenta previa: A retrospective cohort study of anaesthesia techniques, Samina Ismail and Saima Rashid
Development of an emergency airway response system for COVID-19 at a tertiary care hospital in resource limited country, Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Khalid Samad, and Asad Latif
Head and neck cancer recurrence with limited mouth opening, radiation fibrosis and confirmed COVID-19 infection: Approach to airway management, Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Sohaib, Kashaf Shahid, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Cesarean section of a patient with combined severe mitral and aortic stenosis: A case report, Haris Sheikh, Khalid Samad, and Akbar A. Mistry
Relationship of abdominal circumference and trunk length with spinal anesthesia block height in geriatric patients undergoing transurethral resection of prostate, Muhammad Yahya, Aliya Ahmed, Iayla Fatima, and Muhammad Nasir
Submissions from 2022
A retrospective analysis of peri-operative medication errors from a low-middle income country, Shemila Abbasi, Saima Rashid, and Fauzia Anis Khan
Persistent post-surgical pain after total knee arthroplasty at a tertiary care hospital of a low-middle income country, Aliya Ahmed, Gauhar Afshan, and Robyna Irshad Khan
Factors influencing the use of postoperative bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) in patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery: A retrospective cohort study, Syed Shabbir Ahmed, Muhammad Saad Yousuf, Khalid Samad, Hameed Ullah, and Khalid Maudood Siddiqui
Intraoperative post partum hemorrhage in a patient with dengue fever, Usama Ahmed and Asiyah Aman
Maximising access to timely trauma care across population of Karachi and its districts: A geospatial approach to develop a trauma care network, Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf, Mohammad Salman Khalil, Ahwaz Akhtar, Lubna Samad, and Asad Latif
A survey of current practices and adherence to coronavirus disease airway management guidelines among frontline healthcare professionals in a resource-limited country, Amber Gulamani, Faisal Shamim, Sehrish Khan, Sohaib Haider Hashmi, and Shemila Abbasi
Pharmacological interventions for the treatment and control of shivering in adult patients undergoing elective surgery under regional Anaesthesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Malika Hameed, Naureen Akber Ali, Khalid Ahsan, and Mohsin Nazir
Implementation of the comprehensive unit-based safety program to improve infection prevention and control practices in four neonatal intensive care units in Pune, India, Julia Johnson, Asad Latif, Bharat Randive, Abhay Kadam, Uday Rajput, Aarti Kinikar, Nandini Malshe, Sanjay Lalwani, Tushar B. Parikh, and Umesh Vaidya
Challenges of pediatric anesthesia services and training infrastructure in tertiary care teaching institutions in Pakistan: A perspective from the province of Sindh, Fauzia A. Khan, Saeeda Haider, Nighat Abbas, Navaid Akhtar, Nur Ul Haq, M Saleh Khaskheli, Younis Khatri, Nadeem Munir, Hamid Raza, and Maqsood Ahmed Siddiqui
Modified jaw thrust I-gel insertion technique in adults: A case series, Dileep Kumar
166: Clinical outcomes of critically ill covid-19 patients seen through tele-ICU services in Pakistan, Asad Latif, Syeda Asfia hussain, Huba Atiq, Mareeha Zaki, Hamza Khan, Kiran Sami, Fahham Asghar, Ammarah Ghayyas, Ali Azim Daudpota, Muhammad Sohaib Khan, Ali Asghar Ashraf, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Amber Sabeen, Muhammad Haroon Khan, Naveed Haroon Rashid, Hameed Ullah, Syed Kashif Amin, Adil H. Haider, and Zainab Samad
Epidemiology, management, and outcomes of sepsis in ICUs among countries of differing national wealth across Asia, Andrew Li, Lowell Ling, Hanyu Qin, Yaseen M. Arabi, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Moritoki Egi, Je Hyeong Kim, Mohd Basri Mat Nor, Do Ngoc Son, and Madiha Hashmi
Factors associated with loss of motivation and hesitation to work amongst frontline health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey from a developing country, Mehreen Malik, Syeda Tayyaba Rehan, Farheen Malik, Jawad Ahmed, Chaudhary Abdul Fatir, Hassan Ul Hussain, Asiyah Aman, and Muhammad Junaid Tahir
Hospital based prevalence of smoking among surgical patients in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi Pakistan, Mohsin Nazir, Azhar Rehman, Saima Rashid, Bushra Salim, Tanveer Baig, and Karima Karam Khan
Access and financial burden for patients seeking essential surgical care in Pakistan, Lubna Samad, Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf, Ammar Ali Mohammad, Irum Fatima, Zachary Fowler, Katherine Albutt, Asad Latif, John G. Meara, and Manon Pigeolet
Emergency airway management in COVID-19 patients and risk to healthcare workers: A low-middle income country data from the intubate COVID registry, Faisal Shamim, M Nazir, Naseem A. Sheikh, Asma Salam, and Badar Afzal Khan
Case report on peri-operative surgical and anaesthetic management of ruptured humongous lung abscess, Khalid Maudood Siddiqui, Akbar Azizullah, and Muhammad Saad Yousuf
Anesthesia patient safety: Next steps to improve worldwide perioperative safety by 2030, Mark A. Warner, Daniel Arnal, Daniel J. Cole, Rola Hammoud, Carolina Haylock-Loor, Pedro Ibarra, Muralidhar Joshi, Fauzia A. Khan, Konstantin M. Lebedinskii, and Jannicke Mellin-Olsen
Prophylactic recombinant factor VIIa for preventing massive transfusion during orthotopic liver transplantation, Muyue Yang, Promise Ariyo, Brooke Perlstein, Asad Latif, Steven M. Frank, William T. Merritt, Andrew M. Cameron, Benjamin Philosophe, Allan Gottschalk, and Aliaksei Pustavoitau
Submissions from 2021
Postoperative pain management modalities used for adult patients in LMIC – A systematic review of randomized controlled trials, Gauhar Afshan, Robyna Irshad Khan, Aliya Ahmed, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui, Azhar Rehman, Rozina Kerai, Amir Raza, and Khawaja Mustafa
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
Prevalence of persistent post-surgical pain in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country: A cross sectional survey, Aliya Ahmed, Gauhar Afshan, and Robyna Irshad Khan
Quality assurance audit in adult cardiac anaesthesia, Syed Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Hamid, and Faisal Junejo
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
Frequency of early postoperative adverse events (AEs) in adult patients undergoing elective neurosurgical intervention at tertiary care center in Pakistan, Mansoor Chandio, Faraz Shafiq, and Ather Enam
Anaesthetic challenges in a paediatric patient with escobar syndrome-difficult airway and postoperative pneumothorax, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Irfan Ul Haq, Arham Shahid, and Samina Ismail
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
Mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block and stress response after abdominal hysterectomy: A randomised controlled placebo trial, Samina Ismail, Aliya Ahmed, Muhammad Qamarul Hoda, Samie Asghar, Aysha Habib Khan, and Aliya Aziz
Post operative sore throat: Comparison between Macintosh versus video laryngoscope in patients intubated by trainee anaesthetists - A randomised control trial, Amin Ahmed Kapadia, Faraz Shafiq, and Amir Raza
Assessment of trauma care capacity in Karachi, Pakistan: Toward an integrated trauma care system, Mohammad Salman Khalil, Asad Latif, Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf, Muhammad Mehmood Alam Atiq, Hasnain Zafar, Adil H. Haider, and Lubna Samad
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
Knowledge, attitude, and perception of Pakistani anesthesiologists about medical usage of cannabis for pain, Robyna Irshad Khan and Gauhar Afshan
A comparison between ultrasound guided ilioinguial/iliohyphogastic nerves block and infiltration of wound with ropivacaine on post-operative pain after open repair of unilateral inguinal hernia in adults: A randomized controlled trial, Robyna Irshad Khan and Summaiya Ali
Assessment of knowledge regarding tracheostomy care and management of early complications among healthcare professionals, Tooba Khanum, Sadaf Zia, Tahseer Khan, Saima Kamal, Muhammad Nasir Khoso, Javeria Alvi, and Arif Ali
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
Comparison of perioperative analgesia between intravenous paracetamol and fentanyl for rigid hysteroscopy: A randomised control trial, Dileep Kumar, Kamal Kumar, and Mohammad Hamid
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
Breaking the pain cycle successfully in a child with severe pain due to recurrent pancreatitis: A case report, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui and Mansoor Chandio
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
Eye trauma in falls presenting to the emergency department from 2006 through 2015, Bushra Usmani, Asad Latif, Mustafa Iftikhar, Yasir J. Sepah, Channing Parker, Justin A. Fliss, Kunal K. Dansingani, and Syed Mahmood Ali Shah
Anaesthetic management of tracheal injury following blunt neck trauma: An unusual late presentation, Muhammad Saad Yousuf, Mohammad Bin Pervez, Saulat Fatimi, and Khalid Samad
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, Syed 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
1365: Progress of a large-scale improvement project for mechanical ventilation in Saudi Arabia, Yaseen Arabi, Zohair Al Aseri, Tareef Alaama, Abdurahman Alharthy, Fahad Al-Hameed, Yasser Mandourah, Hend Sallam, Alyaa Elhazmi, Adnan Alghamdi, and Asad Latif
One-year progress oa a large-scale collaborative project for improving the care of mechanically ventilated patients, Yaseen M. Arabi, Zohair Al Aseri, Tareef Alaama, Abdulrhman Alharthy, Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Yasser Mandourah, Alyaa Elhazmi, Hend Sallam, Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, and Asad Latif
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
Assessment of trauma care capacity in Karachi, Pakistan: A step towards an integrated trauma care system in a developing country, Mohammad Salman Khalil, Muhammad Mehmood Alam Atiq, Ammar Ali Muhammad, Nabeel Ashraf, Asad Latif, Hasnain Zafar, and Lubna Samad
Global safety in anaesthesia and surgery: Implications for anaesthesia in Pakistan, Fauzia 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 Khan
Administration support, Asad Latif, Ho Geol Ryu, and Todd Dorman
Emergency anesthesia in resource-limited areas, Seung Lee, Azuka Onye, and Asad Latif
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
Eye-related emergency department visits and the opioid epidemic: A 10-year analysis, Bushra Usmani, Asad Latif, Sohani Amarasekera, Sabrina Mukhtar, Mustafa Iftikhar, Saleema Kherani, Yasir J. Sepah, Deepta Raghavan, William D. Smith, and Vishal Jhanji
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
National approach to standardize and improve mechanical ventilation, Yaseen M. Arabi, Zohair Al Aseri, Tareef Alaama, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Abdulrhman Alharthy, Abdullah Almotairi, Eman Al Qasim, Abdullah A. Alzahrani, Mohammed Al Qarni, and Asad Latif
Implementation strategies to reduce surgical site infections: A systematic review, Promise Ariyo, Bassem Zayed, Victoria Riese, Blair Anton, Asad Latif, Claire Kilpatrick, Benedetta Allegranzi, and Sean Berenholtz
Effectiveness of 80% vs 30-35% fraction of inspired oxygen in patients undergoing surgery: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis, Stijn de Jonge, Matthias Egger, Asad Latif, Yoon Kong Loke, Sean Berenholtz, Marja Boermeester, Benedetta Allegranzi, and Joseph Solomkin
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