The care of critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is the most basic and mandatory feature of modern healthcare Risk factors Patients in ICU are at risk for nosocomial infection and are related to the host characteristics and pre-existing active pathological conditions like agammaglobulinemia, immunosuppressive therapy or steroid usage, trauma, Chronic
The profession’s contribution to improve the people’s health during times of crisis dates back to the days of Florence Nightingale. Nurses have been the stars for this pandemic across the globe for their exemplary courage, dedication and perseverance. The views on nursing and nurses are based on the personal experiences with nurses. The experience
Second wave of COVID-19 It’s referred to a serious increase in the number of cases that occurs after the original surge has been stopped in a particular area. Pandemics are mainly caused by the new pathogens that the vast majority of humans have no immune protection against. That’s what causes global outbreaks. After few months,
Epilepsy throughout pregnancy raises concern, but most women who have epilepsy deliver healthy babies though they need special care during pregnancy. Here is an excerpt from an interview by Dr G Pavan Kumar Reddy, Consultant Neurologist at OMNI Hospitals, Kurnool on women with epilepsy and pregnancy and its management. Woman is known to be
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue (glands and stroma) lining inside the uterus grows outside the uterus, which induces a chronic inflammatory reaction, scar tissue, and adhesions that may distort a woman’s pelvic anatomy. Endometriosis is generally found in young women, but the occurrence of endometriosis is not related to ethnic or
Introduction Incidence of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or nCoV) among healthcare professionals especially among clinicians involved in anaesthesia and critical care is on rise during aerosol-generating procedures i.e. endotracheal intubation and extubation, bag-mask and jet ventilation, non invasive ventilation, oxygen administration through a high-flow nasal cannula or nebulisation, tracheostomy, open suctioning of airways, procedures
At least once in a week, we tend to hear this word. Let it be a famous celebrity or a poor farmer, this word creates some amount of eagerness and anxiety in most of us. Every year suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally. One suicide happens every 40 seconds worldwide. For
This year’s World AIDS Day is dominated by the global attention towards COVID-19. HIV/AIDS has been a pandemic since the early 1980s and is far from over. 32·7 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses. The global response to HIV/ AIDS is an example of what can be done and achieved when countries and people
