Acute transient parotid gland enlargement in association with general anesthesia is a rare complication and has also been called anesthesia mumps. Unilateral or bilateral parotid or submandibular swelling usually develops during surgery under anesthesia or, a few hours later and usually resolves in a few days with no sequelae. It has been reported as a complication after general anesthesia in patients undergoing spinal surgeries in prone and lateral decubitus position, even after cesarean section in the supine position and also reported in Intensive Care Unit patients. We present a case of a unilateral parotid swelling noticed in immediate postoperative course, in a patient who underwent spine surgery.
Context:The South Asian region is comprised of eight countries, i.e., Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and Maldives. There is dearth of literature documenting anesthesia research in this region.Aim:The aim of this audit was to look at research productivity in the region by examining the volume and the type of anesthesia publication in five high-index anesthesia journals.Settings and Design:The study design was a survey of literature in the top five high-impact anesthesiology journals carried out at a tertiary care hospital.Materials and Methods:The journal citation report 2016 was accessed to identify the top five anesthesia journals based on their impact factor. We identified articles published in these journals between January 2000 and December 2015.Statistical Analysis:Microsoft Excel 2003 worksheet was used for data collection from extracted articles.Results:The highest number of publications came from India (n = 487) 95.9%; 58.5% of these were correspondence, 21% were original articles, 12.8% were case reports and case series, 1.2% reviews, and 1% editorials. Fourteen articles were published from Pakistan, with 1.2% original articles, 0.8% letter to editor, 0.6% audits, and 0.2% case reports. Nepal and Sri Lanka contributed seven publications. There were no publications in these journals from authors from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and Maldives in the reviewed journals. The highest number of publications was equally distributed between two journals, i.e., “Anesthesia and Analgesia” (29.5%) and “Anesthesia” (28.9%).Conclusion:We found that scientific contributions from the South Asian region in terms of original anesthesiology research in five high index anesthesiology journals was suboptimal and has not shown an increasing trend over the last 16 years.
Background:The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after elective interventional neuroradiology (INR) procedures under general anesthesia.Materials and Methods:We retrospectively evaluated 121 patients underwent INR procedures performed with general anesthesia within a 5-year period. Information including demographics, aneurysm/arteriovenous malformations pathology (ruptured or un-ruptured), preoperative neurological status, co-morbidities, complications during procedure and postoperative admission in ICU were recorded on a predesigned form.Results:Elective INR procedure for both ruptured (n = 29, 24%) and un-ruptured (n = 85, 70.25%) aneurysms was performed. Rate of postoperative admission in ICU was significantly high in patients with preoperative ruptured aneurysm (P < 0.01). High rate of neurological deficit, sub-arachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and hypertension in patients were significant factors of postoperative admission in ICU (P < 0.05). Out of 24 patients, 12 were admitted to ICU postoperatively because of procedure-related complications and 11 were sent due to preexisting significant co-morbidities with added complication of SAH.Conclusion:The authors conclude that patients without major co-morbidities, intraoperative complications, or complex aneurysm morphology can be safely observed in a regular ward rather than being admitted to the ICU.
Objective: To evaluate the contribution of member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation towards anaesthesia research. Method: The retrospective study was conducted at Department of Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University from January 2018 to June 2018 and comprised literature search to identify published articles related to anaesthesia, critical care and pain research contributed by authors from member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation region and published in Pakistani indexed journals between January 2007 and December 2016. Data was analysed using SPSS 19. Results: Of the 183 articles extracted, 179(97.8%) were contributed from Pakistan and 4(2.2%) from India. Overall, there were 50(27%) randomised controlled trials, 38((20%) case reports and 36(19.5%) observational studies. There was 1(0.5%) collaborative study involving researchers from two member countries. Conclusions: The contribution to anaesthesia, critical care and pain research was not ideal from the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Key Words: South Asia, Research, Anaesthesiology, Pakistan.
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