Community protection of the Manas Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India, and the Endangered golden langur Trachypithecus geei R o b e r t H . H o r w i c h , R a j e n I s l a r i , A r n a b B o s e , B a b l u D e y M a h e s h M o s h a h a r y , N i r m a l K a n t i D e y , R a j u D a s and J o n a t h a n L y o n Abstract The
Background
The situation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Indian subcontinent is worsening. In Bangladesh, rate of new infection has been on the rise despite limited testing facility. Constraint of resources in the health care sector makes the fight against COVID-19 more challenging for a developing country like Bangladesh. Vascular surgeons find themselves in a precarious situation while delivering professional services during this crisis. With the limited number of dedicated vascular surgeons in Bangladesh, it is important to safeguard these professionals without compromising emergency vascular care services in the long term. To this end, we at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hospital, Dhaka, have developed a working guideline for our vascular surgeons to follow during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guideline takes into account high vascular work volume against limited resources in the country.
Methods
A total of 307 emergency vascular patients were dealt with in the first 4 COVID-19 months (March through June 2020) according to the working guideline, and the results were compared with the 4 pre–COVID-19 months. Vascular trauma, dialysis access complications, and chronic limb-threatening ischemia formed the main bulk of the patient population. Vascular health care workers were regularly screened for COVID-19 infection.
Results
There was a 38% decrease in the number of patients in the COVID-19 period. Treatment outcome in COVID-19 months were comparable with that in the pre–COVID-19 months except that limb loss in the chronic limb-threatening ischemia patients was higher. COVID-19 infection among the vascular health care professionals was low.
Conclusions
Vascular surgery practice guidelines customized for the high work volume and limited resources of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hospital, Dhaka were effective in delivering emergency care during COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring safety of the caregivers. Despite the fact that similar guidelines exist in different parts of the world, we believe that the present one is still relevant on the premises of a deepening COVID-19 crisis in a developing country like Bangladesh.
Perianastomotic stenosis is a common scenario after creation of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis. Most of the interventionists prefer transvenous approach. But transradial approach can easily visualize radial artery and cephalic venous tree up to central vein. This retrospective study was performed from November 2012 to January 2017 in Ibn Sina Hospital, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Total patients undergoing hemodialysis access were 148 (male 74, female 74, male-female ratio 1:1). Number of radiocephalic fistula was 95 (64%), brachiocephalic fistula 50 (34%) & others 3 (2%). Most of the punctures were done by palpation. Sometimes puncture was made by ultrasonogram guidance. Puncture needle size was 21 gauge, 2.5cm or 4cm long. Sheath size was 6 F x 4 cm or 7 F x 4cm. Majority of the cases (140) were successfully approached through retrograde transradial route. Few cases (8) were approached through retrograde venous route due to thrombosis of radial artery for previous intervention or creation of radiocephalic fistula in an end to end fashion. It was concluded that retrograde transradial approach to dilate perianastomotic stenosis as well as outflow vein is a good option.
Bangladesh Heart Journal 2020; 35(1) : 54-60
Introduction:Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease and the single most important cause of premature death in the developed world. 1 Surgical management of IHD is coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), which can be performed either under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or by using off-pump technique. Impairment of pulmonary function after CABG is one of the most common complications in the early postoperative period. 2 Sternotomy, pleurotomy with opening of the pleural space, harvesting of internal mammary artery and pain may lead to deterioration of post-operative pulmonary function. In addition, the incidence of concurrent chronic lung disease is higher in the age group of patients who require revascularization of the myocardium. Combined these two factors indicate a need for documentation of pulmonary function pre-and postoperatively. 3 Coronary revascularization procedure is done usually through median sternotomy incision and for this; impairment of pulmonary function is one of the most significant post-operative complications of CABG. 4 For revascularization, emphasis is given over internal mammary artery (IMA) graft. The mediastinum and thoracic cavity are traumatized more with IMA than with reverse saphenous vein graft (RSVG) procedure. Indeed, some reports have found that IMA patients have worse pulmonary functions than the RSVG patients in the postoperative period. 5 Basal atelectasis develops early during anaesthesia and may persist in the post-operative period. After surgery both respiratory muscles
Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is generally a disease of the elderly which remains mostly asymptomatic. It is often detected incidentally with imaging studies of the chest done for other reasons. We present a 55year-old smoker, normotensive and non-diabetic male patient who was diagnosed as a case of TAA and treated by endovascular means with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) technique. Due to small caliber femoral artery, thoracic endograft was deployed through a Dacron graft conduit of 10 mm diameter which was anastomosed to the common iliac artery. It was a hybrid procedure done in cardiac catheterization laboratory under general anesthesia. Completion angiogram revealed good technical success with no endoleak or neurological deficit. Patient improved symptomatically after TEVAR.
Bangladesh Heart Journal 2019; 34(2) : 146-150
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