Editorial Board

Assessment of renal function in the critically ill - Shall we look beyond predictive equations?

Jose Chacko ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Narayana Multispecialty Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Dr. Jose Chacko, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Narayana Multispecialty Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. E-mail: chackojose@gmail.com, chackojose@gmail.com

Status epilepticus: An association with pyrethroid poisoning

Mamta Panwar ,Department of Anaesthesiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India, Dr. Mamta panwar, Department of Anaesthesiology, House No. A.6, Type IV, SJH Staff Quarters, New Delhi, India. E-mail: drkumath@gmail.com, drkumath@gmail.com

Ganapathy Usha ,Department of Anaesthesiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India,

Manish Kumath ,Department of Forensic Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India,

Critical economics of life and death: Intense + Expensive care = Intensive care?

Two cases of asystolic cardiac arrests managed with therapeutic hypothermia

Piyush Narayan Mallick ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care; Al Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, United Kingdom, Dr. Piyush Narayan Mallick Consultant, Anesthesia and Critical Care; Al Jahra hospital, Ministry of Health, State of Kuwait, Kuwait. E-mail: piyush_mallick@hotmail.com, piyush_mallick@hotmail.com

Surjya Prasad Upadhyay ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care; Al Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, United Kingdom,

Raj Kumar A Singh ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care; Al Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, United Kingdom,

Shiv Kumar Singh ,Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Liverpool Royal college, Liverpool, United Kingdom,

Management of post-intubation tracheal membrane ruptures: A practical approach

Suveer Singh ,Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College, London SW10 9NH, Dr Suveer Singh, BSc MBBS FRCP PhD EDIC DICM Consultant Physician in Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College, London SW10 9NH Email: Suveer.singh@imperial.ac.uk, Suveer.singh@imperial.ac.uk

Stefan Gurney ,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK,

Profile of micro-organisms in intensive care unit of a level-1 trauma centre: A retrospective study

Vinay Gulati ,All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi, India, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India,

Shefali K. Sharma ,Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Prof. Shefali K. Sharma, Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. E-mail: sharmashefali@hotmail.com, sharmashefali@hotmail.com

Purvi Mathur ,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India,

Chhavi Sahney ,Department of Anaesthesia, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India,

An innovative nasal continuous positive airway pressure assembly

Kapil Chaudhary ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India, Dr. Kapil Chaudhary, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India. E-mail: kapsdr@yahoo.com, kapsdr@yahoo.com

Assessment of accuracy of Cockcroft-Gault and MDRD formulae in critically ill Indian patients

Arghya Majumdar ,AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Director and Head, Department of Nephrology, Higher Speciality Training in Nephrology (UK), Director and Head of Nephrology,

Mohit Kharbanda ,Department of Critical Care and Nephrology, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, India, Dr. Mohit Kharbanda, AMRI Hospitals, P-4 and 5, CIT Scheme, LXXII, Block - A, Gariahat Road, (Beside Dhakuria Bridge) Kolkata, India. E-mail: mohit_kharbanda@hotmail.com, mohit_kharbanda@hotmail.com

S. Basu ,Department of Critical Care and Nephrology, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, India,

Serum cystatin C is a poor biomarker for diagnosing acute kidney injury in critically-ill children

Hanan M. Hamed ,Department of Pediatrics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, Dr. Hanan M. Hamed, Department of Pediatrics, National Research Centre, Al Bohouth Street, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: hmhamed63@yahoo.com, hmhamed63@yahoo.com

Seham Awad El-Sherbini ,Department of Pediatrics, Intensive Care Unit, Specialized Children Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt,

Nahla A. Barakat ,Department of Pediatrics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt,

Tarek M. Farid ,Department of Pediatrics, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt,

Enas Abdel Rasheed ,Department of Clinical Pathology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt,

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Comparison of central venous saturation by standard ABG machine versus co-oximeter: Is 18 carat as good as the 24 carat gold standard?

Gayathri Subramanian ,Pediatric, Neonatal and Cardiac Intensive Care Services, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children, National Health Service Trust, London,

V Anitha ,Mehta Children′s Hospital, Chennai,

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Two unusual complications of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

A. Ahmad ,Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive care, Morriston Hospital, Swansea,

C. A. Harrison ,Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive care, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Dr. Carol Harrison, Department of Anaesthesia, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, NP7 7EG. United Kingdom. E-mail: asifahmad2000@googlemail.com, asifahmad2000@googlemail.com

H. G. Davies ,Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny,

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Hypertensive encephalopathy following snake bite in a child: A diagnostic dilemma

Syed Moied Ahmed ,Department of Anaesthesiology, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dr. Syed Moied Ahmed, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh - 202 002, India. E-mail: sma99@rediffmail.com, sma99@rediffmail.com

Mozaffar Khan ,Department of Anaesthesiology, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India,

Zeeba Zaka-ur-Rab ,Department of Paediatrics, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India,

Abu Nadeem ,Department of Anaesthesiology, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India,

Shiwani Agarwal ,Department of Anaesthesiology, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India,

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Hyperammonemic coma in a post-partum patient with undiagnosed urea cycle defect

Sananta Kumar Dash ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India, Dr. Sananta Kumar Dash, Department of critical Care Medicine, Medical ICU, First Floor, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi - 110 076, India. E-mail: drsananta@yahoo.co.in, drsananta@yahoo.co.in

Vishakh Varma ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India,

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Can calculated central venous saturation be used as a reliable tool to guide therapy in patients with shock?

John Victor Peter ,Medical Intensive Care Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Dr. John Victor Peter, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: peterjohnvictor@yahoo.com.au, peterjohnvictor@yahoo.com.au

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Economic analysis of costs associated with a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Northern India

K Shweta ,Hospital Administrator, New Delhi, India, K Shweta, Hospital Administrator New Delhi, India, e-mail: drkumarishweta@gmail.com, drkumarishweta@gmail.com

Surinder Jindal ,Department of Hospital Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India,

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Trendelenberg position in subclavian vein cannulation in patients with pleural effusion: A necessary evil?

Neerja Banerjee ,Departments of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India,

Arushi Gupta ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, PGIMER and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India, Dr. Arushi Gupta, B.4/66, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India. E-mail: drarushigupta@gmail.com, drarushigupta@gmail.com