Editorial Board

Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Early and Late Phase of Sepsis

Madhu Sharma ,PGI Chandigarh, India, Dietician, Advanced Pediatric Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Dietician, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Senior Dietician, Department of Dietetics,

Nitin Sinha ,Department of Medicine, PGIMER and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India,

Debraj Jash ,Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pt B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India,

Aditya Chaudhry ,Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pt B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India,

Severe Hypokalemia Mimicking Brain Death

Piyush Garg ,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Dr. Piyush Garg, H. No. 174/A, P Road, Bhupalpura, Udaipur - 313 001, Rajasthan, India. E-mail: piyushdmch@yahoo.co.in, piyushdmch@yahoo.co.in

Asif Hitawala ,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India,

Abhay Jain ,Department of Medicine, GBH American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India,

Ashish Nahar ,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, GBH American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India,

A Rare Case of Localized Tetanus

Deepak S Sharma ,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India, Dr. Deepak S. Sharma, Bunglow 73, Shanti Villa, Sargasan, Gandhinagar - 382 421, Gujarat, India. E-mail: deepu84in@gmail.com, deepu84in@gmail.com

Mit Shah ,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India,

Targeted-Volume Noninvasive Ventilation Reduces Extubation Failure in Postextubated Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Vorawut Thanthitaweewat ,Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand,

Organ Donation Rate in Brain-Dead Patients in a Tertiary Referral Center

Ipe Jacob ,Department of Intensive Care, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,

Shivakumar Mutnal ,Department of Critical Care, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,

Verapamil as an Adjuvant Treatment for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

S. Lakshmikanthcharan ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Dr. S. Lakshmikanthcharan, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Avinashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore - 641 014, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: drsivaicu74@gmail.com, drsivaicu74@gmail.com

S. K. Chaitanya Juluri ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India,

Sivakumar Mundilipayalam Nandakumar ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India,

Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter: How Steep is the Learning Curve for a Novice Operator?

Gentle Sunder Shrestha ,Department of Anaesthesiology, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Nepal, Dr. Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Department of Anaesthesiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal. E-mail: gentlesunder@hotmail.com, gentlesunder@hotmail.com

Binayak Upadhyay ,Department of Critical Care, Alka Hospital Private Limited, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal,

Aanchal Shahi ,Department of Critical Care, Alka Hospital Private Limited, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal,

K. C Jaya Ram ,Department of Critical Care, Alka Hospital Private Limited, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur,

Pankaj Joshi ,Department of Anaesthesiology, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Nepal,

Bishesh Sharma Poudyal ,Department of Clinical Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Civil Service Hospital, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Nepal,

Speech and Swallowing Function Outcome Following Early Tracheostomy in Patients Who Underwent Neurosurgical Intervention

Pralay Shankar Ghosh ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India,

Sukanya Naskar ,Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India,

Hypernatremia due to Urea-Induced Osmotic Diuresis: Physiology at the Bedside

Kenneth Yim ,Director of Inpatient Hemodialysis-Davita Dialysis, University of Maryland Midtown Campus, Maryland,

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Hepatitis A Virus-induced Severe Hemolysis Complicated by Severe Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Shashank Shekhar ,All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, Senior Resident, Department of Pediatrics,

Suneel Garg ,Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India,

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Survey on Perceived Impact of Religion, Culture, and Social Network Information on Surrogate Decision-making in a South Asian Developed Country

Shahla Siddiqui ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Khoo Teck Puat hospital, Singapore, Dr. Shahla Siddiqui, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Khoo Teck Puat hospital, Singapore. E-mail: shahlasi@yahoo.com, shahlasi@yahoo.com

Sukhanya Sureish ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Khoo Teck Puat hospital, Singapore,

Audris Chia ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Khoo Teck Puat hospital, Singapore,

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Non- Neurological Complications after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Observational Study

Ashish Bindra ,All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, New Delhi, India, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care,

Ankur Khandelwal ,Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neuroscience Centre, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India,

Amarjyoti Hazarika ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India,

Shweta Kedia ,Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India,

Girija P. Rath ,Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India,

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Evaluating Extravascular Lung Water in Sepsis: Three Lung-Ultrasound Techniques Compared against Transpulmonary Thermodilution

Dimitrios Karakitsos ,Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA; Department of ICU, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, KSA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Keck Medical School, USC, CA, USA,

Abdulrahman Alharthy ,Department of ICU, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh,

Lawrence Marshall Gillman ,Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,

Michael Blaivas ,Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA,

Brian M. Buchanan ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada,

Peter G. Brindley ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada,

Anan Wattanathum ,Department of Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, Dr. Anan Wattanathum, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Phramongkutklao Hospital, 315 Rajvithi Road, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. E-mail: wattanathum_anan@hotmail.com, wattanathum_anan@hotmail.com

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The Importance of Serial Time Point Quantitative Assessment of Cardiac Troponin I in the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Damage

Vidyut Jain ,Choithram Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Department of Cardiology, Choithram Hospital and Research Center, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Consultant and Cardiologist, Choithram Hospital, Indore, MP, India, Sr Consultant, Cardiologist, Sr Consultant Cardiologist, Chairman and Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Consultant Cardiologist, Cosultant Cardiologist, Choithram Hospital and Research Center and CHL Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,

Arindam Bose ,Department of Pathology, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,

Girish Kawthekar ,Department of Cardiology, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,

Chandrabala Chhabra ,Department of Cardiology, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,

Nanda Hemvani ,Department of Pathology, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India,

Dhananjay S. Chitnis ,Department of Pathology, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Dr. Dhananjay S. Chitnis, Department of Pathology, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Manikbagh Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. E-mail: ds_chitnis@rediffmail.com, ds_chitnis@rediffmail.com

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Echographic Comparison of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter between Both Eyes

Maddalena De Bernardo ,Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, Dr. Maddalena De Bernardo, Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. E-mail: mdebernardo@unisa.it, mdebernardo@unisa.it

Ilaria De Pascale ,Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy,