Editorial Board

Long-term Survival after Critical Illness: Are We There Yet?

Natesh Prabu R ,St John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine,

The Combined Use of Interleukin-6 with Serum Albumin for Mortality Prediction in Critically Ill Elderly Patients: The Interleukin-6-to-albumin Ratio

Wan Fadzlina Wan Muhd Shukeri ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan,

Mohd Basri Mat-Nor ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan,

Wan Mohd Nazaruddin Wan Hassan ,Departments of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains, Kelantan, Malaysia,

Kai Yang Lim ,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia,

Muhammad Hafiz Hanafi ,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Unit and Department of Neurosciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia,

Implementation of a Revised Montpellier Bundle on the Outcome of Intubation in Critically Ill Patients: A Quality Improvement Project

Great Expectations: Care Bundles can only be as Effective as the Component Elements!

Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni ,Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (APACCM); Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Secretary General; Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (APACCM); Division of Critical Care Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Secretary General; Professor and Head, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (APACCM), Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine; Secretary General, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care, Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicin,

Lalita Gouri Mitra ,Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India, Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Mullanpur, Chandigarh, India, Professor and Officer In-charge, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Medicity, New Chandigarh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Professor and Officer Incharge, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Professor and Officer In-Charge, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain,

Non-invasive Ventilation Delivered by Helmet vs Face Mask in Patients with COVID-19 Infection: Additional Measures to Reap Further Benefits

Dipasri Bhattacharya ,Professor and Head, Dipasri Bhattacharya, Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Phone: +919433396306, e-mail: dipasribhattacharya123@gmail.com, dipasribhattacharya123@gmail.com

Mohanchandra Mandal ,Nilratan Sarkar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology,

Antonio Matias Esquinas ,Department of Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain,

Anti-cytokine Therapy in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: The Jury is Out

Sunil Kumar Garg ,Registrar, Department of ENT, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India,

Diphtheritic Myocarditis Patient with an Impending Upper Airway Compromise

Satyen Parida ,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, JIPMER, Puducherry, India, Dr. Satyen Parida, Qr. No. D (II) 18, JIPMER Campus, Dhanvantari Nagar, Puducherry - 605 006, India. E-mail: jipmersatyen@gmail.com, jipmersatyen@gmail.com

Sandeep Kumar Mishra ,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, JIPMER, Puducherry, India,

Ajay Kumar Jha ,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India,

New Threat at Doorstep: What an Intensivist should Know

Akshaya Kumar Das ,Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India,

Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit: Which Score Predicts Better about Outcome?

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Alveolar–arterial Oxygen Gradient in COVID-19 Pneumonia Initiated on Noninvasive Ventilation: Looking into the Mortality-prediction Ability

Antonio M Esquinas ,Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain,

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Impact of Adding Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Blood Culture Identification Panel to Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: Initial Experience

Rajalakshmi Arjun ,Department of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Dr. Rajalakshmi Arjun, #6, Padma Nagar, Fort, Trivandrum - 695 023, Kerala, India. E-mail: dr.a.rajalakshmi@gmail.com, dr.a.rajalakshmi@gmail.com

Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas ,Department of Infectious Diseases, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Vettakkara KM Niyas, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Phone: +91 9446218291, e-mail: niyas987@gmail.com, niyas987@gmail.com

Kalpana Elizabeth John ,Department of Laboratory Medicine, KIMSHEALTH, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,

Ashalatha Nair ,Department of Laboratory Medicine, KIMSHEALTH, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,

Febeena Hussain ,Department of Infectious Diseases, KIMSHEALTH, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,

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Safety and Feasibility of Very Early Bronchoscopy-assisted Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation Patients

S Rajasekaran ,Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore - 641009, India, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Chairman and Head, Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, India, Director and Head, Department of Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, 313 Mettupalayam Road Coimbatore: 641043, Chairman, Department of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Dr MGR Medical University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Chairman, Department of Orthopedic and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Adjunct Professor, Chairman and Director, Department of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Tamil Nadu Medical University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Chairman of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor and Head, Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery, Clinical Director and ,

Amrutha Liz Paul ,Department of Critical Care, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Amrutha Liz Paul, Department of Critical Care, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Phone: +91 8054137176, e-mail: amruthaliz@gmail.com, amruthaliz@gmail.com

Ram Varaham ,Department of Critical Care, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India,

Kannan Balaraman ,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India,

VM Balasubramani ,Department of Critical Care, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India,

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The Impact of High-flow Nasal Cannula vs Other Oxygen Delivery Devices during Bronchoscopy under Sedation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Soumya Sarkar ,Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India, Soumya Sarkar, Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Phone: +91 8427483176, e-mail: drsoumyasarkar@yahoo.co.in, drsoumyasarkar@yahoo.co.in

Damarla Haritha ,All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Senior Resident, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Medicine and Critical Care,

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Long-term Survival and Quality of Life among Survivors Discharged from a Respiratory ICU in North India: A Prospective Study

Ritesh Agarwal ,Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Additional Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Bombay Hospital Institute and Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India,

Digambar Behera ,Lala Ram Swaroop Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, India, Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Capacity Building in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Capacity Building in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; Former Director, Respiratory Diseases (Now known as National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases); National Task Force for involvement of Medical Colleges in RNTCP, Government of India; National Operational Research Committee, RNTCP, Government of India, Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine; Chairman; Chairman, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine,

Sahajal Dhooria ,Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India,

Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad ,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India,

Valliappan Muthu

Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal ,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India,

Rakesh Kodati ,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, STAR Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Rakesh Kodati, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, STAR Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Phone: +91 9781994022, e-mail: kodatirakesh@gmail.com, kodatirakesh@gmail.com

Inderpaul Singh Sehgal ,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India, Phone: +91 172-2746825, e-mail: ipdoc_2000@yahoo.com, ipdoc_2000@yahoo.com

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Ketamine Sedation for Noninvasive Ventilation in Distressed Elderly Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Is it Safe?

Antonio M Esquinas ,Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain,

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A 30-day Survival and Safety of Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Moderate-to-severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients: A Single-center Experience

Mayur Patel ,Swasthya Diabetes Care, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Consultant Diabetologist,

Mehul Shah mehul.s.shah@rfhospital.org

Kavita Shalia ,Sir HN Medical Research Society, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India,

Nirankar Bhatuka ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India,

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Prediction of Noninvasive Ventilation Failure in a Mixed Population Visiting the Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Center in India

Prannoy George Mathen ,Division of Acute Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Prannoy George Mathen, Division of Acute Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Madhya Marg, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India, email: prannoygeorge@live.com, prannoygeorge@live.com

Naveen Mohan ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

TP Sreekrishnan ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

Sabarish B Nair ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

Arun Kumar Krishnan ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

S Bharath Prasad ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

D Riaz Ahamed ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

Manna Maria Theresa ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

VR Kathyayini ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

U Vivek ,Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,

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Comparison of Anakinra and Tocilizumab in Anticytokine Therapy in the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease-2019

Feyza Ozkan ,Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Yozgat City Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey, Feyza Ozkan, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Yozgat City Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey, Phone: +90 5456010099, e-mail: feyza__ozkan@hotmail.com, feyza__ozkan@hotmail.com

Süleyman Sari ,Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Yozgat City Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey,

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Etiology of Pregnancy-related Acute Kidney Injury among Obstetric Patients in India: A Systematic Review

Medhavi Gautam ,Department of Nutrition, Gautam Hospital & Research Center Jaipur, Rajasthan, India,

Sai Saran ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India,

Armin Ahmed ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dr. Armin Ahmed, Department of Critical Care Medicine, SGPGIMS, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: drarminahmed@gmail.com, drarminahmed@gmail.com

Sulekha Saxena ,Department of Critical Care Medicine, King George Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India,

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Comparison of PIRO, APACHE IV, and SOFA Scores in Predicting Outcome in Patients with Sepsis Admitted to Intensive Care Unit: A Two-year Cross-sectional Study at Rural Teaching Hospital

Sachin Agrawal sachin_nandkishore_agrawal@nuhs.edu.sg

Sunil Kumar ,Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Dr. Sunil Kumar, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: sunilkumarmed@gmail.com, sunilkumarmed@gmail.com

Sameera Dronamraju ,Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India,

Shilpa Gaidhane ,Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India,

Anil Wanjari ,Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India,

Praraj Jaiswal ,Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India,

Nipun Bawiskar ,Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India,

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Get the Species Right: Aerococcus viridans is Likely not Responsible

Magnus Rasmussen ,Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University; Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Magnus Rasmussen, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University; Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Phone: +46-46171130, e-mail: magnus.rasmussen@med.lu.se, magnus.rasmussen@med.lu.se

Torgny Sunnerhagen ,Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden; Clinical Microbiology and Disease Control, Region Skåne, Lund, Sweden; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark,

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Debunk the Myth: Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Cervical Spine Injury