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Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

The department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine consists of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Neuro Anaesthesia, Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesia for Day care procedures (Both Surgical and Interventional Procedures)
The Anesthesia, ICU care and pain therapy services cater to 8 Operation theaters, 3 Catheterization labs (2 Cardiac Cathlab & 1 Neuro cathlab) and 6 Intensive care units. The anesthesia for surgeries in both  Cardiac and Neuro surgeries is over 3000 per year.
 
Cardiac Anaesthesia:

The department of Anaesthesia provides both, elective and emergency anaesthesia services in over 1400 adult and paediatric patients.

Illustrative procedures:

Adult cardiac surgeries:
CABG, MVR, AVR, Mitral Commisurotomy, Atrial Myxoma Excisions, Adult ASD Closure, Aortic Aneurysms and root replacement, Pericardiectomy, Thymectomy …

Pediatric cardiac Surgeries:
ASD closure, VSD closure, Total Correction of TOF, TAPVC repair, PAPVC repair, ALCAPA repair, AV canal repair, DORV, DCRV, Glenn procedure, Fontan procedure, PDA Ligation / Division, Left and Right BT shunt…

Critical care and pain relief services:
Post operative care of the above procedures like pain relief, respiratory care haemodynamic support and so on, is rendered by the consultants, senior residents, DNB students. There are two cardiac ICUS and two CCUS with a total strength of 72 beds.

Anesthesia services for Cardiac Catheterization procedures and CCU:
The procedures include the genres of PTMC, PVBD, PTCA, Peripheral stenting and so on.
Respiratory care and resuscitative services are also made available to needy patients in CCU. 

Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical care: 

Neuro Anesthesia wing provides both elective and emergency anesthesia services in over 1800 adult and pediatric Neuro surgical patients.

Illustrative Procedures:

Neurovascular surgeries like Excision of Cranial and Spinal Arterio-Venous Malformation (AVMs), Clipping of aneurysms, Surgery for giant aneurysms under CPB, Dural AV fistula disconnection (DAVF), Excision of Cavernomas, Trigeminal Neuralgia etc.

Neuro-Oncology surgeries like gliomas, acoustic tumors, Meningiomas, Pituitary tumors, Intraventricular tumors, Intracranial metastasis etc.

Pediatric Neuro surgeries like Posterior Fossa tumors, Optochiasmatic / hypothalamic tumors, Craniopharyngiomas, Pineal tumors; Neuro – Developmental disorders like Chiari malformation, Encephalocoele, Hydrocephalus, Spinal Dysraphism repair, CVJ (Craniovertebral junction) anomalies and also drainage of Cardiogenic Intracranial Abscesses.

Spinal Surgery procedures like Lumar Discectomies; Pedicle screw fixation/PLIF Posterior lumbar instrumentation and fusion/ALIF Anterior lumbar instrumentation and fusion for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis ; Cervical Discectomy, cervical Corpectomy and instrumentation, Laminoplasty, Laminectomy and also excision of Spinal Tumors like Glioma, Ependyomoma, IDEM Intra Dural Extramedullary Tumour.

Peripheral nerve surgery like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ulnar nerve release, Brachial plexus injuries.

Stereotactic procedures like Biopsy, Drainage of abscess / Cyst, Placement of reservoir.

General anesthesia or Monitored anesthesia care in Neuro Cath lab for patients undergoing embolisation or investigative procedures.

Neuro Post operative Critical Care (PACU):
All the above operated cases will receive ICU care & pain relief, in the 16 bedded post operative Neuro ICU till they are found fit to be transferred to the post operative ward.

Neuro Intensive care unit:
It is a 10 bedded unit with all the facilities for long term respiratory support with invasive and non-invasive monitoring.

Critical care is rendered to patients suffering from neurological conditions like Myasthenia gravis, Guillain Barre syndrome, CVA (stoke / paralysis), SAH patients, Traumatic brain injury, Status epilepticus, hypertensive crisis, Septic Shock syndromes (SIRS), etc.

The Department imparts postgraduate training (DNB) , Fellowships under aegis of RGUHS in Critical care Medicine and cardiac Anesthesia and also BSC in Anesthesia technology courses. Conferences in Anesthesia and Critical care medicine is a regular feature. 

The Anesthesia program attracts large number of overseas visiting faculties from USA, Australia, and UK. The Department also undertakes research activities, scientific paper presentation at national conferences. The faculty and post-graduates regularly take classes and also give clinical training to students of B.Sc nursing, B.Sc, Anesthesia Technology and also ACLS courses based on AHA curriculum.