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Neurocrit Care
August 2025
Department of Neurotrauma Unit, Grant Medical Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) is accepted as legal death throughout much of the world. The World Brain Death Project and a subsequent review of the literature through 2023 highlighted several medicolegal controversies related to BD/DNC in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States but did not discuss medicolegal controversies related to BD/DNC in low- and middle-income countries, such as India. Although the Transplantation of Human Organs Act of 1994 acknowledged BD/DNC as death in India, BD/DNC evaluations are not always completed when BD/DNC is suspected.
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April 2025
Department of Trauma and Emergency, Trauma Centre, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Background And Purpose: Intrahospital transport (IHT) of critically ill patients is essential for diagnostic and therapeutic indications, requiring thorough assessment and careful preparation of patients, staff, and equipment throughout the process. Variability in practices among hospitals can affect patient safety and may result in adverse events (AEs). This position statement is designed to provide guidance to multidisciplinary critical care teams in the adoption of evidence-based recommendations aimed at mitigating risks and improving safety during patient transport.
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August 2024
Institute of Internal Medicine and Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Medanta Medical School, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Unlabelled: Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality globally. About 3-4% of hospitalized TB patients require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU); the mortality in these patients is around 50-60%. There is limited literature on the evaluation and management of patients with TB who required ICU admission.
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August 2024
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Unlabelled: This position statement is documented based on the input from all contributing coauthors from the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM), following a comprehensive literature review and summary of current scientific evidence. Its objective is to provide the standard perspective for the management of potential organ/tissue donors after brain death (BD) in adults only, regardless of the availability of technology. This document should only be used for guidance only and is not a substitute for proper clinical decision making in particular circumstances of any case.
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