Comparison of conventional and ultrasound guided techniques for radial artery cannulation to find out a better technique in terms of number of attempts, ease of insertion, time taken, in various sub-groups of patients with different hemodynamic status.

Code: MREC #644 Dates: 2012–2013 Value: Unfunded Project Approval: SQU Investigator: Dr. Jyoti Burad, Dept. Anaesthesia & ICU, SQU.

Regional versus general anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section: Procedural impact on maternal and neonatal outcome. Single centre retrospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Code: MREC #673 Dates: 2013 Value: Unfunded Project Approval: SQU Investigator: Dr. Devaraj Dyamanna, Dept. Anaesthesia & ICU, SQU.

Journal Publications

1.  Bhakta P, Sharma PK, Date RR, Mohammed AK. Can low dose spinal anaesthesia combined with ultrasound guided bilateral

 ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve blocks avoid use of additional epidural catheter in high risk obstetric cases. Acta Anaesth Belg 2013; 64:163–7.

CONFERENCE & SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
Conference presentations

International 

1.  Sharma PK. Difficult Airway Guidelines for Adult and Paediatric Patients. 23rd Annual National Conference Research Society of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology (RSACPCON), Srinagar, India, 25–27 Oct 2013.

National 

1.  Sharma PK. Airway and Ventilatory Management in Trauma patient. Trauma Course for Nurses, SQUH, Muscat, Oman, 3 Jun 2013. 2. Kausalya R. Patient Safety: Ask – Listen – Talk. 2nd GCC International Conference on Patient Safety, Directorate of Development & Quality, SQUH, Muscat, Oman, Jan 2013. 3. Kausalya R. Patient safety in Anaesthesia. 6th Annual Scientific Session Oman Society for Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Muscat, Oman, Dec 2013.

Poster Presentations

International 

1. Kuriakose N, Kausalya R. Regional anaesthesia experience in a traumatized infant. European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Congress, Glasgow, UK, 4–7 Sep 2013.