Vol 30 No 3 (2026): apicare | Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care

Editorial Views

Rheumatologic diseases at the crossroads of anesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care: an under-recognized interface

Nauman Ismat Butt

285-287
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Tumor microenvironment as the real immune checkpoint in intensive cancer care: are we targeting the wrong enemy?

Amna Batool, Maryum Sana

288-290
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Prognostic model for delirium after cardiac surgery: insights from a surgical intensive care unit in a tertiary heart center

Nguyen Sinh Hien, Ngo Van Thanh, Nguyen Hong Hanh, Dinh Cong Pho

291-300
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Evaluation of oxidative stress and diagnostic value of cytokeratin fragment 21-1 in the lung cancer patients

Mohammed H. Mohammed, Shrouk A. Hassan, Ali A. Hassan

301-307
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Prevalence of preoperative anxiety among surgical patients and the associated factors; a one-year study at Al-Hilla Teaching Hospital, Iraq

Amani Alaa Saeed

308-313
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A retrospective study of empirical transfusion of blood products during cardiac surgery measured by thromboelastometry; Is it time to change?

Ahmed Elsherbeny, Ibrahim AbdelAal, Ahmad Abuzaid, Ahmed Abdalwahab

314-318
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The prevalence of dry eye syndrome in association with smartphone use in Saudi Arabia

Dina M. Abdulmannan

319-326
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Immunological evaluation of serum CXCL1 and interleukin-34 and their correlation with IL-34 gene polymorphism in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Athraa Abd ALnabi Musa, Aseel Shakir Mahmood

327-334
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Effect of low dose intravenous dexmedetomidine on post anesthesia discharge after daycase breast cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Yusra Saleem, Almas Iqbal, Allah Ditta Ashfaq

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Influence of psychological factors on emotional and behavioral outcomes among children with hearing impairment compared to hearing peers

Nabaa Hussein Eidan, Nuhad Mohammed Aldoori

335-341
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Effectiveness of localized vibration therapy on restless legs syndrome severity and sleep quality in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial

Amjed Abdulabbas Shraida, Widad K. Mohammed

342-349
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Comparison of pain relief by bupivacaine with or without dexmedetomidine in transversus abdominis plane block for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries

Rameesha Musharaf, Sairah Sadaf, Amjad Siddique, Tahreem Saeed

350-356
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Efficacy and safety of botulinum toxin injection for occipital neuralgia: a systematic review

Yusak Mangara Tua Siahaan, Tasya Meidy Pradhana, Yang Yang Endro Arjuna, Vinson Hartoyo, Alexander Erick Purnomo, Rosaria Oktafiani Darmawan

357-364
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Ethics and ethical issues in medical writing

Areeba Naseer, Qurba Kiran, Humera Mubashar

365-369
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NARRATIVE REVIEW

The essential role of teaching in transforming medical practitioners into effective clinicians

Muhammad Arslan Zahid, Jai Parkash, Hafiz Muhammad Furqan Izhar, Chander Kala, Zainab Sheikh, Muahmmad Abdul Rehman

370-376
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CASE SERIES

Anesthetic challenges in peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora lesion)

Shweta Khatri, Smita Ubhe, Rohit Nagrik

377-379
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Case Reports

Frozen no more: conquering painful rehabilitation in refractory adhesive capsulitis through continuous interscalene block with PCA

Martien Silviandy Setiawan, Erwin Mulyawan, Hori Hariyanto

380-383
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Spinal anesthesia for thigh sebaceous cyst removal in a deaf-mute female patient

Faris Suleiman Saleh Aldobekhi

384-388
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Supraclavicular approach central line catheterization in low-birth weight premature neonate

Alegra Rifani Masharto, Bambang Pujo Semedi, Teuku Aswin Husain

389-394
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Acute normovolemic hemodilution as a blood conservation strategy in a Jehovah’s Witness undergoing above-knee amputation: a case report

Akhmad Fauzan Firdaus, Reza Widianto Sudjud, Budiana Rismawan

395-399
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Short Communication

Pioneering experience with awake craniotomy in a resource constrained environment

Sheema Siraj

400-401
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SHORT COMMUNICATION

Paracervical block with lignocaine: an underutilized adjunct to enhanced recovery in laparoscopic hysterectomy and myomectomy

Sampath Gnanarathne, Ashani Ratnayake, U.A. Isurindi

402-404
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