Nikhil Chawla, MBBS
Assistant Professor of AnesthesiologyCards
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2025
Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Clinical Practice: From Historical Development to Modern Care
Chawla N, Al Tmimi L. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Clinical Practice: From Historical Development to Modern Care. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2025.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research"Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound for Assessing Fasting Status Prior to Procedural Sedation: A Narrative"
Cifuentes J, Munoz-Acuna R, Chawla N. "Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound for Assessing Fasting Status Prior to Procedural Sedation: A Narrative". Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2025.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcedural sedationNarrative reviewNarrative review of literatureClinical decision-makingPatient safetyReal-time risk stratificationUnplanned settingsAspiration riskPOCUSGastric ultrasoundRisk of aspirationSedation protocolReview of literatureRisk stratificationDecision-makingRiskSedationPatientsStatusPerioperative Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound Utilization in Abdominal Organ Transplantation. Part I: Preoperative and Intraoperative Care
Grell R, Paul J, Gupta K, Chawla N, Deshpande R, De Marchi L, Huang J. Perioperative Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound Utilization in Abdominal Organ Transplantation. Part I: Preoperative and Intraoperative Care. Clinical Transplantation 2025, 39: e70153. PMID: 40245256, PMCID: PMC12005607, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal organ transplantationOrgan transplantationPoint-of-care ultrasoundTransplant anesthesiaIntensive care settingEvidenced-based recommendationsTransesophageal echocardiographyImprove patient outcomesAbdominal organ transplant patientsPoint-of-care ultrasound utilizationVenous congestionFluid managementAdvancement of Transplant AnesthesiaPatient outcomesUltrasound utilizationPOCUSUtilization of point-of-care ultrasoundTransplantationCritical careAnesthesiaWhich Type of POCUS Do You Do? Echoing the American Society of Echocardiography's Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Nomenclature
Chawla N, Montealegre-Gallegos M, Notarianni A. Which Type of POCUS Do You Do? Echoing the American Society of Echocardiography's Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Nomenclature. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2025, 39: 1109-1112. PMID: 39855958, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
Chawla N. Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy. Anesthesiology Clinics 2020, 38: 183-195. PMID: 32008651, DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2019.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Glucagon-induced hypertensive emergency: a case report
Legler A, Kim R, Chawla N. Glucagon-induced hypertensive emergency: a case report. Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 2016, 35: 493-496. PMID: 27871582, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.08.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSphincter of OddiPotential hemodynamic effectsAdequate pain controlEvidence of pheochromocytomaPatient's blood pressureOut-of-operating roomAsymptomatic pheochromocytomaEmpirical treatmentHypertensive emergenciesIntraoperative cholangiographyPain controlB-blockersIntraoperative useCase reportHemodynamic effectsPatient populationRadiographic evidenceBlood pressureCardiovascular crisisPatientsPerioperative physiciansGlucagon administrationHealthy populationTherapeutic useAdverse effects
2011
Carbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2 enhances coagulation in rabbit plasma and decreases bleeding time in clopidogrel/aspirin-treated rabbits
Nielsen V, Chawla N, Mangla D, Gomes S, Arkebauer M, Wasko K, Sadacharam K, Vosseller K. Carbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2 enhances coagulation in rabbit plasma and decreases bleeding time in clopidogrel/aspirin-treated rabbits. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis 2011, 22: 756-759. PMID: 22008906, DOI: 10.1097/mbc.0b013e32834c7412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEar bleeding timeBleeding timeCarbon monoxide-releasing molecule-2CORM-2Plasma in vitroPlasmatic coagulationAdministration of CORM-2Improve coagulationAdministration of clopidogrelDecreased bleeding timeEffects of CORM-2Rabbit plasmaHuman plasma in vitroCoagulation in vitroCarbon monoxide-releasing moleculesEnhancement of coagulationPreclinical investigationsProcoagulant effectRabbit modelIn vivoRabbit plasma in vitroAdministrationPre-ExposureHuman plasmaCoagulation
2008
Malignant Childhood Proptosis
Bakhshi S, Singh P, Chawla N. Malignant Childhood Proptosis. Journal Of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2008, 30: 73-76. PMID: 18176187, DOI: 10.1097/mph.0b013e31815a0599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBilateral proptosisIncidence of proptosisCause of proptosisHigher white blood countHematologic work-upTertiary cancer centerWhite blood countPediatric cancer patientsAnalysis of symptomatologyOrbital biopsyMetastatic malignancyMetastatic tumorsSecondary tumorsPlatelet countTumor clinicProptosisBlood countCancer patientsWork-upCancer CenterImaging studiesTumorPatientsCountMalignancy
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