Editorial

Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

Group Medical Director, Kauvery Hospitals, India

Email: gmd@kauveryhealthcare.com

Dear Colleagues,
18 nurse- nightingales author 11 papers in the 22 Oct 23 issue of the NIGHTINGALE!
Cecily Ruba, from Trichy Cantonment Hospital, launches this issue with a study never
attempted before- a case series on Attempted Hanging- survivors.
She bats on, with a report on Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, an ever recurring
neurological emergency to treat which our hospitals are superbly equipped.
Trichy Heart City, bats next, to score FIVE!
Shalini and Baranika report on SLE and Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism, a life-
threatening complication that impacted a young woman, but successfully treated.
Vijayalakshmi and Ambika, from Heart City, report on a child with Down's Syndrome and
severe Pulmonary Stenosis, a troublesome association, corrected with BPV.
Kanimozhi and Pushpa, from Heart City, report on successful Bentall procedure for aortic
root dilatation, and VSD closure on a young man.
Jane, Mercy, Priyadarshini and Akshaya, from Heart City, report on a young man with
Glycogen Storage Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Revathy, Priya and Vaishna report on a Penetrating Chest Injury.
Subrathra and Ruby from Trichy Cantonment write on a child with Acute Demyelinating
Polyneuropathy.
Aruna from Tirunelveli writes on a patient with Periampullary Carcinoma who underwent the
Whipple procedure.
Jeya Karunya, also from Tirunelveli, writes on Assisted Delivery with Forceps.
Allamma from Salem brilliantly concludes the issue with an exuberant account of an exciting “road trip” to save a recipient’s life with a donor liver.
Nurses from Chennai Main Hospital, Bengaluru and Hosur are conspicuously absent from
this issue .

We request nurses from Radial Road and Vadapalani to join the Kauvery Nurses family of
authors
Do read and encourage our Nightingales!
Best regards

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