Summer 2022: A Whole New World of CICU

Until very recently, the exchange of experiences and knowledge between Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU) has been limited. While this has improved for many in wealthy countries, this type of collaboration remains uncommon in low- and middle-income countries, limited mainly to conferences and some publications with international collaboration. To interact with the editors of the…

There is not a single definition of high altitude. In High-Altitude or Mountain Medicine, ‘high altitude’ is defined as 1500 to 3500m above sea level, with ‘very high altitude’ defined as that between 3500m and 5500m, and ‘extreme altitude’ as that above 5550m. But common practice has been to refer to ‘high altitude’ as any…

The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, is a government-funded tertiary care academic hospital in the Northern region of India. The specialty care services provided by the hospital cover a population of nearly 100 million spread over more than five administrative subdivisions of the country. The first pediatric cardiac surgery was performed…

Pakistan is the fifth most populated country in the world with an estimated population of 220 million1.  Currently, the country spends only 1.9% of its GDP on health. The estimated number of children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) in Pakistan is approximately 40,000-50,000 per year based upon assumed birth prevalence and annual birth rate….