Krishnaswamy Sundararajan

Mind the Drain: Inadvertent Colonic Puncture after Mediastinal Drain Insertion in a High-risk Cardiac Surgical Patient

Krishnaswamy Sundararajan & Ching Kay Li · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2016

Cardiothoracic surgeries are known to cause gastrointestinal complications due to its proximity to the peritoneal cavity. Such complications in susceptible patients are associated with adverse post-operative outcomes. While the majority of cases reported in the literature were re...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/23902

An Uncommon Case of Phenibut Toxicity in an Intensive Care Unit

Ching Kay Li & Krishnaswamy Sundararajan · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2015

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonists are used as exogenous neuromodulators for patients with chronic pain and refractory mental illness. Phenibut is a controlled GABA-B agonist, with an extensive use in Russia for psychiatric and perioperative patients.In recent times, its anx...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/21689

Catastrophic Parasitic Meningoencephalitis Due to Halicephalobiasis: Case Report

Kee Fong Loo, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Marek Litwin & Lara Hughes · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2015

Halicephalobus gingivalis is a free-living nematode and facultative parasite, rarely known to affect the central nervous system (CNS). We report the 6th case of Halicephalobiasis in humans worldwide and the first case of catastrophic meningoencephalitis caused by Halicephalobus g...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/17015