| ANAESTHESIA
DEPARTMENT UNIT-I |
Prof.
Abdul Qayyum
MBBS, D.I.B.A
Professor and Head of Department of Anaesthesia
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Brief History and Introduction
The Department of Anaesthesia is as old as the
department of surgery. After independence Dr.
Rustam Ali Nabi joined King Edward Medical College
on 9.02.1948. He reported to Dr. K. Madan who
was the anaesthetist at Mayo Hospital. In November
1948 Dr. Rustam Ali Nabi (along with Dr. Hameed
Sheikh, Pathologist and Dr. Bilqees Fatima, Gynaecologist)
was amongst the first three Pakistani doctors
to proceed to England for postgraduate training
(diploma in Anaesthesia). He returned from England
on 6th February1951 and was confirmed as an Anaesthetist
at King Edward Medical College, on 24.05.1951.
The
first Chair in Anasthesia in whole of Pakistan
(at that time east and west Pakistan) was created
at King Edward Medical College in November 1959.
Dr. Rustam Ali Nabi took charge as Professor of
Aneasthesia. On 25th November 1959 and retired
in October 1974. He was succeeded by Prof. Shafique
ud din Ahmed Khan October 1974 and retired on
31.12.1980. Dr. Awais Qudsia Qureshi, Associate
Professor officiated as Head of Department of
anaesthesia from January 1981 to 1.09.1982. When
Prof. Abdul Hameed took over the Department. He
retired in December 2002. At present Dr. Abdul
Qayyum is heading the Anaesthesia Unit-I since
December 2000 after the retirement of Prof. A
Hameed Ch..
Faculty
List
S.NO.
Name Designation Qualification
1. Prof. Dr.Abdul Qayyum Professor of Anaesthesia
D.I.B.A.
2. Dr. Khawar Ali Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
MBBS
Group
photo Department of Anaesthesia Unit-I
List
of Postgraduate programme
Postgraduate
Programme
The
postgraduate teaching involves the supervision
of candidates preparing for F.C.P.S. M.C.P.S.,
M.S. and D.A. courses in Anaesthesia. The objective
is to:
•
Conduct and supervise research projects.
• Trainee residents in pre-operative planning
and rounds.
• Trainee residents in preoperative care.
• Teach end of case discussion.
• Teach Postoperative care and pain management.
Undergraduate
programme
These
departments organizes didactic lecture for the
fourth year and final year students of King Edward
Medical University.
Research
Project
•
Comparison of nalbuphone and midazolam on the
cardiovascular response to laryngoscopy and intubations.
• Comparison of propacetamol with pethidine
for postoperative pain relief.
• Dr. Khawa Ali, Dr. Naila Asad, Prof. Abdul
Qayyum.
• Pharyngolargeal discomfort after use of
LMA among patients receiving intermittent positive
pressure ventilation and that breathing spontaneously.
Dr. Nail Asad, Dr. Khawar Ali.
Research
Project 2006-2007
1.
Audit of the hip fractures.
2. Effects of spinal anaesthesia on homodynamic
in patients with cardiovascular disease.
3. Effect of ephedrine on onset of vecuronum.
4. Haemodynamic characteristics of Ketamine alongwith
Proposal as TIVA in short surgical procedures.
5. Changes in pulse pressure during laryngoscopy
and intubations in females of different age groups.
6. The effect of age and operative site on duration
of caudal amalgesia in children
7. Propofol and subanaesthetic ketamine in combination
as a technique of TIVA for short procedures.
8. Incidence of sore throat after inflation of
enelotracheal tube cuff with llignocaine.
9. Effect of subanesthetic dose of ketamine on
haemodymanic respouse to larynagoscopy and intubations
10. End tidal carbon dioxide tension during laprosscopic
cholecystectomy correlation with base line prior
to insufflations..
Services
The
Department of Anaesthesia provides 24 hours coverage
to the Emergency operation theatres of all specialties
and the Intensive Care Unit in the hospital. The
personnel’s also provide cover for Elective
Surgical Procedures carried out in the following
operation theatres:
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Emergency.
• General Surgery.
• Faciomaxillary surgery.
• Neurosurgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• E.N.T.
• Orthopaedic
• Urology
• Paediatric
• Urology
• Paediatric Surgery
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Obstetrics in Lady Wellingdon Hospital
and Lady Aitchison Hospital,
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