Yubaraj Thapa

1 INTRODUCTION Aortic stenosis (AS), a fixed cardiac output state, is always a challenge for anesthesiologists as high risk for severe hypotension, ischemic heart disease, and cerebral hypoperfusion should be considered in such patients.1 Regional anesthesia particularly subarachnoid block is known to be associated with a rapid and massive decline in systemic vascular resistance (SVR) due to potent sympatholysis leading to reduction in venous return, and the patient may not be able to...

1 INTRODUCTION Acute pancreatitis is a grave medical condition with significant morbidity and mortality, and its diagnosis and severity are based on revised the Atlanta classification (2012).1 Known to be associated with various risk factors and etiologies, gallstones and alcohol consumption are the most common ones accounting for 30%–40% of the cases.2 Hypertriglyceridemia, though rare, is known to be third most common cause of acute pancreatitis associated with almost 1%–35% of all the...