Full Name: SULEKHA SAXENA

Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Anaesthesia),

PDCC Liver Transplant Anaesthesia,

PDCC Critical Care Medicine,

DM Critical Care Medicine

Address: King George’s Medical University

Phone No: +91- 7376636039

E-mail: dr.sulekha2008@rediffmail.com

Date of Birth: 30-June-1979

Gender: Female

REGISTRATION

Medical council of India: M.B.B.S: MCI/IMR/10/482

Delhi Medical council: MD. (Anaesth.) 70872

Work Experience

Additional Professor: 1^st July 2023 till date in Dept of Critical Care Medicine, King George’s

Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Associate Professor: 2019-2023 in Dept of Critical Care Medicine, King George’s Medical

University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Assistant Professor: 2016-2019 in Dept of Critical Care Medicine, King George’s Medical

University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Senior Resident: 2013-2014 in KGMU, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care

2014-2015 in Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Department of

Anaesthesia & Critical Care

2015-2016, SGPGIMS, Dept of Critical Care Medicine

Junior Resident: 2010 -2013 in KGMU, Department of Anaesthesiology

• Critical Care Medicine
• Intensive Care Medicine
• Critical Care
• CPR
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Anesthesiology
• Respiratory Physiology
• Respiratory Mechanics
• Intubation
• Trauma

• Saxena S, Gupta P, Panwar P, Jain A, Jain SS, Jain R, Gupta D, Meena M, Acharya H, Jain R. Impact of the Clinical Frailty Score on Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Tertiary Care ICU. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr;29(4):320-326. DOI: 10.5005/jpjournals-10071-24949. PMID: 40322241; PMCID: PMC12045041.
• Kumar K, Saxena S, Jindal M. Functional and radiological outcome in unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures – PFN versus PFNA2 and its implication in less educated and low socioeconomic patients. Chir Narzadow Ruchu Ortop Pol, 2025; 90(3): DOI: 10.31139/chnriop.2025.90.3.2
• Van Vliet R, van Meenen DMP, Robba C, Cinotti R, Asehnoune K, Stevens RD, Battaglini D, Taran S, van der Jagt M, Taccone FS, Saxena S, Paulus F, Schultz MJ; ENIO investigators. Association of age with extubation failure in neurocritical intensive care unit patients--Insight from an international perspective study named ENIO. J Crit Care. 2025 Aug; 88:155067. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2025.155067. Epub 2025 Apr 3. PMID: 40184992.
• Sonneville R, de Montmollin E, Contou D, Ferrer R, Gurjar M, Saxena S; EURECA Investigator Study Group. Correction: Clinical features, aetiologies, and outcomes in adult patients with meningoencephalitis requiring intensive care (EURECA): an international prospective multicentre cohort study. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Feb;51(2):454-455. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-025-07792-6. Erratum for: Intensive Care Med. 2023 May;49(5):517-529. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07032-9. PMID: 39841213.
• Robba C, Battaglini D, Abbas A, Sarrió E, Cinotti R, Asehnoune K, Taccone FS, Rocco PR, Schultz MJ, Citerio G, Stevens RD, Badenes R; Saxena S. ENIO collaborators. Clinical practice and effect of carbon dioxide on outcomes in mechanically ventilated acute brain-injured patients: a secondary analysis of the ENIO study. Intensive Care Med. 2024 Feb;50(2):234-246. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07305-3. Epub 2024 Jan 31. Erratum in: Intensive Care Med. 2024 Feb;50(2):317-318. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07358-y. PMID: 38294526; PMCID: PMC109074165.
• Robba C, Battaglini D, Cinotti R, Asehnoune K, Stevens R, Taccone FS, Badenes R, Pelosi P, Agrawal A, Saxena S; ENIO Collaborators. Individualized Thresholds of Hypoxemia and Hyperoxemia and their Effect on Outcome in Acute Brain Injured Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the ENIO Study. Neurocrit Care. 2024 Apr;40(2):515-528. DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01761-x. Epub 2023 Jun 15. PMID: 37322325.
• Taran S, Perrot B, Angriman F, Cinotti R, Agrawal A, Saxena S; Extubation strategies in Neuro-Intensive care unit patients and associations with Outcomes (ENIO) Study Group; (ENIO) Study Group and PROtective VENTilation network and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Colegio Mexicano de Medicina Critical and the Alterna group, and the Société Française d’Anesthésie et de Reanimation (SFAR) research network. Evaluating the Sum of Eye and Motor Components of the Glasgow Coma Score As a Predictor of Extubation Failure in Patients with Acute Brain Injury. Crit Care Med. 2024 Aug 1;52(8):1258-1263. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006283. Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38557684.
• Wahlster S, Sharma M, Taran S, Town JA, Stevens RD, Cinotti R, Asehnoune K, Robba Saxena Associations between Driving Pressure and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Brain Injury: A Sub analysis of ENIO. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jun 1;209(11):1400-1404. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202402-0402LE. PMID: 38502247; PMCID: PMC11146561.
• Taran S, Diaz-Cruz C, Perrot B, Alvarez P, Godoy DA, Gurjar M…Saxena S. Association of Non-invasive Respiratory Support with Extubation Outcomes in Brain-injured Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Secondary Analysis of the ENIO Prospective Observational Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Aug 1;208(3):270-279. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202212-2249OC. PMID: 37192445.
• De Courson H, Massart N, Asehnoune K, Cinotti R, Agrawal A, Saxena S; ENIO Study group. Risk factors of extubation failure in neurocritical patients with the most impaired consciousness. Intensive Care Med. 2023 Oct;49(10):1251-1253. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07189-3. Epub 2023 Aug 23. PMID: 37610483.
• Sonneville R, de Montmollin E, Contou D, Ferrer R, Gurjar M, …. Saxena S; EURECA Investigator Study Group. Clinical features, aetiologies, and outcomes in adult patients with meningoencephalitis requiring intensive care (EURECA): an international prospective multicentre cohort study. Intensive Care Med. 2023 May;49(5):517-529. DOI: 12. 1007/s00134-023-07032-9. Epub 2023 Apr 6.
• Erratum in: Intensive Care Med. 2025 Feb;51(2):454-455. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-025-07792-6. PMID: 37022378.
• Wahlster S, Sharma M, Taran S, Town JA, Stevens RD, Cinotti R, Asehoune K, Pelosi P, Robba C; Saxena S. ENIO Study Group Collaborators. Utilization of mechanical power and associations with clinical outcomes in brain injured patients: a secondary analysis of the extubation strategies in neuro-intensive care unit patients and associations with outcome (ENIO) trial. Crit Care. 2023 Apr 20;27(1):156. DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04410-z. PMID: 37081474; PMCID: PMC10120226.
• Ahmed A, Saxena S, Pandey A, Mishra P, Azim A. Analysis of Causes of Hepatic Dysfunction in Obstetric Patients in India: A Systematic Review. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan;26(1):114-122. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24083. PMID: 35110854; PMCID: PMC8783245.
• Gautam M, Saxena S, Saran S, Ahmed A, Pandey A, Mishra P, Azim A. Aetiology of Pregnancy-related Acute Kidney Injury among Obstetric Patients in India: A Systematic Review. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct;26(10):1141-1151. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24325. PMID: 36876193; PMCID: PMC9983668.
• Siddiqui SS, Saxena S, Agrawal S, Lohiya A, Muzaffar SN, Saran S, Misra S, Rai N, Agrawal A. The impact of a "short-term" basic intensive care training program on the knowledge of no intensivist doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: An experience from a population-dense low- and middle-income country. Aust Crit Care. 2023 Jan;36(1):138-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.08.004. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36123237; PMCID: PMC9404177.
• Muzaffar, Syed Nabeel & Siddiqui, Suhail & Rai, Nitin & Misra, Saumitra & Saxena, Sulekha & Yadav, Geeta & AGRAWAL, AVINASH. (2022). IJCCM-26-S1 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine; 26: S128, 2022. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine; 26: S70-S71, 2022 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine; 26: S67, 2022.
• Barman B, Parihar A, Kohli N, Agarwal A, Dwivedi DK, Kumari G. Impact of Bedside Combined Cardiopulmonary Ultrasound on Etiological Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure in Critically Ill Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(11):1062–1070.acknowledgement in paper.
• Sulekha Saxena et al., EAS J Anaesthesia Crit Care; Vol-1, Iss-6 (Sept-Oct 2019): 113-118.
• Saxena, S., Kumar, K., Gupta, R., & Agrawal, A. (2019). An evaluation of hyperbaric ropivacaine with magnesium as an adjuvant in lower abdominal surgeries among the north Indian subjects: a double-blind randomized trial. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 7(9), 3468–3474. https://DOI.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20193930
• Sulekha Saxena1, Kuljit Kumar2, Rajni Gupta1, Avinash Agrawal1. An Evaluation of Hyperbaric Ropivacaine with Magnesium as An Adjuvant in Lower Abdominal Surgeries among the North Indian Subjects: A Double-Blind Randomised Trial. International Journal of Research in Medical Science 2019; 7 (9): xxx
• Alves J, Alp E, Kobuleti D, Zhang Z, Ehrmann S, Blot S, Bassetti M, Conway-Morris A, Reina R, Teran E, Sole-Leonart C, Ruiz-Rodríguez M, Saxena S. SANEME-2 Investigators. Nebulization of antimicrobial agents in mechanically ventilated adults in 2017: an international cross-sectional survey. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;37(4):785-794. DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-3175-5. Pub 2018 Jan 9. PMID: 29318460
• Rawat, Atul & Misra, Gunjan & Saxena, Dr. Madhukar & Tripathi, Sukanya & Dubey, Durgesh & Saxena, Sulekha & Aggarwal, Avinash & Gupta, Varsha & Khan, M.Y. & Prakash, Anand. (2018). 1H NMR based serum metabolic profiling reveals differentiating biomarkers in patients with diabetes and diabetes-related complication. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 13. 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.09.009.
• Rawat, Atul & Misra, Gunjan & Saxena, Dr. Madhukar & Tripathi, Sukanya & Dubey, Durgesh & Saxena, Sulekha & Aggarwal, Avinash & Gupta, Varsha & Khan, M & Prakash, Anand. (2018). 1H NMR Based Serum Metabolic Profiling Reveals Differentiating Biomarkers in Patients with Diabetes and Diabetes Comorbidity. 10.20944/preprints 201808.0018.v1.
• Armin Ahmed MD, Suhail Sarwar Siddiqui DM, Afzal Azim MD, Nabeel Muzaffar DM, Sulekha Saxena MD, Avinash Agarwal MD, Amita Pandey DM, Ayesha Ahmad MRCOG, Prabhakar Mishra, Monika Agarwal MD. Finding solutions to ending preventable maternal mortality; early transfer of critically ill obstetric patients to intensive care unit is associated with improved maternal mortality. Int J Clin Obstet Gynaecology 2019;3(6):145-149. DOI: 10.33545/gynae.2019.v3.i6c.404
• Rawat A, Misra G, Saxena M, Tripathi S, Dubey D, Saxena S, Aggarwal A, Gupta V, Khan MY, Prakash A. 1H NMR based serum metabolic profiling reveals differentiating biomarkers in patients with diabetes and diabetes-related complication. Diabetes Meta Syndr. 2019 Jan-Feb;13(1):290-298. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.09.009. Epub 2018 Sep 12. PMID: 30641714.
• Saxena S. Epidural Catheter Breakage: An Accidental Complication in Anaesthesia. Anaesthesia update. Case Reports. Dec 2010
• Singh D, Saxena S et al., The Effect of Intraperitoneal Ropivacaine for Post-Operative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Control Study. Open Journal of Anaesthesiology 2013; 3:193-8
• Abbas, H., et al., Evaluation of intubating conditions using stylet by conventional throughtube technique and through Murphy's eye in patients with high Mallampati scores. Natl J MaxillofacSurg, 2014. 5(1): p. 14-8.
• Abbas, Haider; Kothari, Nikhil1; Agarwal, Aman; Saxena, Sulekha; Bogra, Jaishri. Evaluation of intubating conditions using stylet by conventional through-tube technique and through Murphy's eye in patients with high Mallampati scores. National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery 5(1): p 14-18, Jan–Jun 2014. | DOI: 10.4103/0975-5950.140149
• Chaudhary, A, Bogra, J, Singh, PK, Saxena, S, Chandra, G, Verma, R "Efficacy of spinal ropivacaine versus ropivacaine with fentanyl in transurethral resection operations" Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia 8.1(2014)
• Gupta R, Bogra J., et al., Comparative study of intrathecal hyperbaric versus isobaric ropivacaine: A randomized control trial. Saudi journal of anaesthesia. 2013 Jul; 7(3):249-253.
• Arshad Z, Abbas H, Verma R, Saxena S, Vikash, Bogra JS. Whipple’s Operation Under Lumber Epidural Analgesia and Sedation. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. Case reports 2013 June: 6(3):27-8
• Arshad Z, Saxena S, Verma R, Abbas H, Singh GP, Bogra JS. Japanese encephalitis. Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2013;17(2):202-204.
• Abbas H, Arshad Z, Saxena S, Bogra J, Kazim A. Unusual Malposition of Central Venous Catheter-A Case Report. National Journal of Medical Research. 2013; 3(1):96-7.
• Abbas H, Arshad Z, Saxena S, Bogra JS. Airway management in a patient with a large mass in scapular region: A case report. Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care 2013 Jan 1;17(1) :97-99.
• Z. Arshad, H. Abbas, S. Saxena and J. Bogra, "Management of Airway in a Patient with Traumatic Sub-glottic Stenosis," Open Journal of Anaesthesiology, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2013, pp. 199-200. DOI: 10.4236/ojanes.2013.33046.
• Z. Arshad, H. Abbas, J. Bogra and S. Saxena, "Comparison of Laryngoscope View and Hemodynamic Changes with Flex tip McCoy and Macintosh Laryngoscope Blade in Predicted Easy and Difficult Airway," Open Journal of Anaesthesiology, Vol. 3 No. 5, 2013, pp. 278-282. DOI: 10.4236/ojanes.2013.35061.
• 5th SAARC Critical Care Congress and 2nd International Conference of Recent Advances in Anaesthesia. A comparative study of hyperbaric ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine in lower abdominal surgeries Ist Prize Winner.
• Pain Management Update: CME and Workshop- Poster Presentation, 3rd March 2012. Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care CSMMU, Lucknow. Dexmedetomidine as a Pre-emptive analgesic in a patient undergoing hysterectomy (Ist Prize Winner).
• Speech on Tobacco & Hazards on No Tobacco Day: Ist Prize Winner on 31st May, organized by Cancer aid Society. 1509001:2000 Certified NGO Meeting International Standards. Website: www.canceraidssocietyindia.org in CSMMU, Lucknow, Brown Hall.

• INI-CET Institute of National Importance combined entrance test for MD/MS and DM/MCH Entrance Exam (AIIMS, PGI, JIPMER, NIMHANS) as editor, Dec. 2020.
• Delirium in ICU accepted in ACCS COURSE.
• Mechanical Ventilation accepted in ACCS COURSE.

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