Thread by @ESPNIC_Society

👉🏻Today let's enjoy the remarkable Q&A with #ESPNIC Young Investigator Award winner @cr_vishwa 💥🤓 #PedsICU
Q: Congratulations on your award! 👏🏻🙌🏻 Can you tell us a little about yourself?
A: I'm a Paediatric Intensivist from India. (...)
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(...) Currently, I am working as a Senior Specialist in a PICU at the Aster Hospital, Bangalore. It was really an honour to present our study at #EAPS2022. All credits to the PICU team of PGIMER, Chandigarh. I am deeply humbled that we got this prestigious award.

Q: You won the first prize for ESPNIC young investigator, can you tell us a little about the work that won this award? #YoungESPNIC

A: The study was concerned with the weaning strategies used for the liberation of children from invasive ventilation. A spontaneous breathing test is conducted to predict successful extubation in such children. In this study, we compared two methods - CPAP & Pressure Support (…)

(…) We found that a 2-hour SBT with PS was non-inferior to a 2-hour SBT with CPAP in predicting successful extubation, and hence, either methods can be used to conduct SBT. 📚

Q: What are your next plans for future research? 🚀

A: I have always had a keen interest in Extracorporeal therapies (especially PICU) & Paediatric Organ Transplant because of the remarkable outcomes they can produce in the sickest children. Hence, I wish to increase my knowledge & skills & conduct further research in this field.