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Dr. Alka Deo
Dr. Alka Deo
MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology)
Sr. Consultant Anaesthesiologist – Head of Dept. of Anaesthesiology, NU Hospitals
Experience :
Hospitals : NU Hospitals, Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru
Specialities : Anaesthesiology
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Dr. Alka says that building a rapport with the patient and providing information to them (such as what kind of anaesthesia would be administered to them, what they could expect during the surgery and the post-operative period, what could be the possible complications based upon their condition, and so on) helps in making sure patients receive effective and compassionate care.
To establish a rapport with the patients, she ensures that a relationship with a patient is built up by meeting and interacting with him or her regularly.
She says Anaesthesiologists now treat Anaesthesiology as a perioperative procedure(‘peri’ means ‘all around’) – with pre-op, inter-op and post-op periods. The anaesthesiologist meets and interacts with the patient regularly during most of these three periods.
To ensure that patients are well-informed, Dr. Alka provides patients with NU Hospitals’ Public Information Brochures (PIBs) on anesthesia. These information resources provide important, useful information about anesthesia and anesthesiology. She also tells them about what they can expect during the surgery and also after the surgery (during the postoperative period), what kind of anesthesia will be administered during the surgery and so on.
These measures, she says, can contribute in providing medical care that is effective and compassionate.
Professional Membership
- International Anesthesia Research Society – NO. 2502920
- Indian Society of Anesthesia- I0037
- Association of Medical consultants
- Academy of Regional Anaesthesia of India
- Chairman CPR committee, NU Hospital
- Indian Society of Organ Transplant- LM 1520
Presentations
INTERNATIONAL
- Presented e-poster Ultrasound Guided Bilateral Transversus Abdominis Plane Block With Spinal Fentanyl For Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion. 16th World Congress of Anaesthesologists from 28-08-2016 to 2-09-2016 held at Hong-Kong.
- Presented e-poster - Perioperative cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing Renal transplant surgery – An Observational study . 17 th World Congress of Anaesthesologists Sept 2021 Prague
NATIONAL
- Lecture on “Post Operative – Pain Care” at the CME program on Nephrology and Urology, held at TCR-NU Kidney Hospitals, Krishnagiri on 9th March, 2014.
- Delivered a lecture on Anesthesia for Transplant Surgery at the CME program on Nephro-Uro Transplant Anesthesia, held at NU West, Bangalore on 6th September 2015.
- Delivered a lecture on Post Operative Pain Management at the CME program on Nephro-Uro Transplant Anesthesia, held at NU West, Bangalore on 6th September 2015.
- Presented e-poster on Assessment of Postoperative Analgesia in patients undergoing PCNL under general Anaesthesia versus combined general anaesthesia with Epidural Morphine: A retrospective analysis in the 7th National Conference of Academy Of Regional Anaesthesia (AORA) of INDIA 2017, Indore Conference Secretariat, to be held at Indore between 8- 10th September '17.
Publications
- Joshi V and Deo A. Paper editorial comment on – Need to design a tool that can assess preoperative factors which may affect cardiac complications after non-cardiac surgeries among CKD patients. Austin Renal Dialysis. 2017;2(1):1007-08.
- Dr.Alka S Deo, Dr.Padmalatha. R and Dr.Parimala B.Retrospective Audit of Critical Events under Anesthesia at Tertiary Care Nephro-Urology Set Up. Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia. Vol 5(6): June 2018;897-902.
- Dr.P. Balakundi, Dr.Alka S Deo. Anaesthetic management of a high risk chronic kidney disease patient for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter placement with Omentectomy – A Case report.Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia. August 2018;Vol.5(8):1412 – 16.
- Dr.Sadhvi, Dr.Alka S Deo and Dr.Padma. Effectiveness of standard fasting guidelines as assessed by gastric ultrasound examination-A clinical Audit. Indian Journal of Anesthesia.2018;Vol.62(10):747 – 52.
- S Kumar G S, P Balakundi and AS Deo. A new indication of erector spinae plane block for perioperative analgesia is percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Volume 44, Issue Suppl 1. 2019; A254-A255.
- Correlation of patient state index with conventional induction of anaesthesia: A validation audit: S. Sharma, P. Raman and A. S Deo 098 Abstracts of WSM 2020 8-10 January 2020, London, UK. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jan;75 Suppl 2:9-98. doi: 10.1111/anae.14953. PMID: 31912480.
- Perioperative cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing Renal transplant surgery – An Observational study Alka Deo1, Rijuta Kashyapi2, Padmalatha Raman1, Sadhvi Sharma1, Parimala Balakundi1 Anesthesia & Analgesia. 133(3S):1-1973, September 2021 Pg 1863
- Continuous Erector spinae plane block for post operative analgesia in Renal Transplantation : A case series Vishwanath P. , Parimala B. , Deo A. , Vasudev M. , Bandagi A. NU hospitals - Bangalore (India) ESAIC Abstracts 2021 page 73
- Deo AS, Kashyapi R, Joshi V, Balakundi P, Raman P. Predictors of peri-operative cardiac events and development of a scoring tool for patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing non-cardiac surgeries: A prospective observational multicentre study. Indian J Anaesth. 2022 Apr;66(4):278-289. doi: 10.4103/ija.ija_1031_21. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35663210; PMCID: PMC9159394.
- Kumar, Lakshmi; Sahu, Sandeep1; Deo, Alka S.2; Selvakumar, R3; Panchwag, Ameya A.4; Pavithran, Priyanka5. Recent advances in anaesthesia for abdominal solid organ transplantation. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 67(1):p 32-38, January 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/ija.ija_1025_22
- Sharma S, Raman P, Sinha M, Deo AS. Factors Affecting Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Nephro-Urology Unit: A Retrospective Analysis. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(3):322–326.
- Book Chapter- Operating Room Culture in Interventional Nephrology training Manual First edition
- Vishwanath P, Deo A, Balakundi P (May 17, 2023) Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Analgesia in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Quality Improvement Project. Cureus 15(5): e39151. DOI 10.7759/cureus.39151
- Sharma S, Raman P, Deo AS. Comparative preoperative sonological assessment of gastric contents in patients with chronic kidney disease versus those with normal renal function - A prospective observational study. Indian J Anaesth. 2023;67(6):503-508. doi:10.4103/ija.ija_82_22
- Deo AS, Manjunath D, Prasad A, Deepa D. Perioperative anaesthesia management of renal transplant recipients - A national cross-sectional survey. Indian J Anaesth. 2023;67(Suppl 4):S288-S291. doi:10.4103/ija.ija_492_23
- Ethics in Organ Transplantation- Published in ISA News letter Vapour Volume 5 Issue 7 Oct 2023
Other Details
Focus on Renal Transplantation Surgeries (Several transplant surgeriestill date),Paediatric Urology, Laparoscopic Urological surgeries, Uro-Oncology surgeries, High-risk Nephro-Uro cases, Intensive Care Management, Post-operative Pain Management.
- Conducted Paediatric Urology Workshop (Bladder Augmentation &Ureteric Reimplant Surgery)
- Attended Cardiac Anaesthesia – CME 2007
- Attended 1st National Conference of Anaesthesia for Renal Transplant Surgery, May 10-11 2008 at Coimbatore
- Lead Anaesthetist for Workshop on Laparoscopic Urology Surgery, May 31 2008 at NU Hospitals.
- Lead Anaesthetist for Workshop on Laser’s and Flexi-Renoscopy in Renal Calculus Management, June 21 2008 at NU Hospitals.
- Attended 9th SAARC Anaesthesia Congress, held in Bangalore, Aug 2011.
- Invited as faculty in Regional Convention on Patient Safety, Organised by AMC Bangalore chapter in association with RGUHS Bangalore to speak on - Improving Hand Hygiene in Healthcare set up on Oct 20, 2012.
- Attended ISACON 2012 at Indore, Dec 26-29.
- Attended Advancing the Art and Science of Regional Anaesthesia in 5th National Conference Academy of Regional Anaesthesia of India on 25-26th September 2015 at J.N. Tata Auditorium, Bangalore.
- Delivered talk on “ISBAR communication model- Role in Anaesthesia “on Feb 18, 2017 to members of ISA Bangalore City chapter.
- Attended as delegate for the Academy Of Regional Aanesthesia (AORA) India conference and workshop on 8-10th September 2017.
- Training in POCUS assessment of Transthoracic Echocardiography.
- Trained in Ultrasound assisted Pediatric Abdominal and central neuraxial blocks by Dr.Vrushali Ponde in Sept 2017.
- Attended as delegate in the 67th Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists on 26 - 29 November 2019 at Gayatri Vihar palace grounds, Bengaluru.
- Attended as delegate at the Basics of Research Methodology in the 67th Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists on 26 - 29 November 2019 at Wadiyur Hall, Bengaluru City Institute, Bengaluru
- Attended 13th National Airway Conference (NAC) 2022 held at NIMHANS Bangalore on Sept 9th-11th 2022
- Invited as Faculty ISACON South zone August 12-13th 2023 held at Mysuru. Moderated Pro Con session on Regional vs general Anaesthesia for PCNL
- Invited as Speaker ISACON National conference held on Nov. 25th -29 th 2023 held at Gurugram. Given talk on Recent Advances in Renal Transplant Anaesthesia.
- Invited as Chairperson for session on Medicolegal perspectives in Organ retrieval in ISACON Karnataka held at Bangalore from 9th August- 11th August 2024
- Invited as speaker ISACON national Conference held at Patna from Nov 21-24th 2024. Given talk on Preoperative Optimization of Renal Recipient.

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