Trend of anaesthesia research from SAARC countries. A decade’s bibliographic analysis of indexed journals of Pakistan Authors Karima Karam Consultant Anaesthesiologist Ausaf Ahmed Khan Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Muhammad Irfan Akhtar Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Samie Asghar Dogar Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Fauzia Anis Khan Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.5253 Abstract Objective: To evaluate the contribution of member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation towards anaesthesia research. Method: The retrospective study was conducted at Department of Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University from January 2018 to June 2018 and comprised literature search to identify published articles related to anaesthesia, critical care and pain research contributed by authors from member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation region and published in Pakistani indexed journals between January 2007 and December 2016. Data was analysed using SPSS 19. Results: Of the 183 articles extracted, 179(97.8%) were contributed from Pakistan and 4(2.2%) from India. Overall, there were 50(27%) randomised controlled trials, 38((20%) case reports and 36(19.5%) observational studies. There was 1(0.5%) collaborative study involving researchers from two member countries. Conclusions: The contribution to anaesthesia, critical care and pain research was not ideal from the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Key Words: South Asia, Research, Anaesthesiology, Pakistan. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-09-15 How to Cite Karima Karam, Ausaf Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Irfan Akhtar, Samie Asghar Dogar, & Fauzia Anis Khan. (2022). Trend of anaesthesia research from SAARC countries. A decade’s bibliographic analysis of indexed journals of Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(10), 2038–2042. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.5253 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 10 (2022): OCTOBER Section RESEARCH ARTICLE