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2026

Journal Article

Queensland adult ECMO retrieval service: a description of the service and analysis of outcomes

Kumta, Nihal, Kenny, Germaine M., Meyer, Jason, Winearls, James R., McCullough, James, Shekar, Kiran, Lavana, Jayshree, Krishnan, Anand, Cook, David A., White, Kyle C. and Joyce, Christopher J. (2026). Queensland adult ECMO retrieval service: a description of the service and analysis of outcomes. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 28 (1) 100165, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2026.100165

Queensland adult ECMO retrieval service: a description of the service and analysis of outcomes

2026

Journal Article

Epidemiology and pharmacological management of new onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill adults: a multicentre observational study

Denny, Kerina J., Whebell, Stephen, McCullough, James P. A., Laupland, Kevin B., Blank, Sebastiaan, Tabah, Alexis, Shekar, Kiran, Garrett, Peter, Ramanan, Mahesh, Attokaran, Antony G., Raith, Eamon, Walker, Humphrey G.M., Brown, Alastair, White, Kyle C., McCullough, James, Denny, Kerina J., Tallott, Mandy, Marshall, Andrea, Sane, Sunil, Kumar, Aashish, Morrison, Lynette, Dipplesman, Pam, Nasser, Ahmad, Stewart, David, Shah, Vikram, White, Kyle, Suliman, Adam, Quick, Lachlan, Meyer, Jason ... Keogh, Sam (2026). Epidemiology and pharmacological management of new onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill adults: a multicentre observational study. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 28 (1) 100162, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2026.100162

Epidemiology and pharmacological management of new onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill adults: a multicentre observational study

2026

Journal Article

Safety and Efficacy of Stored Wet-Preprimed Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits: A Scoping Review

Sieben, Nicolas, Nicholson, Robert, Pincus, Jason, Dhanani, Jayesh, Shekar, Kiran, Eriksson, Lars, Laupland, Kevin and Ramanan, Mahesh (2026). Safety and Efficacy of Stored Wet-Preprimed Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits: A Scoping Review. ASAIO Journal, 72 (5) 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002673, 1-10. doi: 10.1097/mat.0000000000002673

Safety and Efficacy of Stored Wet-Preprimed Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits: A Scoping Review

2026

Journal Article

Simulation-based education for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and strategies for implementation : a systematic scoping review

Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Milas, Anamaria, Wang, Jeremy King, Ramanathan, Kollengode, Alinier, Guillaume, Johnston, Lindsay C., Antonini, Marta Velia, Lai, Peter Chi Keung, Moore, Elizabeth A., Diaz, Rodrigo, Mateo-Sidron, Jose Alfonso Rubio, Badulak, Jenelle, Ogino, Mark T., Shekar, Kiran, Zakhary, Bishoy and on behalf of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization ELSOEd Taskforce (2026). Simulation-based education for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and strategies for implementation : a systematic scoping review. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 21 (1), 57-74. doi: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000884

Simulation-based education for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and strategies for implementation : a systematic scoping review

2026

Journal Article

Epidemiology and outcomes of patients with adult congenital heart disease in Queensland intensive care units: a multicentre retrospective observational study

Ashby, Alexander C., Anstey, Christopher, Siriwardena, Maithri, Mullany, Dan, Raman, Sainath, Kumar, Aashish, Pryke, Christopher, Laupland, Kevin B., Tabah, Alexis, Shekar, Kiran, Blank, Sebastiaan, Whebell, Stephen, Luke, Stephen, Garrett, Peter, McCullough, James, White, Kyle C., Ramanan, Mahesh and Attokaran, Antony G. (2026). Epidemiology and outcomes of patients with adult congenital heart disease in Queensland intensive care units: a multicentre retrospective observational study. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 40 (2) PMID 9110208, 595-605. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.08.049

Epidemiology and outcomes of patients with adult congenital heart disease in Queensland intensive care units: a multicentre retrospective observational study

2026

Journal Article

A consensus of international experts on definition, sampling, treatment, and prevention of peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula-site infection obtained by the Delphi method: the SAVECMO study

Masi, Paul, Abrams, Darryl, Hssain, Ali Ait, Balik, Martin, Barrett, Nicholas A., Broman, Lars Mikael, Camporota, Luigi, Chen, Yih-Sharng, Combes, Alain, De Backer, Daniel, Del Sorbo, Lorenzo, Diaz, Rodrigo, Donker, Dirk W., Doufle, Ghislaine, Fan, Eddy, Fraser, John F., Giani, Marco, Giraud, Raphael, Grasselli, Giacomo, Hraiech, Sami, Lorusso, Roberto, MacLaren, Graeme, Marcus, Joseph E., Martucci, Gennaro, Mendes, Pedro Vitale, Ohshimo, Shinichiro, Paiva, Jose-Artur, Park, Sunghoon, Ramanathan, Kollengode ... Luyt, Charles-Edouard (2026). A consensus of international experts on definition, sampling, treatment, and prevention of peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula-site infection obtained by the Delphi method: the SAVECMO study. Intensive Care Medicine, 52 (2), 263-277. doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-08269-2

A consensus of international experts on definition, sampling, treatment, and prevention of peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula-site infection obtained by the Delphi method: the SAVECMO study

2026

Journal Article

Validation of PaO2:FiO2 for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a retrospective binational registry-based study

Ramanan, Mahesh, Moran, Benjamin, Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Burrell, Aidan, Subramaniam, Ashwin, Ramanathan, Kollengode, Reddy, Mallikarjuna Ponnappa, Pilcher, David and Shekar, Kiran (2026). Validation of PaO2:FiO2 for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a retrospective binational registry-based study. Critical Care Science, 38 e20260221. doi: 10.62675/2965-2774.20260221

Validation of PaO2:FiO2 for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a retrospective binational registry-based study

2026

Journal Article

Predictive models for mortality in cardiogenic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ng, Gwyneth Weng Yi, Low, Christopher Jer Wei, Ng, Kai Jie, Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Chan, Siew Pang, Anbalakan, Kamalesh, Jung, Christian, Lin, Weiqin, Pilcher, David, Shekar, Kiran, Ramanathan, Kollengode and Lim, Shir Lynn (2026). Predictive models for mortality in cardiogenic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care Medicine, 54 (1) 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006937, 142-153. doi: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006937

Predictive models for mortality in cardiogenic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2026

Journal Article

When stopping is just as important as starting: the challenge of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Rajsic, Sasa, Morales Castro, Diana and Shekar, Kiran (2026). When stopping is just as important as starting: the challenge of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 136 (1) PMID 372541, 24-28. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.11.001

When stopping is just as important as starting: the challenge of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

2026

Journal Article

Between rescue and legacy: ethical reflections on organ donation after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Rajsic, Sasa, Hofheinz, Sylvia M.B., Tonna, Joseph E., Breitkopf, Robert and Shekar, Kiran (2026). Between rescue and legacy: ethical reflections on organ donation after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. British Journal of Anaesthesia. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.05.013

Between rescue and legacy: ethical reflections on organ donation after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

2026

Journal Article

Monitoring hemostatic function during cardiac surgery with point-of-care viscoelastic assays: a narrative review

Ong, Brandon Jin An, See Tow, Hui Xin, Fong, Alyssa Tze Wei, Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Shekar, Kiran, Teoh, Kristine, Ti, Lian Kah, MacLaren, Graeme, Fan, Bingwen Eugene and Ramanathan, Kollengode (2026). Monitoring hemostatic function during cardiac surgery with point-of-care viscoelastic assays: a narrative review. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 52 (04), 417-429. doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1802573

Monitoring hemostatic function during cardiac surgery with point-of-care viscoelastic assays: a narrative review

2025

Journal Article

Frailty and outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a binational registry-based cohort study

Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Subramaniam, Ashwin, Pilcher, David, Ramanathan, Kollengode, Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy and Shekar, Kiran (2025). Frailty and outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a binational registry-based cohort study. Critical Care, 30 (1) 49. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05801-0

Frailty and outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a binational registry-based cohort study

2025

Journal Article

Predictors of VV-ECMO weaning safety: longitudinal ventilatory ratio assessment during sweep gas off trials, a retrospective cohort study

Worku, Elliott, Yang, Feibi, Shekar, Kiran, Southwood, Timothy and Totaro, Richard (2025). Predictors of VV-ECMO weaning safety: longitudinal ventilatory ratio assessment during sweep gas off trials, a retrospective cohort study. BMC Anesthesiology, 26 (1) 63, 63. doi: 10.1186/s12871-025-03558-1

Predictors of VV-ECMO weaning safety: longitudinal ventilatory ratio assessment during sweep gas off trials, a retrospective cohort study

2025

Journal Article

Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support following aortic surgery

Bari, Gabor, Mariani, Silvia, van Bussel, Bas C. T., Di Mauro, Michele, Conci, Luca, Saeed, Diyar, Pozzi, Matteo, Loforte, Antonio, Boeken, Udo, Samalavicius, Robertas, Bounader, Karl, Hou, Xiaotong, J. H. Bunge, Jeroen, Buscher, Hergen, Salazar, Leonardo, Meyns, Bart, Mazzeffi, Michael, Matteucci, Sacha, Sponga, Sandro, Sorokin, Vitaly, Russo, Claudio, Formica, Francesco, Sakiyalak, Pranya, Fiore, Antonio, Camboni, Daniele, Maria Raffa, Giuseppe, Diaz, Rodrigo, Wang, I.-wen, Jung, Jae-Seung ... on behalf of the PELS Investigators (2025). Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support following aortic surgery. ASAIO Journal. doi: 10.1097/mat.0000000000002619

Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support following aortic surgery

2025

Journal Article

The impact of a tailored nutrition intervention delivered for the duration of hospitalisation on daily energy delivery for patients with critical illness (INTENT): a phase II randomised controlled trial

Ridley, Emma J., Bailey, Michael, Chapman, Marianne J., Chapple, Lee-anne S., Deane, Adam M., Gojanovic, Marlene, Higgins, Alisa M., Hodgson, Carol L., King, Victoria L., Marshall, Andrea P., Miller, Eliza G., McGuinness, Shay P., Parke, Rachael L., Paul, Eldho, Udy, Andrew A., Trickey, Jemma, Salerno, Tania, Maiden, Matthew, Kakho, Nima, Horton, Michelle, Williams, Patricia, Thatcher, Amber, Peake, Sandra, Kurenda, Cathy, Hatzi, Martine, Direen, Tennealle, Whitmore, Emma, Vasudevan, Marion, Shekar, Kiran (Australian, New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group member) ... Ridley, Emma J. (2025). The impact of a tailored nutrition intervention delivered for the duration of hospitalisation on daily energy delivery for patients with critical illness (INTENT): a phase II randomised controlled trial. Critical Care, 29 (1) 8. doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-05189-3

The impact of a tailored nutrition intervention delivered for the duration of hospitalisation on daily energy delivery for patients with critical illness (INTENT): a phase II randomised controlled trial

2025

Journal Article

Kidney replacement therapy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: pathophysiology, technical considerations, and outcomes

Lau, Michele Petrova Xin Ling, Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Ong, Brandon Jin An, Cho, Hwa Jin, Jeong, In-seok, Sahoo, Tapas Kumar, Chua, Horng Ruey, Shekar, Kiran and Ramanathan, Kollengode (2025). Kidney replacement therapy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: pathophysiology, technical considerations, and outcomes. Renal Failure, 47 (1) 2486557, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/0886022x.2025.2486557

Kidney replacement therapy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: pathophysiology, technical considerations, and outcomes

2025

Journal Article

Crossing the line: blood transfusion thresholds in ECMO

Rajsic, Sasa, Tonna, Joseph E. and Shekar, Kiran (2025). Crossing the line: blood transfusion thresholds in ECMO. Critical Care, 29 (1) 516. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05792-y

Crossing the line: blood transfusion thresholds in ECMO

2025

Journal Article

Left ventricular unloading during extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a target trial emulation of the ELSO registry

Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Chen, Ying, Low, Christopher Jer Wei, Agerstrand, Cara, Jung, Jae-Seung, Lim, Shir-Lynn, Lorusso, Roberto, Müeller, Thomas, Okada, Yohei, Tonna, Joseph E., Shekar, Kiran, Brodie, Daniel, MacLaren, Graeme and Ramanathan, Kollengode (2025). Left ventricular unloading during extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a target trial emulation of the ELSO registry. Critical Care, 29 (1) 186. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05345-3

Left ventricular unloading during extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a target trial emulation of the ELSO registry

2025

Journal Article

Missing the target in target trial emulation: the authors reply

Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Chen, Ying, Shekar, Kiran, Brodie, Daniel, MacLaren, Graeme and Ramanathan, Kollengode (2025). Missing the target in target trial emulation: the authors reply. Critical Care, 29 (1) 311, 311-1. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05567-5

Missing the target in target trial emulation: the authors reply

2025

Journal Article

High-flow oxygen and nitric oxide inhalation versus high-flow oxygen alone to prevent intubation in hypoxaemic Respiratory failure (HONOR): a pilot randomised controlled trial protocol

Churchill, Luke, Tronstad, Oystein, Hay, Karen, Thomas, Peter J. and Shekar, Kiran (2025). High-flow oxygen and nitric oxide inhalation versus high-flow oxygen alone to prevent intubation in hypoxaemic Respiratory failure (HONOR): a pilot randomised controlled trial protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11 (1) 149, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01726-1

High-flow oxygen and nitric oxide inhalation versus high-flow oxygen alone to prevent intubation in hypoxaemic Respiratory failure (HONOR): a pilot randomised controlled trial protocol