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Dr Ramanan is a Specialist in Intensive Care Medicine. His main research interests are in critical care epidemiology, long-term outcomes of critical illness, methodological aspects of clinical research and database/registry research.
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2025
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A randomised, controlled, feasibility trial comparing vasopressors infused via peripheral cannula versus central venous access for critically ill adults: The VIPCA trial
Ramanan, Mahesh, Apte, Yogesh, Watts, Stacey, Holland, Thomas, Hatt, April, Craswell, Alison, Lin, Frances, Tabah, Alexis, Ware, Robert S., Byrnes, Joshua, Anstey, Christopher and Keijzers, Gerben (2025). A randomised, controlled, feasibility trial comparing vasopressors infused via peripheral cannula versus central venous access for critically ill adults: The VIPCA trial. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (2) 100106, 100106. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100106
2025
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Predicting a strongly positive fluid balance in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: A multicentre, international study
White, Kyle C., Bellomo, Rinaldo, Laupland, Kevin B., Gatton, Michelle L., Ostermann, Marlies, McIlroy, Philipa, Luke, Stephen, Garrett, Peter, Tabah, Alexis, Whebell, Stephen, Marella, Prashanti, McCullough, James, Shekar, Kiran, Attokaran, Antony G., Kumar, Aashish, Meyer, Jason, Sanderson, Barnaby, Serpa-Neto, Ary, Ramanan, Mahesh, Marella, Prashanti, Young, Patrick, McIlroy, Phillipa, Nash, Ben, McCullough, James, Denny, Kerina J., Tallott, Mandy, Marshall, Andrea, Moore, David, White, Hayden ... on behalf of the Queensland Critical Care Research Network (QCCRN) (2025). Predicting a strongly positive fluid balance in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: A multicentre, international study. Journal of Critical Care, 87 155016, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2025.155016
2025
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Continuous deep sedation versus minimal sedation after cardiac arrest and resuscitation (SED-CARE): A protocol for a randomized clinical trial
Ceric, A., Dankiewicz, J., Hästbacka, J., Young, P., Niemelä, V. H., Bass, F., Skrifvars, M. B., Hammond, N., Saxena, M., Levin, H., Lilja, G., Moseby-Knappe, M., Tiainen, M., Reinikainen, M., Holgersson, J., Kamp, C. B., Wise, M. P., McGuigan, P. J., White, J., Sweet, K., Keeble, T. R., Glover, G., Hopkins, P., Remmington, C., Cole, J. M., Gorgoraptis, N., Pogson, D. G., Jackson, P., Düring, J. ... Nielsen, N. (2025). Continuous deep sedation versus minimal sedation after cardiac arrest and resuscitation (SED-CARE): A protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 69 (5) e70022. doi: 10.1111/aas.70022
2025
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Tracking Outcomes Post Intensive Care: Findings of a longitudinal observational study
Flaws, Dylan, Tronstad, Oystein, Fraser, John F., Lavana, Jayshree, Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis and Patterson, Sue (2025). Tracking Outcomes Post Intensive Care: Findings of a longitudinal observational study. Australian Critical Care, 38 (3) 101164, 101164-3. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.101164
2025
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Fever management with or without a temperature control device after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation (<scp>TEMP</scp>‐<scp>CARE</scp>): A study protocol for a randomized clinical trial
Holgersson, Johan, Niemelä, V., Skrifvars, M. B., Kamp‐Jorgensen, C., Saxena, M., Young, P., Bass, F., Dankiewicz, J., Hammond, N., Hästbacka, J., Levin, H., Lilja, G., Moseby‐Knappe, M., Tiainen, M., Reinikainen, M., Ceric, A., Düring, J., Lybeck, A., Rodriguez‐Santos, D., Johnsson, J., Unden, J., Lundin, A., Kåhlin, J., Grip, J., Rosell, J., Lotman, E. M., Navarra, L., Crichton, B., Knight, D. ... Nielsen, N. (2025). Fever management with or without a temperature control device after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation (TEMP‐CARE): A study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 69 (5). doi: 10.1111/aas.70034
2025
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Waiting to be discharged from intensive care units: Key factors shaping patient and family experiences
Chen, Yingyan, Peet, Jacqueline, Murray, Lauren, Ramanan, Mahesh, Jacobs, Kylie, Brailsford, Jane, Osmond, Amelia, Kajevu, Moreblessing, Garrett, Peter, Tabah, Alexis, Mock, Carol and Lin, Frances Fengzhi (2025). Waiting to be discharged from intensive care units: Key factors shaping patient and family experiences. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 87 103961, 103961. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2025.103961
2025
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In-hospital mortality in patients admitted to Australian intensive care units with COVID-19 between 2020 and 2024
Donnan, Matthew T., Zhao, Peinan, Cheng, Allen C., Ibrahim, Aaliya, Palermo, Annamaria, Reddi, Benjamin, Reynolds, Claire, French, Craig, Litton, Edward, Rotherham, Hannah, Begum, Husna, Cooper, Jamie, Dumbrell, Jodi, Campbell, Lewis, Plummer, Mark, Ramanan, Mahesh, Alliegro, Patricia, McAllister, Richard E., Erickson, Simon, Priyadarshini, Shweta, Ng, Sze, Broadley, Tessa, Trapani, Tony, Papanikolaou, Vicki, Cheung, Winston, Udy, Andrew A. and Burrell, Aidan (2025). In-hospital mortality in patients admitted to Australian intensive care units with COVID-19 between 2020 and 2024. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (1) 100094, 100094-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.11.003
2025
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Volume-outcome relationships for tracheostomies in Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Units: A registry-based retrospective study
Marella, Prashanti, Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis, Litton, Ed, Edwards, Felicity and Laupland, Kevin B. (2025). Volume-outcome relationships for tracheostomies in Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Units: A registry-based retrospective study. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (1) 100096, 100096. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.12.002
2025
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Mean arterial pressure targets in intensive care unit patients receiving noradrenaline: An international survey
Young, Paul J., Bellomo, Rinaldo, Al-Fares, Abdulrahman, Antognini, David GC., Arabi, Yaseen M., Ashraf, Muhammad Sheharyar, Bagshaw, Sean M., Brown, Alastair J., Buabbas, Sarah, Campbell, Lewis, Chen, Jonathan M., Freebairn, Ross C., Fujii, Tomoko, Hasan, Mohd Shahnaz, Jain, Aditi, Lai, Nai An, Lakhey, Sanjay, Partlin, Matthew Mac, Marment, Sam, McCullough, James P.A., Nichol, Alistair D., Ramanan, Mahesh, Regmi, Ashim, Saxena, Manoj, Seppelt, Ian, Shima, Nozomu, Twardowski, Pawel, White, Kyle C. and Lamontagne, François (2025). Mean arterial pressure targets in intensive care unit patients receiving noradrenaline: An international survey. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (1) 100095, 100095-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.12.001
2025
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Buffered salt solution versus 0.9% sodium chloride as fluid therapy for patients presenting with moderate to severe diabetic ketoacidosis: Study protocol for a Phase-3 cluster-crossover, blinded, randomised, controlled trial
Ramanan, Mahesh, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Koch, Carolyn, Abdelhamid, Yasmine Ali, Attokaran, Antony, Billot, Laurent, Bompoint, Severine, Cohen, Jeremy, Delaney, Anthony, Devaux, Anthony, Ekinci, Elif, Finfer, Simon, Garside, Tessa, Hammond, Naomi, Higgins, Alisa, Keijzers, Gerben, Li, Qiang, Moran, Benjamin, Myburgh, John, Nair, Priya, Peake, Sandra, Russell, Anthony, Tabah, Alexis, Watts, Stacey and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2025). Buffered salt solution versus 0.9% sodium chloride as fluid therapy for patients presenting with moderate to severe diabetic ketoacidosis: Study protocol for a Phase-3 cluster-crossover, blinded, randomised, controlled trial. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (1) 100104, 100104-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100104
2025
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Serum chloride concentration and outcomes in adults receiving intravenous fluid therapy with a balanced crystalloid solution or 0.9% sodium chloride
Ramanan, Mahesh, Hammond, Naomi, Billot, Laurent, Delaney, Anthony, Devaux, Anthony, Finfer, Simon, Li, Qiang, Micallef, Sharon, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Young, Paul J., Myburgh, John and for the PLUS Investigators (2025). Serum chloride concentration and outcomes in adults receiving intravenous fluid therapy with a balanced crystalloid solution or 0.9% sodium chloride. Intensive Care Medicine, 51 (2) e0176292, 249-258. doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07764-2
2025
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Nutrition delivery during hospitalisation after critical illness in Australia and New Zealand: a multicentre, prospective observational study
Ridley, Emma J., Ainscough, Kate, Bailey, Michael, Baskett, Rebecca, Bone, Allison, Campbell, Lewis, Capel, Eleanor, Chapple, Lee-anne, Cheng, Andrew, Deane, Adam M., Doola, Ra'eesa, Ferrie, Suzie, Fetterplace, Kate, Gilder, Eileen, Higgins, Alisa M., Hodgson, Carol L., King, Victoria, Marshall, Andrea P., Nichol, Alistair, Peake, Sandra, Ramanan, Mahesh, Neto, Ary Serpa, Udy, Andrew, Williams, Patricia, Winderlich, Jacinta, Young, Paul J. and NUTRIENT Study Investigators and ANZICS Clinical Trials Group (2025). Nutrition delivery during hospitalisation after critical illness in Australia and New Zealand: a multicentre, prospective observational study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 38 (1) e13385, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13385
2025
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Composite primary outcomes reported in studies of critical care: A scoping review
Marella, Prashanti, De Silva, Sansuka, Attokaran, Antony G., Laupland, Kevin B., Eriksson, Lars and Ramanan, Mahesh (2025). Composite primary outcomes reported in studies of critical care: A scoping review. Critical Care Explorations, 7 (1) e1195, 1-12. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001195
2025
Journal Article
Who gets the bed: Factors influencing the intensive care exit block: A qualitative study
Lin, Frances Fengzhi, Peet, Jacqueline, Murray, Lauren, Ramanan, Mahesh, Jacobs, Kylie, Brailsford, Jane, Osmond, Amelia, Kajevu, Moreblessing, Garrett, Peter, Tabah, Alexis, Mock, Carol and Chen, Yingyan (2025). Who gets the bed: Factors influencing the intensive care exit block: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 161 104949, 104949. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104949
2024
Journal Article
Intensive care unit-onset bloodstream infections represent a distinct category of hospital-onset infections: A multicentre, retrospective cohort study. Queensland Critical Care Network (QCCRN)
Tabah, Alexis, Edwards, Felicity, Ramanan, Mahesh, White, Kyle C., Shekar, Kiran, Mcilroy, Philippa, Attokaran, Antony, Senthuran, Siva, Mccullough, James, Kumar, Aashish, Luke, Stephen, Bhadange, Neeraj, Garrett, Peter and Laupland, Kevin B. (2024). Intensive care unit-onset bloodstream infections represent a distinct category of hospital-onset infections: A multicentre, retrospective cohort study. Queensland Critical Care Network (QCCRN). Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (Jammi), 9 (4), 229-238. doi: 10.3138/jammi-2024-0023
2024
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Enough is enough: Continuous beta-lactam infusions for treating serious infections
Ramanan, Mahesh, Keynan, Yoav and Laupland, Kevin (2024). Enough is enough: Continuous beta-lactam infusions for treating serious infections. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, 9 (4), 200-203. doi: 10.3138/jammi-2024-1104
2024
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Rapid uptake of adjunctive corticosteroids for critically ill adults with septic shock following publication of ADRENAL trial. a multicenter, retrospective analysis of prescribing practices in Queensland Intensive Care Units
White, Kyle C., Chaba, Anis, Meyer, Jason, Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis, Attokaran, Antony G., Kumar, Aashish, McCullough, James, Shekar, Kiran, Garrett, Peter, McIlroy, Philippa, Senthuran, Siva, Luke, Stephen, Laupland, Kevin B. and on behalf of the Queensland Critical Care Research Network (QCCRN) (2024). Rapid uptake of adjunctive corticosteroids for critically ill adults with septic shock following publication of ADRENAL trial. a multicenter, retrospective analysis of prescribing practices in Queensland Intensive Care Units. Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, 43 (6) 101435, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2024.101435
2024
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Interventions to improve patient admission and discharge practices in adult intensive care units: A systematic review
Lin, Frances Fengzhi, Chen, Yingyan, Rattray, Megan, Murray, Lauren, Jacobs, Kylie, Brailsford, Jane, Free, Patricia, Garrett, Peter, Tabah, Alexis and Ramanan, Mahesh (2024). Interventions to improve patient admission and discharge practices in adult intensive care units: A systematic review. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 85 103688, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103688
2024
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In-person, virtual visiting and telephone calls in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units: a point prevalence multicentre study mapping daytime and nighttime interactions
Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh, Laupland, Kevin B., Haines, Kimberley, Hammond, Naomi, Knowles, Serena, Jacobs, Kylie, Baker, Stuart and Litton, Edward (2024). In-person, virtual visiting and telephone calls in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units: a point prevalence multicentre study mapping daytime and nighttime interactions. Australian Critical Care, 38 (2) 101144, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.101144
2024
Journal Article
Hypophosphataemia in critical illness: a narrative review
Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis, Affleck, Julia, Edwards, Felicity, White, Kyle C., Attokaran, Antony and Laupland, Kevin (2024). Hypophosphataemia in critical illness: a narrative review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13 (23) 7165, 1-9. doi: 10.3390/jcm13237165
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