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Dr Mahesh Ramanan
Dr

Mahesh Ramanan

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Overview

Background

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.

Availability

Dr Mahesh Ramanan is:
Available for supervision

Works

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112 works between 2011 and 2025

61 - 80 of 112 works

2022

Journal Article

Recruitment characteristics of randomised trials in critical care: a systematic review

Ramanan, Mahesh, Kumar, Aashish, Billot, Laurent, Myburgh, John and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2022). Recruitment characteristics of randomised trials in critical care: a systematic review. Clinical Trials, 19 (6), 1-8. doi: 10.1177/17407745221123248

Recruitment characteristics of randomised trials in critical care: a systematic review

2022

Journal Article

Staff perceptions of family access and visitation policies in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: The WELCOME-ICU survey

Bailey, Rachel L., Ramanan, Mahesh, Litton, Edward, Yan Kai, Nathalie Ssi, Coyer, Fiona M., Garrouste-Orgeas, Maite, Tabah, Alexis, Doyle, Elizabeth, Yarad, Elizabeth, Masters, Kirsty, McGlion, Elaine, Bonnici, Kim, Hartley, Amy, Butcher, Rand, Hanger, Gail, Badawi, Nadia, McClintock, Abby, Hallam, Joanne, Waite, Chris, Tom, Sheena, Townsend, Cath, Sane, Sunil, Stanley, Mandy, Bhadange, Neeraj, Smith, Judy, Soar, Natalie, Hillard, Phillipa, Bone, Allison, Cossar, Sue ... Young, Paul (2022). Staff perceptions of family access and visitation policies in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: The WELCOME-ICU survey. Australian Critical Care, 35 (4), 383-390. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.06.014

Staff perceptions of family access and visitation policies in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: The WELCOME-ICU survey

2022

Journal Article

Family visitation policies, facilities, and support in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units: a multicentre, registry-linked survey

Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh, Bailey, Rachel L., Chavan, Shaila, Baker, Stuart, Huckson, Sue, Pilcher, David and Litton, Edward (2022). Family visitation policies, facilities, and support in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units: a multicentre, registry-linked survey. Australian Critical Care, 35 (4), 375-382. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.06.009

Family visitation policies, facilities, and support in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units: a multicentre, registry-linked survey

2022

Journal Article

People in intensive care with COVID ‐19: demographic and clinical features during the first, second, and third pandemic waves in Australia

Begum, Husna, Neto, Ary S., Alliegro, Patricia, Broadley, Tessa, Trapani, Tony, Campbell, Lewis T., Cheng, Allen C., Cheung, Winston, Cooper, D James, Erickson, Simon J., French, Craig J., Litton, Edward, McAllister, Richard, Nichol, Alistair, Palermo, Annamaria, Plummer, Mark P., Rotherham, Hannah, Ramanan, Mahesh, Reddi, Benjamin, Reynolds, Claire, Webb, Steven A. R., Udy, Andrew A. and Burrell, Aidan (2022). People in intensive care with COVID ‐19: demographic and clinical features during the first, second, and third pandemic waves in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (7), 352-360. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51590

People in intensive care with COVID ‐19: demographic and clinical features during the first, second, and third pandemic waves in Australia

2022

Journal Article

Early albumin exposure after cardiac surgery

Thang, Christopher, Marella, Prashanti, Kumar, Aashish, Matebele, Mbakise and Ramanan, Mahesh (2022). Early albumin exposure after cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 36 (5), 1310-1317. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.07.011

Early albumin exposure after cardiac surgery

2022

Journal Article

Geographical representation of low-and middle-income countries in randomized clinical trials for COVID-19

Ramanan, Mahesh, Tong, Steven Y.C., Kumar, Aashish and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2022). Geographical representation of low-and middle-income countries in randomized clinical trials for COVID-19. JAMA Network Open, 5 (2) e220444, e220444. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0444

Geographical representation of low-and middle-income countries in randomized clinical trials for COVID-19

2022

Journal Article

Is intensive care unit mortality a valid survival outcome measure related to critical illness?

Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh, Shekar, Kiran, Kirrane, Marianne, Clement, Pierre, Young, Patrick, Edwards, Felicity, Bushell, Rachel and Tabah, Alexis (2022). Is intensive care unit mortality a valid survival outcome measure related to critical illness?. Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, 41 (1) 100996, 100996. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100996

Is intensive care unit mortality a valid survival outcome measure related to critical illness?

2022

Journal Article

Response to the letter: Renal status in the association between hyperphosphatemia and mortality

Sin, Jeremy Cheuk Kin, Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh and Tabah, Alexis (2022). Response to the letter: Renal status in the association between hyperphosphatemia and mortality. Journal of Critical Care, 67, 217-218. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.10.002

Response to the letter: Renal status in the association between hyperphosphatemia and mortality

2022

Journal Article

Impact of unacceptable behaviour between healthcare workers on clinical performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review

Guo, Linda, Ryan, Benjamin, Leditschke, Isabel Anne, Haines, Kimberley J, Cook, Katrina, Eriksson, Lars, Olusanya, Olusegun, Selak, Tanya, Shekar, Kiran and Ramanan, Mahesh (2022). Impact of unacceptable behaviour between healthcare workers on clinical performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review. BMJ Quality and Safety, 31 (9) 013955, bmjqs-2021. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013955

Impact of unacceptable behaviour between healthcare workers on clinical performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review

2022

Journal Article

Saline compared to balanced crystalloid in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Alghamdi, Naif Ali, Major, Paityn, Chaudhuri, Dipayan, Tsui, Janice, Brown, Brent, Self, Wesley H, Semler, Matthew W, Ramanan, Mahesh and Rochwerg, Bram (2022). Saline compared to balanced crystalloid in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Critical Care Explorations, 4 (1) e0613, e0613. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000613

Saline compared to balanced crystalloid in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2021

Journal Article

Reconciling the obesity paradox: obese patients suffer the highest critical illness associated mortality rates

Laupland, Kevin B., Edwards, Felicity, Ramanan, Mahesh, Shekar, Kiran and Tabah, Alexis (2021). Reconciling the obesity paradox: obese patients suffer the highest critical illness associated mortality rates. Journal of Critical Care, 66, 75-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.08.005

Reconciling the obesity paradox: obese patients suffer the highest critical illness associated mortality rates

2021

Journal Article

Non-home discharge after cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a cross-sectional study

Ramanan, Mahesh, Kumar, Aashish, Anstey, Chris and Shekar, Kiran (2021). Non-home discharge after cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 11 (12) e049187, e049187. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049187

Non-home discharge after cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a cross-sectional study

2021

Journal Article

Nosocomial infections amongst critically ill COVID-19 patients in Australia

Ramanan, Mahesh, Burrell, Aidan, Paul, Eldho, Trapani, Tony, Broadley, Tessa, McGloughlin, Steve, French, Craig and Udy, Andrew (2021). Nosocomial infections amongst critically ill COVID-19 patients in Australia. Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 1 (4) 100054, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcvp.2021.100054

Nosocomial infections amongst critically ill COVID-19 patients in Australia

2021

Journal Article

Sodium chloride or Plasmalyte-148 evaluation in severe diabetic ketoacidosis (SCOPE-DKA): a cluster, crossover, randomized, controlled trial

Ramanan, Mahesh, Attokaran, Antony, Murray, Lauren, Bhadange, Neeraj, Stewart, David, Rajendran, Gokulnath, Pusapati, Raju, Petty, Melissa, Garrett, Peter, Kruger, Peter, Peake, Sandra, Billot, Laurent, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Scott, Mark, Watts, Stacey, Harding, Timothy, Tyler, Steven, Hovinga, Bauke, Hess, Tracy Joy, Sandha, Rajbir Sing, Austin, David, Khadri, Syed Giasuddin, Poggenpoel, Salomon Jacobus, Miles, Helen, Brailsford, Jane, Maguire, Teena, Roberts, Kym, Thom, Ogilvie, Seneviratne, Isuru and Stewart, David (2021). Sodium chloride or Plasmalyte-148 evaluation in severe diabetic ketoacidosis (SCOPE-DKA): a cluster, crossover, randomized, controlled trial. Intensive Care Medicine, 47 (11), 1248-1257. doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06480-5

Sodium chloride or Plasmalyte-148 evaluation in severe diabetic ketoacidosis (SCOPE-DKA): a cluster, crossover, randomized, controlled trial

2021

Journal Article

Feasibility of non-invasive nitric oxide gas inhalation to prevent endotracheal intubation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a single-centre experience

Shekar, Kiran, Varkey, Sneha, Cornmell, George, Parsons, Leanne, Tol, Maneesha, Siuba, Matthew and Ramanan, Mahesh (2021). Feasibility of non-invasive nitric oxide gas inhalation to prevent endotracheal intubation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a single-centre experience. Nitric Oxide, 116, 35-37. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2021.08.005

Feasibility of non-invasive nitric oxide gas inhalation to prevent endotracheal intubation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a single-centre experience

2021

Journal Article

Ventriculitis: infection or inflammation

Ramanan, Mahesh, Shorr, Andrew and Lipman, Jeffrey (2021). Ventriculitis: infection or inflammation. Antibiotics, 10 (10) 1246, 1246. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10101246

Ventriculitis: infection or inflammation

2021

Journal Article

Fluid resuscitation after cardiac surgery in the intensive care unit: a bi-national survey of clinician practice. (The FRACS-ICU clinician survey)

Ramanan, Mahesh, Roberts, Shaun, Adrian McCullough, James, Naidoo, Rishendran, Rapchuk, Ivan, Matebele, Mbakise, Tabah, Alexis, Kruger, Peter, Smith, Julian and Shekar, Kiran (2021). Fluid resuscitation after cardiac surgery in the intensive care unit: a bi-national survey of clinician practice. (The FRACS-ICU clinician survey). Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 24 (4), 441-446. doi: 10.4103/aca.ACA_190_20

Fluid resuscitation after cardiac surgery in the intensive care unit: a bi-national survey of clinician practice. (The FRACS-ICU clinician survey)

2021

Journal Article

Comparison of baseline characteristics, treatment and clinical outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted in the first and second waves in Australia

Burrell, Aidan JC, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Neto, Ary Serpa, Broadley, Tessa, Trapani, Tony, Begum, Husna, Campbell, Lewis T, Cheng, Allen C, Cheung, Winston, Cooper, D James, Erickson, Simon J, French, Craig J, Kaldor, John M, Litton, Edward, Murthy, Srinivas, McAllister, Richard E, Nichol, Alistair D, Palermo, Annamaria, Plummer, Mark P, Ramanan, Mahesh, Reddi, Benjamin AJ, Reynolds, Claire, Webb, Steve A, Udy, Andrew A, Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ... Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2021). Comparison of baseline characteristics, treatment and clinical outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted in the first and second waves in Australia. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 23 (3), 308-319. doi: 10.51893/2021.3.oa8

Comparison of baseline characteristics, treatment and clinical outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted in the first and second waves in Australia

2021

Journal Article

Safety and efficacy of peripheral versus centrally administered vasopressor infusion: a single-centre retrospective observational study

Stolz, Annaliese, Efendy, Rachel, Apte, Yogesh, Craswell, Alison, Lin, Frances and Ramanan, Mahesh (2021). Safety and efficacy of peripheral versus centrally administered vasopressor infusion: a single-centre retrospective observational study. Australian Critical Care, 35 (5), 506-511. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.005

Safety and efficacy of peripheral versus centrally administered vasopressor infusion: a single-centre retrospective observational study

2021

Other Outputs

Balanced crystalloids compared to normal saline for fluid therapy in critically ill adult patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Hammond, Naomi E, Zampieri, Fernando G, Garside, Tessa, Adigbli, Derek, Di Tanna, Gian Luca, Cavalcanti, Alexandre B, Machado, Flavia R, Micallef, Sharon, Myburgh, John, Ramanan, Mahesh, Rice, Todd W, Semler, Matthew, Young, Paul J, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Finfer, Simon and Delaney, Anthony (2021). Balanced crystalloids compared to normal saline for fluid therapy in critically ill adult patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. doi: 10.1101/2021.08.24.21262515

Balanced crystalloids compared to normal saline for fluid therapy in critically ill adult patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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