The University of Queensland

Journal Article

• Stroke in critically ill patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19: Disparities between low-middle and high-income countries

  Battaglini, Denise, Kelly, Thu-Lan, Griffee, Matthew, Fanning, Jonathon, Premraj, Lavienraj, Whitman, Glenn, Porto, Diego Bastos, Arora, Rakesh, Thomson, David, Pelosi, Paolo, White, Nicole M., Bassi, Gianluigi Li, Suen, Jacky, Fraser, John F., Robba, Chiara, Cho, Sung-Min, Al-Dabbous, Tala, Alfoudri, Huda, Shamsah, Mohammed, Alfroukh, Khadeejeh, Bairmani, Zinah Aqeel Abdulzahra, Khalid, Khalid Jehad, Abukhalaf, Salsabeel M.A., Hadhoud, Mohammed Maher, Abdrabo, Mohamed Fouad, Fathi, Mohamed, Alhouri, Hasan, Shahla, Dr Hamza, Alhadad, Qamrah ... Abdehaleem, Ibrahim (2024). Stroke in critically ill patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19: Disparities between low-middle and high-income countries. Heart and Lung, 68, 131-144. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2024.06.015

• Recommendations for the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) trainee research project: A modified Delphi study

  Ho, Ariel, Denny, Kerina J., Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis, McCullough, James, Schults, Jessica A., Raman, Sainath, Apte, Yogesh, Attokaran, Antony, Baker, Stuart, Bartholdy, Roland, Bhadange, Neeraj, Brailsford, Jane, Cook, Katrina, David, Alexandre, Dhanani, Jayesh, Edwards, Felicity, Elkady, Hatem, Evans, Tess, Hutchinson, Jane, Lannon, Sean, Marshall, Andrea, McIlroy, Philippa, Milford, Elissa, Morrison, Lynette, Murray, Lauren, Serratore, Alyssa, Shah, Vikram ... White, Kyle (2024). Recommendations for the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) trainee research project: A modified Delphi study. Critical Care and Resuscitation. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.05.002

• Randomised, controlled, feasibility trial comparing vasopressor infusion administered via peripheral cannula versus central venous catheter for critically ill adults: A study protocol

  Watts, Stacey, Apte, Yogesh, Holland, Thomas, Hatt, April, Craswell, Alison, Lin, Frances, Tabah, Alexis, Ware, Robert, Byrnes, Joshua, Anstey, Christopher, Keijzers, Gerben and Ramanan, Mahesh (2024). Randomised, controlled, feasibility trial comparing vasopressor infusion administered via peripheral cannula versus central venous catheter for critically ill adults: A study protocol. PLOS ONE, 19 (5) e0295347, e0295347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295347

• Cannabis use disorders and outcome of admission to intensive care: A retrospective multi-centre cohort study

  Renger, Laura, Dhanani, Jayesh, Milford, Elissa, Tabah, Alexis, Shekar, Kiran, Ramanan, Mahesh and Laupland, Kevin B. (2024). Cannabis use disorders and outcome of admission to intensive care: A retrospective multi-centre cohort study. Journal of Critical Care, 80 154504, 154504. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154504

• Balanced crystalloids versus saline for critically ill patients (BEST-Living): a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

  Zampieri, Fernando G., Cavalcanti, Alexandre B., Di Tanna, Gian Luca, Damiani, Lucas P., Hammond, Naomi E., Machado, Flavia R., Micallef, Sharon, Myburgh, John, Ramanan, Mahesh, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Rice, Todd W., Semler, Matthew W., Young, Paul J. and Finfer, Simon (2024). Balanced crystalloids versus saline for critically ill patients (BEST-Living): a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 12 (3), 237-246. doi: 10.1016/s2213-2600(23)00417-4

• Fluid therapy in diabetic ketoacidosis

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Delaney, Anthony and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2024). Fluid therapy in diabetic ketoacidosis. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 27 (2), 178-183. doi: 10.1097/mco.0000000000001005

• 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 103688, 103688. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103688

• Time in ICU and post-intensive care syndrome: how long is long enough?

  Flaws, Dylan, Fraser, John F., Laupland, Kevin, Lavana, Jayshree, Patterson, Sue, Tabah, Alexis, Tronstad, Oystein and Ramanan, Mahesh (2024). Time in ICU and post-intensive care syndrome: how long is long enough?. Critical Care, 28 (1) 34, 1-4. doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-04812-7

• Association between elevated lactate and clinical outcomes in adults with diabetic ketoacidosis

  Kumar, Aashish, Doola, Ra'eesa, Zahumensky, Amanda, Shaikh, Arif, Tabah, Alexis, Laupland, Kevin B. and Ramanan, Mahesh (2023). Association between elevated lactate and clinical outcomes in adults with diabetic ketoacidosis. Journal of Critical Care, 78 154377, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154377

• Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest in Australia: a narrative review

  Dennis, Mark, Shekar, Kiran, Burrell, Aidan J. C., Austin, Danielle, Anderson, David, Bernard, Stephen, Burns, Brian, Buscher, Hergen, Christie, Gayle, Collett, Luke, Coggins, Andrew, Doan, Tan, Dhanani, Jayesh, Finn, Judith, Fisher, Caleb, Ferguson, Ian, Forrest, Paul, Gill, Denzil, Granger, Emily, Higgins, Lisa, Hodgson, Carol, Jones, Daryl, Kruit, Natalie, La Gerche, Andre, Marasco, Silvana, Maruno, Kevin, McCanny, Peter, Moylan, Emily, Nanjayya, Vinod ... Winearls, James (2023). Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest in Australia: a narrative review. Medical Journal of Australia, 220 (1), 46-53. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52130

• Determinants of 90-day case fatality among older patients admitted to intensive care units: A retrospective cohort study

  Marella, Prashanti, Ramanan, Mahesh, Shekar, Kiran, Tabah, Alexis and Laupland, Kevin B. (2023). Determinants of 90-day case fatality among older patients admitted to intensive care units: A retrospective cohort study. Australian Critical Care, 37 (1), 18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.07.039

• Establishing critical care nursing research priorities for three Australian regional public hospitals: a mixed method priority setting study

  Lin, Frances, Craswell, Alison, Murray, Lauren, Brailsford, Jane, Cook, Katrina, Anagi, Shivaprasad, Muir, Rachel, Garrett, Peter, Pusapati, Raju, Carlini, Joan and Ramanan, Mahesh (2023). Establishing critical care nursing research priorities for three Australian regional public hospitals: a mixed method priority setting study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 77 103440. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103440

• Sodium chloride or plasmalyte-148 for patients presenting to emergency departments with diabetic ketoacidosis: a nested cohort study within a multicentre, cluster, crossover, randomised, controlled trial

  Attokaran, Antony George, Ramanan, Mahesh, Hunt, Lisa, Chandra, Kavita, Sandha, Rajbir, Watts, Stacey and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2023). Sodium chloride or plasmalyte-148 for patients presenting to emergency departments with diabetic ketoacidosis: a nested cohort study within a multicentre, cluster, crossover, randomised, controlled trial. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (4), 657-663. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14198

• Diabetes mellitus, glycaemic control, and severe COVID-19 in the Australian critical care setting: a nested cohort study

  Plummer, Mark P., Rait, Louise, Finnis, Mark E., French, Craig J., Bates, Samantha, Douglas, James, Bhurani, Mansi, Broadley, Tessa, Trapani, Tony, Deane, Adam M., Udy, Andrew A., Burrell, Aidan J.C., Visser, Adam, Mattke, Adrian, Regli, Adrian, Rashid, Alan, Tabah, Alexis, Walker, Alison, Cheng, Allen, Corley, Amanda, Udy, Andrew, Ramnani, Anil, Eidan, Anthony, DeKeulenaer, Bart, Reddi, Benjamin, Richards, Brent, Knott, Cameron, Moore, Cara, Delzoppo, Carmel ... for the SPRINT-SARI Australia Investigators (2023). Diabetes mellitus, glycaemic control, and severe COVID-19 in the Australian critical care setting: a nested cohort study. Australian Critical Care, 36 (4), 579-585. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.05.002

• A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an Early Psychiatric Assessment, Referral, and Intervention Study (EPARIS) for intensive care patients

  Flaws, Dylan, Allen, Chelsea, Baker, Stuart, Barnett, Adrian, Metcalf, Olivia, Pollock, Hamish, Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis and Varker, Tracey (2023). A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an Early Psychiatric Assessment, Referral, and Intervention Study (EPARIS) for intensive care patients. PLOS ONE, 18 (6) e0287470, e0287470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287470

• How often are infusion sets for central venous catheters changed in Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Units? A point prevalence survey

  Anstey, Matthew H., Maxwell, Nicky, Rickard, Claire M., Hammond, Naomi E., Knowles, Serena, McGain, Forbes, Hammond, Naomi, Freeman-Sanderson, Amy, Ganu, Subodh, Howe, Belinda, Litton, Ed, Mackle, Diane, Saxena, Manoj, Seppelt, Ian, Towns, Miriam, Yarad, Elizabeth, Gao, Annie, Li, Yang, Myburgh, John, Nangla, Conrad, Butt, Fatima, Duke, Graeme, Hunter, Stephanie, Evans, Julie, Parker, Dianne, Loughnan, Clare, Thomas, Blessy, Gilder, Eileen, Robertson, Melissa ... Law, Erin (2023). How often are infusion sets for central venous catheters changed in Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Units? A point prevalence survey. Australian Critical Care, 37 (3), 495-498. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.05.004

• International survey of antibiotic dosing and monitoring in adult intensive care units

  Williams, Paul G., Tabah, Alexis, Cotta, Menino Osbert, Sandaradura, Indy, Kanji, Salmaan, Scheetz, Marc H., Imani, Sahand, Elhadi, Muhammed, Luque-Pardos, Sònia, Schellack, Natalie, Sanches, Cristina, Timsit, Jean-Francois, Xie, Jiao, Farkas, Andras, Wilks, Kathryn, Roberts, Jason A., Brinkmann, Alexander, Ramanan, Mahesh, Koulenti, Despoina, Gurjar, Mohan, Sulaiman, Helmi, Shrestha, Gentle, Cortegiani, Andrea, Crespo, Monica, Ling, Lowell, Abidi, Khalid and Schellongowski, Peter (2023). International survey of antibiotic dosing and monitoring in adult intensive care units. Critical Care, 27 (1) 241, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13054-023-04527-1

• How much do we throw away in the intensive care unit? An observational point prevalence study of Australian and New Zealand ICUs

  Anstey, Matthew H., Trent, Louise, Bhonagiri, Deepak, Hammond, Naomi E., Knowles, Serena, McGain, Forbes, Hammond, Naomi, Freeman-Sanderson, Amy, Ganu, Subodh, Howe, Belinda, Litton, Ed, Mackle, Diane, Saxena, Manoj, Seppelt, Ian, Towns, Miriam, Yarad, Elizabeth, Hammond,, Gao, Annie, Li, Yang, Myburgh, John, Nangla, Conrad, Butt, Fatima, Duke, Graeme, Hunter, Stephanie, Evans, Julie, Parker, Dianne, Loughnan, Clare, Thomas, Blessy, Gilder, Eileen ... On behalf of The George Institute for Global Health and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (2023). How much do we throw away in the intensive care unit? An observational point prevalence study of Australian and New Zealand ICUs. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 25 (2), 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2023.05.004

• Excess burden of critical illness related to inflammatory bowel disease

  Laupland, Kevin B, Shekar, Kiran, Tabah, Alexis, Clement, Pierre, Edwards, Felicity and Ramanan, Mahesh (2023). Excess burden of critical illness related to inflammatory bowel disease. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (5), 812-818. doi: 10.1111/imj.15672

• Institution-free days after critical illness: A multicenter retrospective study

  Marella, Prashanti, Laupland, Kevin B., Shekar, Kiran, Tabah, Alexis, Edwards, Felicity and Ramanan, Mahesh (2023). Institution-free days after critical illness: A multicenter retrospective study. Journal of Critical Care, 74 154253, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154253

• 90-day case-fatality in critically ill patients with chronic liver disease influenced by presence of portal hypertension, results from a multicentre retrospective cohort study

  White, Kyle, Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh, Shekar, Kiran, Edwards, Felicity and Laupland, Kevin B. (2023). 90-day case-fatality in critically ill patients with chronic liver disease influenced by presence of portal hypertension, results from a multicentre retrospective cohort study. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 38 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/08850666221100408

• Allied health surge capacity in Australian intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

  Paykel, Melanie, Ridley, Emma, Freeman-Sanderson, Amy, Ramanan, Mahesh, Booth, Sarah, Cook, Katrina, Ip, Kelvin, De Gori, Mary, Blackshaw, Julia, Markham, Donna, Downie, Sharon and Haines, Kimberley (2023). Allied health surge capacity in Australian intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey. Australian Critical Care, 36 (1), 108-113. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.09.001

• Clinical implications of urine output-based sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. Author’s reply

  White, Kyle C., Laupland, Kevin B., Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh and Bellomo, Rinaldo (2023). Clinical implications of urine output-based sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. Author’s reply. Intensive Care Medicine, 49 (10), 1266-1267. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07205-6

• Details and the devil within: the case of sepsis associated AKI. Author’s reply

  White, Kyle C., Laupland, Kevin B., Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh and Bellomo, Rinaldo (2023). Details and the devil within: the case of sepsis associated AKI. Author’s reply. Intensive Care Medicine, 49 (11), 1426-1427. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07209-2

• Double the risk of death and other ‘inconvenient truths’ about oliguria. Author's reply

  White, Kyle C., Laupland, Kevin B., Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh and Bellomo, Rinaldo (2023). Double the risk of death and other ‘inconvenient truths’ about oliguria. Author's reply. Intensive Care Medicine, 49 (11), 1422-1423. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07218-1

• Exploiting electronic data to advance knowledge and management of severe infections

  Laupland, Kevin B., Tabah, Alexis, White, Kyle C. and Ramanan, Mahesh (2023). Exploiting electronic data to advance knowledge and management of severe infections. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 25 (11), 273-279. doi: 10.1007/s11908-023-00815-7

• Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit: incidence, patient characteristics, timing, trajectory, treatment, and associated outcomes. A multicenter, observational study

  White, Kyle C., Serpa-Neto, Ary, Hurford, Rod, Clement, Pierre, Laupland, Kevin B., See, Emily, McCullough, James, White, Hayden, Shekar, Kiran, Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh, Garrett, Peter, Attokaran, Antony G., Luke, Stephen, Senthuran, Siva, McIlroy, Philippa, Bellomo, Rinaldo, Ramanan, Mahesh, Marella, Prashanti, Young, Patrick, McIlroy, Pip, Nash, Ben, McCullough, James, Tallott, Mandy, Marshall, Andrea, Moore, David, White, Hayden, Sane, Sunil, Morrison, Lynette ... on behalf of the Queensland Critical Care Research Network (QCCRN) (2023). Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit: incidence, patient characteristics, timing, trajectory, treatment, and associated outcomes. A multicenter, observational study. Intensive Care Medicine, 49 (9), 1079-1089. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07138-0

• Improving access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for out of hospital cardiac arrest: pre-hospital ECPR and alternate delivery strategies

  Song, Changle, Dennis, Mark, Burns, Brian, Dyson, Sophie, Forrest, Paul, Ramanan, Mahesh, Levinson, David and Moylan, Emily (2022). Improving access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for out of hospital cardiac arrest: pre-hospital ECPR and alternate delivery strategies. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 30 (1) 77, 77. doi: 10.1186/s13049-022-01064-8

• Outcomes of prolonged ICU stay for patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand

  Shah, Vikram, Ahuja, Abhilasha, Kumar, Aashish, Anstey, Chris, Thang, Christopher, Guo, Linda, Shekar, Kiran and Ramanan, Mahesh (2022). Outcomes of prolonged ICU stay for patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 36 (12), 4313-4319. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.08.026

• Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients: a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact II study

  Buetti, Niccolò, Tabah, Alexis, Loiodice, Ambre, Ruckly, Stéphane, Aslan, Abdullah Tarik, Montrucchio, Giorgia, Cortegiani, Andrea, Saltoglu, Nese, Kayaaslan, Bircan, Aksoy, Firdevs, Murat, Akova, Akdoğan, Özlem, Saracoglu, Kemal Tolga, Erdogan, Cem, Leone, Marc, Ferrer, Ricard, Paiva, José-Artur, Hayashi, Yoshiro, Ramanan, Mahesh, Conway Morris, Andrew, Barbier, François, Timsit, Jean-François, Lipman, Jeffrey, Litton, Edward, Palermo, Anna Maria, Yap, Timothy, Eroglu, Ege, Hosokawa, Koji, Yoshida, Hideki ... Hamid, Hytham K. S. (2022). Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients: a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact II study. Critical Care, 26 (1) 319, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04166-y

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000613

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Assessing need for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using Power BI for data visualisation

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Gill, Denzil, Doan, Tan, Bosley, Emma, Rashford, Stephen, Dennis, Mark and Shekar, Kiran (2021). Assessing need for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using Power BI for data visualisation. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33 (4), 685-690. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13704

• Phosphate abnormalities and outcomes among admissions to the intensive care unit: a retrospective multicentre cohort study

  Sin, Jeremy Cheuk Kin, Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh and Tabah, Alexis (2021). Phosphate abnormalities and outcomes among admissions to the intensive care unit: a retrospective multicentre cohort study. Journal of Critical Care, 64, 154-159. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.03.012

• An evaluation of factors that may influence clinicians’ decisions not to enroll eligible patients into randomized trials in critical care

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Billot, Laurent, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Myburgh, John and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2021). An evaluation of factors that may influence clinicians’ decisions not to enroll eligible patients into randomized trials in critical care. PLoS One, 16 (7) e0255361, e0255361. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255361

• Long-term outcome of prolonged critical illness: a multicentered study in North Brisbane, Australia

  Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh, Shekar, Kiran, Edwards, Felicity, Clement, Pierre and Tabah, Alexis (2021). Long-term outcome of prolonged critical illness: a multicentered study in North Brisbane, Australia. PLoS One, 16 (4) e0249840, e0249840. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249840

• Physical restraints and post-traumatic stress disorder in survivors of critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Franks, Zenan M., Alcock, Jonathan A., Lam, Tommy, Haines, Kimberley J., Arora, Nitin and Ramanan, Mahesh (2021). Physical restraints and post-traumatic stress disorder in survivors of critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18 (4), 689-697. doi: 10.1513/annalsats.202006-738oc

• A protocol for tracking outcomes post intensive care

  Flaws, Dylan F., Barnett, Adrian, Fraser, John, Latu, Jiville, Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis, Tippett, Vivienne, Tronstad, Oystein and Patterson, Sue (2021). A protocol for tracking outcomes post intensive care. Nursing in Critical Care, 27 (3) nicc.12613, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/nicc.12613

• Rapid translation of COVID-19 preprint data into critical care practice

  Burrell, Aidan J.C., Neto, Ary Serpa, Trapani, Tony, Broadley, Tessa, French, Craig, Udy, Andrew A., Visser, Adam, Mattke, Adrian, Regli, Adrian, Rashid, Alan, Tabah, Alexis, Walker, Alison, Cheng, Allen, Corley, Amanda, Ramnani, Anil, Leditschke, Anne, Eidan, Anthony, DeKeulenaer, Bart, Mevavala, Baumik, Mulholland, Ben, Reddi, Benjamin, Richards, Brent, Knott, Cameron, Moore, Cara, Delzoppo, Carmel, Boschert, Catherine, Tacon, Catherine, Corrigan, Claire, Austin, Danielle ... Albassam, Wisam (2021). Rapid translation of COVID-19 preprint data into critical care practice. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 203 (3), 368-371. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202009-3661LE

• Intensive care digital health response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19

  Kirrane, Marianne D., Shrapnel, Sally, Ramanan, Mahesh, Clement, Pierre, Fraser, John F., Laupland, Kevin B., Sullivan, Clair M. and Shekar, Kiran (2021). Intensive care digital health response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 49 (2), 0310057X2097577-111. doi: 10.1177/0310057x20975777

• Personal protective equipment use by healthcare workers in intensive care unit during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a secondary analysis of the PPE-SAFE survey

  Ippolito, Mariachiara, Ramanan, Mahesh, Bellina, Davide, Catalisano, Giulia, Iozzo, Pasquale, Di Guardo, Andrea, Moscarelli, Alessandra, Grasselli, Giacomo, Giarratano, Antonino, Bassetti, Matteo, Tabah, Alexis and Cortegiani, Andrea (2021). Personal protective equipment use by healthcare workers in intensive care unit during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a secondary analysis of the PPE-SAFE survey. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 8, 204993612199856. doi: 10.1177/2049936121998562

• Prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, translating research and implementing practice change from bench to bedside in the era of coronavirus disease 2019

  Apte, Yogesh, Jacobs, Kylie, Shewdin, Shaun, Murray, Andrew, Tung, Luke, Ramanan, Mahesh and Massey, Debbie (2021). Prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, translating research and implementing practice change from bench to bedside in the era of coronavirus disease 2019. Australian Critical Care, 34 (2), 176-181. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2020.08.002

• Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic

  Burrell, Aidan JC, Pellegrini, Breanna, Salimi, Farhad, Begum, Husna, Broadley, Tessa, Campbell, Lewis T, Cheng, Allen C, Cheung, Winston, Cooper, D James, Earnest, Arul, 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, Trapani, Tony, Webb, Steve A and Udy, Andrew A (2020). Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic. Medical Journal of Australia, 214 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50883

• Should critically ill patients with COVID-19 be managed in high-volume ICUs?

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Burrell, Aidan and Udy, Andrew (2020). Should critically ill patients with COVID-19 be managed in high-volume ICUs?. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 23 (4), 394-396. doi: 10.51893/2020.4.l1

• Determinants of serum magnesium abnormalities and outcome among admissions to the intensive care unit

  Laupland, Kevin B., Tabah, Alexis, Jacobs, Nicole and Ramanan, Mahesh (2020). Determinants of serum magnesium abnormalities and outcome among admissions to the intensive care unit. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 39 (6), 793-797. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2020.07.020

• A national survey of intensive care follow-up clinics in Australia

  Cook, Katrina, Bartholdy, Roland, Raven, Monique, von Dohren, Gary, Rai, Sumeet, Haines, Kimberley and Ramanan, Mahesh (2020). A national survey of intensive care follow-up clinics in Australia. Australian Critical Care, 33 (6), 533-537. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2020.03.005

• Physical restraint of patients in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units

  Maiden, Matthew J., Bone, Allison, Fitzpatrick, Megan, Hammond, Naomi, Knowles, Serena, Gao, Annie, Li, Yang, Myburgh, John, Seppelt, Ian, Grattan, Sarah, Nangla, Conrad, Duke, Graeme, Shelton, Andrew, Kokotsis, Nick, Parker, Dianne, McGuinness, Shay, Parke, Rachael, Gilder, Eileen, Butler, Magdalena, Cowdrey, Keri-Anne, Ryan, Samantha, Woollett, Melissa, Duffy, Karina, McArthur, Colin, Newby, Lynette, Chen, Yan, McConnochie, Rachael, Simmonds, Catherine, Richardson, Angus ... The George Institute for Global Health, and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (2020). Physical restraint of patients in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units. Intensive Care Medicine, 47 (2), 234-236. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06287-w

• Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 era (PPE-SAFE): an international survey

  Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh, Laupland, Kevin B., Buetti, Niccolò, Cortegiani, Andrea, Mellinghoff, Johannes, Conway Morris, Andrew, Comporota, Luigi, Zappella, Nathalie, Elhadi, Muhammed, Povoa, Pedro, Amrein, Karin, Vidal, Gabriela, Derde, Lennie, Bassetti, Matteo, Francois, Guy, Ssi yan kai, Nathalie and De Waele, Jan J. (2020). Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 era (PPE-SAFE): an international survey. Journal of Critical Care, 59, 70-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.06.005

• An evaluation of the quality and impact of the global research response to the COVID ‐19 pandemic

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Stolz, Annaliese, Rooplalsingh, Rajiv, Billot, Laurent, Myburgh, John and Venkatesh, Bala (2020). An evaluation of the quality and impact of the global research response to the COVID ‐19 pandemic. Medical Journal of Australia, 213 (8) 50790, 380-380.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50790

• Albumin use after cardiac surgery

  Matebele, Mbakise P., Ramanan, Mahesh, Thompson, Kelly, Cornmell, George, Naidoo, Rishendran V. and Shekar, Kiran (2020). Albumin use after cardiac surgery. Critical Care Explorations, 2 (7), e0164. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000164

• Oxygen exposure as quantified by time-weighted area under curve for arterial oxygen content is associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

  Harvey, James P., Jayawardena, Dayal G. and Ramanan, Mahesh (2020). Oxygen exposure as quantified by time-weighted area under curve for arterial oxygen content is associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Research and Opinion in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, 7 (2), 197-204. doi: 10.4103/roaic.roaic_84_19

• Does asymmetry in patient recruitment in large critical care trials follow the Pareto principle?

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Billot, Laurent, Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn, Myburgh, John, Finfer, Simon, Bellomo, Rinaldo and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2020). Does asymmetry in patient recruitment in large critical care trials follow the Pareto principle?. Trials, 21 (1) 378, 378. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04279-1

• Corrigendum to “Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 Era (PPE-SAFE): An international survey” [Journal of Critical Care, Volume 59, October 2020, Pages 70–75] (Journal of Critical Care (2020) 59 (70–75), (S088394412030592X), (10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.06.005))

  Tabah, Alexis, Ramanan, Mahesh, Laupland, Kevin B., Buetti, Niccolò, Cortegiani, Andrea, Mellinghoff, Johannes, Conway Morris, Andrew, Camporota, Luigi, Zappella, Nathalie, Elhadi, Muhammed, Povoa, Pedro, Amrein, Karin, Vidal, Gabriela, Derde, Lennie, Francois, Guy, Bassetti, Matteo, Ssi Yan Kai, Nathalie and De Waele, Jan J. (2020). Corrigendum to “Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 Era (PPE-SAFE): An international survey” [Journal of Critical Care, Volume 59, October 2020, Pages 70–75] (Journal of Critical Care (2020) 59 (70–75), (S088394412030592X), (10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.06.005)). Journal of Critical Care, 63, 280-281. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.10.010

• Steroids and Sepsis: the Debate Continues

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Cohen, Jeremy and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2019). Steroids and Sepsis: the Debate Continues. International Anesthesiology Clinics, 57 (2), 17-30. doi: 10.1097/AIA.0000000000000220

• The effect of ICU diaries on psychological outcomes and quality of life of survivors of critical illness and their relatives: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  McIlroy, Philippa A., King, Rebecca S., Garrouste-Orgeas, Maité, Tabah, Alexis and Ramanan, Mahesh (2019). The effect of ICU diaries on psychological outcomes and quality of life of survivors of critical illness and their relatives: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care Medicine, 47 (2), 273-279. doi: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000003547

• The association between arterial oxygen tension, hemoglobin concentration, and mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

  Ramanan, Mahesh and Fisher, Nick (2018). The association between arterial oxygen tension, hemoglobin concentration, and mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 22 (7), 477-484+. doi: 10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_66_18

• Publication of secondary analyses from randomized trials in critical care

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Myburgh, John, Finfer, Simon, Bellomo, Rinaldo and Venkatesh, Balasubramanian (2016). Publication of secondary analyses from randomized trials in critical care. New England Journal of Medicine, 375 (21), 2105-2106. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1610367

• A meta-analysis of ventriculostomy-associated cerebrospinal fluid infections

  Ramanan, Mahesh, Lipman, Jeffrey, Shorr, Andrew and Shankar, Aparna (2015). A meta-analysis of ventriculostomy-associated cerebrospinal fluid infections. Bmc Infectious Diseases, 15 (1) 712, 3. doi: 10.1186/s12879-014-0712-z

• Epidemiology of traumatic head injury from a major paediatric trauma centre in New South Wales, Australia

  Amaranath, Jeevaka E., Ramanan, Mahesh, Reagh, Jessica, Saekang, Eilen, Prasad, Narayan, Chaseling, Raymond and Soundappan, Sannappa (2014). Epidemiology of traumatic head injury from a major paediatric trauma centre in New South Wales, Australia. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84 (6), 424-428. doi: 10.1111/ans.12445

• Minimally invasive surgery for primary supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhage

  Ramanan, Mahesh and Shankar, Aparna (2013). Minimally invasive surgery for primary supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhage. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 20 (12), 1650-1658. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.03.022

• Paediatric brain tumours treated at a single, tertiary paediatric neurosurgical referral centre from 1999 to 2010 in Australia

  Ramanan, Mahesh and Chaseling, Raymond (2012). Paediatric brain tumours treated at a single, tertiary paediatric neurosurgical referral centre from 1999 to 2010 in Australia. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 19 (10), 1387-1391. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.028

• Common peroneal nerve decompression

  Ramanan, Mahesh and Chandran, K. Nadana (2011). Common peroneal nerve decompression. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 81 (10), 707-712. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05607.x

• Resolution of trigeminal neuralgia following pontine haemorrhage

  Ramanan, Mahesh and Dexter, Mark (2011). Resolution of trigeminal neuralgia following pontine haemorrhage. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 18 (9), 1271-1273. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.02.032