Dr. RAVIKUMAR K

Languages Known

Tamil, Hindi, English, Gujarati

Area(s) of expertise/Special interest

Antimicrobials, Infection control, Quality control, Severe dengue, Congenital cardiac conditions (pre-op & post-op management), Simulation

Professional Experience

• 13 years of pediatric intensive care
• 17 years of general pediatrics

Affiliations /Certifications / Memberships

Accredited teacher & examiner of the Indian College of Pediatric Critical Care & National Board of Examinations (pediatric intensive care). Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Indian Academy of Pediatrics-Intensive care chapter, Indian society of Critical Care Medicine. Past EB member of ISCCM, Chennai branch

Publications

• Kalaimaran Sadasivam, Srinivas Kowshik M, Ravikumar Krupanandan, Bala Ramachandran, Ganeshamurthy K. Heparin vs Saline Infusion to Maintain Patency of Arterial Catheters in Children: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Non-Inferiority Trial. Indian Pediatrics – Jan 2024 
• Krupanandan RK, Kapalavai SK, Ekka AS, Balusamy I, Sadasivam K, Nambi P 
• S, Ramachandran B. Active surveillance for carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) using stool cultures as a method to decrease CRE infections in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Indian J Med Microbiol. 2023 Jul-Aug;44:100370. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100370. Epub 2023 May 2. PMID: 37356850
• Krupanandan R. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity: It is Time to Use the New Diagnostic Criteria. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26 (11):1165-1166
• Pediatric acute liver failure: An experience of a pediatric intensive care unit from resource-limited settings – Amatya P, Kapalavai SK, Deep A, Sankarnarayanan S, Ramachandran B, Krupanandan R, Sadasivam K. Front Pediatr. 2022 Sep
• The usefulness of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children. - Kapalavai SK, Ramachandran B, Krupanandan R, Sadasivam K. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 May
• Safety and Feasibility of Antibiotic De-escalation in Critically Ill Children With Sepsis - A Prospective Analytical Study From a Pediatric ICU - Battula V, Krupanandan RK, Nambi PS, Ramachandran B. Front Pediatr. 2021 Mar 
• A six-year study on peripheral venous catheter-associated BSI rates in 262 ICUs in eight countries of South-East Asia: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium findings. - Victor. D. Rosenthal, Ramachandran B, Krupanandan R - J Vasc Access. 2021 Jan
• A Child with Unilateral Pulmonary Edema Due to Mitral Valve Rupture Following Blunt Trauma. - Mukherjee S, Ravikumar K, Kapalavai SK, Ramachandran B. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Jun
• Transport-related adverse events in critically ill children – The role of a dedicated transport team - Sumant Prabhudesai. Mohanbabu Kasala, Nitin Manwani, K Ravikumar, B. Ramachnadran – Indian Pediatrics – August 2017
• Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: a rare cause of extreme neutrophilia in a child - Gayathri Satish, Arathi Srinivasan, Shruti Irene Varghese, Ravi Kumar, Bala Ramachandran, Julius Xavier Scott, Sarala Rajajee - International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics; January-March 2016
• Humidified high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy – Bala Ramachandran, Nitin Manwani, Ravikumar K – Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics; Jan-March 2016
• International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 50 countries for 2010-2015. Device-associated module AJIC December 2016; Victor. D. Rosenthal, Ramachandran B, Krupanandan R
• Acquired Toxoplasmosis Presenting with a Brainstem Granuloma in an Immunocompetent Adolescent - Nitin Manwani, K Ravikumar, V Viswanathan, Santosh Mohan Rao, Anita Mahadevan – Indian Pediatrics; February 2016
• Management of acute complications of pediatric burns — our experience of 7 years Mathangi K. Ramakrishnan, Karnam G. Ravikumar, Krupanandan Ravikumar, Thangarajan Mathivanan, Venkataraman Jayaraman, Mary Babu – Indian Journal of Burns; January - December 2015
• International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012. Device-associated module AJIC September 2014; Victor. D. Rosenthal, Ramachandran B, Krupanandan R