Dr. BALA RAMACHANDRAN

Languages Known

English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu

Area(s) of expertise(S)

Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Professional Experience

30 years

Certifications / Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Publications

• “Transient methemoglobinemia in an infant” Venkateswari R, Ganesh R, Deenadayalan M et al ( author #5). Indian J Pediatr 2007; 74(11):1037-1038
• International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium report, data summary for 2002-2007, issued January 2008” Rosenthal VD, Maki DG, Mehta A et al. Am J Infect Control. 2008 Nov;36(9):627-37. Epub 2008 Oct 3
• "Drug Delivery Devices” Ramachandran B and Ravikumar KG. Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics 2008;10(1):39-43
• “Management of cerebral edema” Narayanan A, Ramachandran B Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics 2009; 11(4) 350-354
• “Guidelines for treatment of septic shock in resource-limited environments” Singhi S, Khilnani P, Lodha R et al ( author #7). Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2009; 4(2):173-192
• “Pediatric sepsis guidelines summary for resource-limited countries” Khilnani P, Singhi S, Lodha R et al (author #9). Ind J Crit Care Med 2010; 14(1) : 41-52
• “International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary for 2003-2008, issued June 2009” Rosenthal VD, Maki DG, Jamulitrat S, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2010 Mar;38(2):95-104.e2
• “Impact of International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) strategy on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in the intensive care units of 15 developing countries” Rosenthal VD, Maki DG, Rodrigues C et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;31(12):1264-72. Epub 2010 Oct 28
• “Medical Documentation” Ramachandran B Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics 2010; 12(4) 386-388
• “Profile of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in children in a tertiary care hospital in India” Ramachandran B, Balasubramanian S, Narayanan A, et al. Indian Pediatr. 2011 Jan 7;48(1):31-5. Epub 2010 Aug 1
• “Comparison of bedside and laboratory blood glucose estimations in critically ill children with shock” Ramachandran B, Ramaswami S, Ravikumar KG and Kissoon N. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2011 Nov; 12(6):e297-301
• “Profile of burn sepsis, challenges and outcome in an exclusive children’s hospital in Chennai, India” Ramakrishnan KM, Jayaraman V, Babu M et al (author #4) Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters 2012 March; 25(1):13-16
• “Dengue viral infections in children: a perspective” Balasubramaniam S, Ramachandran B, Amperayani S. Arch Dis Child 2012 Oct; 97(10):907-12 
• “International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 36 countries, for 2004-2009” Rosenthal VD, Bijie H, Maki DG, Mehta Y et al. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Jun;40(5):396-407. Epub 2011 Sep 10
• “Effectiveness of a multidimensional approach to reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care units of 5 developing countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium findings” Rosenthal VD, Alvarez-Moreno C, Villamil-Gómez W et al. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Aug;40(6):497-501. Epub 2011 Nov 3
• “Impact of a multidimensional infection control strategy on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in pediatric intensive care units of five developing countries: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)” Rosenthal VD, Ramachandran B, Villamil-Gómez W et al. Infection. 2012 Aug;40(4):415-23. Epub 2012 Feb 28
• “Socioeconomic impact on device-associated infections in pediatric intensive care units of 16 limited-resource countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium findings” Rosenthal VD, Jarvis WR, Jamulitrat S., Ramachandran B Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;13(4):399-406
• “Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC), Part I: Effectiveness of a multidimensional infection control approach on catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates in pediatric intensive care units of 6 developing countries” Rosenthal VD, Ramachandran B, Dueñas L et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;33(7):696-703. Epub 2012 May 24
• “Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children – more than Just Urine Output” Indian J Crit Care Med 2013; 17:203-4 (editorial)
• “Tropical Infections in the PICU” Prabhudesai S, Ramachandran B. Ind J Practical Pediatr 2013; 15(4):271
• “Guidelines for the Prevention of Infections Associated with the Use of Vascular Catheters in Indian Intensive Care Units” Bhagwati A, Singhi S, Ramachandran B, Ramakrishnan N, Gopalakrishnan R et al. Indian J Crit Care Med 2013; 17 (5):3-14
• “Pediatric Brain Death Guidelines” Pediatric Brain Death Guidelines Group. J Ped Crit Care 2014; 1(4):302-305
• “International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012: device associated module” Rosenthal V et al. Am. J. Infect. Control 42 (2014) 942-56
• “Accuracy of a real-time continuous glucose monitoring system in children with septic shock: a pilot study” Prabhudesai S, Kanjani A, Bhagat I, Ravikumar KG and Ramachandran B Ind J Crit Care Med 2015;19:642-7
• “Device associated infection rates in 40 hospitals from 20 cities of India, Data summary for 2004-2013: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium’s findings” Mehta Y, Jaggi N, Rosenthal V, Kavathekar M, Sakle A et al. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;00(0):1-10
• “Acquired Toxoplasmosis Presenting with a Brainstem Granuloma in an Immunocompetent Adolescent” Manwani N et al. Ind. Pediatr. 2016; 53(2):159-161
• “Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: a rare case of extreme neutrophilia in a child” Satsh G et al Int J Contemp Pediatr. 2016 Feb;3(1):294-296 
• “Successful use of high dose Daptomycin in a child with Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis” Prabhudesai S, Kanjani A, Nambi PS, Gnanasambandam S, Ramachandran B. Ped Inf Dis J 2016; 35(5):517-8
• “Anti-N-Methyl D-Aspartate receptor encephalitis in an adolescent girl with ovarian teratoma” Surendra HS, Prabhudesai S, Viswanathan V, Ramachandran B. Ind J Practical Ped 2016; 
• “Humidified High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy” Ramachandran B, Manwani N, Ravikumar K, Ind J Practical Ped 2016; 18(1):52
• “Humidified high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy in children – a narrative review” Kesavan S, Ramachandran B. J Ped Crit Care 2016: 3(4)
• “Tracheomalacia due to a vascular anomaly in a young child” Langanecha B, Prabhudesai S, Ramachandran B, Balakrishnan KR. Ind J Practical Pediatr 2016; 18(3):290
• “International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium report, data summary of 50 countries for 2010-2015: device associated module” Rosenthal V et al. Am. J. Infect. Control 44 (2016) 1495-504
• “Langerhans cell sarcoma presenting as a mediastinal mass in a young infant: a case report” Surendra S, Prabhudesai S, Srinivasan A, Ramachandran B, Scott JX. Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research 2017; 4 (2) 193-196
• “Transport related adverse effects in critically ill children – the role of a dedicated transport team” Prabhudesai S, Mohanbabu K, Manwani N, Ravikumar K, Ramachandran B Ind Pediatr 2017; 54(11):942-45
• “Decompression escharotomies of burns in children between the ages of 0 and 18 years” Ramakrishnan KM, Ramachandran B, Ravi R, Mathivanan T, Ravikumar KG and Jayaraman V. Ind J Burns 2018;26:99-102
• “Exfoliative diseases of the integument and mucous membrane that mimic deep 2nd-degree burns with or without sepsis” Ramakrishnan KM, Ramachandran B, Ravikumar KG, Ravikumar K, Ramkumar R, Jayaraman V, et al. Indian J Burns 2018;26:20-3
• “Diphtheritic membrane – an alternative approach” Kumar S, Ramachandran B, Sadasivam K. Arch Dis Child Epub ahead of print 11 July 2019. doi:10.1136/arch dis child-2019-317321
• “Hyperinflammatory syndrome in a child with COVID-19 treated successfully with Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Tocilizumab” Balasubramanian S, Nagendran M, Ramachandran B, Ramanan AV. Indian Pediatr May 10, 2020 (epub ahead of print)
• “Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome - Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) in Indian Children” Dhanalakshmi K, Ramachandran B, et al. Indian Pediatrics Aug 6, 2020 (epub ahead of print)
• “Consensus guidelines for Pediatric Intensive Care Units in India” Khilnani P, Ramachandran B, Shaikh F, Sharma R, Sachdev A et al. Ind Pediatr Aug 29, 2020 (epub ahead of print)
• Sadasivam K, Ramachandran B. A Survey of Humidified High-flow Nasal Cannula Usage in Indian Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(10):996–998
• Battula V, Krupanandan RK, Nambi PS and Ramachandran B (2021) Safety and Feasibility of Antibiotic De-escalation in Critically Ill Children With Sepsis – A Prospective Analytical Study From a Pediatric ICU. Front. Pediatr. 9:640857. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.640857
• Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Ider Bat-Erdene, Debkishore Gupta, Prasad Rajhans, Sheila Nainan Myatra, S Muralidharan et al. 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. J Vasc Access2021 Jan;22(1):34-41. doi:10.1177/1129729820917259. Epub 2020 May 14
• Sudeep K and Ramachandran B. “Non-invasive Ventilation in children”. Clinical key India Point of Care review series, Elsevier, 2021
• Mukherjee S, Ravikumar K, Sudeep KK, Ramachandran B. “A child with unilateral pulmonary edema due to mitral valve rupture following blunt trauma” Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (2021): 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23859
• Kapalavai SKI, Ramachandran B, Krupanandan K, Sadasivam K. "Usefulness of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin as a predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in critically ill children" Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (2021); https://www.ijccm.org/doi/IJCCM/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24147
• Seth AK, Mohanka R, Navin S, Gokhale A, Sharma A, Kumar A, Ramachandran B et al. “Organ Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death in India: a joint position paper”  Ind J Crit Care Med (2022): 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24198
• Seth AK, Mohanka R, Navin S, Gokhale A, Sharma A, Kumar A, Ramachandran B et al. “Organ Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death in India: a joint position paper”  Ind J Transplant 2022; 16:26-41
• Amatya P, Kapalavai S, Sadasivam K, Ravikumar K, and Ramachandran B. “Pediatric acute liver failure” an experience from an intensive care unit in a resource-limited setting” Frontiers in Pediatrics 2022 https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.956699
• Ravikumar K, Sudeep Kumar K, Ekka Alok, Indhiradevi B, Sadasivam K, Nambi S, and 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). Ind J Med. Microbiol 44 (2023). . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100370
• Jha N, Ramachandran B. “Role of IAP-ALS concepts in identifying a sick child in a busy clinic”. Ind. J. Practical Pediatrics 2023
• Sadasivam K, Malluri K and Ramachandran B. “Heparin versus Saline Infusion to Maintain Patency of Arterial Catheters in Children: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Non-Inferiority Trial”.Indian Pediatrics 2023