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Dr. Muralidharan R
Associate Consultant
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Dr. Muralidharan R MBBS, MD, DNB, DM(Critical Care)
Associate Consultant
Dr Muralidharan Ramaraj is an associate consultant in Critical Care. He did his MBBS from Amala Medical college, Thrissur. He then went on to do his post graduate training in MD Pulmonary medicine from Govt medical college Patiala, Punjab. He also cleared DNB Pulmonary Medicine from NBE. He then did a fellowship in critical care medicine (IDCCM) from St John’s medical college, Bangalore, and completed DM Critical care from St John’s medical college. He has cleared EDIC exam conducted by ESICM.
He is well trained in handling wide variety of critical patients with Septic shock, Polytrauma, Oncology, Neurosurgical & Neurological patients, Cardiac Cases, Pregnancy related emergencies, AKI & CKD patients, Gastroenterology, Poisoning , Endocrine and Hepatology cases.
Areas of Interest:
- Respiratory critical care- ARDS , Weaning, Ventilator management
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- End of life care and communication
Qualifications
- MBBS- Amala Medical College, Thrissur
- MD – Pulmonary Medicine – Govt. Medical College Patiala
- DNB - Pulmonary Medicine – National Board of Examination
- DM – Critical Care Medicine - St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
- IDCCM- St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
- EDIC- ESICM
Work Experience
- Worked as Senior resident in Dept of Critical Care Medicine, St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
- Worked as Consultant in Dept of Pulmonary medicine and critical care- Delhi Heart hospital , Bathinda , Punjab
Research
- Prediction of extubation outcome with P0.1,parasternal intercostal muscle, diaphragm thickness- A prospective study - 2021 to 2023
- Prevalence of tuberculosis among contacts of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis - a prospective study- 2015 to 2017
Publications
- “Unilateral Agenesis of the Lung”: A Rare Entity, Urvinderpal Singh, Daksh Jhim, Sunil Kumar,Vidhu Mittal, Navdeep Singh, Hitesh Gour, Muralidharan Ramaraj Published in The American journal of case reports 2015 DOI:10.12659/AJCR.892385.
- Singh, U., Kumar, S., Gour, H., Singh, N., Ramaraj, M., Mittal, V., & Jhim, D. (2015).”Complicated hydatid cyst and "air bubble" sign: a stepping-stone to correct diagnosis”. The American journal of case reports, 16, 20-4. doi:10.12659/AJCR.892621.
- Singh U, Mohan V, Goyal D.K, Ramaraj M, Shailly, Poduvattil P, Kaur R.P, Abraham J. ”Hypoplasia of lung a rare entity mimicking as a case of tuberculosis”. Int J Med Res Rev2017;5(03):315-319 doi:10.17511/ijmrr. 2017.i03.16.
- “Pleural nodules: A rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis” :Urvinderpal Singh, VinayMohan, Navdeep Singh, Daksh Jhim, Muralidharan Ramaraj, Areekkara Poduvattil Prasanth,Hitesh Gour, and Shailly. Lung India. 2016 Nov-Dec; 33(6): 699–701.doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.192855.
- Poduvattil, P., Kumari, S., Mohan, V., Ramaraj, M., Deshawar, S., Singh, N, Gour, H. (2016). “To Determine the Outcome of Standardized Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant TB Among Pediatric Age Group at Drug-Resistance Tuberculosis Centre (DR-TB CENTRE) In Patiala”, India. Chest,150(4), 203A.doi:10.1016/j.chest.2016.08.212.
- Dr. Urvinderpal Singh, Dr. Navdeep Singh, Dr. Vinay Mohan, Dr. Hitesh Gour, Dr. Daksh Jhim,Dr. Muralidharan Ramaraj, Dr. Areekkara Poduvattil Prasanth, Dr. Shailly Deshawar, Dr BaljeetSingh Virk. “Varied Presentations of Paradoxical Upgrading Reactions in Pulmonary Tuberculosis”, International Journal of Scientific Research, Volume : 5 | Issue : 12 |December 2016.
Presentations
- Prediction of extubation outcome with P0.1,parasternal intercostal muscle, diaphragm thickness- A prospective study - Oral presentation in South Zone Critical Care conference 2023,Hyderabad.
- Pyridostigmine induced myocardial infarction in a case of myasthenia gravis in crisis- a case report-poster presentation in CRITIQUEST 2023, St John’s Medical college , Bangalore.
- A fatal case of CNS melioidosis with severe brain stem dysfunction - a case report – poster presentation at CRITICARE 2023.
Book Chapters
- Restrictive lung disorders- Decision making in critical care by Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni (2023).
- Chest Physiotherapy in ICU- Textbook of Mechanical Ventilation by Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni(2023).
Dr. Muralidharan R
Associate Consultant