Krishnaswamy Sundararajan
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Krishnaswamy (Krish) Sundararajan graduated from MBBS at The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Madras, India in 2000.
Attained his Fellowship of College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) and Doctorate in Medicine (MD) in Anaesthesiology in India in 2005, and Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM) in 2009 and the European Diploma in Intensive care Medicine (EDIC) in 2010.
Gold Medallist in the Fellowship in Anaesthesiology (FCPS) 2005
Winner of B Braun International Scholarship for Scientific and Academic excellence in Anaesthesiology (2005). Joined the full-time staff of the RAH ICU in 2010.
Postgraduate certificate in clinical ultrasound in 2011. Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management in 2012. Masters in Health Administration in 2014. Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators ( 2019)
Master of Public Health in 2021 and Master of Philosophy in 2021
He is currently the Director of ICU, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN).
Research interests include:
- Health services research
- Quality improvement and economic evaluation
- Patient and Family Support (Clinical Psychology) – Qualitative research
- Peer support for ICU patients
- Medical Emergency Teams and Tracheostomy Outreach Teams
- Patient safety, clinical audits, outcomes in critically ill patients
Research Collaborations include:
- ARISE study - Principal Investigator for the RAH. Adelaide
- ADRENAL Study - Principal Investigator for the RAH. Adelaide
- PRICE study (Psychological stress in Intensive care unit evaluation) - Multicentre study in Australia
- INSPIRED study (Impact on New-Onset stress and PTSD by diaries)
- Goal-directed resuscitation for patients with early septic shock.
ARISE Investigators; ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 16;371(16):1496-506
- The Australasian Resuscitation in Sepsis Evaluation (ARISE) trial statistical analysis plan.
Delaney AP1, Peake SL, Bellomo R, Cameron P, Holdgate A, Howe B, Higgins A, Presneill J, Webb S; ARISE investigators. Crit Care Resusc. 2013 Sep;15(3):162-71.
- The Australasian Resuscitation in Sepsis Evaluation (ARISE) trial statistical analysis plan.
Delaney A, Peake SL, Bellomo R, Cameron P, Holdgate A, Howe B, Higgins A, Presneill J, Webb S; ARISE Investigators. Emerg Med Australas. 2013 Oct;25(5):406-15
- Active Participation in the following trials completed/ currently underway at the RAH-ICU
- ACCESS (Sepsis) / PROWESS study
- Motilin agonist study (GSK 962040 )
- Surfactant Study (CARDS)
- EPO-TBI study
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2015 - 2019 Deputy Director - ICU and Clinical Director - Safety & Quality Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) 2010 - 2015 Consultant Intensive Care Physician and Clinical Lead: ICU Safety & Quality, Intensive Care Unit Royal Adelaide Hospital 2005 - 2010 Registrar/Senior Registrar, Intensive Care Unit Royal Adelaide Hospital -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2014 Award Young Talent Award Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine India - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Hindi Can read, write, speak and understand spoken Tamil Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2021 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Philosophy 2021 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Public Health 2016 University of Adelaide Australia Graduate Certificate in Higher Education 2016 University of Queensland Australia Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Echocardiography (GCCritCareEcho) 2013 Flinders University Australia Masters in Health Administration 2012 Flinders University Australia Graduate Diploma in Health Administration 2011 Flinders University Australia Graduate Certificate in Health Administration 2010 University of Melbourne Australia Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound 2005 University of Mumbai India Doctorate in Medicine (MD) in Anaesthesiology 2000 Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University India MBBS -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2020 Fellow Australasian College of Health Service Management (FACHSM) Australia 2020 Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors Australia 2019 Fellow Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) Australia 2016 Associate Fellow Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) Australia 2014 Associate Fellow Australasian College of Health Service Management (AFCHSM) Australia 2010 Foundation Fellow College of Intensive Care Medicine Australia 2009 Fellow Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FJFICM) Australia 2008 European Diploma of Intensive Care (EDIC) European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Switzerland 2006 Overseas Trained Specialist Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Australia 2005 Fellowship in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (FCPS) College Of Physicians & Surgeons of Bombay India 2005 Diplomate of National Board (DNB) National Board of Examinations India 2004 Diploma in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care College Of Physicians & Surgeons of Bombay India -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Rai, S., Neeman, T., Brown, R., Sundararajan, K., Rajamani, A., Miu, M., . . . Needham, D. M. (2024). Psychological symptoms and health-related quality of life in intubated and non-intubated intensive care survivors: A multicentre, prospective observational cohort study. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 26(1), 8-15.
2024 Ling, R. R., Ueno, R., Alamgeer, M., Sundararajan, K., Sundar, R., Bailey, M., . . . Subramaniam, A. (2024). FRailty in Australian patients admitted to Intensive care unit after eLective CANCER-related SURGery: a retrospective multicentre cohort study (FRAIL-CANCER-SURG study). British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(4), 695-706.
2024 Yarham, R., Goh, R., Raith, E. P., Sundararajan, K., & Kleinig, T. (2024). Disseminated Aspergillosis with Mediastinal Invasion Causing Fatal Stroke in an Immunocompetent Young Man. Case Reports in Neurology, 16(1), 63-70.
2024 Behrens, K., Brajanovski, N., Xu, Z., Viney, E. M., DiRago, L., Hediyeh-Zadeh, S., . . . Ng, A. P. (2024). ERG and c-MYC regulate a critical gene network in BCR::ABL1-driven B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Science Advances, 10(10), eadj8803-1-eadj8803-12.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12024 Gunenthiran, S., Law, C. S., Wang, J., Lim, S. Y., Abell, A. D., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Santos, A. (2024). Engineering of Solid-State Nanoporous Laser through Dendrimer-Encapsulated Fluorophores. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 16(12), 15059-15072.
2024 Tunnicliffe, D. J., Bateman, S., Arnold-Chamney, M., Dwyer, K. M., Howell, M., Gebadi, A., . . . Phoon, R. K. (2024). Recommendations for culturally safe clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians: a guideline summary (vol 219, pg 374, 2023). MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 220(6), 310.
2024 Devanand, N. A., Thiruvenkatarajan, V., Liu, W. M., Sirisinghe, I., Court-Kowalski, S., Pryor, L., . . . Sundararajan, K. (2024). Outcomes of percutaneous versus surgical tracheostomy in an Australian Quaternary Intensive Care Unit: An entropy-balanced retrospective study. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 25(3), 279-287.
2024 Sheng, D., Liu, X., Yang, Z., Zhang, M., Li, Y., Ren, P., . . . Chao, D. (2024). Hydrogen Bond Network Regulation in Electrolyte Structure for Zn-based Aqueous Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(37), 31 pages.
Scopus92024 Bowman, G., & Parks, R. W. (2024). Between episodes of strategy: Sociomateriality, sensemaking, and dysfunction in a scenario planning process. Journal of Business Research, 179, 12 pages.
2024 Norup Hertel, J., Isaksen, J. L., Jerltorp, K., Dalgas Nissen, S., Hansen, M., Saljic, A., . . . Linz, D. (2024). Catheter-based pulmonary vein isolation fails to prevent transient atrial arrhythmogenic changes related to acute obstructive respiratory events in a porcine model. Europace, 26(6), 7 pages.
2024 Tuli, J. F., Ramezanpour, M., Cooksley, C., Bouras, G. S., Ogi, K., Feizi, S., . . . Vreugde, S. (2024). Increased antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from chronic rhinosinusitis patients grown in anaerobic conditions. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 9(3), e1244-1-e1244-9.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12024 Terrett, A., Van Loo, M., Sundararajan, K., Brealey, D., Singer, M., Manson, J., & Raith, E. P. (2024). Immune biomarkers and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis.
2024 Sundararajan, K., Raith, E., Hu, R., Damarell, R. A., Subramaniam, A., Anderson, N., & Phelan, C. (2024). Perspectives and insights of critical care clinicians, patients and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds around end-of-life care in an ICU: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 14(11), e090168.
2024 Kilpatrick, F., Kanhere, H., Stranz, C., Prasad, S., Sundararajan, K., Edwards, S., . . . Reddi, B. (2024). Outcomes of open versus minimally invasive oesophagectomy in an Australian quaternary referral centre: a historical case-matched study.. ANZ journal of surgery.
2024 Yadav, N., Chapple, L. A. S., O'Connor, S., Worthington, M., Reddi, B., & Sundararajan, K. (2024). Characteristics, incidence, and outcomes of gastrointestinal complications post cardiac surgery in a quaternary referral centre: A retrospective study. Australian Critical Care, 37(4), 571-576.
Scopus22023 Emerson, P., Flabouris, A., Thomas, J., Fernando, J., Senthuran, S., Knowles, S., . . . Sundararajan, K. (2023). Intensive care utilisation after elective surgery in Australia and New Zealand: A point prevalence study. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 26(1), 1-7.
2023 Emerson, P., Flabouris, A., Thomas, J., Fernando, J., Senthuran, S., & Sundararajan, K. (2023). Intensive care utilisation after elective surgery in Australia and New Zealand: getting the balance right. Australian Health Review, 47(6), 718-720.
2023 Alamgeer, M., Ling, R. R., Ueno, R., Sundararajan, K., Sundar, R., Pilcher, D., & Subramaniam, A. (2023). Frailty and long-term survival among patients in Australian intensive care units with metastatic cancer (FRAIL-CANCER study): a retrospective registry-based cohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 4(12), e675-e684.
Scopus9 WoS2 Europe PMC52022 Sundararajan, K., Bi, P., Milazzo, A., Poole, A., Reddi, B., & Mahmood, M. A. (2022). Preparedness and response to COVID-19 in a quaternary intensive care unit in Australia: perspectives and insights from frontline critical care clinicians.. BMJ open, 12(2), 9 pages.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC32022 Westaway, S., Webber, T., Gluck, S., & Sundararajan, K. (2022). Lost in relocation: longitudinal surveys evaluating the effectiveness of ICU to ward handover after the introduction of an electronic patient record. Hospital Practice, 50(4), 267-272.
2021 Devanand, N. A., & Sundararajan, K. (2021). Gummatous neurosyphilis in an elderly patient in the Australian outback: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 15(1), 4 pages.
Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC12021 Sundararajan, K., Bi, P., Milazzo, A., Poole, A., Reddi, B., & Mahmood, M. A. (2021). The preparedness and response to COVID-19 in a quaternary Intensive Care Unit in Australia: perspectives and insights from frontline critical care clinicians.
2021 Bulle, E. B., Peake, S. L., Finnis, M., Bellomo, R., Delaney, A., Peake, C., . . . Williamson, D. (2021). Time to antimicrobial therapy in septic shock patients treated with an early goal-directed resuscitation protocol: A post-hoc analysis of the ARISE trial. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(3), 409-417.
Scopus5 Europe PMC12021 Nasa, P., Azoulay, E., Khanna, A. K., Jain, R., Gupta, S., Javeri, Y., . . . Myatra, S. N. (2021). Expert consensus statements for the management of COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure using a Delphi method. Critical Care, 25(1), 17 pages.
Scopus134 WoS99 Europe PMC992021 Sundararajan, K., O'Connell, A., Flabouris, A., & Thompson, C. (2021). Responding to clinical deterioration: Diurnal variation in afferent limb failure. Resuscitation, 160, 14-15.
WoS1 Europe PMC12020 Luethi, N., Bailey, M., Higgins, A., Howe, B., Peake, S., Delaney, A., & Bellomo, R. (2020). Gender differences in mortality and quality of life after septic shock: a post-hoc analysis of the ARISE study. Journal of Critical Care, 55, 177-183.
Scopus19 WoS16 Europe PMC72020 Nadkarni, A., Alderson, S., Collett, L., Maiden, M., Reddi, B., & Sundararajan, K. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on an Australian intensive care unit: lessons learned from South Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 50(9), 1146-1150.
Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC62020 Hammond, N. E., Finfer, S. R., Li, Q., Taylor, C., Cohen, J., Arabi, Y., . . . Ochola, J. (2020). Health-related quality of life in survivors of septic shock: 6-month follow-up from the ADRENAL trial. Intensive Care Medicine, 46(9), 1696-1706.
Scopus26 Europe PMC142019 Udy, A. A., Finnis, M., Jones, D., Delaney, A., Macdonald, S., Bellomo, R., & Peake, S. (2019). Incidence, patient characteristics, mode of drug delivery, and outcomes of septic shock patients treated with vasopressors in the ARISE trial. Shock, 52(4), 400-407.
Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC72019 Rai, S., Brown, R., Van Haren, F., Neeman, T., Rajamani, A., Sundararajan, K., & Mitchell, I. (2019). Long-term follow-up for Psychological stRess in Intensive CarE (PRICE) survivors: Study protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational cohort study in Australian intensive care units. BMJ Open, 9(1), 6 pages.
Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC12018 Schoeman, T., Sundararajan, K., Micik, S., Sarada, P., Edwards, S., Poole, A., & Chapman, M. (2018). The impact on new-onset stress and PTSD in relatives of critically ill patients explored by diaries study (The "INSPIRED" study). Australian Critical Care, 31(6), 382-389.
Scopus6 WoS2 Europe PMC22018 Rajendran, V., Sundararajan, K., & Sawka, A. (2018). Aortocaval fistula presenting as Type 2 acute myocardial infarction in a patient with severe arteriopathy. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 22(5), 372-374.
Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC12017 Peake, S. L., Delaney, A., Bailey, M., Bellomo, R., Bennett, V., Board, J., . . . Lightfoot, D. (2017). Potential Impact of the 2016 Consensus Definitions of Sepsis and Septic Shock on Future Sepsis Research. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 70(4), 553-561.e1.
Scopus26 Europe PMC122017 Sundararajan, K., Schoeman, T., Hughes, L., Edwards, S., & Reddi, B. (2017). Predictors and outcomes of acute pancreatitis in critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary referral centre in Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(2), 184-191.
Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC42017 Sundararajan, K., Roberts-Thomson, R. L., Nelson, A. J., & Psaltis, P. J. (2017). Therapeutic paradox: nimodipine attenuates severe coronary spasm following coronary artery graft surgery in a high-risk vasoplegic cancer patient. Internal Medicine Journal, 47(2), 229-231.
2016 Sundararajan, K., Flabouris, A., Thompson, C., & Seppelt, I. (2016). Hospital overnight and evaluation of systems and timelines study: a point prevalence study of practice in Australia and New Zealand. Resuscitation, 100, 1-5.
Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC32016 Sundararajan, K., Flabouris, A., & Thompson, C. (2016). Diurnal variation in the performance of rapid response systems: The role of critical care services-a review article. Journal of Intensive Care, 4(1), 15.
Scopus27 WoS28 Europe PMC182016 Sarada, P. P., & Sundararajan, K. (2016). The devil is in the detail: Acute Guillain-Barré syndrome camouflaged as neurosarcoidosis in a critically ill patient admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 20(4), 238-241.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC42016 Sundararajan, K., Flabouris, A., Thompson, C., & Seppelt, I. (2016). Elderly patients are at high risk of night-time admission to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call. Internal Medicine Journal, 46(12), 1440-1442.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC22015 Sundararajan, K., Gopaldas, J., Somehsa, H., Edwards, S., Shaw, D., & Sambrook, P. (2015). Morbidity and mortality in patients admitted with submandibular space infections to the intensive care unit. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 43(3), 420-422.
Scopus9 Europe PMC52015 Ncomanzi, D., Edwards, S., & Sundararajan, K. (2015). Outcomes and clinical characteristics of critically ill patients requiring inferior vena cava filters in a tertiary referral centre. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 43(3), 422-424. 2015 Sundararajan, K., Milne, D., Edwards, S., Chapman, M., & Shakib, S. (2015). Anti-seizure prophylaxis in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury in an intensive care unit. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 43(5), 646-651.
Scopus8 WoS3 Europe PMC52015 Foo, K. F., Sundararajan, K., Litwin, M., & Hughes, L. (2015). Catastrophic Parasitic Meningoencephalitis Due to. Halicephalobiasis: Case Report. International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports, 42(2), 42-49. 2014 Sundararajan, K., Wills, S., Chacko, B., Kanabar, G., O'Connor, S., & Deane, A. (2014). Impact of delirium and suture-less securement on accidental vascular catheter removal in the ICU. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 42(4), 473-479.
Scopus12 WoS8 Europe PMC42014 Ncomanzi, D., Sicat, R. M. R., & Sundararajan, K. (2014). Metformin-associated lactic acidosis presenting as an ischemic gut in a patient who then survived a cardiac arrest: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 8(1), 159-1-159-4.
Scopus19 Europe PMC132014 Sundararajan, K., Flabouris, A., Keeshan, A., & Cramey, T. (2014). Documentation of limitation of medical therapy at the time of a rapid response team call. Australian Health Review, 38(2), 218-222.
Scopus11 WoS9 Europe PMC72014 Dooney, N., Sundararajan, K., Ramkumar, T., Somogyi, A., Upton, R., Ong, J., . . . Ludbrook, G. (2014). Pharmacokinetics of tramadol after subcutaneous administration in a critically ill population and in a healthy cohort. BMC Anesthesiology, 14(1), 33-1-33-8.
Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC52014 Plummer, M., Bellomo, R., Cousins, C., Annink, C., Sundararajan, K., Reddi, B., . . . Deane, A. (2014). Dysglycaemia in the critically ill and the interaction of chronic and acute glycaemia with mortality. Intensive Care Medicine, 40(7), 973-980.
Scopus162 WoS117 Europe PMC1042014 Sundararajan, K., Martin, M., Rajagopala, S., & Chapman, M. (2014). Posttraumatic stress disorder in close Relatives of Intensive Care unit patients' Evaluation (PRICE) study. Australian Critical Care, 27(4), 183-187.
Scopus49 WoS45 Europe PMC302014 Loo, S. Y., & Sundararajan, K. (2014). Fatal atrial oesophageal fistula following pulmonary vein isolation: an unresolved safety issue. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 15(3), 231-234.
2013 Lee, M., Fraser, J., Chapman, M., Sundararajan, K., Umapathysivam, M., Summers, M., . . . Deane, A. (2013). The effect of exogenous glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide in combination with glucagon-like peptide-1 on glycemia in the critically ill. Diabetes Care, 36(10), 3333-3336.
Scopus16 WoS16 Europe PMC112013 Coventry, C., Flabouris, A., Sundararajan, K., & Cramey, T. (2013). Rapid response team calls to patients with a pre-existing not for resuscitation order. Resuscitation, 84(8), 1035-1039.
Scopus23 WoS21 Europe PMC162012 Sundararajan, K., Sullivan, T., & Chapman, M. (2012). Determinants of family satisfaction in the intensive care unit. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 40(1), 159-165.
Scopus30 WoS29 Europe PMC162012 Sundararajan, K., Sullivan, T. S., & Chapman, M. (2012). Determinants of family satisfaction in the intensive care unit (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (2012) 40 (159-165)). Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 40(2), 351. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2019 O'Callaghan, P. G., Pryor, L., Sundararajan, K., Gately, A., & Dafoe, S. (2019). Implementation of a Structured Multidisciplinary ICU Discharge Process for Long Stay Patients. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Vol. 199 (pp. 2 pages). Dallas, TX: AMER THORACIC SOC. 2016 Sundararajan, K., Schoeman, T., Hughes, L., Rushton, M., Edwards, S., & Reddi, B. A. J. (2016). Severe Acute Pancreatitis In Critically Ill Patients Admitted To A High Acuity Tertiary Referral Centre In Australia. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Vol. 193 (pp. 1 page). San Francisco, CA: AMER THORACIC SOC. 2015 Kindinger, L., MacIntyre, D., Teoh, T. G., & Bennett, P. (2015). Excisional cervical treatment and subsequent cervical volume in pregnancy. In BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY Vol. 122 (pp. 56-57). WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2013 Lee, M., Umapathysivam, M., Deane, A. M., Chapman, M., Sundararajan, K., Fraser, J., . . . Rayner, C. K. (2013). The Effect of Exogenous GIP in Combination With GLP-1 on Glycaemia in Critically Ill Patients. In DIABETES Vol. 62 (pp. A259). AMER DIABETES ASSOC. 2009 Sundararajan, K. (2009). DETERMINANTS OF FAMILY SATISFACTION IN THE ICU. In INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE Vol. 35 (pp. 208). Vienna, AUSTRIA: SPRINGER. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2019 Sundararajan, K., O'Connell, A., Thompson, C., & Flabouris, A. (2019). Responding to Clinical Deterioration: Diurnal Variation in Afferent Limb Failure. Poster session presented at the meeting of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. Dallas, TX: AMER THORACIC SOC. 2017 Sundararajan, K. (2017). Impact of communication on family satisfaction and anxiety in critical care. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER.
DOI WoS12017 Sundararajan, K. (2017). Impact on new onset stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in relatives of patients admitted to an intensive care unit evaluated by diaries study. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. ITALY, Florence: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.
DOI2014 Deane, A. M., Plummer, M. P., Cousins, C. E., Annink, C. E., Sundararajan, K., Reddi, B. A., . . . Bellomo, R. (2014). The Impact Of Premorbid Glycemia On The Association Between Acute Hyperglycemia And Mortality In Critically Ill Patients. Poster session presented at the meeting of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. AMER THORACIC SOC. 2014 Sundararajan, K., Gopaldas, J., Somehsa, H., & Shaw, D. (2014). RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH SUBMANDIBULAR SPACE INFECTIONS TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE. Barcelona, SPAIN: SPRINGER. 2014 Sundararajan, K., Ncomanzi, D., Moss, M., & Edwards, S. (2014). RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER INSERTION ANT) CLINICAL GOVERNANCE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE. Barcelona, SPAIN: SPRINGER. 2013 Sundararajan, K., Martin, M., Sullivan, T. R., & Chapman, M. J. (2013). Post traumatic stress disorder in relatives of patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Poster session presented at the meeting of AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
DOI WoS12013 Plummer, M. P., Zaknic, A. V., Reddi, B. A., Raj, J., Sundararajan, K., Chapman, M. J., . . . Deane, A. M. (2013). The prevalence of unrecognised diabetes and critical-illness induced hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of Oral Presentations and Poster Sessions of the 26th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, as published in Intensive Care Medicine. Paris, France: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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2015 - Maurice Sando Foundation Sponsorship Scheme
Title: Psychological stress in intensive care survivors.
Investigators: Sundararajan K, Chapman MJ, O’Connor S, Raj S, Mitchell I, Brown R and Rajamani A.
Value: $10,000
Undergraduate
2010 – Current: Supervisor of 5th and 6th-year medical students. University of Adelaide
2011 Awarded Professor Derek Frewin citation for clinical teaching
2013 Awarded Professor Derek Frewin citation for clinical teaching
Postgraduate
2009 - Current: Fellowship examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine Adelaide
Course
2008-14: Lecturer - The Basic Intensive Care Medicine (BICMed) Course (Royal Adelaide Hospital)
2009-19: Lecturer - College of Intensive Care Medicine Primary Exam Course and examiner
2010 - Current: ARC certified ALS2 Instructor
2010 - Current: BASIC course instructor ( Instructing in Asia )
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2012 - 2015 Representative Safety and Quality Committee Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2010 - ongoing Member Australian Medical Association (AMA) Australia 2008 - ongoing Member Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Australia 2007 - 2008 Member Fellow - RAH Mediflight Australia 2006 - ongoing Member Australian and NZ College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Australia 2005 - ongoing Member Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM ANZ) Australia -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2012 - 2016 President South Australian Indian Medical Association Australia -
Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
Date Title Type Institution Country 2010 - ongoing Reviewer Journal Review PLOS One - 2010 - ongoing Reviewer Journal Review Critical Care -
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