Academic Publications

  1. Herreros B, Ramnath VR, Santiago-Saez A, Sanz TRV, Pastor PP. Guidelines for conscientious objection in Spain: a proposal involving prerequisites and protocolized procedure. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 19, 4 (2024).
  2. Alexander S, Astaschanka A, Ramnath VR. Honoring Veterans’ Wishes: Efficacy of an Evidence-Based Shared Decision-Making Tool in VA-ICU Goals of Care Discussions. Poster presentation accepted to American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine; also Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts, 281.
  3. Allen M, Smith A, Morris T, Ramnath V, Mandel J. Cross-Border COVID Response as a Template for Inter-Hospital Support. Abstract accepted to the Society of Hospital Medicine Converge Conference. San Diego, CA. April 12-15, 2024.  
  4. Nene RV, Bailey J, Ramnath VR, LaFree A. Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Patients Transferred from a Rural Hospital in Southern California. University of California San Diego 2023 GME Patient Safety, Quality and Innovations Symposium. Poster presentation. San Diego, May 2023.
  5. Ramnath VR, Hill LH, Schulz J, Mandel J, Smith, A, Morris, T, Holberg S, Horton LE, Malhotra A, Friedman LS. Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19. Health Policy OPEN 2021 Aug 11;2:100051.
  6. Ramnath VR. Additional study needed for crisis standards of care development and application in smaller, rural, under-resourced hospitals. Comment published online on JAMA Network OPEN, April 13, 2021. https:// https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2777683
  7. Ramnath VR, Lafree A, Staats K, Tomaszewski C. Promoting racial and health equity in COVID-19 by leveraging empathic interpreters, trained liaisons, and cross-institutional physician leadership. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021 Mar 17.
  8. Wardi G, Tainter CR, Ramnath VR, Brennan JJ, Tolia V, Castillo EM, Hsia RY, Malhotra M, Schmidt U, Meier A. Age-related incidence and outcomes of sepsis in California, 2008-2015. J Crit Care 2021;62:212-217. PMID 33429114.
  9. Ramnath VR, Hill LH, Schulz J, Mandel J, Smith, A, Morris, T, Holberg S, Horton LE, Malhotra A, Friedman LS. An in-person and telemedicine “hybrid” system to improve cross-border critical care in COVID-19: the experience of one academic medical center. Annals of Global Health, 87(1), p.1.
  10. Leverone NA, Ramnath VR, Munce D, Raphelson JR, Ma J, Akuthota P, Tomaszewski C, Sell RE, Crotty-Alexander L, Akrami KM, Malhotra A. Critical care education in a pandemic through Tele-ICU. ATS Scholar, Nov 2020.
  11. Johnson J, Schmitz E, Ramnath V, Weibel N. Nuture-Empower-Support: A Human-Centered Approach to Understand and Support ICU Families. Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, May 2019, pp. 119-128.
  12. Ramnath VR, Ho L, Maggio L, Khazeni N. “Centralized Monitoring and Virtual Consultant Models of Tele-ICU care: A Systematic Review.” Telemedicine and e-Health 2014;20(10):936-61.
  13. Ramnath VR, Khazeni N. “Centralized Monitoring and Virtual Consultant Models of Tele-ICU care: A Side-By-Side Review.” Telemedicine and e-Health 2014;20(10):962-71.
  14. Herreros B, Ramnath VR, Bishop L, et al. “Clinical Ethics Protocols in the Clinical Ethics Committees of Madrid.” J Med Ethics 2013;0:1-4.
  15. Ramnath VR, Hess DR, Thompson BT. “Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.” Clinics in Chest Medicine 2006;24(4): 601-613.
  16. Ramnath VR, Clark S, Camargo CA Jr. “Multicenter Study of Clinical Features of Sudden-Onset Versus Slower-Onset Asthma Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization.” Respiratory Care 2007;52(8):1013-20.