Publications by authors named "S Sudarsanan"
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the effectiveness of various scoring systems (APACHE-II, SOFA, CASUS, and SAVE) in predicting outcomes for patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in a cardiothoracic intensive care setting.
- This observational study involved 142 patients admitted to a tertiary care center's CTICU after VA-ECMO insertion, using electronic health records for data collection.
- Results showed that higher scores in APACHE-II, SOFA, and CASUS were associated with increased mortality, while pre-ECMO lactate and creatinine levels, along with complications during ECMO, also significantly correlated with patient survival.
A sudden transition to a state of high-amplitude periodic oscillations is catastrophic in a thermo-fluid system. Conventionally, upon varying the control parameter, a sudden transition is observed as an abrupt jump in the amplitude of the fluctuations in these systems. In contrast, we present an experimental discovery of a canard explosion in a turbulent reactive flow system where we observe a continuous bifurcation with a rapid rise in the amplitude of the fluctuations within a narrow range of control parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs the Reynolds number is increased, a laminar fluid flow becomes turbulent, and the range of time and length scales associated with the flow increases. Yet, in a turbulent reactive flow system, as we increase the Reynolds number, we observe the emergence of a single dominant timescale in the acoustic pressure fluctuations, as indicated by its loss of multifractality. Such emergence of order from chaos is intriguing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a 57-year-old COVID-19 male patient was diagnosed with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and required urgent coronary artery bypass graft. In-patient cardiac rehabilitation following cardiac surgery was inevitable to limit or prevent various postoperative complications. A routine rehabilitation program was not feasible because of the strict COVID-19 isolation procedures, the high risk of cross infections, and the lack of various resources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim was to look at the Cardiac Surgery Score (CASUS) assessment after cardiac surgery, and compare it with the intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and morbidity, in a racially diverse group of patients, in a single center.
Design: Clinical retrospective study analyzing data from 319 patients over a 1-year duration.
Setting: Cardiothoracic intensive care unit (CTICU) of a tertiary care center.