Speciality Departments
Department of
Anesthesiology
Overview
Department of Anesthesiology is a major “service-providing” department. We provide a very good standard of perioperative care to all surgical patients of various specialties. We also provide quality pain management services to patients afflicted with chronic pain. In addition, we provide intensive care services to the critically ill patients.
- To improve the quality of plexus/nerve blocks further as well as to extend the applications of ultrasound guided practice in other areas such as emergency & intensive care, pain relief etc.
- To enhance the number of pain relief procedures as well as to improve the quality by applications of ultrasound/C-arm.
- To increase the research projects undertaken by faculty so as to increase the number of publications in well-reputed, high impact factor, Pub Med/Scopus indexed journals.
- To improve the quality of teaching by adopting more number of simulation methods.
- Appropriate anaesthetic techniques are provided for the patients undergoing various surgical procedures.
- Effective critical care services are provided for patients in emergency and intensive care areas
- All plexus/nerve blocks, central venous cannulation are performed under ultrasound guidance.
- Pain relief procedures are done under ultrasound & fluroscopic guidance.
- Regular academic activities for UG & PG are carried out. Research projects are taken up by faculty in addition to the post-graduate dissertations. All research projects are registered with clinical trial registry (CTRI). Faculties are motivated to publish in journals with high impact factor, Pub Med/Scopus indexed journals.
Programme Specific Outcomes
UG
- In addition to basic knowledge in all undergraduate subjects, the students should obtain the knowledge about basic concepts of commonly used anesthesia techniques and its implications on common diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, etc.
- The student should learn the basic airway management skills.
- The students should learn basic etiquettes of operation theatres and develop proper communication skills.
- The PG students should obtain the complete knowledge about the concepts of all the anesthesia techniques and its implications on various diseases
- They should be able to use the appropriate device for specific clinical scenario, including ultrasound, various difficult airway tools. Besides, they should have proficiency to teach UG students.
- The student should develop good communication skills and leadership qualities.
PG
M.D. Anesthesiology
Facilities
Well-equipped 12 Major and two minor operation theatres are available. Various equipment and devices with cutting-edge-technology have been procured to improve the comfort as well as safety of the patients. Portable Ultrasound machine (SonoSite- Edge II) is available for guiding the regional blocks, pain-relief procedures, arterial/central venous cannulation, cardiac evaluation, etc. All varieties of surgical procedures are performed with meticulous care by the team of surgeons and anesthesiologists. Besides, emergency procedures are taken up round the clock.
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Department Library
Latest editions of world class text books as well as journals are available. Updated every year with high quality text books written by internationally reputed authors.
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Department Museum
Museum has collections of old equipment having historical significance and charts describing the breakthrough events that helped the field of Anesthesiology to progress in leaps and bounds.
On Going research projects:
- Comparison of 0.4 mg versus 0.6 mg of Intrathecal nalbuphine as an adjuvant to Hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% in lower abdomen and lower limb surgeries-Dr.Rajesh, Dr. Gunaseelan, Dr.Raghuraman. CTRI/2019/01/017240
- Assessment Of Epidural Analgesia Versus Surgical Transverse Abdominal Plane Block For Postoperative Analgesia In Gynecological Surgeries – Dr.Lakshmi priya, Dr.Raghuraman. CTRI/2019/01/017057.
- Comparison Of Effect Of Midazolam Versus Fentanyl As An Adjuvant To Bupivacaine For Postoperative Analgesia In Lower Abdominal Surgeries Under Spinal Anaesthesia- Dr.Roshini devi, Dr.Jalakandan, Dr.Mundwadkar. CTRI/2019/01/01707.
- Comparison of preperitoneal plus portal infiltration versus bilateral transverse Abdominis plane block in laparoscopic hernia repair- Dr.Arthi A, Dr.Raghuraman M.S., Dr.Deepu.
- Comparison of intrathecal ropivacaine versus levobupivacaine in lower abdomen and Lower limb surgeries – Dr.J.G.Jennifer Lydia , Raghuraman M.S., Dr.Arthi A. CTRI/2020/02/023473.
- Comparison of buprenorphine versus phenylephrine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in Supraclavicular block-Dr.S. Maruthi Rao , Jalakandan .B , Dr.Chandraleela.S.
Comparison of nalbuphine versus buprenorphine as an adjuvant to epidural ropivacaine in lower abdomen and lower limb surgeries – Dr.A.Aswin , Dr.S.Gunaseelan.
Department has publications in well-reputed, internationally renowned top class journals with high impact factor as per Clarivate analytics. The following is the list of publications that were published during the last two academic years.
- Raghuraman, M. S., & Surya, R. (2020). Anatomical considerations in Pecs blocks. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Volume 62, June 2020, 109704.
- S.Raghuraman, A.Arthi, M.S.Iswaryarajan Hercule. Clarifications on the perioperative management of patients with diabetes. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2020, Pages 123-124.
- Raghuraman, M.S. Reflections on: “Perioperative Management of Diabetes Mellitus: Novel Approaches”. Curr Diab Rep (2019) 19: 88.
- Raghuraman, M.S. Regarding the survey on perioperative diabetes medications and glucose control. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth. 67, pages154–155(2020).
- Raghuraman M.S., Priyanka Selvam, Srividya Gopi. Another simple regimen for perioperative management of diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2019; 10(9): 481-484.
- Raghuraman M.S. Clarification on: ‘‘Pectoral nerves I block is associated with a significant motor blockade with no dermatomal sensory changes’’. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth (2019) 66: 131.
- Raghuraman M.S. Reflections on: ‘Pectoral I block does not improve postoperative analgesia after breast cancer surgery’. Reg Anes Pain Med 2019;44:526.
- B, Gunaseelan S, Raghuraman M S Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia a better Alternative to general Anesthesia in Modified Radical Mastectomy Surgeries. Indian journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia.201810)-1757-1764.
- S. Raghuraman (2019) Comment on: “Priming with different doses of metoclopramide preceded by tourniquet alleviates propofol induced pain: A comparative study with lidocaine”, Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 35:1, 36-36.
- Abdul Rahman M., Radhakrishnan, V.A. Praveen . “Comparison of Bupivacaine 0.375% and Ropivacaine 0.375% in Supraclavicular block under Ultrasound guidance for Upper limb surgeries’. Indian journal of anaesthesia and analgesia. Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2018, Pages 521-527.
- Radhakrishnan, Hercule Iswaryarajan. Comparative Evaluation of Nerve Stimulation and Ultrasound Guidance for Popliteal Block: A Randomized Double Blinded Study. Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia 2018; 5 (2): 168-172.
- Gunaseelan S, Kumar AJ. Comparison of motor blockade, sensory blockade and duration of analgesia between dexmedotomidine and dexamethasone as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in axillary block. Indian J Clin Anaesth. 2018;5(3):437-439.
Dr. M.S. Raghuraman- “Times Health care achiever award-Legends” for the year 2019.
- We educate our students about the career opportunities available in anesthesiology.
- We educate our patients about the pain management services we provide. We also explain our colleagues of other departments about the pain relief methods available in our department.
| Year | Name | Designation | Institute |
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| 2014 | Dr. Arun Kumar | Junior Consultant | Apollo Hospitals, Vellore |
| 2014 | Dr. Pratap Pancheti | Junior Consultant | Apollo Hospitals, Vellore |
| 2014 | Dr. ShivaSundar Chakraborty | Consultant | Geetharam Hospital, West Bengal |
| 2015 | Dr. Stanly Sebastian | SR | Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla |
| 2015 | Dr. A.K. Shafeek | Medical Officer | PHC, Tirur, Kerala |
| 2015 | Dr. Abdul Rahman | Assistant Professor | MGMC&RI, Puducherry |
| 2016 | Dr. Manish Reddy | PDCC in Critical Care | SRMU, Porur, Chennai |
| 2016 | Dr. Priyanka Selvam | Registrar | Apollo Hospitals, Chennai |
| 2016 | Dr. Srividya Gopi | Registrar | Apollo Hospitals, Chennai |