Dr. Manikandan Rajarathinam

rajarathinam-mAssistant Professor

Honours and Awards

Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Teaching Awards: 2018-19 Pain Medicine Teacher of the Year
Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Teaching Awards: 2020-21 Pain Medicine Teacher of the Year

Recent Publications

Comparison of Hemodynamic Stability with Continuous Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring and Intermittent Oscillometric Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis. Published ahead of print in March 2023. Anesthesia essays and research. Manikandan Rajarathinam, Karin Van Veldhoven, Nikhil Taneja1, Jill Querney, Nida Fatima, Mahesh Nagappa, Yamini Subramani.

Stellate ganglion block beyond chronic pain. A literature review on its application in painful and non-painful conditions. Published ahead of print in Journal of Anaesthesiology and Clinical pharmacology. March 2023. Heena Singh, Manikandan Rajarathinam.

Forero M, Rajarathinam M, Adhikary S, Chin KJ. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block in the management of post thoracotomy pain syndrome: A case series. Scand J Pain. 2017 Sep 11. pii: S1877-8860(17)30185-[Epub ahead of print]

Shanthanna H, Gilron I, Rajarathinam M, AlAmri R, Kamath S, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M. Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS Med. 2017 Aug 15;14(8):e1002369.

Forero M, Rajarathinam M, Adhikary S, Chin KJ. Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block for Rescue Analgesia in Thoracotomy After Epidural Failure: A Case Report.  A Case Rep. 2017 May 15;8(10):254-256.

Shanthanna H, Gilron I, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M, AlAmri R, Rajarathinam M, Kamath S. Gabapentinoids for chronic low back pain: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 10;6(11):e013200.