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Dr. Sandhya S
Consultant IntensivistDr. Sandhya S. is a highly skilled, dedicated and qualified Intensivist with vast experience in Pulmonology and Critical care, and her expertise includes managing complex cases, leading amultidisciplinary team and implementing evidence -based practices to improve patient outcomes. Her clinical interests focus on the management of infections and sepsis, ARDS, hemodynamic and fluid management, and ethics/ end-of-life care.
Dr. Sandhya is an active member of several prestigious medical societies, reflecting her dedication to professional development and collaboration in the fields of pulmonology and critical care
MEDICAL QUALIFICATION
- M.B.B.S. (GOVT MEDICAL COLLEGE,THRISSUR- 2004)
- DTCD (GOVT MEDICAL COLLEGE,TRIVANDRUM-2009)
- MD (Pulmonary Medicine) (GOVT MEDICAL COLLEGE,TRIVANDRUM-2010)
- DrNB (Doctorate of National Board) in Critical Care( 2022)
- EDIC (European Diploma in Intensive Care) ( 2022)
DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE
- JUNIOR CONSULTANT PULMONOLOGIST-KERALA STATE HEALTH SERVICES- JUNE 2011 – FEB 2014
- SPECIALIST PULMONOLOGIST-BADR AL SAMAA HOSPITAL ALKHOUDH, OMAN-MAY 2014 –MARCH 2016
- CONSULTANT PULMONOLOGIST-ELITE MISSION HOSPITAL, THRISSUR- FROM APRIL 2017 TO AUG 2019
- CONSULTANT INTENSIVIST, MEDICAL TRUST HOSPITAL-JAN 2022 TILL DATE
MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Indian Medical Association
- Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Association of Pulmonologists, Thrissur
PUBLICATIONS
- A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS AND BACTEREMIA /FUNGEMIA- TO DETERMINE DRUG RESISTANCE, EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPIRICAL ANTIBIOTICS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME- thesis submitted to National Board of Examinations
- USEFULNESS OF ANTIBIOTICS IN ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD- Thesis submitted to the University of Kerala
- Jayaprakash B, Sandhya. S, Anithakumari.K -PULMONARY STRONGYLOIDOSIS, CASE REPORT-Journal of Academy of Physicians, India, July 2009, Vol 57
Areas of Interest
- Infections and Sepsis
- Hemodynamics and Fluid Management
- Ethics and End-of-Life Care
- ARDS
Skills & procedures
-
VENTILATION
- Initiate and manage patients on Invasive mechanical ventilator, Non invasive mechanical ventilator and High Flow Nasal Oxygen Device
- USG/POCUS
- Focused bedside ultrasonography of thorax, abdomen
- Focused bedside echocardiography
- TCD
- Ultrasound guided central venous catheterization, hemodialysis catheter insertion
- Arterial line insertion
- AIRWAY
- Fiberoptic bronchoscopy guided intubation, lavage and sample collection
- Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
- Intubation including Awake Fiberoptic Intubation, Videolaryngoscope guided intubation
- LMA insertion
- Cricothyroidotomy
- INITIATE DIALYSIS /PLASMAPHERESIS
- CARDIAC OUTPUT MONITORING
- INITIATING AND MANAGING PATIENTS ON ECMO
- TEAM LEADER IN CPR
- PLEURAL PROCEDURES- ASPIRATION, ICD INSERTION, THORACOSCOPY
- ABDOMINAL PROCEDURES-PARACENTESIS, IAP MONITORING