Dr. Ankita Patni

Qualifications & Education:

• Pursuing Fellowship in Transplant Critical Care – ISCCM (Online)
• IDCCM – St. John’s Medical College & Hospital, Bengaluru
• DNB (Anaesthesiology) – Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bommasandra, Bengaluru
• MBBS – Dr. SN Govt. Medical College, Jodhpur

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical Care Management
  • Sepsis, post-operative care, polytrauma, cardiac emergencies, shock management
  • Respiratory, renal & liver failure management
  • ICU nutritional & fluid therapy
  • Poisoning, burns care
  • Family counselling & communication
• Procedural Skills
  • Airway management, ventilator support
  • Lumbar puncture, jugular & femoral vein cannulation, arterial cannulation
  • Intercostal drain insertion, ascitic & pleural tapping
• Emergency Response
  • Difficult airway, cardiac arrhythmias, tension pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism
  • Neurological emergencies
  • Cardiac arrest & post–cardiac arrest management

Professional Experience:

• Attending Consultant, Critical Care – KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City, Bengaluru
• Senior Resident, Critical Care – St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru
• Registrar, Critical Care – Apollo Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru
• Resident, DNB Anaesthesiology – Narayana Health, Bommasandra, Bengaluru
• Internship – Dr. SN Medical College, Jodhpur

Publications & Presentations:

• "Use of pre-operative hemoglobin A1C to predict post-operative renal failure and infection risks in patients who are not diabetics and undergoing elective off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery," Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023;26(2):160–165
• Case presentation – Mitral Stenosis, PG EXCEL Conference, 2017
• Bedside presentation on Airway Ultrasound – St. John's Medical College & Hospital
• Classroom presentations:
  • CNS Autoregulation and monitoring with latest updates
  • Pathophysiology of metabolic, uremic, hepatic encephalopathy
  • Weaning from VV ECMO
  • Arterial line
• Presented in mortality meetings – St. John's Medical College & Hospital

Certifications & Conferences:

• American Heart Association – BLS & ACLS Provider 
• Passed 4C Comprehensive Critical Care Course, ISCCM
• Workshops & Conferences Attended:
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring (HeMAT Workshop) – St. John’s Hospital
  • GICS Conference – Bengaluru
  • Mechanical Ventilation Workshop – St. John’s Hospital
  • Critical Care Echocardiography Workshop – Narayana Health City
  • CoBoStIC CME on ABG Analysis – St. John’s Hospital
  • Difficult Airway Simulation Training – St. John’s Hospital

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, and Kannada