Iqbal Ratnani, MD, FCCM, FCCP

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Cooper Health System
Residency, Columbus Hospital
MD, Sind Medical College - University of Karachi
Publications

Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency: Development of an ICU Knowledge and Skills Assessment Tool
Perme, CS, Damasceno, MS, Chandrashekar, R, Xu, J, Ratnani, I, Masud, F & Wilches-Luna, EC 2024, , Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, vol. 85, 103750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103750

Past, present, and future of sustainable intensive care: narrative review and a large hospital system experience
Masud, FN, Sasangohar, F, Ratnani, I, Fatima, S, Hernandez, MA, Riley, T, Fischer, J, Dhala, A, Gooch, ME, Keeling-Johnson, K, Moon, J & Vincent, JL 2024, , Critical Care, vol. 28, no. 1, 154. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-04937-9

Pulmonary complications of histoplasmosis
Ochani, RK, Jatoi, HN, Shaikh, A, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2023, . in Histoplasmosis: From Diagnosis to Treatment. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 129-154.

The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygénation in COVID-19
Shaikh, A, Ratnani, I, Khan, SA & Surani, S 2023, . in Critical Care and COVID-19. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 231-264.

Redesign of Health Care Systems to Reduce Diagnostic Errors: Leveraging Human Experience and Artificial Intelligence
Abid, MH, Ahmed, A, Ud Din, SMS, Abid, MM & Ratnani, I 2023, , Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 67-70. https://doi.org/10.12788/jcom.0130

Evolving paradigm of thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism: Comprehensive review of clinical manifestations, indications, recent advances and guideline
Ochani, RK, Aibani, R, Jatoi, HN, Anwar, M, Khan, SA, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2023, , World Journal of Clinical Cases, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1702-1711. https://doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v11.i8.1702

Evidence-Based Medicine: History, Review, Criticisms, and Pitfalls
Ratnani, I, Fatima, S, Abid, MM, Surani, Z & Surani, S 2023, , Cureus, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. e35266. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35266

Workplace violence against healthcare workers in Pakistan; call for action, if not now, then when? A systematic review
Rehan, ST, Shan, M, Shuja, SH, Khan, Z, Hussain, HU, Ochani, RK, Shaikh, A, Ratnani, I, Nashwan, AJ & Surani, S 2023, , Global Health Action, vol. 16, no. 1, 2273623, pp. 2273623. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2273623

Vasoplegia: A Review
Ratnani, I, Ochani, RK, Shaikh, A & Jatoi, HN 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 38-47. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1245

Constrictive pericarditis
Karikalan, S, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2022, . in Pericarditis: From Diagnosis to Treatment. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 77-87.

Intracardiac Thrombus in Coronavirus Disease-2019
Karikalan, S, Sharma, M, Chandna, M, Sachdev, M, Gaalla, A, Yasmin, F, Shah, R, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2022, , Cureus, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. e22883. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22883

Call for a Global Vaccine Plan to Combat Current and Future Pandemics: One for ALL and ALL for One
Surani, S, Taweesedt, PT, Surani, S, Ratnani, I & Varon, J 2022, , Open Respiratory Medicine Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, e187430642202040. https://doi.org/10.2174/18743064-v16-e2202040

Patient and Family Engagement During Challenging Times: What Works and What Does Not?
Abid, MH, Abid, MM, Shahid, R, Al Nofeye, J & Ratnani, I 2021, , Cureus, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. e14814. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14814

Solid, Gel, and Solvent of Intensive Care Unit Leadership
Ratnani, I, Fatima, S & Masud, F 2021, , Cureus, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. e13479. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13479

A Case of Treatment-Resistant Catamenial Disease: Insufficiency in Mainstay Treatment Options
Fatima, S, Masud, F & Ratnani, I 2021, , pp. A1926-A1926. https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1926

COVID-19 News Fatigue: Are People Tired of Hearing About the Pandemic?
Khan, R, Fatima, S, Sunesara, S, Masud, F & Ratnani, I 2021, , pp. A1476-A1476. https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1476

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Vobugari, N, Gandhi, K, Raja, K, Yasmin, F, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2021, . in Vasculitis: From Diagnosis to Treatment. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 89-123.

Cardiovascular Complications of Vasculitis
Hassan, SA, Sheikh, SJ, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2021, . in Vasculitis: From Diagnosis to Treatment. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 125-153.

An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
Sharma, M, Ojha, P, Taweesedt, PT, Ratnani, I & Surani, S 2020, , Cureus, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. e12279. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12279

Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults Takes Collaborative Nursing Efforts to Improve
McDaniel, C, Ratnani, I, Fatima, S, Abid, MH & Surani, S 2020, , Cureus, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. e9161. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9161