Archive: Hospital Care
Is there a best before date for blood?
With 1 in every 3 Australians needing a blood transfusion in their lifetime, Monica Ng wants to reduce the risks and complications associated with the transfusion procedure. Having identified evidence…
Are current sepsis treatments bad for the heart?
A fever, chills down your spine, heart racing and nausea; these are all things you might feel if you have severe infection (or sepsis). In Australia, severe infection will hospitalise…
Reducing blood transfusion fatalities
Approximately 40% patients undergoing cardiac surgery alone will require a blood transfusion at The Prince Charles Hospital alone. It has been found that these patients have an increased risk infection…
Reducing re-admission rates in hip surgery patients
Hip fractures in elderly patients can be devastating for both physical and mental health. After undergoing surgery many patients go home, and without proper aftercare a large portion (33%) are…
Screening stroke patients for falls: can we do better?
Every year, 50,000 Australians suffer from stroke. Of these people, more than half will go on to have a permanent disability that makes carrying out everyday tasks difficult or impossible…
Research with your support: meet Talvin Lee
Your generosity and support has helped to start the research careers of over 200 nurses, doctors, health practitioners and students.
Together, let's cure homesickness
Kids are admitted to hospital for all sorts of reasons, but there's one kind of sickness that unites them all: homesickness. And Australia is coming together to try to beat…
World-first project to improve ICU environment
The patient’s experience will be at the centre of an innovative bed space design, or ‘Cocoon’, that infuses technology and personalised medicine with best practice architectural and engineering solutions.
No place like home: Helping ICU patients get home faster
Jemima is investigating whether we can improve the current guidelines for exercising ICU patients, in order to aid their recovery and get them home to their families sooner.
Catching sepsis before it takes hold
Dr Hahn Pham hopes the use of a non-invasive skin probe will help identify patients at risk of organ dysfunction and deterioration more easily.
Improving ECMO therapy with nitric oxide
Professor John Fraser and his team are investigating the potential benefits of introducing nitric oxide therapies to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (or ECMO) patients to reduce risks and improve the success…
Improving physical activity in elderly patients before surgery
A group of elderly cardiac surgical patients are taking part in a study that aims to improve their physical health before surgery and reduce post-operative outcomes, reduce intensive aftercare and…