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Airway Inflammometry For Asthma And COPD: Practitioner Fellowship Peter G Gibson
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$568,892.00
Summary
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will receive the benefits of personalized medicine with this Fellowship funding. Dr Gibson, an international leader in this field, has identified key biomarkers that will allow treatments to be rationalized based on the underlying disease mechanisms. This research will translate the benefits on modern technology and apply these to individualized care for people with asthma and COPD, who can expect fewer lung attacks and better quality of life.
The Management To Optimise Diabetes And MEtabolic Syndrome Risk Reduction Via Nurse-led Intervention (MODERN) Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,445,861.00
Summary
There is increasing recognition of society’s responsibility to provide effective and sustainable health care to the entire population and not just selected parts. This practical study will test the impact of a nurse-led, multidisciplinary prevention program to reduce the risk of future cardiovascular events in middle-aged individuals at a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) living in regional Australia.
I am an Emergency Medicine specialist and my main research interests include trauma epidemiology, injury prevention and management, pre-hospital and emergency care and health services and systems research.
Resolve: A New Treatment - Sensorimotor Retaining With Explaining Pain - For Chronic Low Back Pain.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,005,534.00
Summary
Most treatments for low back pain that are provided by a GP, physiotherapist or chiropractor are only moderately effective. A new approach is needed. We have developed a new treatment, sensorimotor retraining, based on principles from neuroscience, education, psychology and physiotherapy that we are testing in a randomized controlled trial. If successful this new treatment will provide relief for the millions of Australians who suffer from this debilitating condition.
An Integrated Health-sector Strategy To Combat COPD And Asthma In Vietnam: A Pragmatic Stepped Intervention Cluster Randomized Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,894,349.00
Summary
Chronic lung diseases are a major challenge for resource limited settings. In Vietnam, where smoking rates in males are around 50%, there is an urgent need for better strategies to prevent and treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. We will perform a study of a low-cost integrated intervention including a health-system based smoking cessation program and the targeted use of proven therapy for COPD and asthma - inhaled corticosteroids - to reduce the burden of lung disease.
Immediate Cooling And Emergency Decompression (ICED) For The Treatment Of Spinal Cord Injury: Pilot, Safety And Feasibility Studies
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$600,008.00
Summary
Victims of Spinal Cord Injury are young, have severe paralysis, complex needs and high lifetime costs. Although urgent surgery greatly improves outcome, it is difficult to achieve because of logistical difficulties. To expand the time window for early surgery, it is proposed to immediately cool patients. This project will conduct the pilot studies necessary before commencing a clinical trial of immediate cooling and emergency decompression (ICED) in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries.
Nurses' Pain Management Decisions In The Post Surgery Context: A Naturalistic Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$56,368.00
Summary
In the hospital environment, doctors often prescribe medications for pain using an as required format on the drug order chart. Very often, this form of prescription occurs in the surgical wards of a hospital, where a patient may need a lot of pain relieving medication in the early period following the operation, and very little medication a few days following the operation. In the as required form of prescribing, the nurse caring for the patient has enormous flexibility in determining when and h ....In the hospital environment, doctors often prescribe medications for pain using an as required format on the drug order chart. Very often, this form of prescription occurs in the surgical wards of a hospital, where a patient may need a lot of pain relieving medication in the early period following the operation, and very little medication a few days following the operation. In the as required form of prescribing, the nurse caring for the patient has enormous flexibility in determining when and how much medication should be administered. Previous work has consistently shown that nurses do not administer adequate medication, which often results in poor pain control. Several nurse-related reasons have been proposed for poor pain management, including the fear of addiction, the fear of producing difficulties in breathing, and inadequate education about the medications administered. The focus of previous work has relied on examining small areas in isolation. Primarily, researchers have examined information on the drug order charts following patient discharge from hospital. They have also relied on analysing nurses' views on pain management relating to hypothetical patient situations. Overall, the research fails to address the multiple and interconnected factors faced by the nurse which could impact on pain management. Sources of these factors may be the patient, nurse, medication or environment. Examples of these factors include the presence or absence of the doctor, nurses' communication with doctors and other nurses about patient care, layout of the hospital ward, ward management structure, and methods used by the nurse to assess patient pain. By identifying the complex factors that impinge on decisions for managing pain, this study will provide opportunities to address the barriers that prevent adequate pain management. Nurses will then be in a position to change their practice in order to improve the management of patients' pain.Read moreRead less