Optimising Transfusion Support In Critical Illness And Haematological Malignancies
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$262,251.00
Summary
Blood transfusion is commonly used for patient care. Improving our understanding about how to best use blood and blood products and finding ways to reduce the need for transfusion have been identified as important areas of national research. This fellowship aims to investigate interventions to reduce bleeding and the need for transfusion and improve the use of blood transfusion in two patients groups who are major users of blood: critically ill patients and patients with blood cancers.
Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy- Mechanisms And Measurement
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$188,226.00
Summary
Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) refers to impaired blood clotting post major trauma and is associated with high, early mortality. Inability to predict this disorder and poor knowledge regarding its detailed biochemical mechanism has hindered development of evidence based guidelines to manage patients with ATC. This project aims to correlate early biochemical disorders with clinical management and outcomes post trauma to determine mechanisms leading to ATC and determine management strategies.