Improved patient outcomes by early intervention with therapeutic cooling for patients with severe traumatic brain injury, and by optimising patient blood transfusion practice in critically ill patients.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1041922

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

First, a large multicentre trial (POLAR) will complement my previous successful trials in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and will establish whether active therapeutic cooling, commenced early after brain injury and continued in intensive care units, will achieve its promise of improving patient outcomes. Second, a national multicentre trial (TRANSFUSE) will establish whether transfusing blood units with a shorter than usual storage time will improve patient outcomes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Practitioner Fellowships

Funding Amount: $380,450.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Intensive Care

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

blood transfusion | lung injury | outcomes research | sepsis | traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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