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Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine research
The Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at The Alfred hospital is amongst the largest in Australia, consisting of 29 full-time and over 50 visiting specialist anaesthesiologists, as well as 40 registrars in training.
Its research unit is currently coordinating five multi-centre international trials, and participated in several other trials including randomised clinical trials (RCTs), audits and surveys.
Current research
Disability-free survival after surgery
Doctors may soon be able to predict which patients are likely to experience poorer outcomes after surgery by drawing on data from a world-first study into post-operative disability.
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Publications
A population-based study of treated mental health and persistent pain conditions after transport injury
Giummarra, Melita J.; Black, Oliver; Smith, Peter; Collie, Alex; Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz; Arnold, Carolyn A.; Gong, Jennifer; Gabbe, Belinda J.
(2018), Injury, 49(10), 1787-1795
Decision making in a ‘cannot-intubate, cannot-oxygenate’ scenario. A reply
Marshall, S. D.; Schnittker, R.
(2018), Anaesthesia, 73(9), 1172-1173
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14423
The introduction of synthetic colloids
Featherstone, PJ; Ball, CM
(2018), Anaesth Intensive Care, 46(2), 147-149