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Preventing opiod-related addiction harm after surgery
8 October 2020
An international group of experts have published guidance on how to prevent opioid-related harm in adult surgical patients.
New book on global anaesthesia
29 September 2020
Hilary Edgcombe, with two colleagues in other centres, has co-edited a new Oxford Handbook addressing safe anaesthesia in resource-limited settings
Six-month outcomes after treatment for COVID-19 on intensive care units in England
21 July 2020
Researchers at the University of Oxford are investigating the long-term health outcomes for patients who have been treated for severe COVID-19 disease in intensive care. Finding out whether these outcomes differ from those of other patients who have survived critical care will help to inform clinical practice and appropriate follow-up care.
New COVID-19 simulation training for smartphones helps African healthcare workers save lives
6 July 2020
The University of Oxford's LIFE project has launched a new set of app-based training scenarios that help healthcare workers in Africa safely manage and treat cases of children with suspected COVID-19
Motorsport technology helps keep COVID-19 clinicians safe
18 June 2020
Staff at our Oxford Simulation,Teaching & Research centre (OxSTaR) helped to develop this new type of aerosol shield designed by Formula One motor racing engineers
Oxford leads part of major COVID-19 drugs trial
10 June 2020
As part of the UK NIHR multi-arm, multi-stage CATALYST Trial, researchers at the University of Oxford will investigate whether administering the anti-inflammatory drug infliximab to patients with COVID-19 can prevent progression to respiratory failure or death.
COVID-19 drug trial could lead to enhanced respiratory care for patients
29 May 2020
Researchers including Stuart McKechnie and Matthew Rowland from our Critical Care Research Group are carrying out a new drug trial aimed at treating COVID-19, funded by LifeArc.
Using simulated scenarios to train front-line staff in the COVID-19 response
29 April 2020
The Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research Centre has been busier than ever during the coronavirus pandemic
BRC funds new COVID-19 research projects
7 April 2020
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has allocated funding to three COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs.
Using wearable technology to monitor COVID-19 patients
1 April 2020
System being used in John Warin isolation ward at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital
Developing a prototype for rapidly deployable ventilator
20 March 2020
An interdisciplinary team of engineers and medics is addressing ways to increase the UK’s capacity for ventilator manufacture.
Heart rate rise and blood pressure drops during pregnancy are not as dramatic as previously thought
12 September 2019
New analysis from over 36,000 healthy women in 20 countries suggests that physiological changes during pregnancy may not be as dramatic as traditionally taught. However, blood pressures do appear to be increasing year on year.
High-profile doctors visit the Patient Safety Academy
5 September 2019
The Patient Safety Academy (PSA) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences was honoured to host two high profile British doctors and an international research leader yesterday.
NDCN heads to the Royal Society to showcase research
28 June 2019
Our exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (1-7 July 2019), will bring the topic of ‘Breathing with your Brain’ to life!
New medical simulation suite at Horton General Hospital
7 December 2018
The new suite is a joint venture between Oxford Simulation, Training and Research (OxSTaR), which is part of our Department, and the Horton Education Centre.
New research on recovery following intensive care treatment
13 August 2018
Out-of-hours discharge from intensive care is strongly associated with both in-hospital death and ICU readmission.
High instance of shoulder impairment in patients discharged from intensive care
9 August 2018
A team involving our Critical Care Research Group have discovered that patients with severe illnesses treated on intensive care units often have problems with their movement and mobility long after they are discharged from hospital.
Brain scanning and breathing disorders
20 September 2017
Professor Kyle Pattinson from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences explains how brain scanning could help doctors to personalise treatment for people with chronic breathing disorders.