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New research on recovery following intensive care treatment
Anaesthetics Research
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
Anaesthetics Research
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
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
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.
From agony to analgesia: two-part radio programme
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement Research
25 August 2017
Irene Tracey presents a programme about pain, and the current work taking place to measure and treat it.
I'm a researcher - get me out of here!
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging
23 August 2017
Brave Sarah Finnegan is letting school students ask her anything as part of 'I'm a Researcher' for Curiosity Carnival.
Young people from around the world learn about our research
Anaesthetics Public engagement
7 August 2017
Poetry meets neuroscience
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement
4 August 2017
On Tuesday 18 July a special event took place in the upstairs room of a pub in Oxford.
Foundation Year Quality Improvement Project Symposium
Anaesthetics
17 July 2017
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Foundation Year Quality Improvement Symposium is organised by Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research (OxSTaR), which is based in our Department.
Noise, sleep and delerium in intensive care
Anaesthetics Research
31 October 2016
The SILENCE project, funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit stream, featured on BBC Radio 4 Inside Health on 4 October 2016.
Researchers target intensive care noise problem
Anaesthetics Research
8 April 2016
TV presents one picture of an intensive care unit (ICU) – dimmed lights, hushed voices and softly bleeping machines. The reality is that it's more like a busy restaurant and frequently it's noisy enough to compete with a pneumatic drill. That's why Oxford University researchers have been trying to make intensive care noise less intensive.
Understanding how we perceive the threat of breathlessness
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
1 March 2016
Researchers find that components of a small group of brain cells in the brainstem are important in how people perceive the threat of breathlessness.
Unravelling the mystery of pain and anaesthesia
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
15 February 2016
Listen to Irene Tracey discussing her work on pain at the Wellcome Collection/BBC World Service 'Exchanges at the Frontier' series
Our researchers test health technology on zero gravity flights with NASA
Anaesthetics Research
22 September 2015
A team of doctors and scientists from the University of Oxford have tested a tissue oxygen monitor in microgravity for the first time.
Anaesthetist Jaideep Pandit wins British Medical Association Award
Anaesthetics Award
22 September 2015
New system to identify patients at risk of admission to intensive care
Anaesthetics
3 September 2015
Researchers and clinicians from Oxford and Portsmouth have been awarded £1.8m by the Health Innovation Challenge Fund to develop a new electronic system to recognise deteriorating patients in hospitals.
Aviation study shows lower air pressure leads to higher blood pressure in lungs
Anaesthetics Research
2 June 2015
A study in our Department has found that the lower-pressure environment experienced when flying increases blood pressure in the lungs. With an unknown but significant number of flights diverted each year for medical emergencies, the results could be used to improve health screening before flight as well as care for patients being moved by air.
Irene Tracey awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Anaesthetics Award Integrative Neuroimaging
11 May 2015
48 of the UK's leading medical researchers have been recognised for excellence in medical science with their election to the Academy Fellowship.