How tired is your anaesthetist?
Use of a fatigue risk prediction tool in medical roster analysis Fatigue is a critical safety issue within anaesthesia that has potentially catastrophic consequences for patients and staff. Fatigue risk management policies are widespread in other safety critical industries, such as aviation, but uncommon within healthcare. This study, published in June 2022 in the BJA, led […]
Frailty following Ischaemic Stroke
Frailty, Assessed by the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale and 1-Year Outcomes Following Ischaemic Stroke in a Non-Specialist UK Stroke Centre Frailty, assessed by the clinical frailty scale (CFS), is independently associated with 28-day and 1-year mortality after ischaemic stroke. In contrast to previous work, improvement in stroke severity following thrombolysis was not attenuated with frailty. […]
ICU Research: COVID ICU Recovery Using Smartwatches
How can we improve patient rehabilitation after discharge from intensive care while abiding by social distancing restrictions? A new study published in the JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies journal outlines how our multi-disciplinary team in Sussex used smartwatches to improve patient care Patients were given a Fitbit smartwatch and introduced to the platform on discharge […]
Brighton Marathon Research 2022
The Brighton Marathon Research Group continues to carry out valuable research on the effects of marathon running on the human body with some exciting new projects this year: Continuous Temperature monitoringHaemodynamic monitoringBiomarkers of inflammation and organ perfusion Exercise is essential to a healthy lifestyle but the effects of endurance events on different body systems remain […]
Urinary Assays for Predicting Severe AKI
New Publication Sussex Critical is pleased to announce a new publication in the prestigious journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney360. Acute Kidney Injury is a potentially life-threatening disease that remains notoriously difficult to diagnose and prevent. This paper evaluates a potentially useful urinary assay in predicting Severe AKI. The urinary assay of C-C […]
COVID-19 and Technology
Aside from taking part in ISARIC, GenOMICC and RECOVERY, our research work during COVID has included digital innovation to help patients, their families and staff during the pandemic. Social distancing measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an almost complete cessation of family bedside interaction, with negative effects on patients, families and […]
Marathon Runners and AKI
Our team at the Brighton Marathon have a long record performing Exercise research with clinical applications. Collaborating with Physiologist Dr Alan Richardson at the University of Brighton, the Armed Forces and Imperial and Loughborough, we continue to explore important questions around health and endurance events. In 2020 we presented a decade of experience with Marathon […]
NEWS, Lactate and Sepsis
This project included a number of trainee doctors led by Dr Duncan Hargreaves and BSMS medical students Joshua de Carvalho and Laura Smith. A prospectively gathered cohort of 1233 adults brought in by ambulance with suspicion of sepsis was analysed. Associations with 30-day mortality and ICU admission rate were compared between groups with an elevated […]