Critical care

Summary

We support and deliver research studies in critical care. Studies focus on intensive care, high dependency care and acute medical care.

Our portfolio of work in critical care includes:

• interventions to improve outcomes from acute respiratory failure and sepsis
• understanding the long term implications of critical illness and how to improve recovery
• developing risk models to guide intensive care treatments for common conditions or complications
• minimising risk and morbidity associated with major surgery

We have expertise in all areas of clinical research for critical care including:

• laboratory and experimental medicine
• clinical trials testing safety and efficacy
• large scale multi-centre pragmatic effectiveness trials
• implementing health policy
• qualitative methods to explore the experiences of patients, staff and family members