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Psychological Outcomes following a nurse-led Preventative Psychological Intervention for critically ill patients (POPPI): protocol for a cluster-randomised clinical trial of a complex intervention (2018)
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Richards-Belle, A., Mouncey, P. R., Wade, D., Brewin, C. R., Emerson, L. M., Grieve, R., …Rowan, K. M. (2018). Psychological Outcomes following a nurse-led Preventative Psychological Intervention for critically ill patients (POPPI): protocol for a cluster-randomised clinical trial of a complex intervention. BMJ Open, 8(2), Article e020908. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020908

Introduction Acute psychological stress, as well as unusual experiences including hallucinations and delusions, are common in critical care unit patients and have been linked to post-critical care psychological morbidity such as post-traumatic stress... Read More about Psychological Outcomes following a nurse-led Preventative Psychological Intervention for critically ill patients (POPPI): protocol for a cluster-randomised clinical trial of a complex intervention.

Cognitive ageing and experience of playing a musical instrument (2023)
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Okely, J. A., Cox, S. R., Deary, I. J., Luciano, M., & Overy, K. (in press). Cognitive ageing and experience of playing a musical instrument. Psychology and Aging,

Musical instrument training has been found to be associated with higher cognitive performance in older age. However, it is not clear whether this association reflects a reduced rate of cognitive decline in older age (differential preservation), and/o... Read More about Cognitive ageing and experience of playing a musical instrument.

Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation (2019)
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Hellyer, T. P., McAuley, D. F., Walsh, T. S., Anderson, N., Conway Morris, A., Singh, S., …Simpson, A. J. (2020). Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 8(2), 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2819%2930367-4

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection, yet accurate diagnosis remains difficult, leading to overuse of antibiotics. Low concentrations of IL-1β and IL-8 in bronchoalveolar lavage f... Read More about Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

Feasibility of conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation compared with usual care in critical illness: the Role of Active Deresuscitation After Resuscitation-2 (RADAR-2) randomised clinical trial (2021)
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Silversides, J. A., McMullan, R., Emerson, L. M., Bradbury, I., Bannard-Smith, J., Szakmany, T., …McAuley, D. F. (2022). Feasibility of conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation compared with usual care in critical illness: the Role of Active Deresuscitation After Resuscitation-2 (RADAR-2) randomised clinical trial. Intensive Care Medicine, 48(2), 190-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06596-8

Purpose Fluid overload is common in critical illness and is associated with mortality. This study investigated the feasibility of a randomised trial comparing conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation (active removal of accumulated fluid... Read More about Feasibility of conservative fluid administration and deresuscitation compared with usual care in critical illness: the Role of Active Deresuscitation After Resuscitation-2 (RADAR-2) randomised clinical trial.

[Abstracts] Sedation, analgesia and delirium (2022)
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Eadie, R., McKenzie, C., Blackwood, B., Emerson, L., Aitken, L., Boyd, J., & Walsh, T. (2022). [Abstracts] Sedation, analgesia and delirium. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 23(1_suppl), 1-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221095122