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Patients’ support needs during and after the critical illness event: a scoping review (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramsay, P. (2018, December). Patients’ support needs during and after the critical illness event: a scoping review. Poster presented at Intensive Care Society: State of the Art, 2018, London

Background Intensive care survivors suffer chronic and potentially life-changing physical, psychosocial and cognitive sequelae, and supporting recovery is an international priority. As survivors transition from the intensive care unit to home, their... Read More about Patients’ support needs during and after the critical illness event: a scoping review.

A qualitative study of experiences of health and social care in home mechanical ventilation (2018)
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Smith, P., Rodgers, S., Bateman, A. P., & Ramsay, P. (2019). A qualitative study of experiences of health and social care in home mechanical ventilation. Nursing Open, 6(2), 283-292. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.213

Aim To contribute insight into health and social care integration through an exploration of the care experiences of adults with degenerative neuromuscular conditions who use a mechanical ventilator at home. Design Descriptive qualitative research.... Read More about A qualitative study of experiences of health and social care in home mechanical ventilation.

Life After Intensive Care: overcoming adversity, celebrating creativity. (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Ramsay, P. Life After Intensive Care: overcoming adversity, celebrating creativity. 2 August 2018 - 2 August 2018. (Unpublished)

We held a public engagement event at the Thistle Foundation in Edinburgh; our aim was to showcase the positive ways in which patients used creative activities (e.g. poetry, music, creative writing) and volunteering to help their recovery after Intens... Read More about Life After Intensive Care: overcoming adversity, celebrating creativity..

Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers (2018)
Journal Article
Donaghy, E., Salisbury, L., Lone, N. I., Lee, R., Ramsey, P., Rattray, J. E., & Walsh, T. S. (2018). Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers. BMJ Quality & Safety, https://doi.org/10

Background Many intensive care (ICU) survivors experience early unplanned hospital readmission, but the reasons and potential prevention strategies are poorly understood. We aimed to understand contributors to readmissions from the patient/carer pe... Read More about Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers.

Predicting risk of unplanned hospital readmission in survivors of critical illness: a population-level cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Lone, N. I., Lee, R., Salisbury, L., Donaghy, E., Ramsay, P., Rattray, J., & Walsh, T. S. (2019). Predicting risk of unplanned hospital readmission in survivors of critical illness: a population-level cohort study. Thorax, 75(11), 1046-1054. https://doi.o

Background Intensive care unit survivors experience high levels of morbidity after hospital discharge and are at high risk of unplanned hospital readmission. Identifying those at highest-risk before hospital discharge may allow targeting of novel ri... Read More about Predicting risk of unplanned hospital readmission in survivors of critical illness: a population-level cohort study.

Patient and carer experiences of Home Mechanical Ventilation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramsay, P., McLaren, J., Smith, P., Rodgers, S., & Bateman, A. (2018, March). Patient and carer experiences of Home Mechanical Ventilation. Poster presented at NHS Lothian NMAHP

Home-based mechanical ventilation is a successful intervention for people with neuromuscular induced respiratory insufficiency. These people live with a high degree of disability, requiring care from nurses and others, and also the support of a vari... Read More about Patient and carer experiences of Home Mechanical Ventilation.

criticalcarerecovery.com-an e-health resource to support recovery among patients & families (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramsay, P., Hope, D., Donaghy, E., & Walsh, T. (2018). criticalcarerecovery.com-an e-health resource to support recovery among patients & families. In 5th European Conference on Weaning and Rehabilitation After Critical Illness: Conference Handbook

No abstract available. http://www.guysandstthomasevents.co.uk/european-conference-on-weaning-and-rehabilitation-2017-presentations/