St George ICU Research

The Intensive Care Clinical Research Program includes a combination of investigator initiated and collaborative groups. The main areas of research interest include temperature management in traumatic brain injury, severe sepsis, fluid resuscitation, echocardiography, enteral and parenteral nutrition, selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD), sedation practices in the ICU, blood transfusion practices, early mobility and gastric ulcer prevention.
 
The Critical Care Research Program- EPOCH provides a framework to support critical care staff undertaking self-directed research in their area of interest. The goal of the Critical Care  Research Program is to:

i) foster project collaboration between staff involved in the provision of care to critically ill patients

ii) to generate research output

iii) to generate knowledge to guide clinical practice, and

iv) to aid in the professional development of staff in the domain of research.

 

Currently and Future Studies

Some of the current or imminent research being conducted at St George ICU include:

  • PLUS: Fluid resuscitation
  • SuDDICU: Use of SDD
  • BLINGIII: Administration of antibiotics
  • Thermoregulation studies including TTM2
  • TEAM3: Early mobilisation
  • DISCOMFORT2: Managing patient comfort in ICU
  • Trainee Projects: point of care APTT measurement, practice of organ donation etc.

 

Collaborators

St George ICU participate in many local, national and International studies. We continues to have a strong collaborative relationship with the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group (CTG), The George Institute for Global Health, ANZICS-RC Monash University, New Zealand Medical Research Institute. University of New South Wales. Funding Institutes: Intensive Care Foundation Australia, St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation, Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and Microbiome Research Centre.

 

If you are want more information regarding our research or interested in joining our team, please contact us on:

SESLHD-STG-ICUResearch@health.nsw.gov.au

 

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