Research Programs
Blood-CRE (Centre of Research Excellence for Patient Blood Management in Critical Illness and Trauma)
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Research Studies - Current
Current research projects in which the ANZIC-RC is involved include:
- ARISE-RCT (Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation - Randomised Controlled Trial)
- ARISE HEE (Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation - Health Economic Evaluation)
- EPO-TBI-RCT (Erythropoietin in Traumatic Brain Injury - Randomised Controlled Trial)
- Nutrition therapy in adult patients requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- PHARLAP-RCT (Permissive Hypercapnia, Alveolar Recruitment and Limited Airway Pressure - Randomised Controlled Trial)
- POLAR-RCT (Prophylactic hypothermia trial to Lessen traumatic brain injury - Randomised Controlled Trial)
- POLAR-BEAR (Prophylactic hypothermia trial to Lessen traumatic brain injury - Basal Energy Assessment Research)
- Renal Substudies of EPO-TBI and POLAR
- SPICE EGDS RCT (Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation: Early Goal Directed Sedation - Randomised Controlled Trial)
- Supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients: a pilot randomised controlled study
- TEAM (A Trial of Early Activity and Mobility in ICU)
- TRANSFUSE-RCT (STandaRd Issue TrANsfusion versuS Fresher red blood cell Use in intenSive carE (TRANSFUSE) - Randomised Controlled Trial)
Research Studies - Completed
Completed research projects in which the ANZIC-RC was involved include:
- ARISE Observational Study (Australasian Resuscitation in Sepsis Evaluation)
- ASAP (Audit of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Feeding Practices in Australasia)
- ATBIS (Australasian Traumatic Brain Injury Survey)
- Blood Observational Study
- CAT (The Catecholamine study: A Comparison of Epinephrine and Norepinephrine in Critically Ill Patients)
- DECRA (Multi-centre randomised trial of early decompressive craniectomy in patients with severe traumatic brain injury)
- Heparin in Severe Sepsis
- INFINITE Influenza A Registry (Impact and risk factors associated with influenza (H1N1 09) In Australian Hospital system, Pandemic 2009)
- International Nutrition Survey
- NICE-TBI (Normoglycaemia in Intensive Care - Traumatic Brain Injury)
- PHARLAP Pilot Study (Permissive Hypercapnia, Alveolar Recruitment and Limited Airway Pressure)
- RELEVENT (Rate of Lower Limb Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury)
- SAFE-TBI (Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation - Traumatic Brain Injury)
- SAFE-TRIPS (Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation - Translation of Research Into Practice Study)
- SPICE Observational Study (Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation)
- SPICE Pilot Study (Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation)
- STATINS (Study of Atorvastatin Therapy In Sepsis)


