by Stephanie Baker | 14 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, Research
Implementing world-best practice for spinal cord injury, and a project improving outcomes for Aboriginal patients on dialysis, are among the initiatives to receive CALHN CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme (CRIPS) grants. This year four projects will each...
by Stephanie Baker | 8 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Research, TQEH
Raising awareness of the risks prolonged sitting and lying in hospital – which can significantly worsen a patient’s condition – is the focus of new research involving older people at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Researcher and physiotherapist Jasper Unyime said...
by Stephanie Baker | 8 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH, Research
In a game-changer for the treatment of rib fractures, patients are recovering better and with less pain thanks to an innovative new technique that has been trialled and implemented at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Anaesthetist Dr Gilberto Arenas said while rib fractures...
by Stephanie Baker | 25 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research
When it comes to spinal cord injury – time is critical. That’s the overwhelming message of spinal surgeon Professor Brian Freeman’s research. Among all of the studies he is involved with, reducing the time from the accident scene to the operating theatre to within 8...
by Stephanie Baker | 25 Sep, 2020 | RAH, Research
A world-leading stroke trial investigating early “keyhole” brain surgery to treat acute intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), or bleeding into the brain, is about to move to the next phase. ICH makes up about 15 per cent of all strokes and is devastating; causing around...
by Stephanie Baker | 25 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research
Medical oncologist and research director Professor Michael Brown and his team running world-leading research into helping a patient’s own immune system fight cancer. Part of the research involves taking existing drugs and making them safer and more effective. In...
