by CALHN | 10 May, 2022 | Research, TQEH
Prehabilitation before major lower limb amputation significantly reduces acute hospital length of stay according to a recent study at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The ‘prehabilitation-plus’ intervention combines reconditioning and strengthening exercises, education,...
by CALHN | 29 Apr, 2022 | GP News, RAH, Research
Medical consultations by phone or video call (telemedicine), offered by the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s Radiation Oncology Department are as satisfactory as in-person consultations and more convenient, according to patients. The results of a recent study by Radiation...
by CALHN | 14 Apr, 2022 | RAH, Research, TQEH
Researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have found that women with breast cancer are more fearful of exercise, which may prevent some from benefitting from the important and safe aspect of treatment. Researchers...
by CALHN | 31 Mar, 2022 | RAH, Research
The Australian Particle Therapy Clinical Quality Registry has launched this week and nurses at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Department of Radiation Oncology, will be essential to the vital cancer therapy research. The registry will provide the valuable data...
by CALHN | 30 Mar, 2022 | RAH, Research
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have a 1000-fold lower response to COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccinating household contacts is the best strategy to protect this immunocompromised group. Due their need for immunosuppressive therapy, as well as underlying...
by CALHN | 23 Mar, 2022 | RAH, Research
Central Adelaide LHN researcher, Professor Jeroen Hendriks, has been selected as a 2022 inductee into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. As a professor in Cardiovascular Nursing, Professor Hendriks holds a joint role in the Department of Cardiology at...
