In this section
The team:
Ravishankar Nagaraj – Research lead
Lara Bunni – Research Fellow
Claire Jennings – Research Nurse
Rebecca Marshall – Research Nurse
For information on the current research projects our team are involved in, please see the RMCH Research website.
Please feel free to contact the research team if you have any questions on pcc.research@mft.nhs.uk.
For a summary of the current studies PCC are involved in and our recruitment please see the Research Rainbow for January 2021.
Studies
PRESSURE
The aim of the study is to find out whether children on intensive care could be managed more safely with lower blood pressure targets. If this could be shown, it may be that these children could safely receive less drug treatment and they may recover more quickly.
BESS
This is a study looking at whether a liquid called surfactant could help babies with Bronchiolitis to reduce the time they need to be on the Mechanical Ventilator. Surfactant has been used in premature babies with other lung problems for over 30 years, but we don’t know if it will work in babies with Bronchiolitis. Recruitment to the study has been suspended for 2021.
First ABC
The aim of this study is to find out whether High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) is as good as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for children who need non-invasive respiratory support.
KidBrainIT
The aim of this study is to establish a new multi-centre paediatric brain trauma clinical research group (KidsBrainIT) which uses routinely collected minute by minute observations and information technology innovations to improve the care, safety, and outcome for children who have had a traumatic brain injury.
Oceanic
A multi-centre study to explore the outcomes of children and families in the first year after paediatric intensive care discharge.
Oxy-PICU
The aim of this study is to find out whether children in intensive care, who are receiving oxygen while needing help from a ventilator, should have their oxygen saturations kept at a lower level (88-92%, which is within recommended guidelines) or at the level currently used (95-100%).
PIES
Feeding and survivorship outcomes in Paediatric Intensive Care Survivors
Starship
The aim of this study is to create a database from PICUs across the UK to be used for research purposes to determine optimal clinical parameters when managing paediatric patients after a severe traumatic brain injury.
Long-Vent Kids
This study aims to provide valuable knowledge about prolonged mechanical ventilation (for more than 14 days continuously) in critically ill children and will help determine the need for a standardised approach to care and procedures.