Ventilation and Sleep Medicine
The Respiratory Support Unit
multidisciplinary team are actively involved in research designed to
improve the understanding and care of patients requiring acute
Non-Invasive Ventilation. The group have recently completed research
examining the use of transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring in
patients requiring non-invasive ventilation for an acute exacerbation of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). This research was
presented at both European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic
Society Conferences and has recently been published in Thorax.
The group have also recently
secured funding for further research through the STH Research Department
Small Grants Scheme. This funding will be used to investigate the
effects of controlled oxygen therapy and carbon dioxide retention during
AECOPD.
The Respiratory Function Unit
is actively involved in research designed to improve the understanding
and care of patients requiring treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea or
chronic respiratory failure. Research interests include Health Related
Quality of Life assessments (including that of bed-partners), the
association of obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular risk, the use
of CoughAssist in the domiciliary setting, the management of the
terminal phase of NIV in Motor Neurone Disease and nocturnal ventilation
in pulmonary hypertension patients. |
