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Optimising medication dosage for bypass patients
While any surgery is a physical shock to the body, major surgeries such as open heart and transplant are some of the most traumatic with the longest recoveries. Amazingly, although…
Waiting in vain: reducing transplant list fatalities
Currently, the organ and tissue transplant waiting list sits at about 1,500 Australian patients. Of these people, 60 are waiting for a new heart to beat in their chest and…
Study looks to improve life-saving technology
Tens of thousands of lives have been saved by extracorporeal life support - life-saving technology. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is only used for the most ill of ill patients; patients…
Is there a best before date for blood?
With 1 in every 3 Australians needing a blood transfusion in their lifetime, Monica Ng wants to reduce the risks and complications associated with the transfusion procedure. Having identified evidence…
Are current sepsis treatments bad for the heart?
A fever, chills down your spine, heart racing and nausea; these are all things you might feel if you have severe infection (or sepsis). In Australia, severe infection will hospitalise…
Reducing blood transfusion fatalities
Approximately 40% patients undergoing cardiac surgery alone will require a blood transfusion at The Prince Charles Hospital alone. It has been found that these patients have an increased risk infection…
Reducing re-admission rates in hip surgery patients
Hip fractures in elderly patients can be devastating for both physical and mental health. After undergoing surgery many patients go home, and without proper aftercare a large portion (33%) are…
Screening stroke patients for falls: can we do better?
Every year, 50,000 Australians suffer from stroke. Of these people, more than half will go on to have a permanent disability that makes carrying out everyday tasks difficult or impossible…
Finding the best process to reinflate collapsed lungs
Thousands of people every year find themselves in Intensive Care suffering a life-threatening illness - and many will experience collapsed lungs. There is no definitive way to best restore the…
Technology driving healthcare forward
When thinking of mechanical engineering you’d be forgiven for automatically picturing cars, trucks and heavy machinery engines rather than devices used to save lives, and that is exactly where Clayton…
Understanding right ventricle complications
This is a world first project using fibre optics to create a responsive heart pump.
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