Selected Ongoing Projects

• Transfusion Related Lung Injury: Incidence and Mechanisms: Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) In Transfusion Biology and Medicine, supported by National Institute of Health Lung Heart and Blood Institute in collaboration with University of California San Francisco
• Transfusion Related Lung Injury in Critically Ill, supported by National Institute of Health Lung Heart and Blood Institute and National Blood Foundation
• Normoglycaemia in Intensive Care Evaluation and Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation (NICE - SUGAR STUDY), in collaboration with Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group and Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
• Albuterol for the Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (ALTA), in collaboration with National Institute of Health Lung Heart and Blood Institute ARDS-network
• Restrictive Versus Liberal Fresh Frozen Plasma Transfusion Prior to low Risk Invasive Procedures, supported by Mayo Clinic
• The Accuracy of Natriutretic Peptides (BNP and N-pro-BNP) in the Differentiation Between Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) and Transfusion Associated Circulatory Overload (TACO), supported by National Blood Foundation
• Ventilator Management During Anesthesia as a Risk Factor for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, supported by Mayo Clinic
• Hospital rule based system for identification of patients with specific critical care syndromes, supported by Mayo Clinic
• Comparing the APACHE III (IV) and SAPS III Models in Predicting Mortality, supported by Mayo Clinic
• The Incidence, Clinical Course and Management of Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study, supported by Mayo Clinic
• Ventilator Settings and Outcome in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Requiring Mechanical Ventication in the Intensive Care Unit, supported by Mayo Clinic
• The Stability and Workload Index for Transfer (SWIFT) Score the Development and Initial Validation of a Numerical Index to Assess Patient Suitability for the Transfer of Care from a Critical Care Unit to a General Care Services Environment, supported by National Patient Safety Foundation and Mayo Clinic
• The Impact of 24h On Site Intensivist Presence on the Quality of Care, Patient and Provider Satisfaction in Medical ICU of a Teaching Hospital, Supported by Mayo Clinic