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Research

Where to find this service

Where to find this service

Sunshine Hospital

The Department, with Intensive Care, employs three research officers and a research intern and is a significant contributor to a number of international multi-centre trials through collaborations with the ANZCA Clinical Trials Group and University of Melbourne. These include RELIEF, BALANCED, MUM-SIZE, METS

Areas of particular interest to the department are:

  • Sustainability in health care
     
  • Optimization of patients prior to surgery (smoking cessation, haematinic optimzation and "prehabilitation")
     

There is opportunity and support available to develop other local research ideas.

 

For a list of published papers in peer reviewed journals, click HERE

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