ACUTE SURGICAL UNIT Head of Department: Rebecca Seton
DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH RESOURCES
CLINICAL DATABASES TO SUPPORT OUTCOMES RESEARCH • Acute Surgical Unit Database • Acute Surgical Unit QoR 15 • Acute Surgical Unit Impact Cohort • Acute Surgical Unit Patient Management Work Instructions
CURRENT NSLHD HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS APPLICATION (HREA) APPROVALS • STE15169 – Evaluating the use of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) - surgical risk calculator in predicting mortality in an Acute Surgical Unit and how it has assisted in the management of patients deemed to be at high risk of post-operative mortality • STE16869 – American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - comparison between NSQIP risk calculator and NSQIP adult with aim of determining accuracy of risk calculator in the Australian population in emergency surgery
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY
• Comparison between NSQIP risk calculator and NSQIP adult with aim of determining accuracy of risk calculator in the Australian population in emergency surgery • Adhesional SBO management • COVID-19 testing using antibody test kits • ASU anti-microbial stewardship
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