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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Staff

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St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Staff - Publications pre April 2024

Admission to critical care

Introduction Critical Care (CC) services are in increasing demand but published guidance for triaging admissions may no longer reflect current practice [1-2]. Exercise tolerance and clinical frailty assessment may have a role in assessing patients (pts) referred to CC [3]. We aimed to establish the impact of frailty and other factors..

Published: 16/08/2016
Authors: Bolton N, , England L, Feeney J, Tridente A, Wilkinson K

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Platelet function analysis utilising the PFA-100

​ Introduction Sepsis is known to be associated with impaired platelet function (1). The PFA-100 (Siemens Healthcare, Dade International, Miami, Fla., USA) is a device in which a citrated whole blood sample is aspirated through an aperture coated with agonists inducing platelet activation. Platelet aggregation leads to occlusion of the aperture and..

Published: 16/08/2016
Authors: Bolton N, , Bonney S, Tridente A, Nee PA

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The FICE course and qualification - experience from the Cheshire and Merseyside group

​ Introduction The utility of echocardiography for assessing the critically ill patient has long been recognised. The Focused Intensive Care Echocardiography (FICE) training pathway is endorsed by the Intensive Care Society of the UK. Candidates attend a full day course consisting of lectures and practical sessions. Subsequently, every candidate is required..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Bolton N, Rogers G, Booker K, Mohammed A, Mahendran V, Tridente A

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Effective ventilation during cardiac arrest

​ INTRODUCTION Despite ALS training, management of the airway during in-hospital cardiac arrests often appears poorly performed by the non-anaesthetist. OBJECTIVES To assess the competency of junior doctors airway skills in the cardiac arrest scenario. METHODS We conducted an assessment of foundation year 1 (FY1) doctors´ management of the airway in a..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Young S, Bolton N,

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St Helens Community Staff

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North West Boroughs Community Health Staff

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