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Find out what your colleagues have been writing. This section features articles published by staff working for St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Halton, Knowsley and St Helens community staff.

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All publications by 'Downes C'



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Staff

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St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Staff - Publications pre April 2024

Mechanical circulatory support and its implications for anaesthesia and critical care

Abstract Mechanical circulatory support is an increasingly important strategy for the treatment of a subset of patients with acute heart failure. Use of extracorporeal circuits with pumps and oxygenators to augment cardiac function can be immediately lifesaving, whereas implantable therapies can allow patients, with advanced heart disease, to resume near..

Published: 04/02/2024
Authors: Downes C

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Mechanical circulatory support and its implications for anaesthesia and critical care

Abstract Mechanical circulatory support is an increasingly important strategy for the treatmentof a subset of patients with acute heart failure. Use of extracorporeal circuits withpumps and oxygenators to augment cardiac function can be immediately lifesaving, whereasimplantable therapies can allow patients, with advanced heart disease, to resume nearnormal lives. Options for..

Published: 01/04/2021
Authors: Downes C

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Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy for rectal prolapse using veritas mesh

​ Introduction Rectal prolapse and obstructive defecation syndrome are life altering conditions, common across the age spectrum. When previously considered unfit for open abdominal surgery, elderly patients have tended to undergo perineal procedures, known to have higher failure rates. The laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy (Lap-VMR) allows all patients to benefit from..

Published: 16/08/2017
Authors: Fretwell VL, Brannigan K, Downes C, Rajaganeshan R, Chadwick M

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Out of Hours Admission

​ INTRODUCTION.  Recent evidence suggests that patients admitted to hospitals in the UK over the weekend have an increased risk of death when compared to those admitted during the week[1]. Likewise, for intensive care admissions, studies suggest that mortality seems to be worse for patients admitted both out of hours[2] and..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: , Harvey E, Downes C,

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St Helens Community Staff

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Knowsley Community Staff

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Halton Community Staff

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North West Boroughs Community Health Staff

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