Support intensive care research

SGLT2 inhibitors ("flozins") are increasingly prescribed for heart failure and chronic kidney disease, yet there is no consensus on whether to continue or withhold them when patients are admitted to intensive care.

FLO-CRIT is a short, anonymous survey exploring how intensive care clinicians currently manage these medications and their views on the associated uncertainties whether they would support future studies in this area.

We warmly invite consultants, trainees, pharmacists and advanced critical care practitioners to take part.

The survey takes around 5 minutes and will help inform future prospective research.

You are invited to take part in a research project supported by CICM and CERSI-AI.

The aim of this study is to identify and prioritise the most important opportunities for applying artificial intelligence (AI) to the clinical practice of intensive care.

Your responses will help shape a final list of top priorities to guide future research, development and investment in AI across the specialty.

The survey is open to clinical ICU staff (doctors, nurses, ACCPs, AHPs and pharmacists).

RECOVERY-RS was a UK multi-centre randomised controlled trial undertaken in 2020 and 2021 to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of CPAP and HFNO, compared with standard oxygen therapy, in COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure.

Trial results were first shared on 4th August 2021 on the preprint server medRxiv and subsequently published in JAMA in January 2022.

Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.02.21261379v1.

JAMA paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2788505

The purpose of this survey is to gather information to support a REF2029 Impact Case Study being submitted by Queen’s University Belfast (incl. Profs. Danny McAuley & Bronwen Connolly) and University of Warwick (incl. Profs. Gavin Perkins & Keith Couper).

This survey is intended for medical colleagues at consultant grade or equivalent with decision-making responsibility for initiation of non-invasive respiratory support. 

We would be grateful for your support in completing this survey to assist with collection of information to support this Impact Case Study

We are seeking the views of UK critical care clinicians on a potential inhaled-antibiotic-first treatment pathway for selected critically ill patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia.

The survey explores whether such a pathway would be clinically acceptable and what practical safeguards and implementation arrangements would be needed. We are keen to hear the full range of views, including any concerns or reservations.

The survey should take approximately four minutes to complete: Complete the Clinician Acceptability and Implementation Survey

Thank you for contributing your experience and perspective.

A follow-up benchmarking survey is being used to assess the impact of the resources developed through the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Adult Critical Care Network's S.P.E.A.K. Quality Improvement Project.

This is to understand how effective they have been in supporting safer practice and reducing the risk of one-way valve patient safety incidents.

The project was initiated in response to a serious incident involving the use of a one-way valve in-line with mechanical ventilation, which highlighted variation across units in practice, staff confidence, education, and the availability of standardised guidance.

The resources developed included:
•    Ventilator-specific bed-head checklists
•    MDT staff competencies
•    Documentation proformas
•    Educational resources

These resources were created through the collaborative work of MDTs across the region so we would be grateful if you could complete the survey and share your unit's experience of implementing the S.P.E.A.K. Resources.

This will help us understand current practice, identify any improvements since the project's implementation, and inform any further work required to support patient safety in this area.

Your responses will provide valuable insight into the ongoing adoption and effectiveness of the resources across critical care services.

The survey closes November 5.

This is your opportunity to be involved in cutting edge research in UK Intensive Care units.

ECHO-MAD is a United Kingdom Service Evaluation Study to assess how echocardiography changes management of patients within intensive care supported by the Intensive Care Society (ICS), Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care (FUSIC), British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) and the Trainee Research in Intensive Care (TRIC) Network.

Data entry for the study will occur for 2 weeks within a period between 28^th September and 19^th October and there will be a second round of data entry in early 2027. 

Who we are looking for?

UK based Intensive Resident Doctors/ AHPs with a keen interest in research and echocardiography. 

Roles available: 

Regional Leads- To take the lead in their region and getting hospitals within it involved and active

Site leads: To lead their hospital in gathering data and assisting with data entry

Local investigators: To perform or review echocardiograms and enter data into the REDCap online system. 

What will be required: 

A short questionnaire following any echocardiograms performed on your Intensive Care Unit entered into an online database. Each entry should take between 3-4 minutes.

Whats in it for you?:

All regional leads and collaborators will be recognised in any future publications.

Local investigators will be able to use proof of involvement in the project to link to HiLOs in the Stage1/2/3 curriculum of both ICM and Anaesthetics.

How you can get involved?:

You can email echomadstudy@gmail.com with an expression of interest and we will be in touch with the protocol and how to get started.  

Study Organisers

Dr Prashant Parulekar, Consultant in Critical Care - Chief investigator and Dr Dan Sumner, Specialist Trainee in Critical Care and Anaesthesia- Associate Chief investigator