Transfusion in Gastrointestinal Bleeding
To evaluate the feasibility and safety of implementing a restrictive versus liberal red blood cell (RBC) transfusion policy in adult patients admitted with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (AUGIB) in order to inform the design of a definitive phase III randomised controlled trial.
A multi-centre, feasibility, cluster randomised controlled trial comparing restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion strategies in adult patients admitted with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Professor Mike Murphy & Dr, Vipul Jairath
Professor Alasdair Gray
Vipul Jairath, Brennan C Kahan, Alasdair Gray, Caroline J Doré, Ana Mora, Martin W James, Adrian J Stanley, Simon M Everett, Adam A Bailey, Helen Dallal, John Greenaway, Ivan Le Jeune, Melanie Darwent, Nicholas Church, Ian Reckless, Renate Hodge, Claire Dyer, Sarah Meredith, Charlotte Llewelyn, Kelvin R Palmer, Richard F Logan, Simon P Travis, Timothy S Walsh, Michael F Murphy: Restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion for acute uppergastrointestinal bleeding (TRIGGER): a pragmatic, open-label,cluster randomised feasibility trial. The Lancet Published online May 6, 2015
Honorary Professor of Emergency Medicine & Clinical Director of the Emergency Department
Scottish Research Nurse of the Year 2015 (SRNCN)
TARGET CTCA is a joint venture between EMERGE and the cardiology research team aiming to recruit patients with suspected ACS across NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The study aims to recruit 2270 participants. For further information, please contact the EMERGE team.
ISARIC/WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol for Severe Emerging Infections in the UK (CCP-UK)