Critical care research is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary, from non-invasive techniques to monitor brain function in critically ill patients, to using informatics, genomics, and biomedical Big Data to address current challenges in Critical Care Medicine.
Read about research in acute care medicine
Palliative care research is an area of growing interest. Emerging work at KGH is noteworthy for its inclusion of patients and families in the development and implementation of research studies. Palliative research is part of broader initiatives in our hospital, at Queen’s University and in our partner institutions to improve palliative care for patients with life-limiting illnesses.
End-of-life research focuses on issues related to patient and family satisfaction of end of life care, palliative care, advance care planning and decision making at the end of the life. Policies and best practices developed here are helping to transform end-of-life care across Canada, and around the world.
Read Dr. Roger Deeley's blog on end of life research
The Canadian Frailty Network - funded through Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence program, CFN (formerly Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network -TVN) was created to improve care for our frail elderly by fostering and funding the creation of evidence-based best policies and practices.
Dr. Gordon Boyd talks about patient recovery after cardiac arrest:
Dr. Daren Heyland talks about end of life studies and advance care planning:
