As a department we have a diverse research programme. Research conducted in the
department ranges from the clinical assessment of novel drugs, through to the use
of simulation as a tool for analysing error in anaesthesia. Staff involved in research
include clinicians, scientists, research coordinators and postgraduate students.
Research groups
Some of our research interests / projects:
- The clinical implications of fatigue and circadian disruption to clinicians and
patients.
- Prevention of drug administration error in anaesthesia and simulation as a tool
for error research.
- The implications of automated record keeping within anaesthesia.
- The circadian variation of anaesthetic drug action.
- Sleep disorders in the New Zealand blind population.
- Improvement of neuro-cognitive outcome after cardiac surgery.
- Clinical value of novel drugs within cardiac surgery (notably bivalirudin as an
alternative to heparin for cardiopulmonary bypass and clevidipine as an alternative
to nitroglycerine for blood pressure control during cardiac surgery).
- Incident monitoring within anaesthesia.
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of analgesic drugs in children and neonates.
- EEG and sleep modelling.
- Intra-operative hypothermia.
- Detection of adverse events
during anaesthesia using computational techniques.
- Cognitive impairment in elderly patients following anaesthesia and surgery.
- Burns anaesthesia.
- Outcomes research in elderly patients.
To find out more about any particular research interest, please contact our department
Postgraduate Adviser:
