Salford leads on collaborative study of major trauma
Friday 21 April 2017
THE UNIVERSITY of Salford in collaboration with Manchester Royal Infirmary, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester and Waters Corporation Ltd are to carry out a cutting-edge study in a bid to improve clinical outcomes for patients admitted to hospital with major trauma.
Forty-five per cent of post-admission major trauma deaths are caused by sepsis and multiple organ failure as a result of uncontrolled immuno-modulatory responses.
Together they have launched a 200-patient study to define biomarkers - biological molecules that signal normal or abnormal activity – that could help predict which patients are most at risk.
The study will permit the further understanding of the immunological, proteomic and metabolic perturbations that occur as a consequence of major trauma.
NIHR backed
Dr Niroshini Nirmalan, senior lecturer at the University of Salford and principal investigator, said: “The collaborative initiative draws in strengths from the NHS, academia and industry to permit scientific enquiry into cellular perturbations following major trauma with a view to defining their impact on clinical outcome.”
The four-year study is supported by the National Institute for Health Research, as a NIHR-Portfolio case study (UKCRN 19377) which enables funding for research nurses at both hospitals.
Dr James Hanison, a consultant in intensive care at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, said: “This project demonstrates how cooperation between Central Manchester Foundation Trust and the University of Salford is using cutting edge techniques to better understand and predict why some people develop secondary illnesses and fail to recover following major trauma. Understanding these processes is key to improving patient outcomes following injury."
Dr Daniel Horner, consultant emergency physician at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This study is a great example of how major trauma centres in the North West can collaborate to deliver a regional project, improving the validity of the research”.
The work at Salford University is carried out by Dr Basmah Allarakia (PhD student) and Matthew Jones (MRes student) who are co-supervised by Dr. Lucy Smyth.
Conference
The North West Trauma Symposium 2017 on the 4th of May, organised by the University of Salford with the Greater Manchester Academic Centre for Acute Tissue Injury and Trauma Care, and the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, seeks to draw attention to Greater Manchester’s pioneering role in the field. The event is CPD accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthesiologists and will be held University of Salford’s Media City Campus.
Speakers include:
Prof Leela Biant: Academic Head of Dept. Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, CMFT.
Prof Rick Body: Consultant Emergency Medicine CMFT and NIHR Fellow, University of Manchester.
Dr Tony Clayson: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Wrightington, NHS Foundation Trust.
Prof Paul Dark: Chair of Critical Care Medicine, University of Manchester, NIHR National Specialty Lead for Critical Care & Trauma research.
Dr Antoinette Edwards: Executive Director Trauma Audit & Research Network.
Dr Jane Eddleston: Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Associate Medical Director, Clinical and Scientific Services CMFT.
Prof Tony Freemont: Professor of Pathology, Director of the Manchester Molecular Pathology Innovation Centre (the MRC/EPSRC Molecular Pathology node).
Prof Kevin Mackway-Jones: Consultant Emergency Physician, CMFT.
Dr Jim Langridge: Director Health Sciences, Waters Corporation, Manchester.
Prof Fiona Lecky: Consultant Emergency Medicine, SRFT, Research Director Trauma Audit and Research Network, University of Manchester.
Details of the programme can be accessed at http://www.salford.ac.uk/onecpd/courses/north-west-trauma-symposium
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