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Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder management after critical illness: a UK multi-centre prospective cohort study


Critical Care, 2020


Hatch R, Young D, Barber VS, Griffiths J, Harrison DA, Watkinson PJ

A follow-on study examining how well psychological conditions identified after critical illness were actually being recognised and managed in clinical practice.

pubmed

Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after critical illness: a UK-wide prospective cohort study


Critical Care, 2018


Hatch R, Young D, Barber V, Griffiths J, Harrison DA, Watkinson P

A large national study establishing how commonly anxiety, depression, and PTSD affect patients in the months following intensive care, and which groups are most vulnerable.

pubmed

Does the implementation of a novel intensive care discharge risk score and nurse-led inpatient review tool improve outcome? A prospective cohort study in two intensive care units in the UK


BMJ Open, 2017 


Fabes J, Seligman W, Barrett C, McKechnie S, Griffiths J

Tested whether a new scoring system and nurse-led review process could identify patients at risk after leaving the ICU and reduce complications on the general ward.

pubmed

A case of type B lactic acidosis as a complication of chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia: a case report and review of the literature


Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2015


Gardner AJ, Griffiths J

Documented an unusual metabolic complication in a patient with a rare blood cancer, contributing to the literature on a difficult-to-diagnose condition.

pubmed

Propranolol, post-traumatic stress disorder, and intensive care: incorporating new advances in psychiatry into the ICU


Critical Care, 2014


Gardner AJ, Griffiths J


Explored the potential for the beta-blocker propranolol — used to blunt the physiological stress response — to prevent PTSD from developing in ICU patients.

pubmed

An exploration of social and economic outcome and associated health-related quality of life after critical illness in general intensive care unit survivors: a 12-month follow-up study


Critical Care, 2013


Griffiths J, Hatch RA, Bishop J, Morgan K, Jenkinson C, Cuthbertson BH, Brett SJ

Followed ICU survivors for a year to understand not just their physical recovery, but the impact on their employment, finances, and overall quality of life.

pubmed

The prognostic variables predictive of mortality in patients with an exacerbation of COPD admitted to the ICU: an integrative review


QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2012


Messer B, Griffiths J, Baudouin SV

Identified which clinical factors best predict survival for patients with severe COPD flare-ups requiring intensive care admission.

pUbMED

Psychological intervention to prevent ICU-related PTSD: who, when and for how long?


Critical Care, 2011


Hatch R, McKechnie S, Griffiths J

Addressed the key practical questions around psychological support after intensive care: which patients should receive it, when, and how intensively.

pubmed

2010 Annual Evidence Update on Critical Illness Rehabilitation


NHS Evidence, 2010 


Treacher D, Gibson V, Griffiths J, Kishen R, Morris C, Parker R

A systematic summary of the evidence for rehabilitation programmes aimed at helping critically ill patients recover physical and psychological function.

Study protocol: the Intensive Care Outcome Network (‘ICON’) study


BMC Health Services Research, 2008 


Griffiths JA, Morgan K, Barber VS, Young JD

Set out the design for a large-scale study investigating what factors predict long-term recovery after intensive care

PUB MED LINK

Follow-up (book chapter)


Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care, Cambridge University Press, 2008 |


Griffiths J, Brett SJ

A structured overview of the principles and practice of patient follow-up after cardiothoracic critical care

Get Started

Post-traumatic stress disorder in intensive care unit survivors (book chapter)


Intensive Care Medicine: Annual Update 2008, Springer 


Griffiths J, Hull AM, Cuthbertson BH

A detailed exploration of why PTSD develops after intensive care, who is most at risk, and what can be done to prevent and treat it

Get Started

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in survivors of ICU treatment: a systematic review


Intensive Care Medicine, 2007 


Griffiths J, Fortune G, Barber V, Young JD

Brought together the available evidence to estimate how commonly ICU survivors develop PTSD — a condition long underrecognised in this patient group.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0730-zdoi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0730-z

Sexual dysfunction in intensive care survivors


British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2007 


Griffiths J, Waldmann C, Quinlan J

A focused review highlighting sexual health as an often-overlooked dimension of recovery for ICU survivors, with implications for follow-up care.

pubmed

A self-report-based study of the incidence and associations of sexual dysfunction in survivors of intensive care treatment


Intensive Care Medicine, 2006 


Griffiths J, Gager M, Alder N, Fawcett D, Waldmann C, Quinlan J

One of the first studies to document sexual dysfunction as a significant but rarely discussed consequence of surviving a critical illness.

pubmed

A national survey of intensive care follow-up clinics


Anaesthesia, 2006 | Griffiths JA, Barber VS, Cuthbertson BH, Young JD

Mapped the landscape of post-ICU follow-up clinics across the UK, revealing significant variation in how  - and whether - hospitals supported patients after critical illness

PUB MED LINK

Clinical trials of monitoring in anaesthesia, critical care and acute ward care: a review


British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2006


Young D, Griffiths J

Reviewed the evidence base for the monitoring tools used to keep patients safe during anaesthesia and critical illness.

PUBMED

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of the timing of tracheostomy in adult patients undergoing artificial ventilation

BMJ, 2005


Griffiths J, Barber VS, Morgan L, Young JD


A landmark review examining whether performing a tracheostomy earlier in a patient’s critical illness -  rather than waiting - improves survival and recovery outcomes

pub MED LINK.

Follow-up after intensive care

Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, 2004 


Griffiths JA, Gager M, Waldmann C
doi: 10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkh053


An early overview of why structured follow-up after ICU discharge matters, and what it should look like in practice.An early overview of why structured follow-up after ICU discharge matters, and what it should look like in practice.

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