Fang Gao

Summary

Affiliation: University of Birmingham
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Statins and sepsis
    F Gao
    Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, University of Warwick, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
    Br J Anaesth 100:288-98. 2008
  2. ncbi Bench-to-bedside review: beta2-Agonists and the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Gavin D Perkins
    Consultant, Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care 8:25-32. 2004
  3. ncbi The impact of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational study
    Fang Gao
    Critical Care Unit, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Teaching, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
    Crit Care 9:R764-70. 2005
  4. ncbi Discrepancies between clinical and postmortem diagnoses in critically ill patients: an observational study
    Gavin D Perkins
    Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust (Teaching, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care 7:R129-32. 2003
  5. ncbi Beta Agonist Lung Injury TrIal-2 (BALTI-2) trial protocol: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled of intravenous infusion of salbutamol in the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Gavin D Perkins
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick, CV4 7AL, UK
    Trials 12:113. 2011
  6. ncbi Factors affecting team leadership skills and their relationship with quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    Joyce H Y Yeung
    Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Crit Care Med 40:2617-21. 2012
  7. ncbi Role of nonbronchoscopic lavage for investigating alveolar inflammation and permeability in acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Gavin D Perkins
    Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care Med 34:57-64. 2006
  8. ncbi The effect of real-time CPR feedback and post event debriefing on patient and processes focused outcomes: a cohort study: trial protocol
    Gavin D Perkins
    Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK
    Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 19:58. 2011
  9. ncbi Safety and tolerability of nonbronchoscopic lavage in ARDS
    Gavin D Perkins
    MB ChB, Clinical Research Block, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, B15 2TT
    Chest 127:1358-63. 2005
  10. ncbi The beta-agonist lung injury trial (BALTI): a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial
    Gavin D Perkins
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:281-7. 2006

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Publications21

  1. ncbi Statins and sepsis
    F Gao
    Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, University of Warwick, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
    Br J Anaesth 100:288-98. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi Bench-to-bedside review: beta2-Agonists and the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Gavin D Perkins
    Consultant, Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care 8:25-32. 2004
    ..The present review examines the evidence supporting a role for beta2-agonists as a specific pharmacological intervention in patients with ARDS...
  3. ncbi The impact of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational study
    Fang Gao
    Critical Care Unit, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Teaching, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
    Crit Care 9:R764-70. 2005
    ..The aims of the present study were to determine the rate of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles and to determine the impact of the compliance on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock...
  4. ncbi Discrepancies between clinical and postmortem diagnoses in critically ill patients: an observational study
    Gavin D Perkins
    Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust (Teaching, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care 7:R129-32. 2003
    ..Recognition of the diagnoses missed before death may improve outcome or avoid unnecessary prolongation of life where terminal disease is present...
  5. ncbi Beta Agonist Lung Injury TrIal-2 (BALTI-2) trial protocol: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled of intravenous infusion of salbutamol in the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Gavin D Perkins
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick, CV4 7AL, UK
    Trials 12:113. 2011
    ..1,334 patients will be recruited from about fifty ICUs in the UK. An economic evaluation will be conducted alongside the trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN38366450...
  6. ncbi Factors affecting team leadership skills and their relationship with quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    Joyce H Y Yeung
    Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Crit Care Med 40:2617-21. 2012
    ..This study aims to explore the relationship between team-leadership skills and quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an adult cardiac-arrest simulation. Factors affecting team-leadership skills were also assessed...
  7. ncbi Role of nonbronchoscopic lavage for investigating alveolar inflammation and permeability in acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Gavin D Perkins
    Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care Med 34:57-64. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Nonbronchoscopic lavage is not comparable to bronchoscopic lavage and as such cannot be used as an alternative to bronchoscopic lavage for assessing alveolar inflammation in patients with ARDS...
  8. ncbi The effect of real-time CPR feedback and post event debriefing on patient and processes focused outcomes: a cohort study: trial protocol
    Gavin D Perkins
    Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK
    Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 19:58. 2011
    ..The CPR quality improvement initiative is a prospective cohort study of the Q-CPR real-time feedback device combined with post-event debriefing in hospitalised adult patients who sustain a cardiac arrest...
  9. ncbi Safety and tolerability of nonbronchoscopic lavage in ARDS
    Gavin D Perkins
    MB ChB, Clinical Research Block, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, B15 2TT
    Chest 127:1358-63. 2005
    ..This study compared the safety profiles of bronchoscopic lavage with nonbronchoscopic lavage in the investigation of patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS...
  10. ncbi The beta-agonist lung injury trial (BALTI): a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial
    Gavin D Perkins
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:281-7. 2006
    ..Experimental data suggest that manipulation of alveolar fluid clearance with beta-agonists can accelerate the resolution of alveolar edema and improve survival...
  11. ncbi A comparison between over-the-head and standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    Gavin D Perkins
    Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK
    Resuscitation 61:155-61. 2004
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the technique of over-the-head CPR (OTH CPR), where the CPR provider kneels above the casualty and performs chest compressions OTH of the casualty...
  12. ncbi Do changes in pulse oximeter oxygen saturation predict equivalent changes in arterial oxygen saturation?
    Gavin D Perkins
    Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust Teaching, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care 7:R67. 2003
    ....
  13. ncbi Type XVIII collagen degradation products in acute lung injury
    Gavin D Perkins
    Lung Injury and Fibrosis Treatment Program LIFT, Department of Medical Sciences, The Medical School University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
    Crit Care 13:R52. 2009
    ....
  14. ncbi The Beta Agonist Lung Injury TrIal (BALTI)--prevention trial protocol
    Gavin D Perkins
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
    Trials 12:79. 2011
    ..The study aims to recruit 360 patients from 10 UK centres. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN47481946...
  15. ncbi Do different mattresses affect the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
    Gavin D Perkins
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, B9 5SS, Birmingham, UK
    Intensive Care Med 29:2330-5. 2003
    ..To determine the effect of different mattresses on cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance and establish whether emergency deflation of an inflatable mattress improves the quality of resuscitation...
  16. ncbi Basic life support providers' assessment of centre of the chest and inter-nipple line for hand position and their underlying anatomical structures
    Joyce Yeung
    University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
    Resuscitation 82:190-4. 2011
    ....
  17. ncbi UK pneumonectomy outcome study (UKPOS): a prospective observational study of pneumonectomy outcome
    Ellie S Powell
    Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
    J Cardiothorac Surg 4:41. 2009
    ..Current UK practice for pneumonectomy was observed to note patient and treatment factors associated with major complications...
  18. ncbi The use of CPR feedback/prompt devices during training and CPR performance: A systematic review
    Joyce Yeung
    University of Warwick, UK
    Resuscitation 80:743-51. 2009
    ..In lay persons and health care providers performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), does the use of CPR feedback/prompt devices when compared to no device improve CPR skill acquisition, retention, and real life performance?..
  19. ncbi Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes physical wound repair and is anti-apoptotic in primary distal lung epithelial and A549 cells
    Jonathan R Roberts
    Lung Injury and Fibrosis Treatment Program, Department of Medical Sciences, The Medical School University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Crit Care Med 35:2164-70. 2007
    ..This study tested the hypothesis that VEGF acts as an autocrine trophic factor for human adult alveolar epithelial cells and that under situations of pro-apoptotic stress, VEGF reduces cell death...
  20. ncbi A study of the relationship between environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and patients' acquisition of MRSA
    Katherine J Hardy
    West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:127-32. 2006
    ..The study aimed to examine the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the environment and its relationship to patients' acquisition of MRSA...
  21. ncbi Early change in blood glucose concentration is an indicator of mortality in critically ill children
    Prabhakar P Nayak
    Department of Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Birmingham Children s Hospital Foundation NHS Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK
    Intensive Care Med 39:123-8. 2013
    ..By exploring the longitudinal BG profile of individual children over time, this study investigates the importance of intact homeostasis early after admission to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)...