Acute Care Research
Acute care is any unplanned healthcare contact or escalation in hospital healthcare requirements. It includes not only front door medicine and surgery, but peri and post-operative and critical care for adults and children. Birmingham Acute Care Research Centre is an internationally unique, multi-disciplinary and integrated collaborative group of healthcare professionals, clinical academics, scientists and researchers with a shared mission to improve outcomes for the high number of patients seeking acute care.
Our research leads
Associate Professor in Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine
Director of NIHR/Wellcome Birmingham Clinical Research Facility
Acute Care Research Theme Lead
Associate Professor in Respiratory Science
Acute Care Research Deputy Theme Lead
Research projects in acute care
Our studies
Our studies
CATALYST Trial
Testing new therapies for severe COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study (COVID-CNS)
Investigating neurological impacts of COVID-19.
EME-ECAL Study
Comparing electronic cigarettes with varenicline for COPD patients.
Eurobact 2 Study
Outcomes of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in ICUs.
ERASER Trial
Evaluating rib analgesia methods for multiple rib fractures.
UNITE-COVID Project
Intensive Care Medicine Society's COVID-19 research.
PRESSURE Study
Permissive blood pressure targets in critically ill children.
Thoracic Epidural and Paravertebral Blockade Trial
Reducing chronic post-thoracotomy pain.
Stepping Up Study
Impact of high-intensity specialist-led acute care.
STRESS-L Study
Septic shock reversal with beta-blockade.
SOS Trial
Hyperosmolar therapy for traumatic brain injury.
PERMIT Study
Early rehabilitation in paediatric intensive care.
VITDALIZE UK Trial
High-dose vitamin D3 effects on critically ill patients.
Recent publications
Read our published studies online
Read our published studies online
- A descriptive survey of operating theatre and intensive care unit temperature management of burn patients in the United Kingdom
- Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Its Association With Mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Cigarette smoke exposure and alveolar macrophages: mechanisms for lung disease
- Development of a high sensitivity ELISA detecting IgG, A & M antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein in serum and saliva.
- Epidemiology of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Critically Ill Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Units Across England: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
- It Is Our Clinical Responsibility to Recognize and Treat Delirium-In Response to "Delirium in Burn Patients: Developing a Mobile Application for Assessment and Diagnosis"[LR1]
- Assembly Line ICU: what the Long Shops taught us about managing surge capacity for COVID-19
- Covert speech comprehension predicts recovery from acute unresponsive states
- Infrastructure and operating processes of PIONEER, the HDR-UK Data Hub in Acute Care and the workings of the Data Trust Committee
Our staff
Meet our team of experts
Meet our team of experts
Principal Investigators
Professor in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine
Professor in Respiratory Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine
Dr Catherine Atkins
Assistant Clinical Professor
Cross-Department Staff
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
Honorary Staff
Honorary Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
