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Research Interests
My overarching programme is to improve the conduct of clinical trials as well as to undertake clinical trials in critical care. My primary area of interest is the impact and long-term effects of mechanical ventilation and weaning. I lead on funded projects that include clinical trials of protocolised weaning; process evaluations of complex critical care interventions involving mechanically ventilated patients; development of core outcome sets for ventilation, rehabilitation and early phase clinical trials; Cochrane systematic reviews and meta-analyses of trials; development of new interventions to minimise delirium and improve rehabilitation for intensive care survivors.
I have an active interest in pursuing research translation to practitioners and the public. My methodological expertise includes systematic reviews and meta-analyses of effectiveness trials; diagnostic test accuracy reviews; qualitative synthesis reviews; and scoping reviews. Additionally, I have expertise in clinical trials (single and multi-centre) that are accompanied by process evaluation involving qualitative methods such as interviewing (patients, relatives and clinical staff), survey (national and international) and documentary analysis (clinical charts, audits). My PhD was framed around the MRC Framework for Developing and Evaluating Complex Healthcare Interventions. I have used and currently lead a project using the Delphi technique to obtain expert consensus.
I am a highly regarded leader in European Critical Care Nursing. I established and Chair the Critical Care Doctoral European Nurses group and I am the elected President for the European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations. The federation includes membership of 31 national associations representing approximately 25,000 critical care nurses across Europe.
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Projects
R4673CII: Optimising hospital discharge of children requiring long term ventilation
12/06/2014 → 17/12/2019
Project: Research
R4718CII: Is it possible to develop a complex intervention to improve the outcome of critically ill patients with delirium?
Blackwood, B., Clarke, M. & McAuley, D.
16/04/2015 → 09/08/2019
Project: Research
Research Output
A Core Outcome Set for Critical Care Ventilation Trials
Blackwood, B., Ringrow, S., Clarke, M., Marshall, J. C., Connolly, B., Rose, L. & McAuley, D. F., 25 Jul 2019, In : Critical Care Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of Loop-mediated-isothermal AMPlification (LAMP) in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children
Waterfield, T., Fairley, D., Blackwood, B., Mckenna, J. & Shields, M., 07 Feb 2019, In : BMC Pediatrics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation
Hellyer, T. P., McAuley, D., Walsh, T. S., Anderson, N. H., Conway Morris, A., Singh, S., Dark, P., Roy, A. I., Perkins, G. D., McMullan, R., Emerson, L., Blackwood, B., Wright, S. E., Kefala, K., O'Kane, C., Baudouin, S. V., Paterson, R. W., Rostron, A. J., Agus, A., Bannard-Smith, J. & 19 others, , 03 Dec 2019, In : The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Griffiths, M. J. D., McAuley, D. F., Perkins, G. D., Barrett, N., Blackwood, B., Boyle, A., Chee, N., Connolly, B., Dark, P., Finney, S., Salam, A., Silversides, J., Tarmey, N., Wise, M. P., Baudouin, S. V. & Connolly, B., 24 May 2019, In : BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 6, 1, 27 p., e000420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Identifying patients’ support needs following critical illness: a scoping review of the qualitative literature
King, J., O'Neill, B., Ramsay, P., Linden, M., Darweish Medniuk, A., Outtrim, J. & Blackwood, B., 24 May 2019, In : Critical Care. 23, 12 p., 187.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prizes
All Ireland Nursing Research Fellowship from NBNI / Bord Altranais
Bronagh Blackwood (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Study Tour Award to University of Virginia Medical Centre, Charlottesville, US
Bronagh Blackwood (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
President
Bronagh Blackwood (Chair)May 2014 → …
Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Journal)
Bronagh Blackwood (Editor)2013 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
International forum for acute care trialists (InFACT) (External organisation)
Bronagh Blackwood (Member)06 May 2013 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
ARDS Clinical Guidelines Development Group
Bronagh Blackwood (Member)Jan 2013 → …
Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
UKCCRF (External organisation)
Bronagh Blackwood (Member)2012 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
Impact
Protocols that assist clinicians to wean critically ill patients from mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU)
Bronagh Blackwood (Participant), Chris Patterson (Participant), Linda Johnston (Participant), Fiona Alderdice (Participant), Christopher Cardwell (Participant), Peter O'Halloran (Participant), Danny McAuley (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact, Quality of Life Impact