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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. My work includes projects involving clinical trials of protocolised weaning; process evaluations of complex critical care interventions involving mechanically ventilated patients; development of core outcome sets for clinical trials of interventions in ventilation, rehabilitation, delirium, and COVID-19; 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 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
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R4673CII: Optimising hospital discharge of children requiring long term ventilation
Shields, M. & Blackwood, B.
12/06/2014 → …
Project: Research
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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
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R4691CII: VAPrapid Process Evaluation Award
Blackwood, B., Clarke, M. & McAuley, D.
04/09/2014 → 30/09/2016
Project: Research
Research Output
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High-flow nasal cannula therapy for initial oxygen administration in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: study protocol of randomised controlled unblinded trial
Alnajada, A., Blackwood, B., Mobrad, A., Akhtar, A. & Shyamsundar, M., 08 Jan 2021, In : BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8, 1, 8 p., e000853.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Airway clearance techniques and use of mucoactive agents for adult critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure: a qualitative study exploring UK physiotherapy practice
Connolly, B., Barclay, M., Blackwood, B., Bradley, J., Anand, R., Borthwick, M., Chikhani, M., Dark, P., Shyamsundar, M., Warburton, J., McAuley, D. F. & O'Neill, B., 01 Sep 2020, In : Physiotherapy (United Kingdom). 108, p. 78-87 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research
Marshall, J. C., Murthy, S., Diaz, J., Adhikari, N., Angus, D. C., Arabi, Y. M., Baillie, K., Bauer, M., Berry, S., Blackwood, B., Bonten, M., Bozza, F., Brunkhorst, F., Cheng, A., Clarke, M., Dat, V. Q., de Jong, M., Denholm, J., Derde, L., Dunning, J. & 41 others, , 20 Jun 2020, In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Co-design of a patient and family-initiated escalation of care intervention to detect and refer patient deterioration: research protocol
McKinney, A., Fitzsimons, D., Blackwood, B. & McGaughey, J., 23 Mar 2020, In : Journal of Advanced Nursing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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European intensive care nurses' cultural competency: An international cross-sectional survey
Dobrowolska, B., Gutysz-Wojnicka, A., Ozga, D., Barkestad, E., Benbenishty, J., Breznik, K., Filej, B., Jarosova, D., Kaučič, B. M., Nytra, I., Smrke, B., Zelenikova, R. & Blackwood, B., Oct 2020, In : Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 60, 102892.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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All Ireland Nursing Research Fellowship from NBNI / Bord Altranais
Blackwood, Bronagh (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Study Tour Award to University of Virginia Medical Centre, Charlottesville, US
Blackwood, Bronagh (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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President
Bronagh Blackwood (Chair)
May 2014 → …Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Journal)
Bronagh Blackwood (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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International forum for acute care trialists (InFACT) (External organisation)
Bronagh Blackwood (Member)
06 May 2013 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
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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
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UKCCRF (External organisation)
Bronagh Blackwood (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
Press / Media
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What we all should know about PPE for health care workers
18/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impact
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Protocols that assist clinicians to wean critically ill patients from mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU)
Bronagh Blackwood (Participant), Christopher 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