Stephen Aston
@stephen_aston
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Infectious disease doctor and researcher @RoyalLpoolHosps and @IGHLiverpool interested in all things #pneumonia. Views my own.
Liverpool, England
Joined April 2010
this project has been a long time in the making, but now we are proud to announce the start of our first in human Zika #vaccine trial. Liverpool begins first human trial of new Zika vaccine - News - University of Liverpool
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It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and we went to wards and offices yesterday to spread awareness and talk about what we are doing in ID Research to help reduce #AMR with our ongoing ED research study PRONTO. #WAAW2022 @Pronto_Trial @LivHospitals
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It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and we went to wards and offices yesterday to spread awareness and talk about what we are doing in ID Research to help reduce #AMR with our ongoing ED research study PRONTO. #WAAW2022 @Pronto_Trial @LivHospitals
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@LivHospitals infectious disease research team highlighting challenges of #AMR for #WAAW and the need for research like @Pronto_Trial to tackle it to preserve effective antibiotics for the future.
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I have the privilege of working with our wonderful sepsis nurse specialist and infectious diseases research teams @LivHospitals. Belated #worldsepsisday events today highlighted importance of #sepsis recognition and need for continued research like @Pronto_Trial. Great job!!
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Amazing effort from our Infectious disease research nurses supported by our wonderful colleagues in @LivHospitals ED and sepsis teams.
Congratulations and thankyou to @LivHospitals and @stephen_aston and team who have recruited over 600 patients into @Pronto_Trial from Royal Liverpool hospital, our lead site. Well done all! @NIHRresearch @CTRCardiffUni @emma_tj1 @NIHRCRN_nwcoast @CarrolEnitan
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Woohoo! My first Lancet paper. Pretty happy with that. What a wonderful team to work with @bethstuart97 @nickafrancis et al. Thanks for taking this biophysics post doc and getting me into Trials, Nick! https://t.co/Ev2e07iojN
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Our CPAP data from wave 2 finally published @LivHospitals @manishgautamDr @peterahampshire . https://t.co/pZgOa0g6od As our wave 1 study suggested , @recovery_rs showed and other observational studies such as 1 published by @LawtonTri CPAP has benefit in preventing I&V 1/3
bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Background NHS England recommends non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a possible treatment for type 1 respiratory failure associated with COVID-19 pneumonitis, either to avoid...
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Thanks @katemaitland for joining the team. You’ve helped us get off to a flying start on @Pronto_Trial @LivHospitals . You’re welcome back anytime!
Thank you to the ID Research and the ED Teams @LivHospitals for welcoming me to work on @Pronto_Trial. An important study examining the use of a Procalcitonin point of care test in pts presenting to ED with ?sepsis #antibioticstewardship 💊
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Thank you to the ID Research and the ED Teams @LivHospitals for welcoming me to work on @Pronto_Trial. An important study examining the use of a Procalcitonin point of care test in pts presenting to ED with ?sepsis #antibioticstewardship 💊
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My wish is that ‘respair’ will emerge from the forgotten pages of the dictionary and be on everyone’s lips in 2021: it means fresh hope and a recovery from despair. Happy New Year x
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Congratulations to @RemedyRDHED @UHDBTrust for an amazing start to recruitment for @Pronto_Trial. Looking forward to getting going @LivHospitals soon.
Another fantastic week of recruitment from @RemedyRDHED @UHDBTrust. Just 4 days into December and they've recruited over 25 % of their monthly target 👏 Total recruits = 3️⃣1️⃣ Fantastic achievement - well done to all. A true dedication to research in difficult circumstances.
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Just spent a genuinely lovely half hour reading The Lost Words by @RobGMacfarlane to my almost-4-year-old. Followed by a long conversation about the possibility of befriending a heron! As we went through she asked more and more - 'What's that? What's that?' I loved it.
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More fantastic news for Liverpool and the knowledge quarter - along with the RCP north Spine and Clatterbridge cancer centre - let’s get it finished and give Liverpool the world class hospital facilities it deserves! @liverpoolccg @KQLiverpool @RCPLondon @ClatterbridgeCC
It’s official! @Laing_ORourke are working with us to restart construction on our beautiful #NewRoyal for an expected completion date of 2020. If that isn't a #FridayFeeling for #Liverpool, we don't know what is! We cannot wait 🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/CekbK461w9
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Great news from @RoyalLpoolHosps this morning.
It’s official! @Laing_ORourke are working with us to restart construction on our beautiful #NewRoyal for an expected completion date of 2020. If that isn't a #FridayFeeling for #Liverpool, we don't know what is! We cannot wait 🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/CekbK461w9
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Excellent talk on Ambulatory care by @VickyKomrower at #AcuteMedMersey. Some important and poignant points about the dangers of admitting patients to hospital
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