Professor, Physiotherapist. Supporting respiratory and critical care rehabilitation, research, education and practice for better health and well being.
Joined June 2013
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Are you attending the CSP conference today in Glasgow? If so visit us on stand 71 and find out more about World Physiotherapy and next year's world congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. We look forward to seeing you!
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ERJOR: Noninvasive ventilation during exercise improves endurance and reduces dyspnoea (showing a significant dose–response relationship) and PCO2 in COPD. Evidence supports its targeted use during pulmonary rehabilitation, particularly in severe disease. bit.ly/48EElXb
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Factors influencing the acceptability of remote multicomponent rehabilitation versus standard care following critical illness: a theory-informed qualitative study embedded within the iRehab trial bit.ly/4xtetHQ #icurehab #A2Fbundle
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Published in @JAMA_current , brilliant demonstration of selective reporting. #Cochrane #MetaAnalyses: for each outcome, on average less than half the eligible trials contributed to estimates. The fewer included, the larger the effect size! Studies with null effect weren’t reporting!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1728…
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Well done to the Belfast team!
ERJ Open Research: Treatment of patients with bronchiectasis with hypertonic saline or carbocisteine does not significantly reduce sputum viscoelastic properties and biomarker levels or alter bacterial community composition bit.ly/4r2X2KA
Cost effectiveness of Remote Rehabilitation(IRehab)- favourable for those who had MV for 7 days or less jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Among survivors of #CriticalIllness requiring mechanical ventilation, remote rehabilitation yielded improvements in physical function, fatigue, and anxiety, though health-related quality of life benefits were not detected at 8 weeks.
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New research confirms what we've suspected for a long time - the "test dose" of hypertonic saline in clinic does nothing except test the variability of spirometry as a measure
Most people who failed the test passed a repeat. Most people who couldn't tolerate HTS long term passed the test first time
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Brenda O'Neill retweeted
Looking forward to the Chief AHP Conference at @UlsterHealthSci Great to catch up with Mark Taylor, Regional Clinical Director for Elective Care, ahead of the conference to discuss the vital contribution of physios and AHPs in transforming health and care @marktaylor18 @thecsp
Brenda O'Neill retweeted
#CCR26 Read the MARCH trial for yourself here nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Join the discussion here or at criticalcarereviews.com
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🚨 First positive trial of #CCR26?
Just published in @JAMA_current: the #TeleRehabtrial!
An integrated telehealth-based rehabilitation strategy for pts with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure improved 90-d health-related quality of life and was associated with lower mortality!
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Presented at #CCR26:
Among critically ill adults with acute respiratory failure, neither carbocisteine nor hypertonic saline reduced the duration of mechanical ventilation, and each strategy was associated with harm. Full phase 3 MARCH trial results: nej.md/3PUyHdA
@CritCareReviews
ALT Kaplan-Meier curves comparing duration of mechanical ventilation. Chart A compares carbocisteine (CS) versus no CS, while Chart B compares hypertonic saline (HTS) versus no HTS.
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📊 Research Summary: Remote, individualized rehabilitation did not significantly improve quality of life at 8 weeks for ICU survivors but enhanced physical function, fatigue, and anxiety in selected patients. #CriticalIllness
#ATS2026 @atscommunity
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iRehab was presented today at @ATSCritCare Conference and published in @JAMA_current
The video from CCR Down Under 2025 is now available along with our trial summary and critique
criticalcarereviews.com/
Does the paper's conclusion do the trial justice?
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💬 Editorial: Remote rehabilitation for ICU survivors improved quality of life & physical function for highly adherent participants, but many declined participation. Integration of flexible, accessible recovery options is needed for #CriticalIllness.
#ATS2026 @atscommunity
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🧵 Among survivors of #CriticalIllness requiring mechanical ventilation, remote rehabilitation yielded improvements in physical function, fatigue, and anxiety, though health-related quality of life benefits were not detected at 8 weeks.
#ATS2026 @atscommunity
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Amazing opportunity to present @iRehabTrial results @atscommunity with simultaneous publication in @JAMA_current
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Today's Paper of the Day is:
Emergency critical care: closing the gap between onset of critical illness and intensive care unit admission
criticalcarereviews.com/late…
Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2026
Brenda O'Neill retweeted
Are we over-trusting a number on the screen?
Pulse oximetry is central to ICU monitoring, yet this study raises a critical question about how reliable those readings truly are.
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#CriticalCare #PatientSafety
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Today's Paper of the Day is:
Diastolic dysfunction in acute & critical illness: acute pathophysiology to chronic heart failure
criticalcarereviews.com/late…
Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2026
