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Respiratory patterns in older patients following cardiac surgery: Trial of the novel respiR8® monitor
Rachel McNulty1, Weihong Du2, Zoka Milan3, Gudrun Kunst4
1MBBS, Junior Doctor, St George’s Hospital, London, UK
2BSc, Medical Student, Medical Education Department, Kings College London, UK
3MD, PhD, FRCA, FRCIM, Consultant Anaesthetist, Anaesthesia Department, Kings College Hospital, London, UK
4MD PhD DEAA FRCA FFICM, Consultant Anaesthetist, Anaesthesia Department, Kings College Hospital, London, UK


Article ID: 100013A05RM2017
doi: 10.5348/A05-2017-14-LE-3

Corresponding Author:
Dr. Rachel McNulty
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackshaw Road, Tooting
London, SW17 0QT
UK

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McNulty R, Du W, Milan Z, Kunst G. Respiratory patterns in older patients following cardiac surgery: Trial of the novel respiR8® monitor. Edorium J Anesth 2017;3:12–14.


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Acknowledgements
Dr. Georgina Cubas for her help with data collection and Professor Ravi Mahajan for his encouragement.

Author Contributions
Rachel McNulty – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Weihong Du – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Zoka Milan – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Gudrun Kunst – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Rachel McNulty is a junior doctor at St George’s University Hospital, London, UK. She earned MBBS degree from St George’s University of London. Her research interests include respiratory rate as an indicator of morbidity and patient outcomes following cardio-thoracic surgery.

Weihong Duis a final year medical student studying at King’s College London, UK. He earned BSc degree (Surgery & Anesthesia) from Imperial College London, UK. He has a keen interest in anesthetics and intensive care medicine. He has participated in both clinical and laboratory research projects in the field of anesthetics and intensive care during his undergraduate study. These studies have been presented at national and international conferences.

Zoka Milan is Consultant Anesthetist at King’s College Hospital, London, UK. She earned the undergraduate degree from Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia and postgraduate degree from MSCi from Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia PhD. Thesis, ‘Pulmonary complications in esophageal surgery’, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia. She has published more than 100 research papers in national and international reputed journals and authored two books. Her research interests include postoperative pain treatment, liver transplant anesthesia, and anesthesia for HPB surgery.

Gudrun Kunstreceived her MD from Heidelberg University in 1991 (magna cum laude). She was awarded the Habilitation (MD PhD equivalent) in 2001 for her work about intracellular molecular targets of general anesthetics in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Dr Kunst has been Consultant Anesthetist at King’s College Hospital since 2004. She has been an examiner for the Royal College of Anesthetists (RCoA) since 2014 and was awarded the 2017 RCoA - NIHR Senior Research Clinician Prize. She chairs the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Cardiopulmonary Bypass Committee, and is a Member of the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion.