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RMH research shows that frail elderly patients have poor outcomes in critical illness

07 October 2019

Frail patients make up almost 40% of those aged 80 years or over in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units, and are more than twice as likely to die as non-frail patients, according to a Royal Melbourne Hospital and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society-led research paper published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.

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Royal Melbourne Hospital performs 1000th live kidney transplant

04 October 2019

The transplant service at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) is one of the largest in the country and the first to reach 1000 live donor kidney transplants.

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RMH researchers take a closer look at the tangled web of Alzheimer’s

30 September 2019

A team of researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Massachusetts General Hospital (United States) are working to understand factors that contribute to dementia.

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Wendy Kelso and Sarah Farrand, BRIGHT-YOD leads

RMH-led telehealth program improving quality of life for people with young onset dementia and their carers

18 September 2019

A Royal Melbourne Hospital-led telehealth project have been helping people with young-onset dementia (YOD) “live well” with the condition.

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Royal Melbourne Hospital first Australian hospital to introduce networked glucose meters

16 September 2019

In an Australian first, the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) has introduced new technology that will uncover the true extent of diabetes in hospital.

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RMH-led sepsis pathway saving lives and decreasing hospital stays

13 September 2019

The Royal Melbourne Hospital-led ‘Think sepsis. Act fast.’ program has been responsible for saving the lives of 52 Victorians and reduced total hospital length of stay by 3,781 bed days, according to a new report released today.

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Melbourne Health Accreditation

06 September 2019

During the week of Monday 9 to Friday 13 September 2019, assessors will be at our Melbourne Health sites, including the Royal Melbourne Hospital, to look at how we provide care.

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The RMH Welcomes Spring with annual Posy Day celebration

03 September 2019

The Royal Melbourne Hospital celebrated the beginning of spring with its annual Posy Day tradition of delivering brightly coloured bouquets of flowers to patients.

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Royal Melbourne Hospital staff awarded $19.5 million in research grants

30 August 2019

At The Royal Melbourne Hospital we’re lucky to have staff that work across the Parkville medical precinct, undertaking life-changing research to improve our healthcare.

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