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A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness (2024)
Journal Article
Krishnamoorthy, B., Sagar, S. M., Coonar, A. S., Raaj, S., Rathinam, A. V., Air, R., …Rathinam, S. (in press). A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 19(1), Article 556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-024-03089-9

Background: The Cardio-Thoracic (CT) professional group experienced a significant increase in stress and workload during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) in Great Britain and Ireland with the aim of endor... Read More about A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness.

Use of the Therapy Outcome Measure in community intermediate care: results of a service evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Cross, A., Chetter, C., Rajai, A., & Krishnamoorthy, B. (2024). Use of the Therapy Outcome Measure in community intermediate care: results of a service evaluation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 31(9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2023.0034

Background/Aims
Outcome measures are essential in clinical practice to demonstrate patient improvement and secure funding for services. The purpose of this service evaluation was to explore levels of patient improvement as measured by the Therapy Ou... Read More about Use of the Therapy Outcome Measure in community intermediate care: results of a service evaluation.

Barriers to research progress for perioperative care practitioners working in cardiothoracic surgery. (2023)
Journal Article
Britton, C. R., Rathinam, S., Birchall, M., Iles-Smith, H., & Krishnamoorthy, B. (in press). Barriers to research progress for perioperative care practitioners working in cardiothoracic surgery. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 17504589231176388. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589231176388

Policy and research literature worldwide support the need to build research capacity and capability among non-medical practitioners within healthcare systems. However, there exists a paucity of evidence on whether practitioners in cardiothoracic surg... Read More about Barriers to research progress for perioperative care practitioners working in cardiothoracic surgery..

The role of the bedside assistant in robot-assisted surgery: A critical synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Britton, C. R., Francis, I., Tay, L. J., & Krishnamoothy, B. (2022). The role of the bedside assistant in robot-assisted surgery: A critical synthesis. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 32(9), 208-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589221094136

Introduction:
Robot-assisted surgery has grown exponentially since its inception and first approval in the United States in the year 2000. The surgeon operating with the assistance of the robot sits remotely to the patient and another practitioner a... Read More about The role of the bedside assistant in robot-assisted surgery: A critical synthesis.

A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery (2021)
Journal Article
Krishnamoorthy, B., Zacharias, J., Critchley, W. R., Rochon, M., Stalpinskaya, I., Rajai, A., …Bahrami, T. (2021). A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery. NIHR Open Research, 1, 11. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13215.1

Background: Utilisation of the Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH) technique has been increasing for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the last two decades. Some surgeons remain concerned about the long-term patency of the long saphenous vein h... Read More about A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery.