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Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health |
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Last updated 17th January 2011. This page was designed and published by Duncan Paxton. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336
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Dr R Peter Alston MD, FRCA |
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Peter Alston trained in medicine at the University of Glasgow. He undertook post-graduate training in anaesthesia and critical care in Edinburgh, Auckland and Glasgow. Subsequently, he spent two years working at the University of Washington.
His main research interests have been related to cardiac anaesthesia and critical care. In particular, he has maintained a long interest in effects of cardiopulmonary bypass upon the body. This has involved examination of systemic oxygen uptake and more recently, the influence of cerebral oxygenation during and after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery on cognitive and neurological outcome. Other research interests have included spinal anaesthesia, professional attitudes and postoperative analgesia.
Although committed to postgraduate training in cardiac anaesthesia, his main teaching interests relate to undergraduate training in the form of introductory courses in problem based learning and research projects.
He is secretary for the Medical Staff Association at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This year, he was elected to the Scottish Standing Committee of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.
Clinical audit and critical incident reporting are also of importance. He has organised many audits including postoperative analgesia that have been instrumental in changing the delivery of clinical care. Currently, he is auditing antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery. |
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Example Publications |
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Alston R.P. (principal investigator). Audit of Postoperative pain following cardiothoracic surgery. Alston R.P. (principal investigator), Souter M and Andrews PJD. Alston R.P. (principal investigator), Deary I., Souter M.J., Andrews P.J.D. Alston R.P. (principal investigator). Alston RP. (grant holder) |
Alston R P, Singh M, McLaren A D. Souter MJ, Andrews PJD, Alston RP. Millar S, Alston RP, Souter MJ, Andrews PJD. Robson MJA, Alston RP, Deary IJ et al. Millar S, Alston RP, Souter MJ, Andrews PJD. Cerebral hypoperfusion in the immediate postoperative period following coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve and abdominal aortic surgery. ContactTel: 44 (0) 131 242 3180 |
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