Systematic review, meta-analysis and economic modelling of ...

Appendix 9ES (Information Resources, 5% for 6 months) will supervise systematic reviewing.DN (University of Edinburgh, Cardiology, 2% for 15 months) and ST (University of Sheffield, VascularRadiology, 2% for 15 months) will provide cardiology and vascular radiology expert input.FM, JK and PC will provide emergency medicine and chemical pathology expertise, but will be fundedthrough NIHR NHS support.Other expenses will include:• z Computing equipment, including licences for systematic review and decision analysissoftware = £1250.• z Information resources support: literature searches, document retrieval, photocopying = £3000• z Office expenses for the research team @ £1,500 per wte per year (total 2.5 wte years) = £4687• z Travel for the expert panel and project management group, £2000, and for conference attendance,£1000.The University of Sheffield has joined phase 3 of the Carbon Trust’s Higher Education CarbonManagement Programme. This programme is designed to deliver improved energy management ofacademic, accommodation and leisure buildings and vehicle fleets. It also provides practical support toorganisations by helping them identify carbon saving opportunities, providing software to analyse energyconsumption and delivering workshop support for staff and senior managers to improve their awarenessof energy efficiency.Our proposal is a secondary research project that will be largely undertaken in a single centre, sogreenhouse gas emissions directly related to the project will be relatively small. Indeed, this is anotheradvantage of using modelling techniques. We will further minimise emissions by:1. conducting project management and expert panel meetings by teleconference where possible2. conducting meetings in a central location that is accessible by public transport3. disseminating findings using electronic media where possible4. using public transport to travel to conferencesReferences1. National Clinical Guidelines Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions. Chest pain of recent onset:assessment and investigation of recent onset chest pain or discomfort of suspected cardiac origin.Full Guideline – Consultation Version, 13 May 2009.2. The National Service for Coronary Heart Disease. Department of Health, 2000. London.3. Goldberg RJ, Currie K, White K, Brieger D, Steg PG, Goodman SG, Dabbous O, Fox KA, Gore JM.Six-month outcomes in a multinational registry of patients hospitalized with an acute coronarysyndrome (the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events [GRACE]). Am J Cardiol 2004;93:288–93.4. Goodacre S, Cross E, Arnold J, Angelini K, Capewell S, Nicholl J. The health care burden of acutechest pain. Heart 2005;91:229–230.5. Thygesen K, Alpert JS, White HD; Joint ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF Task Force for the Redefinitionof Myocardial Infarction. Universal definition of myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol2007;50(22):2173–95.6. Ebell MH, Flewelling D, Flynn CA. A systematic review of troponin T and I for diagnosing acutemyocardial infarction. J Fam Pract 2000;49:550–56.186NIHR Journals Library