Active Public Health & Healthcare NIHR-supported project

The DEFENCE Trial: Dexmedetomidine to reduce delirium after emergency abdominal surgery

Funder NIHR (part of DHSC)
Recipient organisation NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR support Recorded as supported by this research centre
Period Feb 2026 — Jan 2032

About this grant

This summary is based on the grant title only — the full abstract was not available.

No substantive source abstract was published for this research project funded by NIHR.

Researchers

Jeremy Fabes (Principal Investigator)

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Original classification

Perioperative and Critical Care (PCC)

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