School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing

Dr Christopher McGovern

  • Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (Undergraduate Medical School)
  • Affiliate Researcher (School of Infection & Immunity)

email: Christopher.McGovern@glasgow.ac.uk

Intensive Care Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, G4 0SF

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Biography

Dr Christopher McGovern is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He is an NRS Career Research Fellow focusing on the impact of major burn injury. He also leads the Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Intercalated BSc course at the University.

Research interests

Impact of Major Burn Injury

Burn injury remains a significant health challenge across the world. Major burn injuries, affecting over 20% of body surface area, are thankfully relatively rare in Scotland. However, they often occur in the most vulnerable individuals in our society and have long-lasting and profound consequences for those that survive.

The immediate physiological insult of major burn injury is immense, leading to significant inflammatory and immune responses that, although likely beneficial in small burns, are detrimental following a large burn. These can result in multi-organ failure, increased risk of infectious complications and death. Dr McGovern's research focuses on the physiological impact of major burn injury and it's lasting consequences.

Publications

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Number of items: 7.

2026

Puxty, K. A. et al. (2026) Cardiac arrest in adult patients following burn injury: a scoping review with expert recommendations on management. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 34(1), 28. (doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01537-6) (PMID:41507944)

2025

Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171, Dépret, Francois, ESICM Trauma and Emergency Section Burns subgroup, ESICM Trauma and Emergency Section Burns subgroup and (2025) What’s new in burn shock resuscitation? Intensive Care Medicine, (doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-08190-8) (PMID:41222652) (Early Online Publication)

2024

McGovern, Christopher, McKinley, Gemma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0468-5412, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Arkoulis, Nikolaos, Paton, Lia, Quasim, Tara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623 and Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 (2024) Long term mortality in burn injury survivors: a matched cohort study. Injury, 55(10), 111793. (doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111793) (PMID:39111270)

Maddipatla, Sai Phani, McLoone, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 and McGovern, Christopher (2024) The incidence of cancer following hospitalisation for a burn injury in Scotland 2009-2019: a retrospective cohort study. Burns, 50(4), pp. 866-873. (doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.02.029) (PMID:38494397)

Jamal, Sherzah, Shaw, Martin, Quasim, Tara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 and McGovern, Christopher (2024) Long term opioid use following a burn injury. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(3), pp. 599-606. (doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.12.003) (PMID:38216388) (PMCID:PMC10870133)

2022

McGovern, Christopher, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 and Paton, Lia (2022) Major burns: part 2. Anaesthesia, intensive care and pain management. BJA Education, 22(4), pp. 138-145. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2022.01.001)

2021

McGovern, Christopher, Quasim, Tara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171, Shaw, Martin, Ng, Wijnand, Gilhooly, Charlotte ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-6160, Arkoulis, Nikolaos, Basler, Michael, MacFarlane, Alan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-6468 and Paton, Lia (2021) Neuropathic agents in the management of pruritus in burn injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, 6(1), e000810. (doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000810)

This list was generated on Sat Mar 7 00:39:14 2026 GMT.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 7.

Articles

Puxty, K. A. et al. (2026) Cardiac arrest in adult patients following burn injury: a scoping review with expert recommendations on management. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 34(1), 28. (doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01537-6) (PMID:41507944)

Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171, Dépret, Francois, ESICM Trauma and Emergency Section Burns subgroup, ESICM Trauma and Emergency Section Burns subgroup and (2025) What’s new in burn shock resuscitation? Intensive Care Medicine, (doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-08190-8) (PMID:41222652) (Early Online Publication)

McGovern, Christopher, McKinley, Gemma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0468-5412, McConnachie, Alex ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-7000, Arkoulis, Nikolaos, Paton, Lia, Quasim, Tara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623 and Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 (2024) Long term mortality in burn injury survivors: a matched cohort study. Injury, 55(10), 111793. (doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111793) (PMID:39111270)

Maddipatla, Sai Phani, McLoone, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8700, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 and McGovern, Christopher (2024) The incidence of cancer following hospitalisation for a burn injury in Scotland 2009-2019: a retrospective cohort study. Burns, 50(4), pp. 866-873. (doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.02.029) (PMID:38494397)

Jamal, Sherzah, Shaw, Martin, Quasim, Tara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 and McGovern, Christopher (2024) Long term opioid use following a burn injury. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(3), pp. 599-606. (doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.12.003) (PMID:38216388) (PMCID:PMC10870133)

McGovern, Christopher, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171 and Paton, Lia (2022) Major burns: part 2. Anaesthesia, intensive care and pain management. BJA Education, 22(4), pp. 138-145. (doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2022.01.001)

McGovern, Christopher, Quasim, Tara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623, Puxty, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6171, Shaw, Martin, Ng, Wijnand, Gilhooly, Charlotte ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-6160, Arkoulis, Nikolaos, Basler, Michael, MacFarlane, Alan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-6468 and Paton, Lia (2021) Neuropathic agents in the management of pruritus in burn injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, 6(1), e000810. (doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000810)

This list was generated on Sat Mar 7 00:39:14 2026 GMT.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Mortality and long term morbidity in survivors of burn injuries and acute pancreatitis
    National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia
    2020 - 2021