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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Target Enriched Multiplex (TEM) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) platform for the rapid molecular diagnosis and treatment of odontogenic deep space neck infections.
Emergency departments (ED) are becoming increasingly over-crowded, with patients facing prolonged waiting times. Therefore, a safe and rapid assessment that identifies patients with low severity that could be treated as outpatients is essential for improving the workflow within the ED. The rationale of this IDEAL study is to provide guidance to safely decrease the number of hospital admissions through identification of low risk patients with the biomarker MR-proADM. This will be tested in a pilot study first.
Implant infections are among the most dramatic complications in orthopaedic surgery with heavy impact on life quality and health system. Their diagnosis is still challenging since, till now, none othe proposed markers has shown a sensitivity and a specificity of100%. Therefore, efforts in identification of new markers of infections are required. This study aims to evaluate the applicability of Interleukin (IL)-6, Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM-1), CC chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-9), osteopontin (OPN), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL1-RA), IL-6 receptor beta (GP130), C5a, receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), urokinases and presepsin as serum markers of prosthetic joint infection. At this purpose, serum from 65 patients with infected implant and from 65 with aseptic failure of their prosthesis will be collected before surgery and after 2 and 7 days from revision.
The malignant external otitis is a rare disease which arises more frequently at the elderly and the diabetics patients. To our knowledge, there are few data and it is not wellc known byclinicians. Nevertheless it exposes to neurological complications potentially serious and crippling.
The aim of this study is to identify risk factors and prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) bacteria colonization among patients at high risk of STIs
This study is designed to test the following hypothesis: patients undergoing immediate alloplastic and autologous breast reconstruction following mastectomy that receive preoperative immunonutrition will experience a reduction in wound complications in the 30-day postoperative period compared to a standard of care control group (retrospective chart review) of 264 (132 alloplastic + 132 autologous) consecutive breast reconstruction patients prior to 5/25/2018.
This study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of single and multiple ascending doses in healthy volunteers (HV) and participants diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
The purpose of this study is to assess if the use of Envarsus in place of Tacrolimus-immediate release (IR) in rapid metabolizers post kidney transplant will reduce incidence of BK infection. Efficacy evaluations will include measurement of urine and serum BK values at specified time points and review of any biopsy for BK virus nephropathy. Incidence of rejection, graft failure, and graft dysfunction will also be measured at specified time points.
This study evaluates the current surgical practices at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in comparison to the World Health Organization's Surgical Unit Based Safety Programme guidelines and aims to determine how deviations from those guidelines are associated with varying rates of surgical site infection incidence in this population. The results of this study will help elucidate risk factors for surgical site infection and prioritize future interventions to decrease the rate of surgical site infection at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, as well as other low and middle-income hospitals. The data collected regarding surgical site infection rates will also prove beneficial in measuring outcomes of any interventions that are developed as a result of this study.
Infection with human respiratory syncytial (RS) virus is the most common cause of hospital stay due to pediatric lower respiratory tract infection. An exaggerated immune response contributes to the pathogenesis and small children may have over reactive airways for a long time after an infection. New research has shown that polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) are stimulated by the virus. Besides fighting the infection they also cause collateral damage to the host. Among other mechanisms PMNs stimulates mucus formation that affects breathing. They also secrete enzymes, toxic proteins and free radicals that may cause harm to lung tissue and airways. The current project strives towards identifying and quantifying inflammatory mediators in sputum, urine and blood of children with severe RS-virus infection. The ultimate aim of the project is to, in detail, describe proteins contributing to the pathogenesis of the disease.