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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the usage of High-Flow Needleless Valve and DualCap Disinfection Devices would reduce the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection in hemodialysis patients.
The purpose of this project is to investigate whether a combination of a local injection of platelet rich plasma (PRP) combined with a daily supplement of vitamin C, zinc, L-arginine, as well as high protein diet (1.5 g of protein per kilo body weight per day) can promote tissue healing in patients undergoing open upper-abdominal surgery. Primary endpoint is cases of wound infection and secondary endpoints are time of tissue regeneration (days), judged by traditional clinical observation and experimentally assessed by ultrasound. The experiment is performed as a parallel two-armed, randomized, controlled trial. A total of 40 subjects will be included in the trial i order to ensure the power of the study, despite a drop off of up to 25%.
Prospective, observational study of the microbiology of patients referred to a tertiary care center with severe acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar cellulitis, or infectious mononucleosis.
Interventional, single arm, single-centre trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of fecal microbiota therapy (FMT) in the investigators population.
The principal aim of the present research is to compare two methods of antibiotic delivery: concomitant tumescent antibiotic delivery (TAD) and intravenous antibiotic delivery (IVAD) versus IVAD alone, (TAD+IVAD vs IVAD), with respect to the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). The investigators hypothesize that TAD+IVAD will significantly reduce the incidence of SSI compared to IVAD. TAD is the subcutaneous infiltration of a dilute solution of antibiotic(s) in a solution of tumescent local anesthesia (TLA). TLA consists of a dilute solution of lidocaine (1gm/L), epinephrine (1mg/L) and sodium bicarbonate (10mEq/L) in 0.9% physiologic saline. A secondary aim of this study is to compare TAD+IVAD vs IVAD with respect to the prevention of post-operative venous thromboembolism (VTE).
It is generally accepted that the fungal infection on a joint prosthesis is to be treated in two surgical time: implant removal and prosthetic reconstruction. The service took the option for over 10 years to treat bacterial infections in joint replacement by a change in time. In four recent cases the diagnosis initially suspected of bacterial infection has been restated on intraoperative bacteriological examinations fungal infection. It is therefore a potentially harmful side effect of the chosen treatment option, but 4 patients in question were all cured of their fungal infection after a postoperative antifungal therapy. The objective of this study is to report these cases for discussion on the therapeutic choices in fungal infections on joint replacement.
The purpose of the study is to compare different approaches for the treatment of prosthetic joint revisions and to optimize the outcomes in patients with prosthetic joint infections (PJI) by improving the treatment concept of PJI.
Patients with hip, knee and shoulder PJI, will be treated with a two-stage exchange Revision. Patients will be randomized into 2 groups: the experimental Group will get a reimplantation after a short interval (2-3 weeks) while the control Group after a long standard interval. Primary objective of the study is "Infection outcome". The infection-free status is defined as absence of clinical (e.g. no fistula), laboratory (e.g. normal C-reactive protein) and radiological signs of infection (e.g. no septic loosening). Secondary objective is "Functional outcome".The functional assessment will be performed using joint-specific scores (HARRIS HIP SCORE, CONSTANT SHOULDER SCORE, KNEE SOCIETY SCORE, OXFORD HIP SCORE, OXFORD KNEE SCORE, QUICK DASH SCORE) involving the range of motion (ROM), patient mobility / independency in daily life, subjective evaluation of pain using a visual analog pain scale (1-10 points) and life-quality evaluation (EQ5D5L score).
Purposes of this study will be as follows: 1. To design a prospective, randomized, and open-labeled study to investigate the effect and the side effect of MPD in combination with conventional antibiotics to affect clinical course, outcome, and medical expenses. 2. To compare level of the urinary and serum cytokines before and after received MPD for the following sub-aim: I. To determine the population who is benefit from MPD to reduce the severity of clinical course and subsequent renal scarring. II. To understand the mechanism by which the MPD could shorten the clinical course and reduce the renal scarring.
Study goal - to describe pediatric patients with febrile disease that administered to the emergency department (ED) of hillel-yaffe hospital, according to arrival diagnosis, ED diagnosis, given therapy, and therapy concordance with the guidelines and final diagnosis. This research will describe cases that arrived to the hospital with acute febrile disease (up to seven days of fever), the antibiotic treatment given in the community according to the anamnesis and the community physician letter, therapy concordance with the guidelines, the ED diagnosis and changes in therapy, and final diagnosis according to extended microbiological examinations and panel of infectious disease specialists.