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Filter by:Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a well-established alternative for patients with peritoneal surface malignancies. Although HIPEC has a predetermined protocol to manage body temperature, the resultant bladder and core-body temperatures are highly variable and unstable in clinical practice. Such results highlight an incomplete understanding of the thermodynamic processes during HIPEC in humans. Previous clinical and animal investigations have studied abdominal hyperthermia, but a full human model incorporating patient variables, heat delivery, and the impact of the circulatory system and anesthesia in HIPEC has not been established. This project seeks to develop and validate a computational thermodynamic model using prospective real-world data from humans undergoing HIPEC surgery. It is hypothesized that by incorporating patient, anesthetic, and perfusion-related variables in a thermodynamic model, the temperatures inside and outside the abdomen during HIPEC can be predicted.
Fever is a common symptom in patients with infectious diseases. This study hopes to understand the epidemiological characteristics of patients hospitalized due to fever through observational research, including: clinical characteristics, etiology of fever and prognosis after treatment. So as to further search for biochemical or other serological indicators to predict the diagnosis and prognosis of infectious fever and non-infectious fever, and try to establish relevant prediction models.
The study is designed as a Phase III, double-blind, multicenter, randomized, active-controlled, parallel-group design in which two groups of participants will receive either SII-YFV or STAMARIL® - a licensed and WHO pre-qualified YFV. The study will start only after the approval from the applicable ethics committees and national regulatory agencies.
This is a single-center study design, and 30 patients will be enrolled. Eligible patients will receive docetaxel at different dose levels according to the trial schedule.All the enrolled patients were treated with docetaxel during the first HIPEC treatment and cisplatin during the second HIPEC treatment at 43℃ for 1 hour.The dose of docetaxel for patients in the next group was determined according to the incidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of the previous docetaxel dose level. Finally, the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of docetaxel for HIPEC was calculated according to the incidence of dose-limiting toxicity.
Liver dysfunction marked by elevated alanine transaminase enzymes is quite common in dengue patients and subsequently affects the disease's severity and healing process. Unfortunately, liver function tests cannot always be done, especially in hospitals with limited facilities. In contrast, routine hematology tests are considered regular and inexpensive tests that can be performed on dengue patients. Therefore, this study aims to determine hematological parameters as markers of elevated liver enzymes in dengue patients.
This study intends to target patients who underwent surgery under general anesthesia during the study period and developed malignant hyperthermia during or after surgery. Therefore, the total sample size was estimated to be about 50 people based on the past incidence of this rare disease. Every year, about 20 patients and their families who developed malignant hyperthermia during or after surgery will participate in this nationwide study (estimated by the current incidence of malignant hyperthermia), and about 1-5 patients will be admitted to Peking University Third Hospital participate in this research. Relevant specimens were collected from malignant hyperthermia (MH) patients and their family members for genetic analysis to determine the mutation of MH-related pathogenic gene loci.
The aim of this study is to impove the pharmacological treatment of Rocky mountain spotted fever, since is a very ancient disease with an antibiotic therapy that have not changed much the mortality rates, being compared with the natural curse of the disease.
Analysis of the efficacy and the compatibility of deep regional hyperthermia in combination with radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy in bladder cancer
This is a comparative study for adult participants with cancer who are suspected to have neutropenic fever (or fever with low neutrophil count) in emergency department. Neutrophil is a kind of defensive white blood cell combating against infection, especially by bacteria and fungi. Low neutrophil can be part of the disease progress or secondary to some cancer treatment. These participants are at high risk of developing infection-related complications including death. Currently a dedicated clinical pathway has been in place in emergency department for suspected neutropenic fever, which offers fast-track medical consultation, blood tests and a very strong antibiotic (meropenem) as the first choice within 1 hour of registration. However, majority of such participants' neutrophil counts are not low. Most of them have no bacterial infection in the body, and have unremarkable short hospital stays. Early administration of meropenem in the majority of cases may be unnecessary and imposes risk of developing antibiotic resistance. This study attempts to answer the question, "In adult participants with cancer presenting to emergency department with suspected neutropenic fever, when compared with conventional treatment, can a new protocol guided by fast-track neutrophil count reduces prescription of meropenem?" Agreed participants will be randomly assigned to the conventional treatment group, or the new treatment group. For those who are assigned to the new treatment group, blood will be taken and sent to the hospital laboratory for urgent analysis of neutrophil count. Participants with proven low neutrophil counts will still receive meropenem, while those without low neutrophil counts will receive less strong antibiotic according to their clinical diagnoses, such as Augmentin. They will be followed up on the first 7 days, and then on the 14th, 30th, 90th, and 180th days after recruitment. Comparisons will be made to see how much less meropenem will be prescribed, and whether more serious adverse events will happen. The study is expected to take 37 months to complete. Duration of data collection, including the day of last follow up, is estimated to be 33 months.
The goal of this study is to examine how whole-body hyperthermia affects the thermoinflammatory profile, which includes the combined immune and heat shock response, in patients with depression and whether these changes correlate with decreased depression in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder.