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Filter by:The aim of study is to evaluate whether Doppler ultrasound can accurately identify patients who are at risk of recurrent bleeding, who will require endoscopic therapy, and who will fail endoscopic therapy.
Subretinal hemorrhage in the macula causes a significant loss of vision. This hemorrhage can be displaced by the use of a small volume of pure perfluorocarbon gas injected into the vitreous, which expands to a 40% gas bubble in the eye. When the patient gazes 40 to 60 degree below the horizontal, the gas bubble covers the hemorrhage and gravity displaces it rapidly. This position of gaze is easier for the patient than the face down position traditionally recommended.A vector of gravity force tangential to the sclera brings about this displacement. The procedure can improve vision quickly, reduce unwanted degenerative changes in the macula because of the persistent macular hemorrhage and improves the chances of treating of the underlying cause for the subretinal hemorrhage by laser or other means.
This study examines whether low intensity, dose adjusted warfarin prolongs the time to mechanical failure of hemodialysis catheters without resulting in an unacceptable rate of bleeding.
It is known that patients with aortic stenosis, including those undergoing cardiac surgery for this problem, are prone to developing bleeding problems, particularly of the gastrointestinal tract. It is believed that the shear stress associated with blood flow through the abnormal aortic valve results in abnormal hemostasis. Abnormalities include increased proteolysis of the von Willebrand factor (vWF) and increased binding of the high molecular weight multimers of vWF to platelet membranes with subsequent inappropriate platelet aggregation. Thus, appropriate aggregation of circulating platelets is impaired. Cardiac surgery is associated with significant alterations in hemostasis. Patients undergoing cardiac surgery consume a significant percent of available blood products throughout the United States and are subjected to various and numerous risks associated with blood product transfusion. In addition, excessive postoperative bleeding is a common cause for the need to surgically re-explore the chest cavity in patients who have just undergone cardiac surgical procedures. Such additional surgery carries further cost and risk. Following surgical correction of aortic valve stenotic pathology, associated vWF abnormalities appear to reverse. However, this process can take several days. Although all cardiac surgical patients are at risk for postoperative bleeding, patients undergoing aortic valve surgery for aortic stenosis may be particularly at risk for this postoperative complication. In addition, patients with aortic valve stenosis who undergo noncardiac surgery may have a predisposition to bleeding because of similar underlying shear stress induced abnormal vWF and platelet function. The proposed study is a trial to evaluate the effectiveness of 2 different antifibrinolytic drugs in ameliorating the hemostatic defect associated with aortic stenosis. Aprotonin, an antifibrinolytic agent which also has platelet preserving actions4, will be compared to the currently used anti-fibrinolytic, epsilon aminocaproic acid (EACA).
Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage after vitrectomy for complications of diabetic retinopathy is a common occurrence. The hemorrhage may appear within the first few weeks after surgery or months later. This complication may delay visual rehabilitation significantly and sometimes requires additional procedures or surgery, jeopardizing previous successful operation. The causes of bleeding are diverse. While evidence suggests fibrovascular proliferation from the sclerotomy sites or in the vitreous base may be an important source of recurrent vitreous hemorrhage, other origins of hemorrhage exist including lysed clot from residual vitreous skirt, injured retinal vessels from surgery, and incompletely removed fibrovascular tissues. The latter three conditions may be the major sources of early postoperative vitreous hemorrhage. We have shown that peripheral retinal cryotherapy along with cryo treatment at the sclerotomy sites may effectively reduce the incidence of fibrovascular proliferation at the inner surface of sclerotomy sites and prevent the late-onset recurrent vitreous hemorrhage. However, many patients still experience disturbing vitreous hemorrhage within the first two to three weeks after post-operative transient clear-up of the vitreous. We hypothesize that gas bubble within the vitreous cavity may mechanically temponade the fragile retinal vessels, and concentrate the coagulation factors in the vitreous cavity, allowing the integrity of vessel walls gradually recovers and thus preventing the occurrence of early postoperative recurrent vitreous hemorrhage. To test this hypothesis, a clinical study was undertaken to investigate the effect of long-acting gas infused into the vitreous cavity at the end of diabetic vitrectomy in the prevention of recurrent vitreous hemorrhage.
This trial is conducted in Asia and Europe. The trial is planned to investigate the effectiveness and safety of NovoSeven® in patients with advanced cirrhosis and active variceal bleeding.
This trial is conducted in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and the United States of America (USA). The trial is planned to investigate the safety and efficacy of NovoSeven® in the management of post-operative bleeding in patients following cardiac surgery.
The aim of this study is to study the natural history of the ulcer healing while on proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and the ulcer recurrence without acid suppression therapy of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID), non-Helicobacter pylori (HP) bleeding ulcer patients.
Previous research has confirmed that hemorrhage is among the most commonly encountered pregnancy complications in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). This trial will test the effectiveness of a traditional Tibetan drug (Zhi Byed 11) vs. misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) among women delivering vaginally in three hospitals in Lhasa, TAR.
ABSTRACT: Delayed ischemic deficits (DID) and strokes caused by low cerebral blood flow (CBF) are major sources of poor outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). DID are often accompanied by vasospasm and abnormalities in cerebrovascular autoregulation, an important reflex involved in the defense against low CBF. Assessment of vasospasm and impaired autoregulation can be conveniently measured non-invasively by use of transcranial Doppler (TCD) and the transient hyperaemic response test (THRT). Vasospasm and abnormalities in the THRT can predict those patients who are at risk of developing DID. In this study, the investigators wish to explore the neuroprotective and angiogenic effects of systemic erythropoietin (EPO) therapy on vasospasm and autoregulation following SAH, and examine whether any improvements translate into reduced incidences of DID and poor outcome. Eighty patients with SAH will be recruited over one year to receive three doses in the first week of either intravenous epoetin beta 30000 IU or placebo (0.9% saline) 50 ml/30 min as part of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The investigators propose daily TCD assessment for detecting vasospasm and abnormal autoregulation. Outcome measures will examine the influence of EPO therapy on the incidence, severity, and duration of vasospasm, abnormal autoregulation, and DID. PURPOSE: This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial investigating the potentially beneficial effects of systemic recombinant human erythropoietin therapy (Epoetin beta, NeoRecormon®, Roche, 30000IU/50 ml/30 min, three times in the first week) on cerebral autoregulation and incidence of delayed ischemic deficits (DID) following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). HYPOTHESIS Systemic recombinant human erythropoietin therapy can be used safely following SAH to ameliorate vasospasm, improve cerebral autoregulation, reduce DID, and facilitate neurological recovery.