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Filter by:The goal of this research study is to demonstrate that Cardiac Perfusion MRI with Vasomotor Stress may serve as a non-invasive and less risky imaging technique for detecting non-obstructive perfusion deficits and/or abnormalities in myocardial blood flow (MBF) in patients with endothelial dysfunction. This is a controlled study, which will enroll approximately 60 subjects (30 diabetics and 30 non-diabetics to serve as healthy controls), and will include male and non-pregnant females, between the ages 18-50 years. All eligible participants will sign an informed consent and will complete a Lifestyle Questionnaire. They will undergo blood work which includes: - 2-hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Fasting Labs for Glucose, Insulin, C-Peptide, HbA1c, Creatinine, and Lipid Panel. - Urine Albumin to Creatinine ratio for microalbuminuria. - Serum inflammatory markers: E-selectin, homocysteine, ADMA, VCAM, IL-6, TNFalpha, hs-CRP and PAI-1. After blood work, all participants will undergo cardiac MR perfusion imaging procedure with Cold Pressor Test and Adenosine Stress Test.
Medical staff will be screened for MRSA and ESBL (including: doctors, nurses, nurse aids, physical therapists, dietitians, Janitors and other medical staff). PURPOSE: To define the carriage of, and risk factors for carriage of resistant organisms among healthcare employees of carriers of resistant bacteria. To define activities of healthcare employees who likely to lead to dissemination of resistant bacteria in rehabilitation centers.
Data on occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria acquisition in rehabilitation centers will be collected. After removal of patient identifiers, information regarding the patients population will be entered into electronic sheet. The phase will last twelve months in each center.
The hypothesis of this study is that consciously sedated patients suffering from ST-elevation myocardial infarction can be rapidly and safely cooled to a state of therapeutic hypothermia (32 to 34 degrees C) using the LRS ThermoSuit System prior to percutaneous coronary intervention.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Fipamezole is effective in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension and related symptoms in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease.
Meningitis is an infection where morbidity and mortality depend on the delay of the initial treatment for a good prognostic. The antibiotherapy rapidity allows to decrease the mortality. Intermittent administration of ceftazidime is a reference treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis. In the case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumopathy, ceftazidime can be administered by intermittent injections or by continuous perfusion. The continuous administration of ceftazidime is not validated in Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis. However, ceftazidime is a time dependant antibiotic and continuous treatment would provide a more efficient therapeutic. The aim of this study is to determine if the continuous administration of ceftazidime could permit a better therapeutic practice of Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis compared with intermittent administrations.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the superiority of effect of the modified micro-invasive aspiration and drainage and conservative medical therapy in the treatment of ICH spontaneously hypertensive scientifically.
Catheter-related infection, namely exit site infection and peritonitis, is the commonest complication of peritoneal dialysis. This complication causes significant morbidity and mortality in patients requiring peritoneal dialysis. Topical application of mupirocin 2% cream was first proven to be effective in reduction of staphylococcus-related catheter infection in 1990s. Subsequent randomized trial published in 2005 showed that gentamicin cream was superior to mupirocin 2% cream in reducing both Gram's positive and Gram's negative related catheter infection. However, a retrospective report published in 2007 puts the use of prophylactic antibiotic cream into a question. It reported an emergency of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in a dialysis center in Hong Kong after practising prophylactic application of gentamicin cream at the catheter exit site. The following prospective, randomized and open-label study aims to find out an optimal regimen of topical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients requiring peritoneal dialysis.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether preoperative hemodialysis or intraoperative modified ultrafiltration are effective for patients with non-dialysis dependent severe renal dysfunction undergoing open heart surgery.
A follow-up study on the randomized, controlled, double-blind HIGH: low study. We will examine the participants from the HIGH: low study min. 6 months after finishing the HIGH: low study. We will look at the parameters: quality of life, sugar-metabolism, fat-metabolism, fat-redistribution and cytokines. The study will use the participants control visit, and the only additional examination will be the danish MOS-HIV questionnaire.