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Filter by:The study aims to determine how historical cases of respiratory abnormalities are documented by clinicians in the electronic health records (EHR) of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (MHHS) inpatient facilities. The knowledge gained from this study will support the design of modern data-driven surveillance approach to continuously collect, monitor and timely recognize postoperative respiratory abnormalities using electronic healthcare recorded data.
This is a Phase 1b, single center, dose-escalating study evaluating the safety, tolerability, and pharmacodynamic effect of RBT-3 in healthy volunteers and in subjects with stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease.
the aim of the research is to determine the degree of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease and post-transplant and whether there is a correlation with the level of serum sclerostin.
Patient activation refers to patients' willingness and ability to make independent actions to manage their health and care and requires knowledge, skill and confidence. This study aims to explore activation levels of incident dialysis patients at start of dialysis and after 3 months of dialysis.
Tacrolimus is the standard immunosuppressive drug used to prevent organ rejection post liver transplant. One side effect of Tacrolimus is nephrotoxicity. Everolimus does not have the nephrotoxicity side effects of Tacrolimus. Replacement of Tacrolimus by Everolimus may have a reduced incidence of renal dysfunction in liver transplant patients who have near normal kidney function prior to liver transplantation. Other investigators have already shown a benefit in terms of renal function with introduction of Everolimus with reduced-exposure tacrolimus at 1 month after liver transplantation, this benefit has been shown was maintained to 3 years in patients who continued Everolimus therapy with comparable efficacy and no late safety concerns. Investigators in this trial are proposing to advance this approach further by completely eliminating Tacrolimus from patients' immunosuppression protocol. The rationale for this approach is based on a unique induction immunosuppression protocol. Liver transplant patients receive potent induction immunosuppression in the form of rabbit anti thymocyte globulin. Investigators believe that in conjunction with this induction regimen, patients can be maintained on Everolimus monotherapy without the risk of rejection. By completely eliminating Tacrolimus, investigators believe that there may be further benefit in terms of renal function. Additionally, Everolimus is known to induce tolerance in transplant recipients. Tolerant patients do not require immunosuppression to accept transplant organs. The long-term efficacy and safety of Everolimus monotherapy as the maintenance immunosuppression in patients receiving rATG induction is unknown. Primary Aim: Assess the effect of Everolimus monotherapy versus Tacrolimus monotherapy on long term renal function measured by Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR).
Acute renal failure is a frequent and severe postoperative complication of cardiac surgery performed under extracorporeal circulation. It is an independent risk factor for mortality and significantly increases the length of hospital stay. The origin of renal insufficiency after extracorporeal circulation is multifactorial (long duration of extracorporeal circulation, hemodynamic instability per and post-extracorporeal circulation, prolonged hypotension, transfusion ...). Nevertheless, an entirely different pathophysiological mechanism, though not recent, is less often mentioned but shows renewed interest. This is the concept of renal venous congestion which may be responsible for impaired renal function in the absence of cardiac dysfunction. Based on Guyton's circulatory model, the investigators approach this systemic venous hypertension through the measurement of the Pmsf-PVC gradient.
The purpose of this study is to investigate if a diet high in plant protein improves kidney function in patients with kidney insufficiency and diabetes and/or hypertension and/or glomerulonephritis. The study is a non-blinded, randomized, controlled, cross-over-design with two intervention periods of each 14 days. Between the two interventions periods there is a washout period of 14 days. The participants are randomized to start with an individualized diet plan containing either high amounts of animal protein or high amounts of plant protein.
It is hoped that mobocertinib will eventually help people with cancer with severely reduced kidney function. The main aim of this study is to learn about the levels of mobocertinib in the blood and urine of participants with severely reduced kidney function and participants with healthy kidneys. These participants do not have cancer. The information from this study will be used to work out the best dose of mobocertinib for people with cancer with severely reduced kidney function in the future. At the first visit, the study doctor will check who can take part. Participants who can take part will be placed into 1 of 2 treatment groups. Participants with severely reduced kidney function will be in 1 group. Participants with healthy kidneys will be in the other group. Participants in both groups will receive the same treatment and the group results will be compared. Participants from both groups will take 1 capsule of mobocertinib. They will stay in the clinic for 10 days so the study doctors can check the amount of mobocertinib in the blood and urine of these participants over time. The study doctors will also check if the participants have any side effects from this treatment. The clinic will call the participants 30 days after they took mobocertinib to check if they have any more side effects from their treatment.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of combined supraclavicular and interscalene brachial plexus block in brachio-axillary surgeries in chronic renal failure as a sole anesthetic technique in comparison to general anesthesia.
Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a disease in which patients with cirrhosis (end stage liver failure) develop secondary kidney injury and failure. The current treatment available in the United States is a combination of octreotide and midodrine, which are meant to decrease the release of those hormones and raise the blood pressure, respectively, which would increase blood flow to the kidneys. Angiotensin 2 (Ang2) is a new vasopressor drug that was approved by the FDA in December 2017 for patients with low blood pressure and has been shown to have similar effects to octreotide and midodrine. This study will investigate whether Ang2 reverses HRS among patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Ronald Reagan Medical Center. Our study population will be patients with HRS who are already or will be admitted to the ICU. HRS will be defined by new internationally accepted guidelines published by the International Club of Ascites. All patients who are consented will undergo an Ang2 response trial, where low-dose Ang2 will be administered for 4 hours to see how the patients respond. This will help us characterize the nature of the patients' kidney failure for later analysis. Patients will then be randomized into the control group or the study group. Patients in the control group will receive octreotide (a subcutaneous injection) and midodrine (an oral drug). Patients in the study group will continue receiving intravenous infusion of Ang2. Patients in both groups will also receive albumin, a protein found commonly in human blood. Treatment will continue in both groups for four days, until complete reversal of HRS, dialysis, or death. Our primary outcome will be rate of reversal of HRS, defined as improvement in kidney function.