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Filter by:There are data supporting a possible increase in the prevalence of High Blood Pressure (HBP) in pediatric patients with Sleep Disorder Breathing (SDB). Adeno-tonsillectomy has proven to be an effective treatment in the correction of nocturnal respiratory events in the majority of patients. Our objective is to determine the presence of HBP in pediatric patients with SDB and the impact of adenotonsillar surgery on its correction. Methodology: 286 children (4-18 years old) will be included consecutively referred for suspected SDB. Variables: a) Clinical history; b) Anthropometric variables: weight, height, body mass index, neck, hip and waist perimeter c) Chervin questionnaire d) polysomnography (PSG) for the SDB assessment and e) for the HBP evaluation, ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) and pulse transit time (PTT) will be performed during 24h. In control group (not SDB) and patients with indication for medical treatment, the same tests will be repeated six months after the baseline visit. In patients with surgery indication, ABPM and PTT will be performed just before the surgical treatment and ABPM, PTT and PSG six months after the intervention. In a subgroup of patients, will also assess the presence of subclinical organic damage produced by HBP: blood markers (creatinine / glomerular filtration), urine (albuminuria / proteinuria), electrocardiogram and echocardiography (left ventricle hypertrophy).
In intensive care unit (ICU), mechanical ventilation (MV) is part of routine care. Weaning phase is a daily preoccupation for the caregivers. Prolonged MV can lead to many complications. Failing the weaning phase expose the patient to the need for reintubation, that improves the mortality. The caregiver faces a major problem, in one hand the need to wean properly and quickly and on the other the risk of reintubation. In order to help the clinician making the good choice, the spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) is a key tool. The international literature provides the investigators many ways to perform the SBT. The most common is the T-piece; the patient is disconnected from the ventilator and connected to a T-piece that can provide supplemental oxygen. Another one is the Support pressure trial, the patient is still connected to the ventilator, but the setups are changed to recreate the T-piece conditions. In many French ICU's, the SBT is performed by using a heat humidifier filter that is directly connected to the endotracheal tube, this filter allows the clinician to provide supplemental oxygen in accordance with the patient need. In high risk for reintubation patients, the SBT can create physical stress, that lead to prolonged MV. In our ICU, for those patients, the investigators perform the SBT by connecting the patient to a device that provides high flow oxygen trough endotracheal connector for tracheotomy. The investigators hypothesis that high flow oxygen SBT, will allow the high risk for reintubation patients to succeed the SBT.
To compare work of breathing and oxygen saturation before, during, and after kangaroo mother care in preterm very low birth weight (VLBW) infants stable on non-invasive respiratory support.
Τherapeutic equivalence, randomized, multiple-dose, placebo-controlled, observer-blind, parallel group design consisting of a 2-week run-in period followed by a 4-week treatment period with Fluticasone propionate 100 mcg and Salmeterol 50 mcg inhalation powder/Respirent Pharmaceuticals (Test) or ADVAIR DISKUS® 100/50 mcg (Reference) or placebo.
Existing data points to relevant beneficial effects of respiratory exercises on cardiovascular health, with special regards to decreases on arterial pressure and improves on autonomic and vascular profiles, though mechanistics of such results have not yet been cleared. Among the available ways to perform respiratory exercises, there is the highly recommended Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) and slow breathing exercises like Yoga pranayamas. Lately, the development of new technologies has allowed the use of Apps to perform respiratory exercises. This study will be take the just developed CardioBreath®App to validate it as a tool to perform respiratory exercises. Therefore, it will be compared to IMT on cardiac vagal modulation and pulse wave velocity on normotensive post menopause women.
Long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is proven to increase the survival of patients with respiratory failure, most commonly from diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). At least 15 hours' usage per day is needed to improve mortality. Most patients on LTOT utilise bulky oxygen concentrators (OC) which run on continuous Alternating Current (AC) power. This intervention, however, limits patient mobility and social engagement as patients are tethered to their device and confined to their homes. Reduced physical activity levels have been shown in COPD patients to be associated with reduced quality of life (QoL), increased admission rates to hospital and survival even after adjustment for severity of COPD. Significant benefits stand to be made by improving physical activity levels in LTOT patients. Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR), which is traditionally conducted in a healthcare setting, is an established intervention that addresses this by improving exercise tolerance but uptake and completion rates have been low due to reasons such as cost and difficulty with transport. LTOT usage is also cited as an independent barrier to PR. The investigators propose the establishment of a 10-week home-based physiotherapy programme as a novel community-centric and resource-lean intervention that seeks to improve the physical activity level of LTOT patients. Patients will be prescribed an ambulatory oxygen device and receive education on its usage in conjunction with a home exercise regimen which includes a home visit and subsequent telephone support by a physiotherapist in partnership with a community-based healthcare provider. A prospective pilot study of 30 patients is proposed. The outcome measures include mobility function, activity levels, generic and disease-specific QoL. If successful, our programme may revolutionize the approach to LTOT patients in Singapore and improve their ability to function independently in the community greatly; in addition, the reduction in hospital-based healthcare utilisation is greatly advantageous.
Preterm birth refers to a delivery that occurs before 37 weeks of gestation. Identification of those who will eventually deliver in the preterm period is very important. However, few interventions have been proven to prolong pregnancy in women at risk such as cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) level or transvaginal cervical length measurements. In a meta-analysis comparing fetal breathing with cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) level or transvaginal cervical length measurements, absence of fetal breathing was superior to other methods for prediction of preterm birth in 48 hours or 7 days. In this study, the investigators hypothesized that if a fetus holds its breath in case of preterm birth, then there may be specific fetal breathing patterns during preterm labor, which may be detected by ultrasonography
During the past decade, especially with the advancement of technology, major innovations and developments have been observed in the field of surgery. Cardiac surgery is one of the important area of the surgery who renews itself day by day and adds innovations to the nature in terms of patients' comfort. One of the greatest developments in cardiac surgery in this sense is the tendency to reduce the size of the incisions with less interventional procedures. Robotic surgery is getting more and more meaningful in this area. Despite the downsizing of the surgical incisions, postoperative pulmonary complications have not completely disappeared in the robotic cardiac surgery. Major respiratory problems following traditional cardiac surgery are gas exchange problems, atelectasis, decreased coughing force and sputum retention. The effectiveness of respiratory physiotherapy applied after traditional cardiac surgery for the resolution of these complications has been proved by various investigations. Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has been found to improve autonomic modulation in heart failure patients as well as to increase inspiratory muscle strength in applied patient populations, reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and increase functional capacity in elderly individuals. Considering these benefits, when inspiratory muscle training is given to people with traditional cardiac surgery, respiratory muscle strengths, respiratory functions and functional capacities are increased compared to those not given to these patients. However, although there are complications after robotic cardiac surgery, there are no studies in the literature about respiratory physiotherapy or inspiratory muscle training. Thus, the subject of this study is the comparison of the effects of standard respiratory physiotherapy and standard respiratory physiotherapy plus inspiratory muscle training on the respiratory functions, respiratory muscle strength and functional capacity of the patients with the robotic heart surgery.
Because of the risk of pulmonary aspiration, patients are asked to comply with the fasting guidelines when they are scheduled for an elective cesarean section. This fasting can result in increased insulin resistance, and that this can delay patient recovery from surgery. Giving a patient a carbohydrate-rich beverage before surgery has been shown to reduce the post-operative insulin resistance and reduce the length of stay in the hospital. In order to safely provide pregnant women with a carbohydrate-rich drink when admitted to the hospital in preparation for an elective cesarean delivery, the investigators must ensure that their stomach has emptied by the time they go to the operating room. The objective is to investigate whether women admitted to the hospital, having complied with the fasting guidelines, will have an empty stomach 2 hours after being offered 400 ml of a beverage containing 50g of carbohydrate. This can easily be done with the use of an ultrasound exam of the stomach. The hypothesis is that patients will have an empty stomach 2 hours after drinking 400 ml of a carbohydrate-rich beverage.
SM04646-IPF-03 is a Phase 2a, multi-center, open-label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of a single inhaled, nebulized dose of SM04646 solution over a 12-week treatment regimen in subjects with mild to moderate IPF. A total of approximately 24 subjects will be enrolled in the study (approximately 12 subjects into the "non-bronchoalveolar lavage [BAL]" arm and approximately 12 subjects into the "BAL" arm). Subjects that currently do not require, have failed to tolerate, or have opted not to have treatment with pirfenidone or nintedanib will have the option of participation in the "BAL" arm or participation in the "non-BAL" arm. Subjects currently receiving treatment with pirfenidone or nintedanib must be on stable treatment for a minimum of 12 weeks prior to the Screening Visit. Subjects currently on treatment with pirfenidone or nintedanib may participate in the "non-BAL" arm only. Eligible subjects will participate in a treatment period of 12 weeks and a follow-up period of 12 weeks. The treatment dosing pattern will follow a 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off regimen, wherein subjects will dose 5 consecutive days of each 7 day "on" week.