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Filter by:Since the onset of COVID-19, recommendations suggest the use of neuraxial anesthesia, if possible, over general anesthesia for cesarian section to avoid the risks of aerosolization associated with tracheal intubation and extubation. But the safety of performing spinal anesthesia is unclear especially for post spinal hypotension, during the presence of active infection with COVID-19. Since at the beginning of the pandemic a few studies reported significant hypotension during epidural anesthesia in COVID-19 pregnant women, there was a controversial discussion about the safety of regional anesthesia was started. In this study we aimed to find if spinal anesthesia is safely recommended anesthesia type for COVID-19 obstetric patients. 249 patients with PCR confirmed COVID-19 for cesarean section undergoing spinal anesthesia in Ankara City Hospital, Ankara assessed in this retrospective study to find if the hypotension is the risk factor for the COVID-19 patients.
The purpose of this study is comparing vital signs between standard care and prone position groups. Standard care will consist of routine clinical care, including any advice to lie in prone position as routinely recommended by participating sites. For those randomized to prone position, a special intervention team will visit patients' rooms aiming for patients to maintain the prone position for at least 8 hours a day.
Hospitalized patients for Covid-19 are extremely isolated from their families for a long and uncertain period of time .This traumatic separation makes patients vulnerable to different degrees of stress disorders as well as depression and anxiety , fear of the unknown and dying, sleeplessness, agitation, discomfort, pain, immobility, frustration and inability to relax . MusicTtherapy has been shown to play a valuable role in the care of patients with serious illness, helping to address physical symptoms and psychological distress . The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of introducing Music therapy (MT) on site with Covid-19 patients as a supporting complementary/non-pharmacological intervention, to investigate the immediate effects a single MT session has on anxiety, heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (O2Sat) and satisfaction compared to standard care. In order to verify the hypotheses of the study, an RCT (mixed-methods approach pre -post design) will be carried out on patients diagnosed with SARS-COV2 admitted to Covid Hospital Bari, randomized into two groups: control group (B) and treatment group (A). . The study starts on 15th April 2021 and it is expected to run for 1 mounth (15th May 2021). The study is funding by University of Bari.
The newly emerged corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to all over the world, with recent estimates of more than 236 million cases diagnosed and led to 4.8 million deaths as November 20211 .Therapeutic approaches are needed to improve outcomes in patients with COVID-19 since no antiviral agent has yet been proved to be conclusively beneficial in COVID-19 infection,especially in patients with mild to moderate degree of severity There has been growing interest in the anti-parasitic drug,ivermectin, which previously was studied as an antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer actions2 .It was also reported to have an in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-23 .Its antiviral properties was due to the action on importin 2/1 mediated nuclear transport. Ivermectin prevents the binding of viral proteins to importin 2/1 rendering the viral proteins unable to enter the nucleus and cause infection4. Several clinical studies have found a beneficial effect of ivermectin in COVID-195-9 However, some study did not find significant difference between the patient group receiving ivermectin and control group10 .Until now, the controlled trials evaluating ivermectin in COVID-19 are lacking. Ivermectin is safe, with reported side effect of less than 1%. Hence it is essential to conduct a clinical trial with ivermectin in patients with COVID-19 .The objective of this study is to establish the efficacy of ivermectin for COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate disease, compare to usual case alone.
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAPs) are a very common side effect in intensive care units. They are the leading causes of nosocomial infections and excess mortality in intensive care units: associated with a controversial death rate of around 13%. VAPs complicate about 40-50% of COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the mortality would be twice higher. Thus, in this context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this represents a considerable rate of patients. Unfortunately, the risk factors for VAPs are poorly understood and the bacterial ecology varies around the world. Also, facing a high prevalence of multi-resistant bacteria in this population, the choice of probabilistic antibiotic therapy is complex and represents a considerable impact for care. New microbiological rapid diagnostic techniques have appeared in recent years, among them the FilmArray® seems to present interesting diagnostic performances with the ability to detects resistance to antibiotics. This technique has been studied in acute community pneumonia but has not been validated in VAP and even less during the COVID-19 period. Investigators decide to conduct this study to investigate if the early identification of the pathogens and their mechanism of resistance using FilmArray® would improve the relevance of the antibiotic treatment. The aim of this project is to evaluate the contribution of a rapid diagnostic technique to the management of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia during COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome before an interventional study.
Investigation of the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of homologous and heterologous vaccine combinations with regard to the formation of SARS-CoV-2 antispike antibodies in health care workers after basic immunization and boost vaccination
The aim of the COVAG study (Covid-19 Antigen study) is to assess the diagnostic efficacy of two of the most used rapid antigen tests (Roche & Abbott). The study will be performed at the Corona Test Center Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen. Approximately 2000 patients will be enrolled after having signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF). Each patient will receive 3 nasopharyngeal swabs. Two for the rapid antigen tests from Roche and Abbott and one for the RT-PCR. Furthermore an anamnesis, short clinical examination and blood draw is done. The blood is examined for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and basic laboratory tests to be communicated to participants.
The investigators used a retrospective review of 251 SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) positive patients' cesarean section anesthesia to determine the rate of failed spinal anesthesia, management techniques for failed block, and risk factors that contribute to failure in this study.
This study will conduct an evaluation of a program that is being implemented SickKids / Toronto Public health that provides take-home saliva testing kits in schools. Operationally, there is a planned randomization so that all schools have an equitable chance to receive the intervention at various time periods during the planned operational roll-out, which will require a staggered implementation consistent with the stepped-wedge study design. The study will leverage this chance implementation to do a robust evaluation of the public health intervention. Schools that are not being rolled out to week one, will begin in the "control phase" (testing at an assessment center) and transition to the program "intervention phase" (take home saliva kits available at schools) at a randomly assigned time (wedge) over a 6-week period with all schools receiving the program by the end of the study. The investigators will evaluate the impact of the program on SARS-CoV-2 case identification in schools.
This study will conduct an evaluation of a program that is being implemented SickKids / Toronto Public health that provides take-home saliva testing kits in schools. Operationally, there is a planned randomization so that all schools have an equitable chance to receive the intervention at various time periods during the planned operational roll-out, which will require a staggered implementation consistent with the stepped-wedge study design. This study will leverage this chance implementation to do a robust evaluation of the public health intervention. Schools that are not being rolled out to week one, will begin in the "control phase" (testing at an assessment center, primary care or acute care facility) and transition to the program "intervention phase" (take home saliva kits available at schools) at a randomly assigned time (wedge) over a 6-week period with all schools receiving the program by the end of the study. The investigators will evaluate the impact of the program on SARS-CoV-2 case identification in schools.