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Filter by:The incidence of PD is high, and when the disease is serious to a certain extent, the effect of drugs to control symptoms decreases, resulting in a significant reduction in the quality of life of patients. Recent studies have found that these PD symptoms are closely related to the intestine. For several cases of PD syndrome patients complicated with chronic appendicitis, our research group conducted acupuncture on points related to constipation and chronic appendicitis, and found that constipation and related motor symptoms of patients could be significantly improved. Clinical studies have shown that acupuncture also has a certain therapeutic effect on non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as anxiety and depression, decreased olfactory function, sleep disorders, constipation, early skeletal muscle pain, cognitive dysfunction, etc., which can delay the progression of the disease and improve the quality of life of patients. Starting from intestinal acupuncture, this project further clarified the role of acupuncture treatment in the comprehensive treatment of PD
This will be an explorative, proof-of-principle, open, multi-center investigation. The investigation aims to investigate the safety of the PERIsign system and the ability of physicians to differentiate between healthy individuals and subjects with involuntary muscle defense as a sign of peritonitis by utilizing PERIsign data. The investigation will include a total of 20 subjects admitted to hospital for suspected appendicitis and planned for emergency surgery and 20 healthy volunteers. Both male and female subjects aged 18-70 years will be enrolled. All subjects will undergo PERIsign examinations. Subjects with suspected appendicitis will undergo 1-2 PERIsign examinations before their planned appendectomy surgery. For the healthy volunteers, there is only 1 PERIsign examination. During each examination, 4 PERIsign curves will be obtained, one from each quadrant of the abdomen. The attending physician will interpret the appearance of the PERIsign curves of all subjects, including those from the healthy volunteers. The duration of the PERIsign examination will be documented, and usability data will be gathered, including the need for sensor adjustments, subject perception of the examination, and any discomfort experienced. In addition, blinded physicians will evaluate all subjects' PERIsign curves and determine whether each subject has involuntary muscle defense as a sign of peritonitis. These blinded physicians will have access to all 4 PERIsign curves obtained during each examination, while other data will not be disclosed to them. Safety will be evaluated through analysis of reported adverse events and device deficiencies
Transumbilical laparoscopic appendectomy (TULA) is increasingly favored in the treatment of appendicitis within the realm of minimally invasive surgical approaches. This procedure offers advantages such as superior cosmetic outcomes and reduced postoperative pain. However, like all surgical interventions, it carries the inherent risk of surgical site infections (SSI), which pose significant challenges to patient health and healthcare systems by escalating treatment costs, prolonging recovery, and increasing morbidity rates. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the "glove finger method" in mitigating SSI risk in TULA. The rationale for this study is predicated on the hypothesis that the glove finger method could serve as a simple and cost-effective measure offering potential protection against SSIs. When compared to traditional methods, this technique may not only reduce surgical duration but also diminish the risk of SSIs, thereby potentially decreasing hospital stay durations. Furthermore, enhancing the understanding of factors contributing to the development of SSIs and developing effective strategies for their prevention can elevate patient care quality and alleviate the burden on healthcare systems.
the investigators's study group has developed a fully automated 3D convolutional neural network (CNN)-based diagnostic framework using information of appendix (IA) model to identify non-appendicitis and simple and complicated appendicitis on CT scan images based on the two-stage binary classification algorithm, as a clinician does for deciding treatment. The dataset was built from a large population of patients visiting emergency departments who underwent intravenous contrast-enhanced abdominopelvic CT examinations to evaluate abdominal pain in the right or lower quadrant area as the chief complaint. Recently, the IA model was externally validated using a dataset of multicenter institutions through data exfiltration. In this study, the investigators hypothesized that the IA model would show a comparable negative appendicitis rate of <10% non-inferior margins compared to non-radiologists with a shorter interpretation time in a prospectively randomized dataset.
Appendicitis is a common condition in children 6-17 years of age, and the top reason for emergency surgery in Canada. Children with appendicitis can have very bad pain in their belly. Children often need pain medications given to them through a needle in their arm called an intravenous (IV). The most common IV pain medication is a type of opioid called morphine. We know that opioids work well to improve pain, but there are risks and side effects when taking them. There are non-opioid medications that doctors can give to patients, like ketorolac. Ketorolac helps decrease inflammation and pain and has fewer side effects when a patient takes it for a short period of time. Our past and present overuse of opioids, driven by an unproven assumption that opioids work best for pain, resulted in an Opioid Crisis and doctors are now looking for alternatives. To do this, we need to prove that there are other options to treat children's pain that are just as good as opioids, with less side effects. The goal of our study is to discover if school aged children who arrive at the emergency department with belly pain, improve just as much with ketorolac as they do with morphine. To answer this question, we will need a very large number of patients in a study that includes several hospitals across Canada. With a flip of a coin, each participant will either get a single dose of morphine or a single dose of ketorolac. To make sure that our pain assessment is impartial, no one will know which medicine the child received except the pharmacist who prepared the medicine.
Most common cause of acute abdomen is acute appendicitis delay dignosis of acute appendicitis lead to complications as perforation this study examined efficacy of hyperbilirubinemia&hyponatremia as indicator of complicated appendicitis
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare protocol based selective imaging to routine imaging in adult patients with suspected appendicitis. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - Does protocol based selective imaging using clinical scoring affect clinical outcome? - Does protocol based selective observation combined with score based selective imaging affect clinical outcome? Participants will be randomized into three groups: - Selective imaging based on Adult Appendicitis Score - Selective observation based on Appendicitis Severity Score combined with selective imaging based on Adult Appendicitis Score - Routine imaging using ultrasound and/or computed tomography Researchers will compare selective imaging groups separately with routine imaging to see if number of negative appendectomies or number of complicated appendicitis is not significantly increased.
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the key bacterial flora and metabolites associated with appendicitis in children. The main questions it aims to answer are: - To screen out the key biomarkers of pediatric appendicitis. - What are the microbial differences in different parts of pediatric appendicitis patients. Participants will detect feces using 16s ribosomal RiboNucleicAcid (16S rRNA) gene sequencing technology and differences of the fecal metabolites between healthy children and appendicitis children were analyzed using untargeted metabolomics based on Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(LC-M S/MS) platform.Through the analysis of intestinal bacterial flora and metabolomics association and the differential analysis of intestinal bacterial flora in different parts of the case group, the key bacterial flora and metabolites were excavated.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of short-course post-operative antibiotic treatment for simple and complicated appendicitis
Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency with more than 15 million cases reported worldwide. Although appendectomy is considered a safe surgical procedure, the incidence of complications is up to 10%. The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has developed guidelines to improve postoperative patient outcomes. The protocol, which consists of more than 20 interventions in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods, shows that early discharge can be possible with multidisciplinary care given to surgical patients without risking patient safety.