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This trial is conducted by using MEAD to detect the meridian changes in patients with head and neck cancer after conventional treatment of chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Due to "demographic change", the composition of the population in Germany is changing. The consequence of this change is a population that is getting older on average. A key challenge is the appropriate nursing and medical care of older people in senior residences and care facilities. The increasing workload for nursing staff and doctors in the outpatient sector means that timely care for patients, e.g. in the form of GP visits, cannot always be guaranteed in a timely manner. The results are unnecessary or premature hospital admissions as well as ambulance and emergency care interventions, even though in many cases it is not an acute or even life-threatening event. Furthermore, it has been scientifically proven that hospital admissions can increase the risk of patients becoming confused. The aim of this project is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and to enable patients to remain in their familiar surroundings as far as this appears medically justifiable. At the same time, the study aims to improve the medical care of nursing home residents through better networking of medical areas, the use of tele-consultations and an early warning system.
In this study, investigator will see the effects of neural mobilization in comparison to the muscle energy technique in the patients suffering from sciatica. Impact of the these two interventional techniques , there out come measures i.e pain, range of motion and functional disability.
In-hospital mortality after cardiac surgery ranges from 2-6%. Many patients suffer from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) which results in impaired disability-free survival. Troponin plays the central role in identifying MACE. However, interpretation after cardiac surgery is difficult due to ischemia-reperfusion-injury and direct surgical trauma. While the 4th universal definition of type 5 myocardial infarction uses the 10 x ULN as cut-off, >90% of patients after on-pump procedures exceed this cut-off. Clinical consequences are unclear. The dynamic of Copeptin and Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) concentrations starts very early, i.e. several hours before Troponin. The investigators plan a prospective multicenter cohort study to evaluate 1) the independent association between Copeptin and H-FABP with disability -free survival and MACE after cardiac surgery; 2) the predictive gain of their addition to the Euroscore II; 3) the independent association between H-FABP and acute kidney injury.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a serious public health problem worldwide and it is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Nowadays, COPD patients are increasing in all societies and the problems that arise during the life of these patients increase the need for care and rehabilitation. Pulmonary rehabilitation has proven to be the best supportive treatment for individuals with COPD. However, there are difficulties in rehabilitation practices in terms of the fragility of patients, transportation and access problems. Telerehabilitation allows patients who cannot access rehabilitation due to their geographical, economic or physical disabilities to benefit from rehabilitation services. There are different studies demonstrating the effect of telerehabilitation in COPD patients and confirming that it is safe, but it is a developing area and has a limited area of use. In this randomized controlled study, it is aimed to examine the effect of telerehabilitation training on respiratory functions, exercise capacity, quality of life, fatigue and psychosocial factors in individuals with COPD via video conferencing including respiratory exercises and postural exercises.
Respiratory failure and dyspnea are common in spinal cord injury (SCI), and in acute situations, any spinal cord lesion above T11 can cause abnormal respiratory function and impair the airway clearance. Although surgical decompression is one of the key early neuroprotective therapies, surgery and general anesthesia disrupt many aspects of respiratory function and may cause a series of postoperative pulmonary complications. Endotracheal suction is important to reduce the risk of lung consolidation and atelectasis. But for patients with respiratory insufficiency such as SCI, ordinary suction is not enough to clear secretions in the deeper airways. And repeated intratracheal suction may even cause some serious complications. Bronchoscopy can generally penetrate into the bronchus of grade 3-4, and fully attract the secretions in it under visual conditions. Its curative effect on pneumonia and atelectasis in the ICU has been affirmed, but no one has yet explored the application in the postoperative care unit .
The incidence rate and mortality of lung infection are high worldwide. It is a common and frequently occurring disease which seriously threatens human health. Severe pneumonia accounts for 18-36% of all pneumonia. Severe pneumonia has caused serious economic and medical burden. Therefore, it is urgent to carry out the real-world cohort study of severe pneumonia. Big data and sample library will provide useful clinical guidance and scientific research reserves for clinicians. Through further research, we can improve the treatment success rate and reduce the mortality. The purpose of this study is to provide reliable biological samples and related data information for the relevant basic and clinical trials in the field of severe pneumonia by carrying out the construction of special disease cohort database and biological sample holographic database, and to establish a long-term sharing platform for the transformation of research results into clinical practice, improve the prognosis of severe pneumonia,and provide the evidence for improving the diagnosis and treatment of severe pneumonia suitable for China's national conditions.
Caffeine consumption has been linked to dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. In this study the investigators analyze the effects of caffeine containing drinks (including energy drinks and coffee) on ECG based parameters of the autonomic nervous system.
Patients requiring admission to the hospital due to a moderate and severe COVID-19 infection may differ in their ability to respond to viral infection and to eliminate viral load. Several comorbidities and interventions like antivirotic or antiinflammatory treatment may also modify expected patients response and decrease of viral load. In this observational study, evolution of selected inflammatory markers, indicators of severity of infection and patient characteristics will be followed and recorded in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Back pain affects one-third of the UK population every year with a huge impact on the health service and economy. The aim of this study is to test the validity of a computer-vision (CV) technology that uses cameras on phones/tablets/webcams to assess a person's movement and function with the ultimate goal to use the CV system to screen for back pain conditions. Participants with and without back pain will be included in the study and they will be asked to perform standard functional movements that would be used for a physiotherapy assessment for a back condition. The participants will also perform these movements in front of a camera for video recordings to be analysed by the CV system. The measurements by the CV system will be compared to the measurements by the physiotherapist. Additionally, participants will perform and record videos of the same set of movements at home to test the feasibility of the CV system in a home environment.