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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between cognitive impairment, patient self-management, health, and health service use in adults with heart failure (NYHA Class 2 and 3). The research questions are: 1. How is cognitive impairment (memory, attention, global and executive function) related to various aspects of impaired self-management (knowledge of adherence, adherence to sodium restriction and medications, symptom monitoring of weight changes, and decision and action to seek care)? 2. How are these relationships altered when adjusting for medical, demographic, and psychosocial factors? 3. What are the relationships among degree of cognitive impairment, quality self-management, health status, and health service use?
This investigation is designed to demonstrate the clinical safety of the EVIA/ ENTOVIS pacemaker system when used under specific MRI conditions.
The objective of this study is to reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery in the elderly patient. This proposal is a clinical trial designed to reduce delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery by replacing standard postoperative sedation protocols (propofol, midazolam, opioids) with a new alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist (dexmedetomidine) possessing sedative, analgesic, and antinociceptive properties. Resource utilization analysis will be performed to determine cost effectiveness of the new treatment modality.
In the present study the investigators test the hypothesis that the epidural anesthesia added on the general anesthesia is able to improve patient's outcome.
Establishing new biochemical markers in the differential diagnostics and risk stratification in heterogeneous patient collectives is becoming more and more important. The markers should be objective, reliable, reproducible, quick and cost effective as well as specific and sensitive. Concerning the differential diagnostics of "dyspnea", NT-pro-BNP plays the most important role for the evaluation of a cardiac origin. However, a corresponding biochemical marker for pulmonary stress is lacking. The aim of the study at hand therefore was the evaluation of surfactant protein B in the differential diagnostics of pulmonary and cardiac diseases.
The purpose of this study is to identify cardiac patients' degree of unappreciated mild impairment in cognitive function patterns of cognitive function, and influencing factors related to cognitive functioning during hospitalization. The results from the study will contribute to tailoring the delivery of patient education to optimize patient understanding of information in future clinical practice. It is hypothesized that the study will demonstrate the following: 1. The degree of cognitive function for patients hospitalized in a CICU will be below the scores for normal functioning adults. 2. Patients with acute cardiovascular conditions will score differently in cognitive functioning at various times throughout their hospitalization. 3. Relationships between cognitive function and following variables: - Patients with greater sleep deprivation or fatigue will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. - Patients with greater hunger will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. - Patients who are experiencing greater anxiety will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. - Patients who are experiencing depression will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. - Patients who have undergone or will undergo shortly treatment or procedures will exhibit lower cognitive functioning.
The aim of this research is to apply cardiac tissue characterization in order to assess left ventricular function in cardiac surgical patients pre and post cardiopulmonary bypass. The procedures to be used include a retrospective review of transesophageal images obtained during conventional intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for cardiac surgery, as well as a secondary analysis with Tissue Doppler. The results will be compared with hemodynamic data obtained from a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC).
The aim of the study is to compare clinical management of patients with acute decompensation of heart failure, hospitalized in non cardiological ward, with the use of a mobile team including a cardiologist with portable echocardiography and standard care. The hypothesis is that a mobile team will lead to shorter hospitalization.
Study of the effect of oxygen on the frequency of central apnea, sleep and body temperature in patients with a cardiac disease
Background. The ROSCAP Study was a randomized controlled trial in heart disease patients to test the effect of a smoking reduction intervention on cigarettes per day (cpd) and biochemical and clinical indicators of tobacco exposure. .