There are about 212 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Qatar. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Burn injuries were thought to be difficult to treat during the new corona virus epidemic. Our goal is to determine the risk factors that influence length of hospital stay (LOS) of burn injured patients during COVID -19 pandemic.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in infants and young children are one of the most common bacterial infections, usually febrile illness without source, frequently due to Enterobacteriaceae, mainly Escherichia coli. Multidrug-resistant organisms including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria are becoming more prevalent. Due to the risk factors of ESBL-producing organisms in community-acquired (CA)-UTIs in infants in QATAR and Arab countries are still not studied because of the limited therapeutic options. hence, the importance of this study is to get knowledge about how to decrease the rapidly increasing in ESBL- producing bacteria, in infants, and to use antibiotics in a suitable guideline.so, The aim of this retrospective case-control study is to determine the clinical manifestations, and investigations of urinary tract infections among infants and the association with COVID-19 infection, in pediatric emergency centers at Hamad General Hospital - Qatar. From 1st January 2015 till 1st January 2022.
This randomized controlled study will enroll the eligible patients to either the Buzzy device arm or to the EMLA cream arm as a standard therapy. This will be done with concealment; however, blinding will not be practical. Will include 300 participants with 150 in each arm in Al Saad pediatric emergency. The research nurse will use a known valid and reliable measurements scales for the pain and anxiety. The data will be recorded with timing in a prepared form, The SPSS 22.0 and Epi-info soft wares and appropriate statistical tests will be used and will consider P value of <0.05 is statistically significant. The investigators are anticipating a Buzzy device effectiveness to be not less than the EMLA cream but the rapidity of effectiveness in buzzy device of around one minute compared to 30-45 minutes of EMLA cream will be an important outcome in a busy emergency department.
The study is intended to estimate the proportion and clinical management of people with type 2 diabetes having atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases or who are at high risk to develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Participants will be asked to give information about their health. Partipants will continue normal way of life and will not get any medication other than those prescribed to them by the doctor. The study will last for about 6 months.
The overarching aim of this project is to investigate the role of custom foot orthotics in a 'return to performance' framework as the ultimate part of the 'return to sport continuum'. The aim of this particular study is to investigate the effect of Custom Foot Orthotics (CFO) made from different materials on Running Economy (RE). Well trained recreational athletes (volunteers) will present to a physiology lab for a familiarisation running session where standard measurements (e.g. height, weight, shoe size, training history, foot shape) will be recorded. During this initial visit, our volunteers will also perform an incremental running test to determine the individual ventilatory threshold (VT). This will allow the use of individual speeds of a relative equal intensity that which will be used during the experimental session. A full explanation of the experimental procedures will be given and trialed. This session will last about 1 hour. For the experimental session (minimum of one week after the incremental test and receiving the custom-made orthotics), our volunteers will report to the same lab minimal 4 hours post prandial, having done no strenuous exercise for 12 hours before data collection. After a 10-minute warm up, Participants will run four 6-minute trials (four footwear conditions) with plenty of rest (5 minutes) between running trials to recover and answer short surveys on footwear comfort and readiness to start the next session. Also actual sprint performance will be tested. After a 10-minute general and sprint specific warm up twelve 5-second all out sprints (3 sprints per condition) with 4 minutes recovery between each sprint will be performed. This session will last about 2 and a half hours. The volunteers will run in four different footwear conditions: standardized running shoes + original liner of the sport shoe standardized running shoes + a custom-made orthotic from an EVA/TPU material standardized running shoes + a custom-made orthotic from an EVA material standardized running shoes + a custom-made orthotic from an TPU material
Coronavirus disease 2019 is a novel viral disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 virus. The original cases occurred in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread to other areas worldwide, constituting a pandemic with unimaginable health and economic consequences. the World Health Organization elevated the disease to the category of a pandemic on March 11, 2020. In children, the reported mortality rates were far below 1%, while in people above the age of 70 years it was above 5% or higher. So, in this retrospective study, the investigators describe the clinical features and outcomes of children with chronic kidney diseases who were diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 infection at pediatric centers in Doha from 1st March 2020 till January 20th, 2022. This review looks into the literature on pediatric patients with chronic kidney diseases to verify whether they were more prone to developing more severe symptoms when diagnosed with Coronavirus disease 2019 compared to children without chronic kidney diseases and adults with chronic kidney diseases, and the Prevalence of COVID-19 infection between patients with chronic kidney diseases, and the role of COVID-19 infection in increasing the relapses and deterioration of chronic kidney diseases.
Early identification of a patient with infection who may develop sepsis is of utmost importance. Unfortunately, this remains elusive because no single clinical measure or test can reflect complex pathophysiological changes in patients with sepsis. However, multiple clinical and laboratory parameters indicate impending sepsis and organ dysfunction. Screening tools using these parameters can help identify the condition, such as SIRS, quick SOFA (qSOFA), National Early Warning Score (NEWS), or Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS). The 2016 SCCM/ESICM task force recommended using qSOFA, while the 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign strongly recommended against its use compared with SIRS, NEWS, or MEWS as a single screening tool for sepsis or septic shock. We hypothesised that qSOFA has greater prognostic accuracy than SIRS and EWS (NEWS/NEWS2/MEWS).
Background and Aim. The new and advanced hybrid closed loop (AHCL) system MiniMed 780G automatically adjusts basal insulin delivery in addition to automated bolus corrections, based on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) readings, to offer protection against both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether a simplified approach for patients' follow up using preset of pump settings and a simplified meal announcement, followed by minimal interaction can achieve similar glycemic control of AHCL system MiniMed 780G with Guardian Sensor 4 than a regular protocol that is currently used in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Methods. This study is Randomized Clinical Trial, two arm, single-center, clinical investigation in subjects with type 1 diabetes on AHCL insulin pump in a period of 3 months. A total of 34 individuals (age 12-18 years) will be enrolled to reach 30 individuals who will complete the 3 months study. Participants will be randomized in two groups: Group 1, Regular Clinical Protocol, 17 participants and Group 2, Simplified Clinical Protocol, 17 participants. All patients will be recruited during the regular clinic visits to the outpatient Endocrine Clinics at Sidra Medicine in Doha. Patients will be chosen on a first-come first-served basis. Inclusion criteria: Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, , Age 12-18 years, Basal Bolus therapy >8.0 units per day. Exclusion criteria: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in the 6 months prior to screening visit. The initiation protocol consists of four stages: HCL system compatibility assessment, HCL system training, Manual Mode Start and Auto Mode start. Patients will have 7 visits in a period of 3 months after initiation of insulin pump therapy. Pump initiation: Group 1, Finetune ICR, Target 100 or 110 mg/dl and AIT: 2-3 hour and Group 2, Carb Ratio by formula 360 / TDD, ICR 8-10 (TDD 40-60), ICR 5-7 (TDD >60), Target 100 mg/dl, AIT: 2 hours with fixed meals Results. No group difference in Time in Range (TIR) (70-180mg/dl) > 70% and HbA1c < 7.5% in a period of 3 months after initiation of AHCL. Conclusion. Conclusions will be drawn on completion of the study and evaluation of the results.
COVID-19 pandemic has presented the global health care systems with unprecedented and unexpected challenges. The clinical spectrum of COVID-19 disease varies from mild, at times asymptomatic, to severe life-threatening multiple organ dysfunction and shock. The latter group, albeit represent less than 10% of all SARS-CoV-2 infections will require ICU admission, multi-modal organ support including Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for severe refractory cardiac and/or pulmonary failure. Prolonged mechanical ventilation is a typical indication for tracheostomy. Percutaneous tracheostomy at the bedside has several advantages over surgical tracheostomy. However, with the emerging pandemic, there is a lack of literature regarding the safety of percutaneous bedside tracheostomy for patients with COVID-19 supported by ECMO. Our study aims to describe the safety of bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy of confirmed COVID-19 positive patients supported on ECMO.
Animal models suggest that heat stress increases protein content and facilitates the recovery of atrophied muscle after an immobilization period, or following a chemically induced muscle injury in rats. Thus, a recent study in human have reported that daily heat treatments, applied during 10 days of immobilization, reduced the loss of muscle mass. In addition of protecting muscle mass, repeated heat stress may also help to maintain cardiovascular fitness from the onset of injury through passive exposures in the condition that they sufficiently trigger an increase in body temperature, circulation and sweating. This study will investigate the benefits of using heat therapy to prevent deconditioning during immobilization in human.