View clinical trials related to Diaphragm Injury.
Filter by:During major surgical procedures general anesthesia is used to make the patient unconscious. General anesthesia insures that the patient is unaware of any pain caused by surgery. General anesthesia also prevents the patient from moving to prevent any potential surgical error. At the same time general anesthesia makes it impossible for the patient to breathe. To help the patient breathe a breathing tube is placed into the patient's airway and connected to the mechanical ventilator. A mechanical ventilator is an artificial breathing pump, which delivers gas into a patient's airways. The purpose of this research study is to determine if brief periods of diaphragm stimulation can prevent diaphragm problems caused by the use of mechanical ventilators and surgery. To answer this question the changes in the genes responsible for maintaining diaphragm function will be studied. A gene is the code present in each cell in your body and controls the behavior of that cell. In addition, the changes in the contractile properties of muscle fibers will be studied. The results from this study may help develop new treatments to prevent diaphragm weakness resulting from mechanical ventilation use.
This study is designed to determine whether maximal diaphragm thickening fraction measured by ultrasound during volitional maximal inspiratory efforts is a valid measure of diaphragm function in mechanically ventilated patients.
This study is designed to evaluate the relationship between diaphragm activity during mechanical ventilation and the development of ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD). Diaphragm structure, activity, and function are monitored longitudinally over the first 7 days of mechanical ventilation.
Title: A randomized prospective study comparing non operative management with laparoscopic treatment in patients with a diaphragm injury following left thoracoabdominal stab wounds. Aim of the Study: The aim of this study is to access the clinical outcome of potential occult diaphragm injuries in a group of patients presenting at the Groote Schuur trauma centre with left sided thoracoabdominal stab wounds, if an expectant non operative management course is taken. Objects of the Study: To obtain the above mentioned aim the study will undertake; - to do laparoscopy on a group of randomly selected patients with left thoracoabdominal stab wounds to obtain the incidence of occult diaphragm injury. - to assess the incidence and clinical outcome of delayed diaphragm visceral herniation in the study group.