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Filter by:Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the effect on venous dilation, procedure duration and pain severity of local hot, cold and vibration applications performed on the intervention area before peripheral intravenous catheterization in adults. Methods: The study included 120 adults who were randomly selected between March and August 2023. One application group (n=30) received local hot application, one group (n=30) received local cold application, and one (n=30) received local vibration using the Buzzy® device. The applications, to the site of the peripheral intravenous catheterization, lasted one minute. The control group (n=30) the received standard peripheral intravenous catheterization application. The groups' venous dilation was assessed on the vein assessment scale and the level of pain felt during catheterization was assessed using a visual analog scale.
Female endurance athletes are susceptible to iron deficiency and this can impact their exercise performance. This study is a pilot trial to assess the tolerability of a novel iron supplement prior to conducting a clinical trial on the efficacy of the developed novel iron supplement on iron status and performance.
This is a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. One-hundred subjects are randomized to receive either YOVIS or placebo over a period of 10 days. The purpose is to determinate the efficacy of the treatment in subjects treated with antibiotic therapy, by measuring occurrence of Antibiotic Associated Diarrhoea (AAD) from baseline to the end of the observation period (28±2 days)
Background (brief): 1. Burden: Diarrhea is the second deadliest disease for under-five children globally and the situation is more serious in developing countries. It was responsible for 688 million illnesses and 499,000 deaths worldwide in children less than 5 years of age in 2015 (Kotloff, 2017). Majority of the deaths from diarrhea occur before the second birthday of the children and it contributes to more than 20% of overall death in infants and young children. 2. Knowledge gap: Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is being used as a standard treatment for acute watery diarrhea for long time and which is one of the best inventions in the history of medicine. The ORS currently recommended by the WHO/UNICEF contains glucose, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and tri-sodium citrate dehydrate, which is optimal for rehydration of patients of all ages with dehydration from acute diarrhea of any aetiology. However, oral rehydration therapy (ORT) with the present ORS formulation has certain limitations - it does not reduce the volume, frequency or the duration of diarrhea. Additionally, the failure of present standard ORS to reduce dramatically stool output likely contributes to the relatively limited use of ORS by mothers as they do not feel that ORS is helping their child from the episode of diarrhea. Thus, it warrants the development of newer and improved formulation of ORS to become more effective against diarrhea. 3. Relevance: It has been reported that the glucose contained in standard ORS may fail to absorb fluid and electrolytes adequately from gut and worsen diarrhea in different patho-physiological ways as the present WHO ORS is hypo-osmolar. Whereas, certain neutral amino acids (e.g. glycine, L-alanine, L-glutamine) are able to enhance the absorption of sodium ions and water from gut. By using this concept, the University of Florida (UF), developed a sugar-free, shelf-stable amino acid-based hydration medicinal food named 'VS002A' that effectively rehydrates, and improves barrier function of the bowel following infections targeting the gastrointestinal tract. So, the investigators ought to know whether VS002A will be superior or not to WHO-ORS in the treatment of acute non-cholera watery diarrhea in infants and young children. Hypothesis (if any): The amino acid-based ORS "VS002A" will reduce duration of non-cholera watery diarrhea in infants and young children when compared to treatment with standard WHO-ORS. Objectives: To compare the efficacy of amino acid-based ORS "VS002A" compared to standard Glucose-based WHO ORS in infants and young children suffering from acute non-cholera watery diarrhea. Methods: - It will be a randomized, double-blind, two cell clinical trial at Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b. Total 312 (156 in each arm) male children aged 6-36 months old with acute (onset <48 hours) non-bloody watery diarrhea will be included in this study. However, patients with severe malnutrition, any systemic illness, cholera, unwilling to comply with study protocol, remain significantly dehydrated 4 hours after intravenous fluid infusion (if required at start), has documentation of taking antibiotics or antidiarrheal 48 hours before admission will be excluded. - Intervention arm participants will get amino acid ORS (VS002A) and control arm will get standard glucose based WHO-ORS. Other aspects of clinical managements for diarrhea as per hospital guideline will be similar in both cases and controls
The prevention of traveller's diarrhea makes use of the selection of foods and drinks, the purification of water, the use of pharmacological substances such as bismuth salicylate and rifaximin (which can only be taken for short periods). The very attractive prospect of preventing travellers' diarrhea without systemic antibiotics has fueled interest in probiotics for this purpose. However, not all probiotics are identical, and the results of studies conducted with a particular agent cannot be generalized to indicate that any probiotic agent would be successful in the same clinical situation. Probiotics such as Lactobacillus GG have been shown to reduce the incidence of diarrhea in travelers in randomized controlled trials. In contrast, another Lactobacillus preparation, non-viable Lactobacillus acidophilus, showed no benefit over placebo in a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of 174 travelers. The reasons for this are unclear, but could be related to the fact that the bacteria were not viable or a peculiarity of the strain selected for testing.
The goal of this prospective trial is to learn about lactobacillus use in critically ill pediatric patients. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - Is lactobacillus GG effective in preventing antibiotic associated diarrhea in the PICU - Is lactobacillus safe in critically ill pediatric patients Participants will be randomized to lactobacillus GG vs placebo while on antibiotics If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare lactobacillus GG to see if it prevents antibiotic associated diarrhea.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of orally administered SK10 powders in healthy adult subjects at three dose levels, following single and multiple doses.
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) refers to the occurrence of other unexplained diarrhea symptoms after the use of antibiotics, often combined with abdominal pain, bloating and bloody stool. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) is a therapeutic method to transplant the microbiota from the feces of healthy people into the intestinal tract of patients. To explore the overall efficacy and safety of FMT in the treatment of AAD.
This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of probiotics as food supplements in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The study will involve 82 patients who will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: an experimental group receiving a probiotic containing Lactobacillus acidophilus LA85, and a placebo group. The primary outcomes measured include the number of days until the onset of diarrhea, the duration of diarrhea (if it occurs), gastrointestinal quality of life evaluation using the GIQLI questionnaire, and overall patient satisfaction.
The goal of this interventional clinical study is to study whether the consumption of QiMeiYan Probiotics in 25-35 young people with Mild irritable bowel syndrome (IBS Score 75 - 175) will reduce the frequency of Diarrhea. 140 eligible participants (70 males and 70 females) will be enrolled in two study sites and randomly assigned to two groups of products QiMeiYan Probiotics and placebo. All participants will consume assigned products once a day after meals and record the critical data such as photo of feces. Three site visits will be arranged and all clinical data will be captured and recorded into CTMS (Clinical Trial Management System) for statistical analysis. Researchers will compare the two groups to validate if the daily consumption of QiMeiYan Probiotics will reduce the frequency of Diarrhea in the study population.