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Filter by:The study evaluates the preliminary efficacy of an innovative mobile-health (mHealth) intervention (hereon referred to as S4E) to improve human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infection testing and reduce HIV/STI risk behaviors in a clinic sample (n=100) of at-risk youth ages 14-21 living in Southeast Michigan. A Stage I randomized control trial will be conducted to examine the preliminary efficacy of S4E, relative to Usual Care (UC), over a period of six months.
Elderly patients show different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variables and usually need smaller doses of anesthetic drugs than younger patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the optimal effect-site concentration of remifentanil for preventing injection pain during propofol induction in elderly patients by the Dixon's up-and-down method.
The investigator designed this study to investigate remifentanil effect-site concentration in 95% of patients (EC95) for preventing cough after laryngomicrosurgery from propofol anesthesia.
The specific aims of this research study are to use 600 mg gabapentin as an adjunctive treatment for acute postoperative pain control in order to reduce postoperative opiate consumption and improve postoperative pain control.
Polypharmacy increases the risk of adverse drug effects, interactions and other drug-related problems, and several studies indicate that inappropriate drug use is a major reason for poor health and impaired function in the elderly. A majority of interventions for improvement of drug treatment in the elderly have been evaluated by the use of surrogate outcomes such as drug-related problems, number of prescribed drugs or prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions - and it is so far unclear whether such interventions can result in clinical significant improvements. The primary objective of this trial is therefore to evaluate the effect upon patients, relatives and local health care service of a structured cooperation between a hospital-based geriatrician and family physicians on complex drug regimens in home-dwelling frail elderly patients.
Elderly patients show different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variables and usually need smaller doses of anaesthetic drugs than younger patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the optimal effect-site concentration of remifentanil for preventing cough during emergence in elderly patients under sevoflurane and remifentanil anesthesia.
This study investigated how vildagliptin (a di-peptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor) affects portal vein pressure and hepatosteatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The investigators attempted to determine the optimal effect-site concentration of remifentanil for smooth removal of the LMA from propofol anesthesia.
The investigators attempted to determine the optimal dose of dexmedetomidine required for the successful insertion of LMA during propofol induction without a neuromuscular blocking agent.
When not using neuromuscular blocking agent, even at optimal dosage, target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol and remifentanil occasionally produce unsatisfactory intubating conditions. Therefore, the investigators evaluated that the effect of tracheal lidocaine on the intubating conditions for tracheal intubation during anesthesia induction of propofol and remifentanil TCI without neuromuscular blocking agent in day-case anesthesia.