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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine whether Non Invasive Ventilation are effective in prevention of reperfusion pulmonary edema after pulmonary artery angioplasty. Our hypothesis is that administration of Non Invasive Ventilation during the procedure and systematically in post procedure period is a protective factor against the development and severity of reperfusion pulmonary edema.
A Single Arm, Single Dose Study to Evaluate the Effect of intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) on hard exudates of diabetic macular edema.
Photocoagulation is the standard treatment in the focal EMCS, disrupts vascular leakage and allows the pigment epithelium remove the intraretinal fluid is effective in reducing the incidence of visual loss but can reduce contrast sensitivity and retinal sensitivity, the characteristics of the function can be reduced such as setting (location and stability) are relevant to the quality of the patient's vision parameters, reading comprehension, especially the ability, duration of diabetic macular edema, could have a significant impact on survival and / or the functional reserve of the macular cells subjected to mechanical and toxic stress-induced edema. It seems that in the treatment of patients with EMCS, photoreceptor damage occurs as a recent phenomenon, and can precede neurodegeneration retinal photoreceptor loss, whereby visual function can be decreased. An adjunctive treatment as Dorzolamide facilitating effect helping resorption of intraretinal fluid through EPR and reduce adverse events that is the loss of contrast sensitivity and retinal sensitivity, response time of photocoagulation treatment could be reduced to the patient, because the rate of resorption of intraretinal fluid is facilitated and thus the duration of the response, also could reduce damage to vision caused by the inadequacies of the photoreceptors during the evolution of macular edema avoiding moderate visual loss, there by increasing the quality of life in terms of improving the quality of vision in diabetic patients. In addition to obtaining a specific adjuvant treatment with photocoagulation is helpful for focal edema in diabetic and a new level using dorzolamide in retina Dorzolamide as adjunctive therapy after focal photocoagulation is more effective than placebo in improving visual function in patients with diabetic macular edema
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal ranibizumab by determining the pathogenesis of macular edema, which cause a direct effect on visual function. In particular, we focus on the correlation between the treatment effectiveness of ranibizumab and the role of the cytokines involved in the cause of macular edema.
The exact incidence of optic disc swelling and idiopathic intracranial hypertension in patients using antiacne medication is not known so far. The investigators hypothesize that swelling of retinal nerve fibre layer measured by optical coherence tomography is more frequent then assumed so far.
This trial will assess the incidence of new and/or undiagnosed diabetic macular edema (DME) in diabetic patients that undergo a DME screening exam. The screening exam will consist of medical history, Electronic ETDRS visual acuity assessment, SD-OCT and color fundus photography
Macular edema is the most important cause of visual impairment in diabetic patients. Intravitreal injections of antiVEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) agents and laser treatment are two effective therapies for stabilising visual acuity. However, antiVEGF therapy is very expensive and potentially needs to to be repeated for all patients life. Laser treatment, according to modified ETDRS (early treatment diabetic retinopathy study), produces retinal burns with possible negative consequences such as alterations in the visual fields. With micropulse treatment modality laser energy is delivered in short pulses ("micropulses") rather than as a continuous wave. In this way the amount of energy delivered to the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is significantly reduced. This finer control of the photothermal effects should avoid any retinal and RPE damage. At the same time, according to several published reports, the efficacy of treatment appears to be equivalent to conventional laser therapy. Previous studies investigated the effects of 810nm micropulse laser therapy. Recently, this treatment modality has been made available also with 577nm wavelength, which corresponds to the maximum absorption level for blood. Aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of 577nm micropulse laser treatment compared to conventional modified ETDRS laser therapy.
- For patient in intensive care unit, extubation failure is defined as the necessity of early reintubation after scheduled extubation, with Increased morbidity and mortality, so it seems important to quickly identify patients with high risk of post-extubation acute respiratory failure. - Major post-extubation laryngeal edema is one of extubation failure causes, and its incidence vary in literature from 4 to 37%. - We can't currently predict arising of a major post-extubation laryngeal edema. However, a recent pilot study showed that laryngeal ultrasonography could help to identify patients with high risk of post-extubation stridor, measuring ultrasonic leak volume and cuff-deflated air-column width, of which we propose to assess diagnostic performance.
This is an open-label, Phase I/II study of Intravitreally administered 0.3mg ranibizumab in subjects with persistent Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) after recent and frequent bevacizumab (at least 2 bevacizumab intravitreal injections within 2 months prior to enrollment and at least 6 bevacizumab injections within 9 months of enrollment).
The need for fluid resuscitation (FR) in ICU patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is common. Indeed, relative or absolute hypovolemia is a common phenomenon that the intensivist must recognize early and treat promptly. Fluid challenge may have adverse side effects associated with fluid administration. The diffusion within the interstitial space may favor edema formation and cause cardiac dysfunction by volume overload. Edema formation is global and may specifically alter pulmonary alveolar epithelial integrity, leading to enhanced alveolar edema and impaired gas exchange. Currently, two types of fluids are frequently used, crystalloids and colloids. Among colloids and compared to crystalloids, albumin has the theoretical advantage of causing greater volume expansion. We hypothesized that a fluid resuscitation therapy with albumin generates less pulmonary edema than a fluid resuscitation therapy with crystalloids. The aim of our study is to compare alveolar fluid clearance, as a marker of alveolar edema fluid resorption, in 2 groups of patients: those treated with albumin and those treated with crystalloid.