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Filter by:This study evaluates the administration of beta-lactam antibiotics in extended infusion in hematological patients with febrile neutropenia after 5 days of treatment. The beta-lactam antibiotics analyzed are the following: piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime and meropenem. Half of patients will receive the antibiotic in intermittent infusion, while the other half will receive it in extended infusion.
Background and Rationale: The gold standard to assess fever, is to conduct invasive intravascular, esophageal or bladder thermistor core body temperature (CBT) measurements. Since these methods are time consuming for the medical staff and more importantly displeasing to the patients, alternative CBT/fever assessments is needed. greenTEG is developing a CBT algorithm that will be able to reliably calculate CBT continuously form skin temperature (ST) and the corresponding heat flux (HF). This can be achieved from subjects developing fever in intensive care unit, since the prevalence of fever is high and optimally assessed. Objective(s): The aim of this study is to develop and validation of an algorithm that allows the detection of fever in patients through a non-invasive wearable prototype sensor, which calculates CBT from ST, HF and heart rate (HR) data streams, allowing a more effective patient management Endpoint(s): ST, HF, HR and CBT data are collected for at least 24hrs until 3 day, depending on the ICU length of stay of the patient. ST, HF, HR and CBT values from different measurement positions (subclavicular, lateral ribcage, upper arm and wrist) of the non-invasive wearable research prototypes will be compared with each other and compared to clinical invasive method particularly CBT measured by blood temperature from a pulmonary catheter if present or vesical temperature Study Design: Interventional-Single Group Assignment, monocentric, open label. Statistical Considerations: The measure of quality will be the mean absolute difference (MAD) between the CBT prediction and the reference signal where the mean is taken over the whole measurement of a single candidate. An aggregate performance measure over a group of candidates is defined by averaging the MAD values of each candidate in the group. When a group of candidates for algorithm validation is defined, the total improvement will be defined by comparing aggregate performances of old and new algorithm for the validation group. Balancing the probability of occurrence of the factors in the population and the overall size of the study, a final size of 50 candidates is reasonable. Inclusion- / Exclusion Criteria: Inclusion criteria: - Age ≥18 years old. - Patients which are treated at the cardiosurgical and vascular intensive care unit of the University Hospital Zurich. - Expected length of stay in the intensive care unit at least 24 hours - Clinical standard monitoring including an invasive CBT measurement (e.g. blood temperature from a pulmonary catheter if present or from a vesical catheter routinely placed) - Informed consent signed by the patient Exclusion criteria: - Acute medical contraindications against the measurement of the non-invasive wearable device (e.g. skin diseases) and band-aid allergies. - Implanted pacemakers or other implanted life sustaining devices - Comatose state of the patient - Pregnant Women Number of Participants with Rationale: Number of participants in the study :50 candidates. The study will be divided in two parts. In the first part data are collected from 38 patients. In the second part, data form 12 patients will be collected. The reason for the first part is to collect data in order to develop the algorithm. The reason to collect additional data from 12 candidates in the second part is to validate and adjust the algorithm that is develop in the first part of the study. Study Intervention: 50% of the research prototypes (4 pieces) will be mounted to the patient on left side of the body (sub clavicula, lateral ribcage, upper arm and wrist), after being admitted to the ICU and having signed the informed consent. As soon as a patient gets fever, the other 50% of the research prototypes (4 pieces) will be applied on the right side of the body (sub clavicula, lateral ribcage, upper arm and wrist). Control Intervention: Not applicable Study procedures: Patients will be recruited and screened 1-3 days before the measurements starts. 50% of the research prototypes (4 pieces) will be applied to the patient on the left side of the body (sub clavicula, lateral ribcage, upper arm and wrist), after being admitted to the ICU and having signed the informed consent. After the development of the fever, the other 50% of the research prototypes (4 pieces) will be applied on the right side of the body (sub clavicula, lateral ribcage, upper arm and wrist). At the end of intervention all prototypes will be removed from the patient. A greenTEG employee will collect all the prototypes.
The aim of this study is to further evaluate the effects of seasonal variation and the aquatic thermal environment of hyperthermic baths (HTB) on the Motor Symptoms (MS) of Parkinson's Disease (PD), and whether the environmental temperature is associated with these effects.
Pilot study to assess fever during labour.
This study evaluates whether XDR Typhoid fever in children can be effectively treated with monotherapy (meropenum alone), or a combination (meropenum and azithromycin).
ABG PARAMETERS ARE CHANGED DURING HIPEC, WE TRIED TO FIND COMPARISON BETWEEN NORADRENALINE AND PHENYLEPHRINE IN OPTIMIZING ABG PARAMETERS THAT REFLECTS ORGAN PERFUSIONS ESPECIALLY SERUM LACTATE
The primary objectives of the study are: - To describe the safety profile of each of the 3 dosages of vYF and of YF-VAX® within the 28 days post-vaccination and up to the 6 months (Day 180) post-vaccination visit - To describe the antibody responses elicited by each of the 3 dosages of vYF and by YF-VAX on Day 0 pre-vaccination and then on Day 10, Day 14, Day 28 and 6 months (Day 180) post-vaccination overall and by baseline flavivirus serostatus - To quantify the detectable yellow fever (YF) vaccinal viremia in each vaccine groups (vYF and YF-VAX) in a subset of subjects on Day 0 visit, Day 1 visit, Day 3 visit, Day 5 visit, Day 7 visit, Day 10 visit, and Day 14 visit.
We design a randomized trial to clarify the necessity of antibiotic prophylaxis for the patients chronic liver disease with gastric varices treated by elective GVO.
This is a Phase III study to evaluate 68Ga Citrate PET/MRI for detection of origin of fever of unknown origin.
Fever is one of the most common reasons children are brought to emergency departments. Treatment of fever with antipyretics is usually done simply to make children more comfortable, although in some circumstances, such as febrile seizure, control of fever is critically important. The investigators seek to compare the two most widely-used IV antipyretic medications, paracetamol and ibuprofen, in multiple measures of fever control. Although there is much data evaluating adults fever, as well as these medications for analgesia in both children and adults, there is scant published data on the topic: One IV Ibuprofen study of 100 children, and one study of IV paracetamol with 67 children.1,6 Due to the highly limited published data evaluating IV ibuprofen and IV paracetamol for pediatric fever due to infection, the investigators seek to conduct a pilot study in order to know the effect size and accurately estimate a sample size in order to design a full randomized controlled trail.