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Filter by:Blalock Taussig (BT) is a palliative procedure that preserves blood circulation to the lungs and alleviates cyanosis in patients with congenital heart diseases and reduced pulmonary blood flow. BT shunt remains a routinely performed procedure in developing countries before definitive surgery. However, evidence on predictors factors of mortality after this procedure is still scarce in Indonesia.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of using a whole food plant-based diet in the reduction of cardiovascular risk related to HIV in people who live with HIV infection. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does a whole food plant-based diet, nonrestrictive in calories and low in fat, reduce the cardiovascular risk associated with HIV infection in people with HIV infection? - Does the whole food plant-based diet permit achievement goals in specific metabolic markers of cardiovascular risk (such as Cholesterol, C Reactive Protein)? Participants will follow a non-calorie restricted, low fat, whole food plant-based diet for 8 weeks Researchers will compare standard nutritional care to see if there is a difference in the main outcomes
Fibrinogen concentrate is produced by different manufacturers using different purification technologies. The products available in Italy are three: RiaSTAP (CSL Behring), FIBRYGA (Octapharma), and FibCLOT (LFB). RiaSTAP and FIBRYGA are sold in 1-gram vials, and FibCLOT - in 1.5-gram vials. A recent in vitro study assessed how these products affected the clot firmness measured by the ROTEM FIBTEM maximum clot firmness (MCF) parameter. In vitro conditions, FibCLOT was verified to be the most efficient in increasing clot firmness. The present study is aimed to assess, in a series of patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, the hypothesis that the FibCLOT fibrinogen is superior to the RiaSTAP fibrinogen in increasing the FIBTEM MCF parameter in a clinical model of bleeding (postoperative bleeding after complex cardiac surgery).
The goal of this clinical trial is to analyze implications of two alternative nudge-interventions to increase adherence to palivizumab prophylaxis in children with congenital heart disease. The main questions investigators aim to answer are: - Are well-established cognitive biases effective in increasing patient families' adherence to the palivizumab prophylaxis program? - What are the factors that affect families' adherence to the prophylaxis program and whether and how the effects of interventions depend on these factors? To study these questions investigators planned to utilize four well-established cognitive biases in designing two alternative nudge-interventions and investigators measured the effectiveness of each nudge-intervention against a control group. Patients were randomly allocated to one control and two treatment groups. In the control group, investigators informed participants about the prophylaxis program and provided a schedule. Patients in the first treatment group were additionally called two days before appointments (status quo bias), and were asked to plan the appointment day (implementation intention). Patients in the second treatment group received biweekly messages informing them about the benefits of the program as well as the current adherence rate (availability bias and social norm).
The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to examine the effect of ultrasound guided bilateral Parasternal Nerve Block combined with rectus sheath block on preoperative analgesia, opioid consumption and respiratory function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery via sternotomy. Half of participants will receive General Anesthesia combined with bilateral parasternal block and rectus sheath block while the other half receive General Anesthesia combined with bilateral parasternal block and infiltration of drainage exits sites with local anesthetic (without performing rectus sheath block)
To determine the effects of preoperative exercise therapy on postoperative cardiopulmonary outcomes and quality of life in children with corrective cardiac surgeries.Within literature there is limited evidence on preoperative exercise therapy in the pediatric population, positive results of the study can introduce a new tradition of preoperative exercise therapy and significantly reduce post-operative complications. Secondary complications would also be addressed in the study, a positive result can reduce the total costs by reducing hospital stays and improving the quality of life of child.
After an acute coronary syndrome, an adapted cardiac rehabilitation program is necessary to restore or increase physical capacities and decrease cardiovascular risk. This multidisciplinary care combines physical training sessions and therapeutic education workshops. The COVID-19 pandemic imposed restrictions such as the closure of rehabilitation centres. To remedy this problem, one solution was to adapt the existing program to a remote cardiac telerehabilitation, i.e., medical and paramedical supervision of rehabilitation sessions and therapeutic patient education meetings via digital tools. Recent studies have shown that it was a safe (no reported adverse effects), effective (similar gains in peak oxygen consumption compared to traditional cardiac rehabilitation and patient-adherence alternative.
Abstract Troponin is one of the cardiac biomarkers and its high level correlates to high risk of cardiac myocytes damage. C-reactive protein (CRP) in cardiosurgery participates in the Systemic Inflammation Response Syndrome, and heart-lung apparatus is a powerful stimulator of the systemic inflammatory reaction. Objective: To assess effect of anesthetics on troponin I and СRP in mitral, tricuspid and aortic valve replacement/plastic in adult. Methods. Single-center prospective randomized controlled clinical study. A total of 95 patients were assigned randomly into three groups according to the type of anesthesia: the first group of 32 patients with propofol, the second group with sevoflurane - 32 patients, and the last - 31 patients were with isoflurane. Levels of the cardiac troponin I were calculated in ng/ml с using a portable fluorometric analyzer I-CHROMAII, manufacture of BoditechMedInc (South Korea). Normal range: <0.04 ng/ml. CRP concentration in plasma has been determined using a biochemical analyzer Biosystems BA-200 (Spanish company, Barcelona) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The normal level of CRP is less than 5 mg/l.
In cases diagnosed as idiopathic polyhydramnios and healthy pregnancy between 24-40 weeks (total number of cases (100-120)), prospective fetal echocardiography will be performed to evaluate MPI and EFT.
Abstract Background: Several medical scores have been developed to support clinical support and predict complications in hospitalized patients. However, there is no scale for physical therapy (PT) support. Objetivo: To develop a scale to determine the level of complexity and PT support in hospitalized patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in a tertiary hospital and developed in three distinctive phases: scale (PHYSIOSCORE) development, validation, and testing. The development phase was performed with ten senior PTs using the Delphi methodology. The validation and testing phases were performed by assessing 220 patients (n=110 in each phase). The reproducibility was evaluated by re-assessing 110 patients every five days until hospital discharge.