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Filter by:The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic suction diathermy adenoidectomy as regard the operative time, adenoid tissue remnant, blood loss, and clinical events like pain, halitosis, postoperative hemorrhage, speech changes and recurrence.
This study aims to assess whether transmusculr quadratus lomborum block (QL block) can reduce postoperative pain after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (CRS and HIPEC). Patients will be randomly assigned to either QL block group or control group. Ultrasound-guided bilateral transmuscular quadratus lomborum block will be performed in QL block group using 0.375% ropivacaine. Multimodal analgesic regimen including acetaminophen, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and rescue opioids will be used in every patient. Primary outcome is opioid consumption for 24 hours after surgery. Secondary outcomes included pain scores, time to first rescue analgesics, quality of recovery score, length of hospital stay.
Febrile aplasia is a common occurrence in children/adults treated with chemotherapy for malignant blood diseases or solid cancers. This acquired deficiency of immunity mainly causes susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections, pathogens normally recognized by specific receptors of innate immunity (Pattern Recognition Receptor, PRR). Thus, the febrile episodes in the context of post-chemotherapy neutropenia can be bacterial or fungal etiology, but can also frequently be related to viral infections, toxic phenomena or other etiologies. In the absence of a discriminating marker, treatment for all these children is based on early, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy in hospital. Septic shock or even death by refractory septic shock remain, even if they are rare, real complications in pediatric oncology, requiring discriminatory markers for effective management, While trying to reduce the number and duration of hospitalizations for children at low risk for severe febrile aplasia. It is therefore necessary to identify other markers allowing the earliest possible classification of episodes of febrile aplasia. A previous study, conducted by our team, PTX3 and febrile aplasia, studied pentraxin 3 (PTX3), a soluble PRR of the pentraxin family that plays a key role in immune surveillance against pathogens. Preliminary results obtained from samples from a cohort of patients treated in adult hematology and pediatric onco-hematology support a prognostic character of PTX3 in the severity of aplasia, with higher elevations of serum protein during episodes of severe sepsis or septic shock (ongoing analyses and interpretations for the adult population). The available data to date on the pediatric cohort are insufficient to conclude on the value of using PTX3. The investigators therefore wish to create a new paediatric cohort, in order to evaluate the PTX3 levels for the paediatric population and also to perform the assay of a new marker, clusterin. Clusterin (CLU) is an extracellular chaperone protein of constitutive expression. The Innate Immunity team of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) "1307-Scientific Research National Center (CNRS) 6075" unit has shown that Clu binds to extracellular histones and inhibits their inflammatory, thrombotic and cytotoxic properties. The investigators also observed (i) that in adults without severe sepsis neutropenics, low serum levels of Clu at intake and lack of normalization of rates are associated with higher mortality and (ii) Clu levels are inversely correlated with circulating histone levels. All these data suggest that Clu would have a protective role for histone-induced lesions during sepsis independently of antibiotic treatment, opening an innovative therapeutic pathway in the management of severe sepsis. CluPPFeN is based on the hypothesis that, in a pediatric population with episodes of febrile aplasia, serum Clu and serum PTX3 levels would discriminate between febrile episodes caused by bacterial infection and other etiologies and, As a result, would reduce the consumption of antibiotics, which provide resistance, and the length of hospitalization.
The aim of this trial is to investigate the primary efficacy of SBRT combined with PD-1 inhibitor and thoracic hyperthermia in patients with EGFR, ALK, and ROS1 negative stage IV NSCLC patients who progressed after first-line treatment. At least one lesion (primary or metastatic) was selected for SBRT treatment, and the radiotherapy dose of each lesion was 32Gy/4Fx. SBRT was combined with thoracic hyperthermia from the first fraction, and hyperthermia was performed 6 times, twice a week. PD-1 inhibitor was used on the second day after the completion of SBRT. The PD-1 inhibitor was administered at a dose of 200mg every time, every 3 weeks for 2 years (35 times total), or until the investigators deem that the patient need to discontinue the drug because of treatment-related toxicity or disease progression. During the period, the overall response rate and toxicities were regularly evaluated.
The purpose of this study is to assess how well cooling modalities work in reducing cardiovascular stress of the elderly to heat wave conditions
Cesarean section is surging worldwide. For an extended period of surgical practice, the scalpel has been well-known as a gold-standard tool for making surgical incisions. The diathermy, electrocautery, is a substitute.
Persons with higher levels of spinal cord injury (above the 6th thoracic vertebrae: Hi-SCI) are unable to maintain their core body temperature (Tcore) within the normal range (97.5-99.7 °F) when exposed to warm environments. Even limited exposure to warm temperatures can cause hyperthermia (Tcore 100.4°F) in Hi-SCI. Mild hyperthermia causes discomfort and impaired thinking, but if unchecked, can lead to permanent damage to the brain, multiple body organ failure, and death. Warm seasonal temperatures have an adverse effect on personal comfort and the ability to participate in daily social activities in persons with Hi-SCI. Interventions addressing this vulnerability to hyperthermia are limited. A self-regulating "smart" cooling vest designed for persons with Hi-SCI, that can effectively dissipate body heat, is a novel and promising strategy to address this problem. Once the current prototype is further developed and bench-tested, the investigators will test the vest in able-bodied participants for safety and comfort. The investigators will then test the vest in participants with Hi-SCI for efficacy. The aim for the cooling vest to minimize the expected increase of 1.1°F in Tcore by at least 50 percent and increase thermal comfort, during a controlled exposure to heat (95°F). If successful, the vest will provide a promising intervention to decrease the adverse impact of warm temperatures on comfort, quality of life, and participation in societal functions for Veterans with Hi-SCI during the warmer seasons.
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a well-established alternative for patients with peritoneal surface malignancies. Although HIPEC has a predetermined protocol to manage body temperature, the resultant bladder and core-body temperatures are highly variable and unstable in clinical practice. Such results highlight an incomplete understanding of the thermodynamic processes during HIPEC in humans. Previous clinical and animal investigations have studied abdominal hyperthermia, but a full human model incorporating patient variables, heat delivery, and the impact of the circulatory system and anesthesia in HIPEC has not been established. This project seeks to develop and validate a computational thermodynamic model using prospective real-world data from humans undergoing HIPEC surgery. It is hypothesized that by incorporating patient, anesthetic, and perfusion-related variables in a thermodynamic model, the temperatures inside and outside the abdomen during HIPEC can be predicted.
This is a single-center study design, and 30 patients will be enrolled. Eligible patients will receive docetaxel at different dose levels according to the trial schedule.All the enrolled patients were treated with docetaxel during the first HIPEC treatment and cisplatin during the second HIPEC treatment at 43℃ for 1 hour.The dose of docetaxel for patients in the next group was determined according to the incidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of the previous docetaxel dose level. Finally, the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of docetaxel for HIPEC was calculated according to the incidence of dose-limiting toxicity.
This study intends to target patients who underwent surgery under general anesthesia during the study period and developed malignant hyperthermia during or after surgery. Therefore, the total sample size was estimated to be about 50 people based on the past incidence of this rare disease. Every year, about 20 patients and their families who developed malignant hyperthermia during or after surgery will participate in this nationwide study (estimated by the current incidence of malignant hyperthermia), and about 1-5 patients will be admitted to Peking University Third Hospital participate in this research. Relevant specimens were collected from malignant hyperthermia (MH) patients and their family members for genetic analysis to determine the mutation of MH-related pathogenic gene loci.