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Filter by:This will be an exploratory descriptive study designed to conduct surveillance for the identification of invasive fungal pathogens among hospitalized patients in Bangladesh at two tertiary care acute-level hospitals. including the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b, and the National Institute of Cancer Research Hospital (NICRH). Respiratory samples, blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, surgical wound infection swabs, and other samples including biopsy tissue specimens will be obtained at intensive care units, general medicine and surgery wards, post-operative care, etc. The collected specimens will be sent to the clinical microbiology laboratories of the surveillance hospitals or to the pathology laboratory (biopsy tissue specimens) to test for Aspergillus, Histoplasms, Candida, Pneumocystis, Cryptococcus, and Mucormycetes. The lab. methods will include microscopy, staining, culture, and biochemical tests mainly and if feasible then some specimens may undergo molecular or immunological methods.
The purpose of the study is to learn about the safety and amount of sisunatovir in the blood of infants and children up to age 60 months. These children have Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI) caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). LRTI is the infection to the lower airways such as lungs. This study will help inform the amount of sisunatovir to be used in future studies of sisunatovir in children. This study is seeking for participants who: - Are 1 day to less than or equal to 60 months of age - weigh more than or equal to 2.5 kilograms to less than or equal to 23 kilograms. - Have been tested to have RSV by medical tests. - show signs of LRTI. All participants in the study will receive many amounts of sisunatovir or placebo. Placebo is a pill that does not have any medicine in it. Up to 7 visits are required for the study. Some of these visits include checking participants health over the phone and/or a visit at home. The study will compare the experiences of infants and children receiving sisunatovir to identify the amount of sisunatovir to be used in future studies in infants and children.
The purpose of this study is to examine how Apollo wearable use impacts symptoms and quality of life following long COVID.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are exposed to catheter-related infections with an important morbidity. Catheter colonization is constant but infection is not. Cutaneous dysbiosis could be the missing link. Our study aims to evaluate the evolution of cutaneous microbiota in ICU patients with a central venous catheter in place, through metagenomics. Our main objective is to evaluate the evolution of alpha-diversity, quantified by intra-patient variation of Shannon diversity index (a diversity index used in bacterial metagenomics).
In chronic hemodialysis patients, bacteremia is most commonly caused by dialysis catheter infections. It is estimated that the vast majority (52-84%) of these infections are due to Gram-positive cocci, particularly Staphylococcus aureus (21-43%). Penicillin M (oxacillin and cloxacillin in France) is the reference beta-lactam for the treatment of invasive methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) infections, but has not shown a prognostic benefit in large retrospective cohorts comparing penicillin M and cefazolin, at the expense of more frequent adverse events. Dosage in the chronic hemodialysis population is unclear because it is based on old studies.
A 'digital-first' approach is currently under implementation in several Swedish regions. The principles behind implementing an online service as an access way to primary care are based on an expectation that it can make access easier, direct people to appropriate levels of care, and increase both availability of heath care and cost efficiency. However, a recent Swedish report concluded that digital triage in primary care has not been investigated in a clinical real-world setting, including real patients, meaning that the benefits and risks for patients as well as on a system level remain unclear. The aim of this trial is to study the feasibility of a larger trial that will compare digital triage and traditional telephone triage on adherence to triaged health care level, in a randomized controlled study (feasibility study, RCT). The study will recruit a total of 120 patients, of which half will be randomized to telephone triage and half to digital triage.
The primary purpose of this study is to understand the pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and multiple doses of cefiderocol in children from birth to less than 3 months of age with suspected or confirmed aerobic Gram-negative bacterial infections.
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in at least four million infections in Norway. The vast majority of cases are diagnosed and followed up in the community, but some with extensive symptoms and large degree of reduced function are referred to regional Covid-clinics. In total this patient group is placing an enormous burden on the already over stretched health care services. As the pandemic subsides the emerging threat of long-term disability from COVID remains to be quantified. Brain fog and cognitive symptoms are common in long COVID in 30% of mild infections resulting in sick leave and loss of daily function, with women overrepresented among long COVID sufferers. The true prevalence and underlying mechanisms of long COVID remains to be quantified. Although vaccination prevents severe infection and death, we have little knowledge on how best to rehabilitate those who suffers from long COVID. Here we propose to develop knowledge on treatment interventions to counteract disability from long COVID and lessening the burden on health care services. We will conduct a study of where we compare a short group intervention with systematic personalised neurocognitive rehabilitation to document symptom alleviation. Our overarching goal is to develop effective programmes for this evolving disease to reduce the suffering for the patients, and thereby reducing costs for health services and society at large.
The goal of this type of study is to construct the continuous quality promotion project "ICU-NO CRBSI(Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection , CRBSI)" based on improvement science, and to verify its effect in the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection and continuous quality improvement in ICU ( Intensive Care Unit , ICU) through multi-center implementation and two rounds of improvement. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: What is the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection in the ICU of participating units? How compliant are health care providers in the ICU with evidence-based sensory control practices for the prevention of catheter-associated bloodstream infection? Participants will be provided with the hospital's routine CVC (Central Venous Catheter ,CVC) care practices and CVC quality improvement measures based on evidence-based guidelines What technical and cultural support is needed to implement quality and safety improvement measures?
The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety and effects of sisunatovir. Sisunatovir is studied for the possible treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). RSV is a virus that causes lung infections with cold-like symptoms, but it can cause severe illness in some people. Sisunatovir is studied in adults: - who are not admitted to the hospital and - who have high chances of having a severe illness from RSV infection. This study is seeking participants who: - Are confirmed to have RSV. - Have symptoms of a lung infection. - Are 18 years of age or older. - Have one or more of the following which increases the chances of RSV illness: - A long-term lung disease. - heart failure. - a condition that weakens the immune system. - Are 65 years of age or older and do not have any of the conditions above Half of the participants in this study will receive sisunatovir. The other half will receive a placebo for 5 days. Placebo looks same like the study medicine but does not have any medication. Both sisunatovir and placebo will be taken by mouth. The study will compare the experiences of people receiving sisunatovir to those of the people who do not. This will help decide if sisunatovir is safe and effective. Participants will attend about 8-10 study visits over 5 weeks. During this time, they will have: - visits at the study clinic, - blood work, - swabs of the nose, - questionnaires, - a follow-up phone call.