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Filter by:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a gram-positive (GP) bacteria responsible for common infections such as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), as well as complicated infections such as bacteremia, infective endocarditis and meningitis. S. pneumoniae bacteremia ranks among the top 10 most common pathogens associated with bloodstream infections and correlates with high morbidity and mortality worldwide.
PROACT study aims to resolve uncertainties to influence actual practice guidelines or public health policing regarding VAP prevention in ICU by using probiotics administration. Multi-trauma patients with a head injury OR stroke or brain haemorrhage patients without any sign of aspiration and lung infection will be enrolled and randomized to either placebo or probiotic treatment to assess if VAP and mortality can be reduced in the interventional group.
Create a clinical diagnostic pathway for older ED adults with pneumonia and its subgroups (bacterial, viral, and co-infection) and determine whether novel biomarkers improve diagnostic accuracy. The investigators will conduct a prospective observational trial of 250 ED patients ≥65 years old with suspected pneumonia. The investigators will perform analyses overall and by subgroups, seeking common models to ease adoption.
The goal of this clinical trial is to clinically validate a system for the monitoring of patients' respiratory function and automated oxygen treatment proposal using non-invasive ventilation devices in the treatment of intensive care patients with acute or chronic lung diseases exacerbations. Participants clinical parameters will be monitored and samples will be sent to a clinical laboratory for analysis (arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate will be continuously recorded, and FeO2 and CO2 will be measured with the help of an additional sensor).
REAL-MOXY is a set of 5 mixed methods studies designed to understand how oxygen and pulse oximetry are used (or not used) at a facility level, to identify opportunities and barriers for strengthening oxygen systems for beneficiaries, users and managers.
Long term follow up of patients included in a randomized controlled trial evaluating awake prone positioning among patients suffering SARS-CoV2 pneumonia (NCT04358939)
Radiation pneumonitis (RP) is a common complication of radiotherapy for thoracic tumors, and the incidence rate of grade 2 or above RP is 20% -40%; The use of antibiotics after secondary bacterial infection due to radiation pneumonia or the use of systemic glucocorticoids for radiation pneumonia itself have significant adverse effects on the survival of NSCLC patients. At present, FDA has not approved drugs to prevent the occurrence of radiation pneumonia. traditional Chinese patent Babaodan (BBD) capsule has the effect of controlling macrophages to produce proinflammatory cytokines, such as significantly inhibiting the release of IL-6. Through prospective research, this study evaluates the incidence of symptomatic pneumonia (G ≥ 2) in the treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer with BBD combined with concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
The goal of this observational study is to investigate whether intravenous polymyxin B combined with nebulisation achieves better antimicrobial efficacy and clinical outcomes than intravenous use alone in patients with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli infected with ventilator-associated pneumonia. The main questions it aims to answer are: - When using intravenous polymyxin B to treat patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria in clinical practice, is it necessary to assist with polymyxin B nebulization therapy？ - If necessary, how much dose of nebulization is better? Participants will be divided into two groups based on whether they have received nebulization treatment with polymyxin B in clinical practice. Blood and alveolar lavage fluid samples will be collected after the first dose injection and reaching the steady-state dose, and the drug concentration differences in blood and ELF will be measured in patients who have received intravenous injection of polymyxin B alone and those who have received adjuvant nebulization of polymyxin B, as well as differences in clinical outcomes and side effects. Researchers will compare the differences in blood and ELF drug concentrations, clinical outcomes, and incidence of side effects between two groups of patients, to see if is it necessary to assist with polymyxin B nebulization therapy in patients with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli infected with ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Prospective cohort research to study the state of oxygen metabolism, reserve capabilities of cardiovascular and respiratory systems in patients with breast cancer to create a program of prevention and rehabilitation of lung damage in the process of complex treatment of the disease. The aim of the study is to study the dynamics of oxygen metabolism and reserve capabilities of cardiovascular and respiratory systems in the process of complex treatment of breast neoplasias. Objectives of the study: 1. Explore the dynamics of pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange disorders in patients with breast cancer in the course of radiation therapy 2. Establish an algorithm for risk stratification of post-radiation disorders of pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange in patients with breast cancer. 3. Analyze the prognostic significance of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in assessing the cardiotoxic effect of chemo- and radiation therapy in patients with breast cancer. 4. Analyze the influence of post-radiation disorders of pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange on the quality of life and psycho-emotional status of patients with breast cancer. 5. Develop a fundamental basis for the program of prevention and rehabilitation of post-radiation lung damage in patients with breast neoplasias based on the study of individual parameters of oxygen metabolism and reserve capabilities of cardiovascular and respiratory systems. All participants go through 5-week radiation therapy in standard protocol, will have investigation of their lung functioning by spirography and assessment of pulmonary diffusion capacity, cardiopulmonary stress tests and CT-scan on the lungs before radiotherapy course. Researchers will analyze such parameters as stage of the disease, surgery type, all patient's medications, complications, nutritional status, psychological status.
The use of lung ultrasound is instrumental in the evaluation of many chest pathologies and its ability to detect pleuro-pulmonary pathology is widely accepted. However, the use of ultrasound to explore the state of the peripheral lung parenchyma, when the organ is still aerated, is a relatively new application. Horizontal and vertical artifacts are separate and distinct artifacts that can be seen during ultrasound examination of the lungs. While the practical role of lung ultrasound artifacts is accepted to detect and monitor many conditions, further research is needed for the physical interpretation of ultrasound artifacts. These artifacts are diagnostic signs, but we don't fully understand their origin. The artifactual information deriving from the surface acoustic interaction, beyond the pleural line, in the ultrasound images of the normally aerated and non-deflated lung, represents the final result of complex interactions of acoustic waves with a specific three-dimensional structure of the biological tissue. Thus, the umbrella term "vertical artifacts" oversimplifies many physical phenomena associated with a pathological pleural plane. There is growing evidence that vertical artifacts are caused by physiological and pathological changes in the superficial lung parenchyma. Therefore, the need emerges to explore the physical phenomena underlying the artifactual ultrasound information deriving from the surface acoustic interaction of ultrasound with the pleuro-pulmonary structures.