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Filter by:Detection of the role of Complete Blood Count (CBC) parameters in early diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia -Testing the ability of Complete Blood Count (CBC) parameters (N/L ratio, PLT /MPV ratio, MPV and other parameters) to differentiate between viral and bacterial pneumonia.
This study aims to observe the effectiveness of clinical application in guiding anti-infection treatments in AIDS patients with severe pneumonia and/or sepsis using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing-based technology in the real world
Observing the Real-World Application Effectiveness of Cytokine Immune Adsorption Technology in AIDS Patients with Severe Pneumonia or septic shock.
Rapid detection of microorganisms is a promising approach towards early administration of appropriate antibiotics for sepsis. This study aims to investigate the potential of a new NGS platform for the rapid diagnosis of circulating bacteria in blood.
Screening for risk factors related to lung function impairment in patients who have recovered from AIDS with severe pneumonia, to provide clinical evidence for early identification and intervention of lung function damage in this population.
The goal of this interventional clinical trial is to investigate the impact of medicine and pharmacy-led education on patient acceptance rates of Prevnar 20 pneumonia vaccination in patients eligible to receive the vaccine. The education intervention and subsequent option to get the vaccine will be done while the patient is admitted to inpatient care, prior to discharge. The main questions the study aims to answer are: - Will supplemental education about the Prevnar 20 Pneumococcal vaccine influence patient acceptance rates when given a decision to receive it? - Is there any other statistically relevant qualitative reasoning behind the patient's final decision for accepting or refusing the vaccine?
Almost 90 out of 100 people carry herpes simplex viruses (HSV). Once a person has been infected with the herpes viruses, he or she can't get rid of them for the rest of her/his life. For the most part, the viruses are in a dormant state. Only when the immune system is weakened, for example in the case of a serious illness or stress, are the viruses reactivated. They then mainly cause cold sores, which are harmless for healthy people and usually heal without therapy. However, especially in people with a weakened immune system, HSV can also cause serious infections, such as meningitis. In almost every second mechanically ventilated patient in intensive care who has pneumonia, HSV can be detected in the respiratory tract. This is caused by reactivation of the viruses as a result of the severe underlying disease and stress during intensive care therapy. Whether treatment of the herpes viruses (e.g. with acyclovir) is necessary in this situation and helps the patients to cure has not been clarified, especially as acyclovir can also cause side effects such as a deterioration in kidney function. Currently, the physicians decide to treat the herpes viruses in about half of the patients. Several studies have shown that patients for whom the physician decided to treat the viruses survived more often. However, all of these studies looked at the course of the disease only retrospectively and thus are subject to many biases (including physician selection of who receives treatment, missing data). A definitive conclusion as to whether herpesvirus therapy can be recommended cannot be drawn without doubt from these studies. Therefore, the investigators would like to investigate in a randomized controlled trial, i.e. patients are randomly assigned to the experimental (therapy of herpesviruses) or control group (no therapy of herpesviruses), the effect of therapy with acyclovir on survival in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients with lower respiratory tract infection (pneumonia) in whom a large amount of HSV was found in the respiratory tract. The goal of the study is to provide clarity on whether therapy will help patients recover.
Children are commonly hospitalized because of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). There are multiple high-quality randomized trials of short-course antibiotic therapy (3-5 days of treatment) for adults hospitalized with CAP - but there is very little evidence in children. We intend to do a pilot RCT of short-course (3-5 days) vs standard-duration (8-10 days) antibiotic therapy for children hospitalized for CAP.
More than 10,000 children are hospitalized in an PICU every year in Canada. While most of them will survive their PICU hospitalization and their critical illness, some children will not recover to their pre-illness level. Some may develop behavioral, physical, emotional or developmental problems and difficulties at school. All these problems are elements that are part of the Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS-p). It is important to understand the elements (risk factors) that play a role in the development of PICS-p. In Canada, there is no systematic follow-up for children after they leave the PICU. Understanding what can cause PICS-p (risk factors) and how much PICS-p has an impact on children and their family is very important to the family well-being.
BACKGROUND: Dysphagia is one of the most life-threatening stroke complications. Dysphagic stroke patients are at increased risk of aspiration pneumonia. Pneumonia accounts for at least 10% of post stroke deaths within 30 days of hospitalization after stroke. rTMS is effective in improving post-stroke dysphagia and swallowing coordination after stimulation of the unaffected hemisphere, however it's efficacy on the prevalence of pneumonia has not yet been examined. Purpose of the study: To determine the effect of adding repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to conventional oropharyngeal physical therapy program on the prevalence of aspiration pneumonia in in patients with post stroke dysphagia.