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Filter by:The goal of this clinical feasibility study is to learn about the acceptability and feasibility of a music intervention in older patients undergoing cardiac surgery and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure. The primary question it aims to answer is: • What is the feasibility and acceptability of a music intervention to reduce PA in older patients undergoing cardiac surgery and TAVI? The secondary question is: • What is the effect of a music intervention on PA levels and the incidence of POD in older patients undergoing cardiac surgery and TAVI? Participants will - listen to music before the surgery/TAVI procedure - be evaluated for preoperative anxiety levels and postoperative delirium - be interviewed to learn about their perspectives regarding the music intervention
The objective is to determine the impact of taking a specialized form of carbohydrate in the immediate preoperative period on metabolic markers, surgical outcomes and patient health. Patients will be randomized to receive a specialized sports drink or a standard sports drink. Patients will have a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) placed on their upper arm to measure glucose throughout surgery and during the post-operative period.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the performance of large language models i.e. ChatGPT, in making preoperative visit sheets using clinical records. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Can large language models read clinical records and make preoperative visit sheets same as physicians? - Can physicians distinguish preoperative visit sheets made by physicians and models? Participants' records will be generated using ChatGPT-4, and read by both ChatGPT-4 and physicians to make 2 separate preoperative visit sheets, and form 2 groups, GPT group and physician group respectively. A group of professionals will compare result of above mentioned 2 groups to see if ChatGPT can afford to write preoperative visit sheets.
Physical fitness levels of people waiting for a planned operation are often measured using an exercise test. This is because fitness levels help doctors make a plan to improve each person's chances of a successful recovery after their planned operation. The exercise test requires skilled staff, expensive equipment, a 1 hour appointment, and the patient to exercise heavily during the test. Ventriject, a small to medium sized enterprise, have designed a device called Seismofit that estimates fitness levels of people from a measurement taken whilst laying down. It measures the vibrations of the chest wall caused by the beating heart and uses this information with additional information, such as height, weight and sex, to estimate fitness. The measurement takes around 5 minutes to perform, does not require heavy exercise, expensive equipment or skilled staff. The Seismofit device was shown to be accurate in young fairly fit people. It has not been tested in people who undergo an exercise test before an operation, who are less fit on average compared to the people that the device was originally tested on. It is likely that the calculations used to estimate fitness levels with the Seismofit device will need to be adjusted for people waiting for an operation. There are two parts to this study. The first part aims to estimate up to 50 people's fitness with the Seismofit device and use directly measured fitness from their standard exercise test before their operation to adjust the calculations for estimating fitness. The second part of this study aims to have a further 50 people undergo the Seismofit device measurement and compare the estimated fitness level with the results from the standard exercise test before an operation. This is to see if the Seismofit device is valid at estimating fitness in people awaiting surgery.
The goal of this observational survey study is to evaluate the current practice variations of preoperative multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT meetings) for high risk noncardiac surgical patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: - What is the current variation in Dutch hospitals in the practice of preoperative MDT meetings for high risk noncardiac surgical patients? - Which facilitators and barriers influence the implementation process of preoperative MDT meetings? Participants are anesthesiologists in Dutch hospitals who will be asked to fill in a one-time survey. One anesthesiologist per anesthesiology department will be asked to fill in the survey. The survey will take approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
The current multicenter stepped wedge randomized cluster trial study aims to assess whether implementation of preoperative multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions is (cost)effective for high risk noncardiac surgical patients. The main questions to answer are: - Primary question: Does implementation of preoperative multidisciplinary team discussions for high risk noncardiac surgical patients diminish serious adverse events as compared to care as usual at six months postoperatively or six months after multidisciplinary team discussion in case of nonsurgical treatment? - Secondary questions: Does implementation of preoperative multidisciplinary team discussion for high risk noncardiac surgical patients improve disability, survival, functional outcome, quality of life and cost-effectiveness as compared to care as usual at six months postoperatively or six months after multidisciplinary team discussion in case of nonsurgical treatment? Participants will be asked to answer questionnaires at baseline, 3, 6,9 and 12 months postoperatively or post MDT discussion. Patients for whom no structured preoperative multidisciplinary discussion is installed yet (care as usual) will be compared with patients for whom a structured preoperative multidisciplinary discussion is performed (intervention). The study will be performed in hospitals that have no established preoperative MDT meeting at the start of the study.
It is emphasized in studies that child and parent anxiety that arises in pediatric surgery should be prevented or reduced. According to previous studies, one way to reduce child and parent anxiety in the preoperative period is therapeutic play interventions. This study was planned to compare the effectiveness of two different therapeutic play interventions (bubble breathing play therapy and tell-show-do play therapy) in reducing preoperative anxiety of children and parents who are scheduled for elective surgery.
It is emphasized in the studies that the child and parent anxiety that occurs in pediatric surgery should be prevented or reduced. According to previous studies, one way to reduce child and parent anxiety in the preoperative process is distraction interventions the child and family with preoperative family-centered activities. Teaching children anxiety coping skills with the involvement of their parents can reduce preoperative anxiety. This study was planned to Comparison of the effectiveness of two different distraction interventions (distraction with play dough- distraction with kaleidoscope) in reducing preoperative anxiety of children and parents who are scheduled for elective surgery
To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of 10% povidone-iodine in eliminating nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA. To determine whether a more convenient, single-dose, pre-operative 10% povidone-iodine (PI) application is effective in reducing nasal carriage of S. aureus and MRSA. We expect a statistically significant decrease in S. aureus/MRSA colonization in nasal cultures taken perioperatively after intervention in patients who received pretreatment with PI as compared to patients who received normal saline (NS).
The aim of this prospective study is investigation of efficiency and safety of medical device "Magic Gyno" in accordance with the stated purpose. To assess the condition of the vaginal walls and vulva before and after laser treatment, the following methods will be used: gynecology examination, vaginal health index, clinical blood test, vaginal flora examination, vaginal pH. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Short Form (ICIQ-SF), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and The Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) will be used to collect feedback on changes in the participants life quality. Total up to 70 participants with pathology of pelvic organs will be involved in the study. Participants will be divided into two groups: group with genitourinary symptoms and group with vaginal relaxation symptoms, by 35 participants in each. The time intervals between tests will be the same for both groups. The main hypothesis of the study is improvement in condition of the vaginal walls after laser treatment compared with the condition before treatment.