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Filter by:The investigators enrolled 144 subjects admitted to ICUs: 60 patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and 84 patients with sepsis. Tests for serum sTREM-1, PCT, and CRP levels and blood culture were performed on the day of admission and with the occurrence of FUO (>38.3ºC) during hospitalization. Based on the results of blood culture, the subjects were divided into bacteremia (33 patients) and non-bacteremia groups (51 patients). Based on 28-day survival, bacteremia patients were also divided into survivor (22 patients) and non-survivor groups (11 patients). Serum sTREM-1 and PCT levels were summarized as medians (interquartile ranges) and CRP levels were presented as means ± standard deviations. To explore the early diagnostic value of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (sTREM-1), procalcitonin (PCT), and C-reactive protein (CRP) serum levels for identification of sepsis and bacteremia and the prognosis among patients with a fever of unknown origin (FUO) in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to discuss the clinical application of the results.
Protocol Synopsis Protocol title: Assessment of peritoneal immune response in patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis managed by laparostomy and VAC Purpose: Assessment of peritoneal immune response in patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis Design: Prospective, single-center study Patient Population: Male or female adults (>18 years) with severe intra-abdominal sepsis No. of Subjects: 60 patients divided into two groups, 30 patients with severe intra-operative sepsis and 30 patients without sepsis scheduled to undergo major abdominal operations (middle line incision>15cm). The study is estimated up to 2 year to enroll Duration of Follow-up: Follow-up will be performed daily while hospitalized, until patient discharged or deceased. Endpoints: 1. To measure the peritoneal cytokines levels in patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis. 2. To correlate the cytokines levels in the abdominal cavity and the serum plasma. 3. To correlate cytokines response in serum plasma and peritoneal fluid with mortality and morbidity. 4. To compare cytokines results in serum plasma and peritoneal fluid between patients with severe intra-abdominal sepsis and patients undergoing major laparotomy without sepsis. 5. To assess the microbial load in the abdominal cavity in patients with severe sepsis. 6. To assess the biofilm formation in VAC polyurethane sponge.
The purpose of this study is to create an institutional registry of sepsis through a prospective survey based on epidemiological data, risk factors, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, monitoring and survival.
The purposes of this study is to determine whether Heparin Binding Protein (HBP) can be used as a marker of severe sepsis (including septic shock) in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected infection.
The purpose of this study is to describe the value of serum sTREM (soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells)-1, sCD163, procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations, white blood cell (WBC) count and SOFA score during sepsis and their clinical informative value in predicting outcome.
Aim of the study : The primary aim of the investigators study is to highlight the presence of biomarkers (biological indicators of the presence of inflammation or infection) of infectious processes during the systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) allowing, first to discriminate non-infectious inflammation from infectious processes and secondary to determine the microbial pathogen responsive of the infection. For this purpose the investigators will conduct a combinatorial approach of several blood markers including usual markers of inflammation and other blood and cells markers. Expression of small pieces of RNA (miRNA) known to inhibit determined gene expression, will also be analysed in monocytes (a specific group of white blood cells involved in the fist line of defences against microbes. Study design : For this purpose the investigators will include 300 patients admitted to the intensive care unit with suspicion of infection. Serial blood sample will be take for biological parameters analysis. Efficiency of each single parameters and of different combinations of different markers to determine the presence or absence of infection responsive of clinical inflammation will be studied.
The primary objective is to demonstrate that the plasma inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) assay (PliNOSa® test) has an acceptable relative risk ratio for predicting the onset of sepsis within 72 hours of testing when performed on the first day a patient is admitted or transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) and is considered to be at risk of becoming septic. The PliNOSa® test measures inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in plasma and uses a pre-determined iNOS cut-off value to identify patients at risk for the onset of the sepsis pathology.
This study will investigate whether early exercise in critically ill patients will decrease inflammatory markers, increase pro-inflammatory markers and prevent loss of muscle mass.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of pioglitazone and to determine the effect on inflammatory biomarkers for pioglitazone in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
More than half of under-five deaths in Bangladesh occur in the first month of life (neonatal period), and a substantial proportion of these deaths are due to infections (sepsis). According to the recently formulated Bangladesh National Neonatal Health Strategy (NNHS), the Government of Bangladesh is committed to improve access to quality management of neonatal infections. The strategy emphasizes that health service providers at all levels acquire the skills for managing sepsis. Responding to the recommendations in the National Neonatal Health Strategy, this operations research seeks to evaluate alternative approaches for the management of neonatal sepsis in the community. The evaluation will focus on assessing intervention coverage, provider quality of care, and referral and referral compliance, and will undertake cost-benefit analysis of community-based neonatal sepsis management. The programme and evaluation will be within the existing health service delivery system in Bangladesh and is thus designed to inform the effective scaling up of neonatal sepsis management and contribute to the implementation of the NNHS. The interventions to be evaluated will be nested in the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Survival (MNCS) programme being implemented by the Government of Bangladesh, in partnership with and supported by UNICEF, and several national NGOs. This operations research is being implemented by the Government of Bangladesh in collaboration with UNICEF, SNL - Save the Children (USA), Bangladesh Perinatal Society, and ICDDR,B. It will take place in four MNCS programme upazilas, where 10 unions will be randomly selected for intervention and 10 unions will be comparison. The intervention consists of training of community health workers, village doctors and health facility workers on managing neonatal sepsis in addition to essential newborn care training. In the comparison areas the health workers will only receive essential newborn care training. The intervention and evaluation will continue for at least 18 months, with rolling surveys and two special surveys at 6 and 12 months into the project. The rolling surveys will look at intervention coverage, care-seeking, and referral and referral compliance, while the two special surveys will assess provider performance, referral compliance, and quality of care. In addition, the investigators will document implementation processes to understand what worked and what did not and why.