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Filter by:The goal of this randomized control trial is to test the efficacy and safety of a bioglass wound dressing in patients with chronic wound in different stages. The main question it aims to answer are: - Whether the bioglass wound dressing have better efficacy and safety than blank control in treatment of chronic wound in necrosis stable stage? - Whether the bioglass wound dressing have better efficacy and safety than blank control in treatment of chronic wound in granulation growth stage? Participants will be assigned with a 1:1 ratio into intervention group and control group. Participants of intervention group will receive bioglass wound dressing in addition with clinical optimal treatment plan. Participants of control group will only receive clinical optimal treatment plan.
This study seeks to measure changes in cognition through verbal and visual test procedures and changes in biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury and inflammatory and metabolic parameters.
This proof-of-concept case series will prospectively use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence of spared spinal cord neural fibers to guide the selection of 2 research participants to receive a surgically implanted epidural stimulator with the goal of restoring voluntary movement after spinal cord injury (SCI). Because MRI evidence of spared spinal cord neural fibers demonstrated significant relationships with responsiveness to epidural stimulation in SCI in retrospective studies, the proposed study is a traditional feasibility study - a prospective investigation to be used to capture preliminary safety and effectiveness information to determine if MRI can/should be used in planning a future pivotal study.
The history of chest trauma is as old as that of man himself. One of the earliest writings about chest trauma is found in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, written in 3000 bc. Over the last century, there has been considerable reduction in the mortality of chest trauma owing to improved pre-operative care, availability of positive pressure ventilation, increasing availability of antibiotics, improvement of radiological techniques and improved lung toilets measures etc. Chest trauma implies trauma to any or combination of different thoracic structures, which can be divided into 4 anatomical regions i.e. the chest wall, the pleural space, the lung parenchyma, and the mediastinum. Trauma is one of the top ranking causes of accidental or unnatural deaths. Chest trauma is a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. overall, it accounts for 25%-30% of all trauma related deaths and is implicated in an additional 25% of patients, who died from injuries. In most cases, blunt chest trauma is by far the commonest and road traffic accidents account for 70%-80% of such injuries. Fire-arm injuries, falling from height, blast, stabs, and various acts of violence are the other causative mechanisms.
Introduction: Injuries are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. It is necessary to know the incidence of injuries, mechanisms of wounds, therapy provided, and outcomes. Trauma registries are useful to describe the population served in specialized centers. Nevertheless, it is necessary also to identify the peculiarities of the event in the province and institutions non-dedicated to trauma attention. Objective: The study aims to describe the initial experience with a trauma register in a general hospital in the Colombian Orinoquia. Methodology: The investigators designed an observational retrospective study to analyze the admission database and revision of history charts of patients older than 15 years admitted for trauma from January to June 2023 in a hospital from Villavicencio, Colombia. The information will be exported to Excel for debugging and analysis. A description of the frequency and proportion of categorical variables will be performed; the central distribution and dispersion of quantitative variables will be reported. U of Mann-Whitney and Chi-square tests will be used to compare the variables by outcome; a p<0.05 was selected as a significant value. Conclusions: It will be a pioneer study in this region, and it is necessary to evaluate the incidence of patients admitted by trauma, the mechanisms and type of injury, the care provided, and the outcomes.
Regular physical activity improves physical fitness, fatigue, quality of life, gait and reduces progression of the disability in persons with SCI. However, persons with SCI are less physically active than the general population. Approximately 50% of people with SCI experience fatigue which impacts their daily activities. Ischaemic preconditioning (IPC) is exposure of the body to brief periods of circulatory occlusion and reperfusion to protect organs against ischaemic injury. Recent studies have shown that IPC also improves exercise performance in healthy participants. The aim of this study is to determine whether it is feasible to use IPC to improve upper-body exercise performance in people with SCI. Setting: Potential candidates will be identified from the Outpatient clinic at the Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Hospital (PRSCIC), Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Design: Acute single blind randomised controlled trial. Forty patients with SCI above 18 years and with preserved triceps function to conduct triceps strength testing will be randomised to receive either an IPC or sham intervention. Interventions: IPC will be administered to the upper limb using cuff inflation pressures of 200 mmHg or 60mm Hg above the systolic BP (whichever is higher). Four cycles of cuff inflation each lasting 5 min in duration followed by 5-min period of cuff deflation will be applied. The Sham intervention will be administered with a BP cuff over the upper arm being inflated at a pressure 30mmg Hg below the diastolic blood pressure. The sham cycles will comprise of four cycles of cuff inflation each lasting 5 min in duration followed by 5-min period of cuff deflation. Researchers will assess the feasibility of IPC as well as its efficacy to improve triceps maximal voluntary contraction and endurance compared with Sham.
Difficult-to-heal wounds present imbalances in cytokine production, increases in MMP expression, high levels of apoptosis, and decreases in the proliferation of cells such as fibroblasts and keratinocytes, which are involved in tissue regeneration. CRET therapy (capacitive resistive electrical transfer therapy) has been shown to generate granulation tissue in in vitro assays. In addition, available clinical case reports and preliminary clinical trial results indicate that CRET can promote the regeneration of acute wounds and DHW (difficult-to-heal wounds).
When the literature is examined, it is seen that the pressure injury knowledge and evaluation levels of nursing students are low. Today, innovative approaches have started to be introduced to nursing education in proportion to the development of technology. Simulation applications are also seen as one of these innovative approaches. In our study, it is aimed to examine the effect of pressure injury training to be given using high-reality standardized patient use and a medium-reality simulation model on the knowledge and evaluation level of intern nursing students. Students (n = 250) will be assigned blindly to the experimental and control groups using a simple randomization method, and then pressure injury information and assessment trainings will be given to the experimental group with a medium-reality simulation model on a standardized patient for the control group for 4 weeks. After 2 weeks, the final test will be performed, and the data will be assigned to blind groups. It will be evaluated by the researcher.
The purpose of this pre-market clinical study is to assess the preliminary safety and efficacy of the ARC Therapy using the ARC-IM Lumbar System at supporting mobility in participants with chronic spinal cord injury. Only participants that have undergone the STIMO study (NCT02936453) will be proposed to exchange their currently implanted system with components of the newly developed ARC-IM Lumbar system. The goal is to improve more effective lower-limb motor activities, while also simplifying the personal at-home use of the system. In addition, this study aims to evaluate the potential effect of ARC Therapy on muscle tone, bladder, bowel and sexual functions, and quality of life of the participants. Preliminary safety and efficacy will be assessed in both the short term and throughout the duration of the study (from the surgery to 36 months after the implantation of the ARC-IM Lumbar system).
1. Evaluate Inferior Vena Cava Indices (Diameters , IVC-CI)&carotid doppler measurements (corrected Carotid Flow Time ,Carotid Blood Flow ,Carotid Artery Peak Velocity Variations) as Non-Invasive Technique for volume guided management in AKI Patient. 2. Estimate correlation between IVC (Diameters , IVC-CI) & carotid doppler measurements (corrected Carotid Flow Time ,Carotid Blood Flow ,Carotid Artery Peak Velocity Variations) as Non-Invasive Technique for volume guided management in AKI Patient.