Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Tract (Lung and Bronchial) Diseases"

Background: Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in COVID-19 patients has been associated with a high mortality rate. In this context, the utility of tracheostomy has been questioned in this group of ill patients. This study aims to compare in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients with and without tracheostomy due to prolonged IMV Methods: Cohort study of adult COVID-19 patients subjected to prolonged IMV. Since the first COVID-19 case (March 3, 2020) up to November 30, 2020, all adult critical patients supported with IMV by 10 days or more at the Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile will be included in the cohort. Pregnant women and non-adult patients will be excluded. Baseline characteristics, comorbidities, laboratory data, disease severity, and ventilatory support will be retrospectively collected from clinical records. The indication of tracheostomy, as part of our standard of care, will be indicated by a team of specialists in intensive care medicine, following national guidelines, and consented to by the patient's family. The 90-days mortality rate will be the primary outcome, whereas IMV days, hospital/CU length of stay, and the frequency of healthcare-associated infections will be the secondary outcomes. Also, a follow-up interview will be performed one year after a hospital discharged in order to assess the vital status and quality of life. The mortality of patients subjected to tracheostomy will be compared with the group of patients without tracheostomy by logistic regression models. Furthermore, propensity-score methods will be performed as a complementary analysis.

This is a prospective cohort study that describes focused lung ultrasound (FLUS) findings in patients presenting with symptoms of an acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in general practice in Denmark. Ten general practitioners (GPs) will perform FLUS in addition to their usual care of adults presenting with symptoms of an acute LRTI where the GP suspects a community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Eligible patients will consecutively be invited to participate during a two months' study period until each GP has included a total of ten patients. The GPs will register information about patients including age, gender, symptoms, clinical findings, results of any point-of-care test performed, if antibiotic treatment was prescribed and they will register information on FLUS performance and findings.

This project is an unfunded collaboration of approximately 30 emergency departments across Europe led by the EUSEM research network. It involves collection of data in relation to determining the epidemiology and outcome of adult patients who present to emergency departments with a suspected Covid infection.

The study will look at the immunological characteristics of COVID-19 patients and determine neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The investigators will study nasopharunx microbiota composition, RNA sequences and in vitro cytokines production by peripheral blood cells of COVID-19 patients (both mild-moderate and severe cases) (comparing with convalescent patients and healthy controls).

The purpose of this research study is to examine the relationship between personal characteristics and satisfaction with care in those diagnosed with Parkinson's disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will take 4 different surveys regarding their satisfaction with care throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The surveys in total should not take more than 30 minutes to complete

We seek to study the behaviour of Coronavirus infection in patients with rheumatological and/or autoimmune comorbidities, understood as a particular pathophysiological universe with its own risks and eventual benefits, until now fully hypothetical to be confirmed by means of real and recent evidence. On March 12, 2020, an initiative called the Global Alliance for COVID-19 in Rheumatology (The COVID-19 Rheumatology Alliance) arises, as a rapid response of international coordination whose ultimate goal is to serve as help or guideline for all those doctors who seek be faced with receiving, evaluating, understanding and caring for a patient with rheumatological and / or autoimmune diseases in relation to the imminent risk of COVID-19.

All hospitalised patients with COVID-19 who have positive RT-PCR for SARS-COV-2 will be included in the study. The patients will be divided into two groups, as diabetics and non-diabetics. The COVID-19 patients' medical records will be evaluated and compared in terms of the duration of hospitalization, the presence of lung involvement in Computerised Tomography, the need for intensive care unit and mortality rates in patients with and without diabetes.

The aim of the study will be to determine the epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19 cases, immunological and virological courses, interaction with nutritional status, and response to treatment for COVID-19 patients admitted to treatment centers in Ethiopia. Methods: This multi-site cohort enrolls, patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection admitted to treatment centers will be enrolled irrespective of their symptoms and followed up for 12 months. Baseline epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and imaging data will be collected from treatment records, interviews, physical measurements and biological samples. Endline data involves treatment and prognostic outcomes to be measured using different biomarkers and clinical parameters, The patients will be followed up in the selected treatment centers for COVID-19 infection. For all data collected both descriptive and multivariable analyses will be performed to isolated determinants of the treatment outcome and prognosis to generate relevant information for informed prevention and case management.

All health care workers at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana will be tested for SARS-CoV2 with nasal swab test and blood withdrawal for SARS-CoV2 antibodies. At the same time a questionnaire with epidemiological anamnesis, risky contacts and the use of personal protective equipment will be fulfilled.