Active clinical trials for "COVID-19"

A comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19, influenza and ARDS of other ethiologies

The deployment of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 from 2021 led to a modification in June 2021of previous recommendations concerning the postponing scheduled surgery suggesting local adaptations of this delay if epidemic developments appear. Today, the evolutions of the pandemic make these recommendations obsolete and impose the updating of the data produced during the first epidemic wave of 2020. Among these evolutions, the two most important are the existence of a large vaccination coverage on the one hand and the emergence of variants of lesser severity on the other hand

Context: Hypercoagulable state associated with COVID-19 is one of the pathologic events that noticed in different waves of COVID-19 pandemics and leads to serious consequences in mortality and morbidity Aim: To evaluate platelet aggregation using light-transmission aggregometry and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) as an agonist in COVID-19 patients. Settings and design: This was prospective cross-sectional study. Patients and methods: Seventy-five individuals were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups, 50 patients with PCR-positive COVID-19 as study group and 25 apparently healthy individual as a control group. All individuals were subjected to full clinical evaluation, CT-chest, laboratory investigations: CBC, INR, LDH, CRP, serum ferritin and platelet aggregation evaluation using light-transmission aggregometry and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) as an agonist

COVID-19 infection are characterized by fever and signs of acute respiratory infection. A worsening of respiratory symptoms that can lead to respiratory failure. The decompensation can then be brutal and require rapid recourse to respiratory assistance. The contribution of clinical examination (auscultation and monitoring of oxygen saturation in particular) remains unsatisfactory in predicting an unfavorable course. The interest of pulmonary ultrasound is known in the management of pulmonary infections. However, estimating the severity of lung damage at an early stage could be of great help in monitoring and caring for patients. Ultrasound could meet this need in general practice, the chest scanner is often unavailable in these situations. Ultrasound signs are associated with severe forms. The contribution of pulmonary ultrasound seems particularly interesting in the context of the reassessment of patients during the worsening phase of symptoms (D5-D10). Estimate the prevalence of ultrasound signs in patients with an acute respiratory infection suspected or confirmed to be COVID-19, at the time of the worsening phase (between D5 and D10 of the onset of symptoms). The prevalence of ultrasound lung lesions under COVID-19 may be essential to consider the development of the ultrasound tool in primary care. Indeed, if the contribution of ultrasound is now recognized in intensive care or emergency, its place in general medicine still raises questions.

Following an acute COVID-19 infection, many patients suffer from long lasting physical symptoms that may greatly impair quality of life. Persisting dyspnea and other functional respiratory complaints could evoke Hyperventilation Syndrome (HVS) as a putative contributor of the long-COVID presentation in COVID-19 survivors. We aimed to assess the possible relationship between a HVS and previous acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Background: CT has been used on a massive scale to help identify and investigate suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 pneumonia. This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of the chest findings MSCT of Covid-19 patients and to determine if prognosis can rely on the initial CT imaging. Methods: The study design was retrospective cohort study. It was carried out on 300 patients presented to the chest outpatient clinics in Benha university hospitals and Elabbasyia chest hospital with clinical picture suggestive of COVID 19 infection. The CT finding were then compared to the short-term clinical outcome of the patients (1-3weeks), acquired from the hospital patient data archive. According to the progression of the respiratory symptoms (include; dyspnea, respiratory rate and O2 saturation), the short-term clinical outcome of the patients was classified into 4 groups; Group A: (mild cases), Group B: (moderate cases), Group C: (sever cases), and Group D: (fatality cases).

Analysis of occurrence of SSC-COVID in SARS-CoV-2-patients after the first wave of COVID-pandemic

The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection among Canadian children and parents in the CHILD cohort, identify predictors of infection susceptibility and severity, and understand the health and psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on CHILD families.

COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a multisystem disease which primarily involves the respiratory tract. The first case of COVID-19 was identified in late 2019 in the province of Wuhan, China which was followed by the rapid spread of the disease globally, becoming a present-day pandemic. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics, comorbidities and outcome of the critically sick patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted in ICU of a tertiary care hospital in Lahore.

The overall objective of this investigation is to understand the patient response to a robotic platform used to facilitate telehealth triage in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the manner in which emergency department triage is completed. Attempts at cohorting individuals with potential COVID-19 disease in order to prevent disease transmission to healthcare workers and minimize the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) have renewed interest in telemedical solutions as a method to triage and manage individuals with COVID-19. This investigation deploys a legged robotic platform to facilitate agile, highly mobile telemedicine to manage COVID-19 patients in the emergency department. The primary objective is to measure the patient response to interacting with these systems.