Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Aspiration"

In this study the investigators record sounds of voice, breaths and cough of subjects who tested positive for COVID19. The investigators then feed these sounds into an artificial intelligence and see if it can learn to recognise features to make COVID19 diagnosis from these sounds in order to avoid to use swabs to test the general population.

Background: Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) is the most common periodic fever syndrome of childhood. Symptoms can include swelling of the glands in the throat, mouth ulcers, and tonsillitis. Removal of the tonsils can stop the periodic flareups. But researchers do not know how PFAPA develops. In this natural history study, researchers will collect specimens and data from people with PFAPA to see what they might have in common. Objective: To collect blood and other specimens from people with PFAPA to learn more about the illness. Eligibility: People aged 1 month or older with symptoms of PFAPA or another tonsil disorder. Design: Participants will be screened. Their medical records will be reviewed. Researchers will ask about a family history of PFAPA. The following specimens may be collected: Blood. Blood will be drawn either from a needle inserted into a vein or from a prick in the finger or heel. Mucus and cells. A stick with soft padding on the tip may be rubbed inside the nostrils or mouth. Stool. Saliva. Tissue samples may be taken if participants are having surgery to remove the tonsils or adenoids. Participants having surgery may also have a nasopharyngeal wash; salt water will be squirted into the back of the throat and then sucked back out with a syringe. Most participants will provide specimens only once. They can do this in person at the clinic; they can also have their local health providers send specimens to the researchers. Some participants may have optional follow-up visits over 10 years.

The Value of Repeated BIOMarker Measurements During an SBT to Predict EXtubation Failure in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients

Nausea and vomitting related to drugs and anesthetic methods are among the important postoperative problems. Nausea and vomitting causing illlness feeling of patient are frequent after surgical interventions, cause increased dissatisfaction of the patient and prolonged discharge period. In this study it was aimed to evaluate the effect of peppermint oil inhalation on postoperative nausea and vomitting. Purpose and Type of Research The randomized controlled study will be performed on patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which is the most commonly performed surgical procedure, in a general surgery clinic of a training and research hospital.

Respiratory muscle dysfunction is highly prevalent in patients with prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation and is strongly associated with weaning failure. Efforts to strengthen the respiratory muscles, aimed at reversing or minimizing the impact of respiratory muscle weakness on clinical outcomes, have generally focused on the diaphragm with specific inspiratory muscle training (IMT) exercises. However, the effectiveness of these exercises and impact on clinical outcomes are not current practice in the majority of ICUs, as they are hardly feasible in ICU patients who often cannot be disconnected from the ventilator and cannot fully cooperate. Promising results have been published concerning non-respiratory training techniques, which can also target the accessory muscles, particularly important in the presence of increased load to the respiratory system, as in the case of the weaning phase. These non-respiratory training techniques would have the advantage of not entailing disconnection of the patient from the ventilator. In particular, in healthy subjects, a quasi-isometric neck contraction, called neck flexion, appeared to generate greater or comparable recruitment of some principal and accessory muscles of respiration, when compared to conventional IMT. However, this has not been studied in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, for whom IMT with threshold loading devices remains the primary recommended rehabilitation strategy. Therefore, the primary aim of the investigators is to assess the feasibility, tolerability, and safety of neck flexion and to compare them with IMT technique in patients with difficult and prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation. Secondary aims are: i) to characterize which respiratory muscles are recruited and their level of activation at different levels of ventilatory assistance and ii) to assess which respiratory muscles are recruited and their level of activation during the two techniques and to compare these findings. The hypothesis of the investigators is that neck flexion will be feasible (more than conventional IMT), well tolerated, and safe in patients with difficult and prolonged weaning. The investigators also hypothesize that, reducing the level of assistance and during unassisted breathing, a progressively increasing activation of the diaphragm, neck and trunk respiratory muscles, reflecting increased ventilatory load, will be fund. Finally, the hypothesis of the investigators is that the level of muscle activation/recruitment during neck flexion will be comparable or even greater to that occurring during IMT, as found in healthy subjects. Finding a new and highly feasible rehabilitative technique, able to recruit and train the respiratory muscles (including accessory muscles), will have the potential to promote patients' weaning and improve all related clinical outcomes, and therefore to dramatically shift the paradigm about the role of rehabilitation in ICU.

Heart Failure is a disease involving many different aspects of the human body, including changes in metabolism, the way the body produces and uses energy. Research shows that patients with heart failure often have a sleep disorder called sleep disordered breathing (SDB). It has been shown that SDB is associated with poor outcomes in heart failure patients, but the exact reason is unknown. It is likely that SDB leads to changes in metabolism and hormone status in the body, which is especially dangerous for heart failure patients. There is currently no treatment for SDB in heart failure patients. Recently, with Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2)-Inhibitors a new drug class has been approved for the treatment of advanced heart failure. This drug has effects on the metabolism in heart failure patients, among several other effects. This research project has the aim to investigate if SGLT2 inhibitors can help in the treatment of SDB, as many mechanisms of the drug overlap with the mechanisms how SDB develops. The drug has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of heart failure. The investigators want to study the effect of the drug on SDB by using a home sleep test called Watchpat, which has been approved to diagnose SDB.

To measure the impact of a coaching program on the patient's health-related quality of life 15 months post-transplant (M15/R12).

Aim of the study To evaluate the effectiveness of sweet orange oil inhalation in reducing dental anxiety and pain in children undergoing local anaesthetic administration.

This pilot investigation will recruit people with Long COVID to participate in a 4 week individualized inspiratory muscle training intervention with pre and post spirometry testing and additional functional outcomes to assess the effectiveness of the intervention.

The goal of this experimental study is to test the effects of Music Breathing (MB) in promoting a sense of coherence among young people. The main questions it aims to answer are: What is the effect of a MB programme on personal resources (i.e., SOC, coping self-efficacy, emotion regulation and mindfulness) compared with the control condition in young people? What is the effect of a MB programme on stress reduction (i.e., depression, anxiety and stress, and salivary cortisol levels) compared with the control condition in young people? • • What is the effect of a MB programme on mental well-being compared with the control condition in young people? What is the relationship between SOC, coping self-efficacy, emotion regulation and mindfulness? Participants will receive a MB programme in 6 weekly sessions and weekly home practice. The programme includes: meditative breathing; breathing with music listening; drawing a mental image of the breathing practice; and sharing and processing of the experience