Active clinical trials for "Edema"

We have been using DEX for refractory DME for a long time (since 2016). Thus, we are sharing our results , evaluating both anatomical and functional outcomes of DEX therapy for refractory DME.

Babies can be born with heart problems and sometimes need a heart surgery to fix the heart problem. Heart surgery can cause swelling from the build-up of extra fluid. Swelling can make it harder for babies to breath and has to be treated with medicine called diuretics. Swelling is hard to measure in babies, so it can be hard to know how much diuretic they need to treat the swelling. The investigators are looking for a better way to measure swelling in babies who have had heart surgery. Ultrasound uses sound waves to take pictures of the inside of the body. Ultrasound is used to take pictures of babies before they are born and to take pictures of their heart after they are born. New ultrasound software has been made from a company called MuscleSound that can quickly measure the amount of swelling in adults, usually in less than 2 minutes. This software has not yet been used to measure swelling in kids. This study plans to learn more about swelling in babies and will try to measure swelling in babies before and after heart surgery with the new ultrasound software. The study will also make the same measurements in babies who do not have heart disease to compare to babies having heart surgery.

Between December 2016 and June 2017 a total of 40 eyes from 40 diabetic retinopathy patients with diabetic macular edema were recruited at the Ophthalmologic Clinic of University "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Italy.

Can videomicroscopy of the sublingual microcirculation detect the increase in edema before peripheral edema will appear? By measuring the decrease in vesseldensity after strong positive fluid balances within septic patients versus euvolemic post-cardiac surgery patients. Measuring reactance and resistance (BIVA method) to determine volume status. Primary outcome: - Total vessel density (TVD) Secondary outcome: Fluid balance BIVA measurements (reactance & resistance)

The aims of our study was to identify early predictors of non-invasive ventilation failure, so as to alert clinicians early that endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation might be appropriate.

High altitude pulmonary edema is a life-threatening condition that remains a concern for climbers and clinicians alike. It is defined as a non-cardiac pulmonary edema occurring at altitudes exceeding 3000m in non-acclimatised individuals. Recently, studies conducted in remote areas have demonstrated that ultrasound lung comets (B lines) can be used as a measure of sub-acute pulmonary edema and high altitude pulmonary edema in climbers ascending to altitude. the investigators want to assess the occurrence of of comet tails (B lines) as a measure of pulmonary edema among patients after lung transplantation and healthy individuals during an expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro.

The aim of this study is to determine if macular edema is associated with less visual function and quality of live in patients with intermediate uveitis

In this mono-center prospective study, the impact of changes in the sphingolipid metabolism in patients with pulmonary edema will be investigated.

Contrast sensitivity is a tool use to evaluate the visual function in all patients. It can be modified by different pathologies or by age. The purpose of this study is to identify the changes that could be in relationship with the course of diabetic retinopathy comparing with diabetic patient without retinopathy and in patients with diabetic macular edema so if it is a difference, research for therapeutic strategies to improve it in this patients.

In uveitic patients with fluorescein angiographically proven macular edema, a fundus related microperimetry is performed and results are correlated with foveal thickness as measured with optical coherence tomography (OCT).