Active clinical trials for "Fever"

CALIF study is a monocentric observational study which aim is to analyse the value of adding procalcitonin (PCT, a pre-hormon increased in bacterial infection and septicaemia) in the management of chemo-induced febrile neutropenia occurring in patient with solid tumour. Febrile neutropenia will be managed according to international guidelines. PCT will be dosed at initial presentation. Primary objective is to determine the optimal value of PCT for the detection of septicaemia in low risk (according to MASCC score). The investigators plan also to compare two risk stratification scores: the validated MASCC score and a recently developed score which includes PCT and other more objective items.

Few studies dealing with the risk of infectious of nervous system and the utility of lumbar puncture and of emergent neuroimaging among patients with simple febrile seizure between 3 and 11 months age and with complex seizure has been reported. None of these studies was multicentric. Recommendations about management of these children are heterogeneous. The investigators aim to study by an observational retrospective multicentric study the rate of infectious of central nervous system among patients with a complex febrile seizure and among patients between 3 and 11 months age with simple febrile seizure.

The purpose of this study is to study the most common etiologies of uncomplicated fever diseases among children under five years of age in rural Zanzibar.

The soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) was an established biomarker useful for infection in non-neutropenic patients. In this study, we tested sTREM-1 in the patients with neutropenic fever. Pro-calcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were also measured. We planned to investigate and explore the role of sTREM-1 in early diagnosis of infection in patients with neutropenic fever.

This is a descriptive prospective community-based seroprevalence study. Primary objective: To determine the prevalence of specific antibodies (immunoglobulin G [IgG]) against dengue in healthy 5 to 10 year-old children in India. Secondary objectives: To determine the dengue virus serotype (DeNV-1,2,3 and /or 4) specific to the antibodies in positive (IgG) samples To estimate the prevalence of specific antibodies (IgG) against Japanese encephalitis in healthy 5 to 10 year-old children in India.

The purpose of this study is to find out how, why, and when Rift Valley Fever (RVF) spreads. Participants will be 250 adults and children, aged 1 year and older, from the Ijara District, Kenya. They will be given a questionnaire, undergo a medical examination that includes an eye exam, and have a 1-teaspoon sample of blood taken from a vein. Participation will take about 3 hours.

This study will refine and pilot the feasibility of introducing a thermal imaging test to detect fever in 100 patients being triaged within the Emergency Department. The only additional research requirement for the patient is to have a thermal image of their face taken. Other triage tests will be routine. The aims of the feasibility study are to: Understand the acceptability of introducing the intervention within the Emergency Department setting Establish indicative patient recruitment numbers per week Determine the likely proportion of patients recruited from this group who have a high temperature Provide preliminary evidence that the technology can identify a high temperature in this diverse group of patients Provide preliminary data for machine learning training to support classification of patients as being with or without fever The feasibility study will then inform the design and size of larger study to further develop and validate the the thermal imaging screening test to provide a 'with/ without' fever result.

Briefly, the investigators propose to evaluate nulliparous (first time mothers) patients beyond 36 0/7 weeks' gestation in active labor who already have received epidural anesthesia and have an intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) in place. Any patient who then develops a single temperature elevation of > 38 degrees will be eligible for inclusion and consented for the study. Maternal blood will be drawn immediately, one hour later and at delivery. Amniotic fluid will be aspirated from the pressure catheter; the first 1-2 cc will be discarded and the remainder will be evaluated for gram stain, culture, glucose level, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and proteomics. All placentas will be sent for routine pathologic examination. Cord blood will be obtained at birth for routine studies. Both maternal and cord blood will be sent for proteomic evaluation (defined). The patients with amniotic fluid that has a positive gram stain and culture will be defined as the infected group, and the patients with amniotic fluid that has a negative gram stain and culture will be defined as the uninfected group. Differences in clinical presentation and laboratory assessments, including proteomics, will be compared between the two groups to determine if there are any markers that might prove to be useful in distinguishing between these two entities (epidural fever with and without actual infection).

Advanced gastric cancer has always been the focus and difficulty in the treatment of gastric cancer, and postoperative peritoneal recurrence is one of the key factors with poor prognosis. in recent years, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy has been used in the treatment of advanced peritoneal metastases and achieved remarkable results. Existing studies have shown that postoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy plays a certain role in reducing postoperative peritoneal recurrence of advanced gastric cancer. Our previous studies have shown that hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy adopted docetaxel combine oxaliplatin can also reduce the peritoneal recurrence of advanced gastric cancer. At present, there is a lack of comparison of the safety and efficacy of intraoperative and postoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. In this study, patients with advanced gastric cancer were selected by preoperative imaging, endoscopic ultrasonography and other examinations. The patients were randomly divided into group A: D1-2 radical gastrectomy plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy of docetaxel + oxaliplatin. Group B: D1-2 radical gastrectomy + postoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy of docetaxel + oxaliplatin and group C: D1-2 radical radical gastrectomy .The three groups both proceed postoperative conventional adjuvant chemotherapy（SOX/XELOX）.The incidence of postoperative anastomotic leakage and other complications were collected, and the safety differences among the three groups were compared. The three-year overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (PFS), and disease-related mortality were evaluated and the long-term effects among the three groups were compared.

Women who receive epidural analgesia during labor are more likely to develop fever than those who do not. Maternal fever during labor can produce various harmful effects on both mothers and infants. The investigators speculate that the effect of epidural analgesia is associated with the development of maternal fever, i.e., better analgesia is associated with higher risk of maternal fever.