Active clinical trials for "Hemorrhage"

Background: Over the past decade, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory support in adults has increased. Several trials have highlighted how red blood cells transfusion can cause several negative effects and, currently, a restrictive transfusion trigger in critically ill patients is widely accepted. The optimal management of anticoagulation targets and transfusion practice in veno-venous-ECMO (VV-ECMO) patients is still under debate. Traditionally, the threshold for transfusions of packed red blood cells (PRBC) in ECMO is aimed at keeping hemoglobin (Hb) values in the normal range (12-14 g/dL), but some case series have shown how the Hb target can be lower, and with comparable clinical outcomes. While there are extensive reviews on predicted ECMO survival, and management (even with many debated issues), there is a significant knowledge gap in understanding the benefits and risks of transfusions during VV-ECMO Methods/Design: Prospective observational multicenter study. The principal aim is to describe current effective blood product usage, during VV-ECMO. The secondary aim is to describe in a large cohort of ECMO patients the current anticoagulation strategy and bleeding episodes occurrence. The study will be conducted at a multicenter level including in each center all consecutive adult vv-ECMO patients during one year up. The data collection will include pre-ECMO characteristics, transfusion strategies and blood test results during the first twenty-eight days after ECMO cannulation or until the end of ECMO support if the length is shorter, and clinical outcomes up to the end of ICU stay. The descriptive variable end points for the primary aim will be the daily and the total amount of PRBC and other blood products (Plasma, Platelets, Fibrinogen, Antithrombin III). The descriptive variable end points for the secondary aim will be the type and dose of anticoagulation, and episodes of bleeding according to site and severity. Expected Results: A collaborative combination of ECMO centers will evaluate prospective data of transfusion practices during ECMO. The investigators would be able to describe the currently strategy for administration of blood products, anticoagulation and the effective incidence of bleeding episodes worldwide.

The study will enroll approximately 316 subjects with a wide spectrum of PCI indications (stable angina as well as ACS), who are considered to be at high risk of bleeding. Patients will undergo PCI with implantation of the EluNIR stent, followed by shortened duration (1 months in stable patients, and up to 3 months in ACS patients) of DAPT.

This multicenter, prospective, observational, non-interventional study investigates patients with intracranial hemorrhage under effective anticoagulation with dabigatran or vitamin-K antagonist (VKA). Routine data will be collected during hospitalization. Patients aged 18 years or older under effective therapy with dabigatran and symptomatic intracranial bleeding confirmed by cerebral imaging and treated with idarucizumab will be compared to patients under effective treatment with VKA at the time of onset of the intracranial bleeding. Ninety-five dabigatran patients who provided written informed consent for data transmission will be included. As control group retrospective and anonymized data of 285 VKA patients patients under VKA treatment and admitted to RIC-ICH study centers will be used. For each patient receiving idarucizumab, three patients with intracranial hemorrhage under effective treatment with VKA, will be included (retrospective) in the study. In addition, data of VKA patients will be transferred from the RASUNOA-PRIME and the "Erlanger Hirnblutungs-Register".

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding occurs distal to the ligament of treitz and may involve the small bowel, colon and rectum . Active lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a common, potentially life threatening medical presentation that can be challenging to localize and treat . There are many diseases that may cause lower gastrointestinal bleeding, including angiodysplasia, diverticulosis, benign or malignant bowel neoplasm, inflammatory bowel disease, ischemic bowel disease, and infectious bowel disease. Often, gastrointestinal bleeding will stop spontaneously, but in approximately 25% of patients, bleeding is massive or recurrent, requiring imaging localization and directed therapy.

The aim of this study is to describe the transfusion practices in patients undergoing major surgery in Turkey. The transfusion rates of red blood cells (RBC), fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and platelets; the transfusion predictors and transfusion related patient outcomes are investigated.

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of abbreviated bowel preparation on repeated colonoscopy in patients with PPB.

Despite the efforts made in its treatment, aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage continues to induce high mortality and morbidity rates. Today there are treatment protocols in all hospitals. The vast majority prefer, whenever possible, the endovascular route, given its lesser aggressiveness and morbidity. Although embolization prevents aneurysm' rebleeding, it does remove the subarachnoid blood clot. Therefore, it does not modify the evolution, incidence and severity of vasospasm. The idea is to carry out a 10-year retrospective study classifying patients into five groups based on the type of treatment received, analyzing the results' differences. The aim is to improve what is done as much as possible and to be able to propose potential areas for improvement. Besides, this study will be the basis of a future prospective study, prepared without the current one's biases and errors.

Bleeding is one of the most important causes of mortality and morbidity in patients. Hb levels are the most prevalently utilized monitoring parameter in hemorrhagic patients in the hemodynamic sense. Hemoglobin determination is studied at laboratories along with blood gasses or complete blood analysis. Recently, non-invasive techniques where measurement is made from the fingertips have been offered for use. One of these techniques is non-invasive hemoglobin (SpHb) measurement. SpHb is used as a trend monitor. Based on the severity of bleeding, the compensatory mechanisms of patients may be disrupted. This situation may lead to lower levels of toleration of anemia during bleeding. The relationship between blood transfusion and mortality is under debate.

Nasal endotracheal intubation is a well-utilized and important endotracheal intubation route to allow good surgical access for operations involving the oral cavity. Despite its utility, there are potential complications from nasal endotracheal intubation including that of nasal bleeding, which in severe cases can impair the ability to complete the procedure. The most accepted conventional practice to decrease bleeding associated with nasal endotracheal intubation is to warm the nasal endotracheal tube prior to insertion. However, this technique still yields high rates of nasal bleeding. In 1979, correspondence by MacKinnon and Harrison in Anaesthesia described the use of a flexible urinary catheter (Foley catheter) telescoped onto the endotracheal tube tip to aid atraumatic insertion of the tube. This also served to ensure the tube was not contaminated internally by nasal secretions or blood. This has been more rigorously studied in two RCTs looking at this technique in children, but there has been no similar study in adults. This study aims to extend the evidence base of the use of this technique in adults. Our hypothesis is that the use of a flexible urinary catheter to telescopically aid nasal intubation will result in a significant decrease in the incidence and severity of nasal bleeding.

In hypertensive women having an elective cesarean section, the effectiveness and safety of temporary uterine packing coupled with topical tranexamic acid as an adjuvant for decreasing blood loss during delivery were compared to placebo.