Active clinical trials for "Hemorrhage"

This is a randomized prospective study to determine the optimal postoperative pain medication regimen for adults (18 years old and older) undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy for chronic tonsillitis and/or snoring and/or obstructive sleep apnea. All participants will undergo the same tonsillectomy surgical technique (with or without adenoidectomy) under general anesthesia and be randomized to one of three postoperative pain control regimens (all of which are commonly used pain medications for post-tonsillectomy pain): Norco (Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen) Percocet (Oxycodone and Acetaminophen) Dilaudid and Tylenol (Acetaminophen) Participants will be discharged home the day of surgery and will be sent home with questionnaires to assess their daily pain level, oral intake, amount of nausea/vomiting, and amount of pain medications taken for the 14 days following their surgery. Data will be collected and analyzed to determine if there is a difference in pain levels or oral intake or nausea/vomiting in the different pain regimen groups. Secondary endpoints will include weight change from preoperative weight to weight at 2-3 weeks after surgery in addition to postoperative complications including visits to the Emergency Department and post-tonsillectomy bleed rates. Participants will be seen 1-2 weeks following their surgery in the ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) clinic per normal postoperative protocol and will not require any specific clinic visits related to this study.

Despite recommendations from clinical practice guidelines to discharge patients from the hospital on once daily proton pump inhibitors after acute management of UGIB, clinical practice is to use twice daily proton pump inhibitor therapy. The objective of this study will be to assess whether or not once daily pantoprazole is non-inferior to twice daily pantoprazole in ulcer healing with a dose of once daily versus twice daily proton-pump inhibitor following an upper gastrointestinal bleed. Additionally, this study will observe for any potential difference in safety for once daily versus twice daily proton pump inhibitors.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of non-dissecting the inferior rectus sheath during primary cesarean delivery on post-operative hemoglobin and post-operative pain control as measured by VAS score and opioid anesthesia use in the first 72 hours post-op.

Prophylactic use of tranexamic acid to reduce intra and postoperative bleeding in primary sleeve gastrectomy procedures will be studied.

The purpose of the study is to determine if Raplixa plus Gelfoam is better than Gelfoam alone in stopping mild to moderate bleeding in children having surgery.

Fever, defined as temperature higher than 38.3C (100.9 F), is common in patients with head injuries and is associated with poor recovery after injury. The current standard of care is to use oral acetaminophen (Tylenol) followed by a body cooling device. This method can effectively reduce fever but results in a high rate of shivering. Shivering is stressful to the heart and can further worsen brain injury. Methods to combat shivering have been developed and are successful in limiting the stress in the majority of patients that use a body cooling device. However, the drugs used to control shivering are sedating and may also interfere with brain recovery. The purpose of this study is to assess whether ibuprofen given intravenously is more effective in combating fever than the current standard of care. Should results from this study demonstrate that ibuprofen infusion is effective, a larger study will be conducted to determine whether this aggressive fever control regimen leads to improved recovery after brain injury.

The investigators hypothesize that high dose esomeprazole 80mg given as a bolus, followed by 8mg/h would render gastric pH near neutral and that pH control with esomeprazole given in such a high dose either intravenous or orally is identical.

This study will collect and characterize ventilator use during patient care with a ZOLL 731 Series ventilator in a pre-hospital setting.

This pilot study will assess the performance of the Quantra System with the QStat Cartridge versus standard of care coagulation testing in bleeding pregnant women at delivery.

The purpose of this study is to answer the following question: Leads a primary coagulation corrected with a single dose of fibrinogen concentrate after ascending aorta-arc reconstruction to a decrease in the number of allogenic blood transfusions, compared to placebo?