Active clinical trials for "Shock, Hemorrhagic"

The purpose for this study is to measure the physiology of human undergoing a Lower Body Negative Pressure usea non-invasive low-power optical technique, near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy measurement and compare these measurement to standard monitoring procedures delineated in the Brooke Army Medical Center. The Brooke Army Medical Center can use near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy to provide functional physiologic tissue and organ information without ionizing radiation and without withdrawing any blood, in a cost-effective and rapid manner. Monitoring for the onset of circulatory shock in a wounded soldier on the battlefield is typically performed by measurement of arterial blood pressure, arterial oxygen saturation, or simple auscultation of the pulse. Shock is typically recognized by non-specific signs and subjective symptoms such as cold clammy skin, pallor, weak thready pulse, unstable vital signs, and diminished mentation.

PIPT Trial (Philadelphia Immediate Transport in Penetrating Trauma Trial) A prospective randomized clinical trial comparing pre-hospital procedures to immediate transportation in patients with penetrating injury and shock.

The purpose of this study is to determine if vasopressin is used up by the body during traumatic shock (severe low blood pressure due to trauma).

The purpose of this study is to determine the cutoff point for IVC collapsibility index (by Bedside Ultrasonographic technique) for cases in hypovolemic hemorrhagic shock with CVP measures less than 8 cmH2o.

In this study the impact of two CE marked and FDA approved sternal needles in comparison to intravenous access on the flow-rate of autologous reinfusion of whole blood and the possible hemolysis of red cells post-transfusion in a population of healthy military officers is investigated.

Haemorrhage following major trauma is an important preventable cause of death. Those patients who survive may have a prolonged period of debility caused by failure of key body organs. We suspect that an important contributor to this organ failure may be dysfunction in the network of small blood vessels that supply the bodies organs with oxygen and nutrients. Our study will examine the link between the microcirculation and organ failure in patients who have suffered significant bleeding after traumatic injury. We will also explore the relationship between resuscitation of the global circulation (blood pressure, cardiac output etc.)an area that is monitored in clinical practice with the state of the microcirculation, which by contrast is not monitored. Patients with severe traumatic injury commonly have problems with blood clotting. Some researchers have suggested that microcirculatory failure may be an important contributor to this problem and we will explore this in more detail. Finally, we will attempt to examine some of the mechanisms by which the microcirculation may be disrupted by trauma and subsequent bleeding. These may include inappropriate activation of white blood cells, inadequate function of oxygen carrying red blood cells and changes to the cells lining the small blood vessels. We will use a non invasive method to assess the microcirculation termed Side Stream Dark Field microscopy. This involves recorded a video image of the movement of blood within the small blood vessels under a patients tongue. In addition we will use ultrasound to assess the flow of blood from the heart. Small samples of blood will be taken to assess blood clotting and to look at possible mechanisms of microcirculatory dysfunction. We aim to study ten patients in the first instance. The study will be carried out within the intensive care units at Kings College Hospital.

Stroke can be defined as an abrupt loss of brain function that is caused by decreased cerebral blood flow. Stroke can occur at all stages of life, but presentation is variable depending on age, involved artery, and underlying risk factors.

This prospective observational study aims to test the efficacy of the continuous measurement of exhaled methane levels in monitoring the hemodynamic state of severely injured, bleeding trauma patients.

In shock patients, fluid resuscitation, infusion of vasopressors and transfusion are guided on hemodynamic macrovascular parameters. Analysis of sublingual microcirculation in shock patients is predictive of mortality and organ dysfunction. To optimize the quality of the resuscitation in shock patients, it could be useful to have an assessment of sublingual microcirculation in addition to the macrovascular parameters usually assessed by the nurses. But, this requires to have a monitor of sublingual microcirculation easy to use and to analyze at the bedside. The primary outcome of the present study is to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation by nurses to predict needs for fluid challenge, vasopressors or transfusion in patients in shock. After ICU admission and study inclusion, the nurses in charge of the patient will perform a set of measurements of macrocirculatory and microcirculatory parameters every 4 h during the first three days after ICU admission and before and after every hemodynamic therapeutic intervention, such as fluid challenge, transfusion of red blood cells or change in catecholamine rate. The secondary outcomes are to test 1/ to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation to predict organ dysfunction (SOFA score), and 2/ to evaluate the relationship between hemodynamic macrovascular and microvascular parameters. Intensive care patients in shock who need sedation, mechanical ventilation and invasive hemodynamic monitoring (Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO 2 device)) will be included. In addition, patients will be included only when patients will obviously stay more than 24 hours in the ICU.

In the emergency department (ED), the severity assessment of shock is a fundamental step prior to the admission in intensive care unit (ICU). As biomarkers are time consuming to evaluate severity of the micro and macro-circulation alteration, capillary refill time and skin mottling score are 2 simples, available clinical criteria validated to predict mortality in the ICU. The aim of this study is to provide clinical evidence that capillary refill time and skin mottling score assessed in the ED also predict ICU admission of patients with septic or haemorrhagic shock.