Active clinical trials for "Hypoxia"

Validate pulse oximeter sensor SpO2 accuracy from 70-100% during induced hypoxia.

Hypobaric hypoxia (decreased oxygen supply to body tissues due to low atmospheric pressure) caused by exposure to high altitude disrupts sleep. Sleep deprivation is associated with degraded post-sleep performance of neurobehavioral tasks. The lowest altitude at which sleep and/or post-sleep performance are affected is not known. The study hypothesis is that sleep and/or post-sleep performance of neurobehavioral tasks will occur due to hypobaric hypoxia at altitudes of 8,000 or less.

Nowadays, anesthetists may encounter many patients who are not diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) to undergo elective surgery. Recognition of these patients by anesthesiologists and taking necessary precautions will significantly reduce perioperative complications and mortality. STOP-BANG is a questionnaire used to predict high risk of OSAS. The aim of our study is to evaluate the clinical use of the oxygen reserve index as an early warning of possible desaturation in patients with low and high risk of OSAS according to the Stop Bang score.

A total of 40 ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) physical status I-III who underwent lumbar disc hernia repair for one or two levels were included in this prospective study. A standard anesthesia protocol was performed in all patients. Routine intraoperative monitoring consisted of electrocardiography, automatic noninvasive arterial blood pressure, pulse oximetry, capnography, and cerebral tissue oxygen saturation through NIRS.Patients' demographics such as age, gender, height, weight, BMI, smoking status and pre-existing medical conditions were recorded.The patients were allocated equally to two groups according to BMI as Group I: BMI ≥30kg/m2,Group II <30 kg/m2.

200 patients with colorectal cancer will be investigated before surgery and 100 of them after surgery. Investigations will include polysomonographic sleep apnea recordings during one night, lung function measurements, blood gas samples and questionnaires. Controls: Men and women from two population-based cohort studies

Despite recent advances in the care of mothers and newborn infants, many infants (approximately 20 per 1000 live births) continue to need resuscitation at birth. A proportion of these infants will have sustained significant injury through interruption of their blood and oxygen supply prior to delivery (perinatal asphyxia). In 2-3 babies per 1000 this will lead to brain swelling and the risk of long term brain injury called neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). HIE remains a cause of neonatal death and long term disability. Early and accurate prediction of outcome would allow us to intervene during the window of the first 6 hours following birth, prior to secondary reperfusion and secondary brain injury. Estimating severity of injury can be difficult in newborn infants. Condition at birth does not predict neonatal, or longer term outcome. Biomarkers which could be measured at the time of birth and analysed at the bedside would offer these infants the best chance of timely and effective intervention. Through the BIHIVE study we have identified a number of predictive biomarkers in hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. These markers are present in umbilical cord blood and have been identified through proteomic and metabolomic analysis of a stored biobank of samples from a recruited cohort of infants with perinatal asphyxia and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. We now wish to validate these biomarkers in an additional cohort, and will continue to explore new biomarkers in our stored biobank of umbilical cord samples. In addition we wish to assess our ability to predict neurodevelopmental and behavioural outcome in these infants. In this way we will determine the most robust biochemical and clinical markers for the prediction of early and medium term outcome in HIE. This study will establish the evidence base and validation of these biomarkers to the point where they can be developed into a bedside diagnostic algorithm which can be used in the labour ward to immediately identify those infants at risk of HIE in time to prevent secondary damage.

The primary objective is to study if a stimulation of nitric oxide and/or prostaglandin affect the diameter changes of retinal vessels during hypoxia. Diameter changes are studied using the Dynamic Vessel Analyzer.

The present study is a randomized, prospective, single-blinded study. Patients presenting for colonoscopy under sedation will be included according to the statistical sample size calculation. Patients will be randomized to either group 1- capnographic monitoring or group 2- oxygenic monitoring during Propofol-based sedation for colonoscopy. Episodes of Hypoxia are documented and compared in both groups.

The primary objective is to study if an inhibition of nitric oxide and/or prostaglandins affect the diameter changes of retinal vessels observed during hypoxia. Diameter changes are studied using the Dynamic Vessel Analyzer.

The purpose of this piece of research is to assess the effect of altitude on the clinical evolution of ARDS. For this purpose, patients who live and receive care at sea level are compared with those who live and receive care at high altitudes. For reasons of convenience, a cut-point of 1500 meters above sea level was chosen. In addition to this, it will be sought to assess whether adjusting the cut-points for the severity categories of ARDS improves the ability to predict some adverse events, by comparison with unadjusted cut-points. The results of this research will probably be disruptive, and will provide the first information yet about the effect of altitude on ARDS; they will therefore be of great interest for the international scientific community and for the direct care of patients. A high bibliometric impact is to be expected.