Active clinical trials for "Wounds and Injuries"

According to available data the injury rate in male veteran soccer is high. Interventions to prevent injuries are requested. The 11+ warm-up program was developed by FIFA-experts and consists of several exercises with an overall-length of about 20 min. This study shall investigate the influence of 11+ on injury incidence and Functional Movement Screen (FMS)-Score in male veteran soccer players. Additionally it is to be examined if there is a relationship between FMS-Score and injury incidence. For this purpose the 11+-program is accomplished under supervised conditions over one regular season in a randomized-controlled study design. Injuries are documented via questionnaires in accordance with the FIFA-consensus-statement. FMS-Score is evaluated before and after the interventional period.

Worldwide, more than 200 million patients have major non-cardiac surgery annually and a significant proportion of these patients suffer major cardiovascular complications (e.g. nonfatal myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, vascular death) within 30 days of their surgery. Perioperative myocardial infarction is the most common cardiovascular complication and recent clinical studies have shown that even minor myocardial injury in relation to non-cardiac surgery is associated with 30-day mortality. Remote ischemic preconditioning is a procedure, which protects remote tissues and organs e.g. against ischemia-reperfusion injury. Cycles of forearm or leg ischemia and reperfusion by the inflation of a blood-pressure cuff for brief periods are the preferred method.The aim of this interventional clinical study is to determine whether remote ischemic preconditioning can reduce markers of myocardial injury in emergent or urgent non-cardiac surgery.

Unstable chest injuries are common in poly trauma patients. They can lead to severe pulmonary restriction, loss of lung volume, difficulty with ventilation and can render the patient to require intubation and mechanical ventilation. Traditionally these injuries have been treated non-operatively, however in the past decade there has been numerous studies suggesting improved outcomes with surgical fixation. Surgical fixation can significantly decrease time spent in ICU as well as day on mechanical ventilation. The investigators aim is to conduct a randomized control trial of these injuries, to compare non-operative treatment with surgical fixation. The investigators' hypothesis is that surgically treated patient will have significantly improved outcomes compared to those treated non-operatively.

Patients who present to our institution with a traumatic injury to their elbow who need operative management will be randomized to one of two groups; a treatment arm and a control arm. The treatment arm will receive a three-week postoperative course of indomethacin while the control group will not. We will follow both groups to assess whether or not indomethacin prophylaxis affects the rate of heterotopic ossification.

The investigators performed a double-blind parallel study in a group of showing mild hepatic injury subjects who were given Fermented turmeric over a period of 12 weeks. The investigators measured liver function parameters , including ALT(Alanine Transaminase), AST(Aspartate Transaminase), ALP(Alkaline Phosphatase), γ-GT(Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase), and serum bilirubin, and monitored their blood pressure.

Objective/Hypothesis: An eight-week course of forty low-pressure Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment's (HBOT's) can significantly improve symptoms and cognitive function in subjects with the persistent-post concussion syndrome (PPCS) of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

The aim of this study was to compare time, success rates of different laryngoscope blades for intubation with an immobilized cervical spine in a standardized pediatric manikin model.

Vocal cord injuries occur not only during tracheal intubation, but also during surgery and during removal of tracheal tube. Volatile anesthetics increase neuromuscular block of muscle relaxants. Thus, the investigators tested the hypothesis, that sevoflurane would cause less vocal cord injuries than a total intravenous anesthesia with propofol.

Describing a pharmacokinetic model of 48-h sevoflurane sedation in ICU patients with acute kidney failure

The aim of the study is to evaluate the role of subcutaneous negative pressure drain placed for 10 days on wound healing in female obese patients undergoing midline exploratory laparotomies for ovarian cancer.