Active clinical trials for "Wounds and Injuries"

This study is a prospective observational study of a single cohort of the patients who will undergo a scheduled living donor liver transplantation. The investigators attempt to evaluate the association of intraoperative renal regional oxygen saturation and acute kidney injury in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation. Near-infrared spectroscopy sensor will be attached to the skin near bilateral kidney areas in all patients and renal regional oxygen saturation will be monitored during the operation. Renal regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) of the patients who developed acute kidney injury postoperatively will be compared with rSO2 of the patients who did not.

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel, multi-center phase III clinical trial

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a kind of severe disease with high morbidity and complications. At present, electroacupuncture has certain advantages in treating motor sensory dysfunction, neuropathologic pain, neurogenic bladder and intestinal dysfunction after spinal cord injury. However, previous clinical studies of acupuncture neglected the brain, which is closely related to the structure and function of spinal cord.So,the aim of this study is to observe and analyse the impact of the changes of gray and white matter volume on whole brain and brain functional re-establish,to reveal the neuroimaging mechanism of improving the motor sensory functions of patients with spinal cord injury, and to provide a theoretical basis for the clinical application of electroacupuncture.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after cardiac surgery. The diagnosis is based on the criteria defined by the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) classification: oliguria and elevation of serum creatinine. However, oliguria is not specific of AKI and elevation of serum creatinine is too late. Therefore, new methods have been developed to earlier assess the risk of AKI. Among those methods, it has been shown that the increase of urinary dosage, in the hours following the surgery, of two proteins (Tissue Inhibitor of Metallo-Protease 2 (TIMP2) and Insulin Growth Factor Binding Protein 7 (IGFBP7)) is associated with an increased risk of occurrence of AKI in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. The Nephrocheck® test combines the urinary dosage of those two proteins TIMP2 and IGFBP7. Insofar as post-surgery low cardiac output is one curable cause of AKI, the early detection of early kidney risk allows corrective measures to stabilize hemodynamic state and thus to reduce the risk of AKI.

It is prospective randomized comparative clinical trial comparing primary urethral realignment vs. suprapubic cystostomy in initial management of pediatric pelvic fracture urethral injury regarding: The success rate after initial intervention. The need for urethroplasty in the failed realignment group and cystostomy group. The success rate of urethroplasty in the failed realignment group and cystostomy group.

Evaluation of automated oxygen titration in comparison with manual adjustment oxygen in the out-of-hospital setting by paramedics.

The proposed work is designed to be the first in a series of studies investigating the health benefits and risks related to high intensity training (HIT) exercise. Our specific aims are to determine, 1) if participation in a single bout of HIT induces hematological markers consistent with acute kidney injury (AKI), and 2) if risk is predicted by the pre-exercise concentration of plasma proenkephalin-A. This investigation is an observational case control study. In year one, data collection procedures will be refined with ~40 participants local to the University of Wyoming and training will occur for collaborators from Wyoming community and tribal colleges. In year two, data collection will expand to some of the 12 CrossFit® gyms in Wyoming with assistance from the community and tribal colleges. Blood and urine samples will be collected before and up to 48 h after a standardized bout of HIT exercise on ~100 participants. Baseline blood samples will be analyzed for proenkephalin-A. All blood samples will be analyzed for markers of muscle damage (e.g., creatine kinase and myoglobin), and markers of kidney function (e.g., serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen). Urine will be analyzed for markers of filtration function (e.g., albumin, creatinine, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin [NGAL], and kidney injury molecule 1 [KIM-1]). Lastly, the severity of kidney damage will be compared with the number of risk alleles and proenkephalin-A concentration. The investigators envision that the bout of HIT exercise will induce markers consistent with skeletal muscle damage in most participants and, based on literature from other styles of intense exercise, that acute kidney injury will be diagnosable in between 50-75% of participants. Secondarily, the investigators predict that the concentration of proenkephalin-A will be inversely related to the change in kidney function from before to after the HIT exercise bout.

Evaluation Of Cross Mental Nerve Transfer In Restoration Of Chin &Lip Sensation Post Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury

Rotator cuff injury patients treated with ERAS were included. The control group was given routine nursing. The observation group was given the Internet plus nursing home rehabilitation mode. Relying on mobile app and wechat, patients can get online guidance of rehabilitation training video through app and wechat, and get professional rehabilitation guidance at any time.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well subjects heal after surgery who receive standard dressings or incisional negative pressure wound therapy for non-traumatic amputation sites.