Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Tract Infections"

SARS-COV-2 infection reframed medical knowledge in many aspects, yet there is still a lot to be discovered. Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) can cause neuropsychiatric, psychological and psychosocial impairments. Literature regarding cognitive impact of COVID-19 is still limited. Objective: evaluation of cognitive function, anxiety and depression among patients with Coronavirus disease 19.

The purpose of the study is to assess viral kinetics and clinical symptoms kinetics in pediatric patients hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) confirmed lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI).

The main objective of this project is to evaluate the agreement between nasopharyngeal and sputum specimens in terms of detection of viral infection in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) participants.This is a 12-month national, multicenter prospective study (7 centers). Inclusions concern CF participants (children or adults) with signs of acute respiratory infection seen in consultation or hospitalized in their CF Research Center. A molecular viral multiplex search is performed on both nasopharyngeal and expectoration collected samples for each included participant. Determination of viral detection agreement between the two CF respiratory samples is then performed.

This study will investigate whether there is a population-level association between circulating respiratory viruses and NHS hospital admissions for acute vascular events using data from national infection surveillance and Hospital Episode Statistics.

The specific objectives focus on using a train-the-trainer model to educate CHWs in Pakistan on performing and interpreting pediatric lung POCUS. In the first phase, the POCUS experts from Toronto will rigorously train the first generation of local lung POCUS users who are Pakistani health care providers to become local lung POCUS trainers. These first generation trainers will subsequently collaborate with the POCUS experts from Toronto to develop a two-day training program for lung POCUS image interpretation and acquisition that is tailored to novice users (CHWs) in low-resource settings. In the second phase, the first generation local lung POCUS trainers will deliver and evaluate the new training program to the second generation of users - a group of CHWs in Karachi. In the third phase, we will establish the reliability of CHWs to perform lung POCUS on pediatric patients with respiratory symptoms, upon completion of the training program developed by local trainers.

This study will analyze gene expression data from various biological specimens collected from voluntary participants.

Solving the problem of detecting asymptomatic carriers who can transmit infection is key to protecting vulnerable residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, to protecting frontline workers who care for them, and to facilitating return to work (including return of nurses and medical assistants). The wearable biometric technology, if widely disseminated among vulnerable populations and the community-at-large, will help avoid the ravages of seasonal flu and other contagious illnesses, and the society will be better prepared for future waves of COVID-19 or other pandemics. Even if a vaccine is developed, due to immune senescence and immunocompromise, elderly people and those with chronic medical conditions may not be well protected by it. Continuous biomonitoring provides another layer of protection for them.

The study aims to evaluate the prognostic value of alveolar and blood NETosis in patients under mechanical ventilation and treated for an acute low-respiratory tract infection. The main outcome is the occurrence of an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) according to the Berlin definition.

Objective to understand the proportion of atypical pathogens in the pathogens of SCAP and AECOPD in urban hospitals in China. Objective to investigate the antimicrobial resistance of atypical pathogens in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and SCAP in urban hospitals. Objective to master the important clinical characteristics of patients with acute exacerbation of SCAP and COPD caused by atypical pathogens and mixed infection in urban hospitals in China, and to put forward the experience judgment index. Objective to evaluate the advantages of various diagnostic methods for atypical pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infection. It is suggested that the current empirical treatment of SCAP and severe COPD in China should be improved.

Sputum specimens will be obtained from children < 2 years of age and processed by different mode for the HMPV, RSV, Pertussis, Influenza A, B, Parainfluenza 1,2,3, Adenovirus. Clinical and epidemiological data will also be obtained.