Active clinical trials for "Sepsis"

A total of 120 patients will be included in the study. Sixty patients are critically ill with evidence of sepsis during ICU stay (sepsis group) and sixty patients are critically ill without evidence of infectious organism (SIRS group). At admission, Patients data include clinical status; SOFA score; central venous pressure; laboratory analysis and arterial blood gas analysis are measured. Routine cultures will be obtained. The attending physician will evaluate the patients for sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock as long as their stay in ICU. A serum level of sTREM-1 and MNDA will be monitored.

Excelsior Medical has developed SwabCap™, a luer access valve disinfection cap. The SwabCap™ provides passive disinfection of valve top and threads without activating the luer access valve. This product promotes technique standardization and compliance in cleansing of the luer access valve prior to access. It acts as a physical barrier from touch and airborne contamination for up to 96 hours. This product has been endorsed and will be adopted for use at NorthShore University HealthSystem as a quality improvement initiative. This research study protocol is designed to confirm the anticipated benefit of this change in practice at NorthShore during the planned implementation and use. If the product performs as it has been designed to, the baseline rate of hub and subsequently intraluminal contamination will be diminished, thereby protecting patients with central lines from bloodstream infections due to contaminated hubs.

Sepsis is a common cause for morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. In USA, the incidence of sepsis is about 3/1000 population. However, the incidence of sepsis varies among different clinic trails. In addition, clinician empirical select antibiotic according to the epidemiology of sepsis, however, the etiology of sepsis is various in different studies. In China, the MDRO is much higher than western country. There is no study about the epidemiology of sepsis in China. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a study about it in China.

Infections are frequent life-threatening events in patients with cirrhosis, occurring at least in 35% of hospitalized patients and accounting for 20% of inpatients death. Among cirrhotics, ascitic patients have the highest risk of death for sepsis. At the admission, no clear-cut clinical and biochemical features are helpful in diagnosing and prognostically stratifying those patients with sepsis. Procalcitonin (PCT)is a breakthrough marker presenting high sensibility and specificity in diagnosing bacterial infections in different clinical settings. The purpose of this study is to evaluate PCT as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for sepsis in hospitalized cirrhotic patients with ascitic decompensation.

The study aim is to examine point-of-care ultrasound findings, reliability, and ease of performance in association with fluid responsiveness for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. The investigators propose a prospective observational research study of patients presenting to one of three Yale New Haven Hospital emergency departments, York Street Campus, St. Raphael's Campus, and Shoreline Medical Center who meet criteria for sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock during their emergency department visit.

The purpose of this study is to determine wether the combined measurement of the soluble form of TREM-1, PCT and the determination of neutrophils CD64 expression could diagnose sepsis in critically ill patients.

To mark 10 years of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC), and timed to coincide with World Sepsis Day, on September 13, 2013, the SSC, ESICM and SCCM will be conducting an international point prevalence study of severe sepsis and septic shock. The goal of this project is to determine the world wide burden of severe sepsis and define current practices of sepsis care internationally. The study is a simple data collection exercise for patients presenting with either severe sepsis or septic shock on World Sepsis Day.

A hospitals manual method of patient monitoring will be implemented in an automated system and supported by an early patient deterioration detection for timely escalation. The purpose of this study is to assess if clinical outcomes of patients in Acute Care are significantly improved by such a system.

The aim of this study was to clarify the prognostic value of serum pro-Adrenomedullin level in neonatal sepsis. Eighty term and preterm neonates with sepsis were enrolled in this study. Eighty healthy matched neonates served as a control group.

In an effort to better understand the interaction between the different mediators, the investigators propose to examine the time course of mediators, the indexes of organ injury and the coagulation cascade.