Active clinical trials for "Toxemia"

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the maladjusted response of the host to infection. It is a clinical syndrome with high mortality. Studies have confirmed that many cytokines play a vital role in the pathogenesis of sepsis. Ulinastatin (UTI) is a glycoprotein that exists in human blood and can be isolated and purified from human urine. It is a broad-spectrum protease inhibitor. Previous studies have shown that Ulinastatin may have the effect of treating sepsis. 120 septic patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome would be recruited and randomly assigned to the ordinary dose group, high dose group and placebo control group according to the ratio of 1:1:1. The trial will be followed up on days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 28. Sofa on day 7 compared with baseline and all-cause mortality on day 28 were investigated to explore the efficacy of ulinastatin in the treatment of adult sepsis patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

In critically ill patients with liver disease like cirrhosis or ACLF, fluid therapy needs to be instituted after identification of patients who will be fluid responsive and initiate appropriate inotropes early to prevent the mortality associated with fluid overload. The parameters and methodology used for assessing fluid responsiveness have been studied earlier, but the optimum method is not established. Existing recommendations based on data regarding fluid responsiveness and choice of fluid for resuscitation from intensive care units in general cannot be applied to those with liver disease as the hemodynamic alterations that occur with liver disease, presence of hypoalbuminemia at baseline and presence of cardiac dysfunction interfere with the conventional methods of fluid status assessment, fluid responsiveness as well as the response to different types of resuscitation fluids. Therefore the investigators attempt to compare various methods to estimate current intravascular volume status of patient which could be helpful in guiding fluid therapy.

Sepsis is associated with a mortality rate of 20-25%, with significant increase in case of associated comorbidities or shock. SAE is one of the most common forms of encephalopathy encountered in critically ill patients, with increased ICP as a possible underlying mechanism. Many studies revealed that ONSD is a valuable ICP monitoring tool. Also, ONSD/ETD ratio, according to previous studies, seemed to be more reliable than ONSD alone in predicting neurological outcomes of comatosed patients. The present study will assess the correlation between US-ONSD/ETD ratio and the prognosis of SAE in critically ill patients.

Antibiotic therapy for early onset neonatal sepsis recommended by international guidelines and relevant studies is only kind of treatment regimen that penicillin G/ penicillin/ampicillin combined with gentamicin as the first-line treatment regimen. However, it is not applicable to the clinical practice in many countries and regions. We aim to study efficacy and safety of antibiotics in the treatment of early onset neonatal sepsis.

This study addresses critically ill sepsis patients' current literature reports of ongoing post-hospital discharge weakness and hospital readmissions. This study is aimed at capture and interpretation of a complex set of tests, administered during a subject's sepsis functional recovery trajectory, particularly capturing hospital readmission's effects on survivors' physical function recovery.

The investigators intend to conduct clinical studies to determine the efficacy of rhBNP in the treatment of septic related dysfunction and kidney dysfunction

Sepsis is a common and critical complication in HIV-infected patients and an important marker of high risk of patient death. The widely used diagnostic criteria for sepsis still have many deficiencies and do not allow for good prediction and timely determination of the onset of sepsis. In HIV-infected patients, abnormal activation of monocyte-macrophage is also a key mechanism in the development of their sepsis. Monocyte distribution width (MDW) is a marker of the degree of peripheral blood monocyte activation and has been recommended abroad for the early diagnosis of adult sepsis patients in emergency departments. However, in China, MDW has not been applied to the clinic yet, and the related studies are almost blank. Therefore, it is worthwhile to analyze the monocyte activation status of HIV-infected patients by MDW assay and thus predict the occurrence of sepsis.

1. Evaluation of the efficacy of aspirin in preventing preeclampsia and its serious complications during pregnancy and postpartum. 2. To establish a risk prediction model for severe pregnancy complications in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

This study aims to build a predictive algorithm that identifies mother-newborn dyads most at risk of death or complications in the 6 weeks after birth. The investigators will conduct a multi-site cohort study with 7,000 dyads in Uganda and engage with local stakeholders (e.g., patients, healthcare workers, and health policy-makers) to develop an evidence-based bundle of interventions that address key practice gaps and the critical factors leading to death and complications in these dyads. In the investigator's epidemiological study of post-delivery post-discharge outcomes in 3,236 dyads in Uganda (2017-2020), results indicated that most newborn and maternal readmissions were due to infectious illness (i.e. sepsis, surgical site infections, malaria), and primarily occurred early in the post-discharge period. Thus, the focus of this study will be identifying interventions that target these common and early outcomes, for both mothers and newborns, using WHO recommendations, patient and caregiver experiences, and stakeholder recommendations. If successful, results will inform the next steps of this project, which is the external validation of the model and clinical evaluation of a personalized approach to improving health outcomes and health-seeking behaviour for mothers and newborns.

High-risk pregnancies often require long-term hospitalization or outpatient maternal and/or fetal monitoring, placing a burden on patients, hospital resources and society. The demand for intensified pregnancy surveillance and interventions is increasing, due to the increased prevalence of risk factors like obesity and advanced maternal age, as well as altered guidelines resulting in increasing labor induction rates.The main aims of the HOME study (Home monitoring of pregnancies at risk) are to assess if home monitoring of selected high-risk pregnancies for maternal and fetal wellbeing is feasible, safe (in a clinical trial), cost-efficient, and simultaneously empowers the users.