Active clinical trials for "Toxemia"

The purpose of the study is to evaluate if ART-123 given to patients who have severe sepsis can decrease mortality.

Hypertensive crisis (defined as a systolic pressure > 160mmHg or a diastolic pressure > 110mmHg) in patients with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is a serious complication with severe and even deadly consequences. The management in this population had been studied, but no consensus has been reached with regards to which treatment is better. Our study will compare two drugs: Hydralazine and Labetalol for the management of hypertensive crisis.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of a 3-hour protocol utilizing non-invasive hemodynamic optimization treatment strategy results in better outcome and lower hospital costs in patients who present with severe bloodstream infections to the Emergency Department (ED).

Sepsis is a common inflammatory response to infection characterized by hypovolemia and vasodilation for which early administration of intravenous fluids has been suggested to improve outcomes. The ideal fluid balance following initial resuscitation is unclear. Septic patients treated in the intensive care unit commonly receive significant volumes of intravenous fluids with resultant positive fluid balance for up to a week after their initial resuscitation. Observational studies have associated fluid receipt and positive fluid balance in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock with increased mortality but are inherently limited by indication bias. In order to determine the optimal approach to fluid management following resuscitation in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, a randomized controlled trial is needed. The primary hypothesis of this study is that, compared to usual care, a conservative approach to fluid management after resuscitation in patients with sepsis and cardiopulmonary dysfunction will increase intensive care unit free days.

This study will directly compare meropenem with standard first line antibiotic therapies in subjects entering an ICU with secondary nosocomial sepsis, or who contract sepsis while resident in an ICU.

This proposal has three aims to characterize the relationship between aspirin therapy, platelet function response, and prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) through a prospective, cohort study using pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics and bioinformatics. The results of this proposal will provide necessary data for prospective study on individualized aspirin dose adjustment for prevention of HDP.

Investigators propose to investigate the use of IV vitamins B1 and C in a randomized, double-blinded, prospective trial to determine if these medications decrease mortality rates in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.

Despite evidence of the physiologic benefits and possible lower mortality associated with low chloride solutions, normal saline remains the most wildly used fluid in the world. Given uncertainty about the impact of lower chloride versus higher chloride solutions on mortality, it is unlikely that clinical practice will change without new and direct RCT evidence. Editorials published in leading critical care journals have called for RCT's to address this important clinical question. The proposed feasibility RCT will investigate the feasibility of a large-scale trial directly comparing low chloride versus normal chloride for resuscitation in septic shock on patient-important outcomes such as mortality and AKI.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the real-time performance of a new host response test (SeptiCyte RAPID) for differentiating sepsis from non-infection/systemic inflammatory response syndrome among patients suspected of sepsis within the first 24 hours of intensive care unit (ICU) admission.

Conduct a randomized, controlled trial looking at how the use of ultrasound analyzing the inferior vena cava impacts the management and outcomes of pediatric emergency department patients undergoing evaluation and treatment of sepsis and gastroenteritis associated dehydration.