Active clinical trials for "Wounds and Injuries"

This study is designed to investigate the efficacy and safety of rivastigmine compared with placebo in patients with traumatic brain injury and cognitive impairment.

Brain damage as a result of decreased oxygen to the brain is found in 80% of patients that die with severe head injuries. Laboratory studies in animals and clinical trials have shown that increasing oxygen in the brain results in better brain oxygen consumption, less cell death, and better functional outcome. This study will test the hypothesis that Oxycyte is an effective way to increase brain oxygen levels in severe head injury.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pain-relieving effects of venlafaxine hydrochloride (Effexor) in chronic neuropathic (burning, shock-like, electric) pain after spinal cord injury (SCI). Although a number of medications have been used to treat SCI pain, no drug has been consistently helpful, and, therefore, many people with SCI continue to have difficult chronic pain. Venlafaxine is a new anti-depressant drug that has not been tested for use in SCI neuropathic pain, but has been helpful for other types of neuropathic pain.

The purpose of this study is to study the effects of EARLY (no more than 24 four hours from injury) administration of extra amounts of oxygen on traumatic brain injury.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of inhaled nitric oxide on both short-term physiology as well as on the development of ischemia-reperfusion lung injury (IRLI) in the immediate post transplant period. The specific hypothesis is that inhaled NO post lung transplantation will improve gas exchange/hemodynamic and thus reduce the development of post transplant IRLI.

This is an exploratory observational study. Broadcasted video footage is used to review all head impacts during all 64 matches in the football tournament. All head impacts are registered, and simple descriptive statistics are used to create overviews of the head impact characteristics, including video signs of potential concussion, observed contact, location of the head impact, presence and timing of medical assessment, whether there was foul play and sanction, and if the player was substituted.

In the study that was conducted from 05.01.2009 - 31.12.2012. 120 patients were examined. By drawing random numbers, the patients were randomized into 3 groups for postoperative analgesia: Diclofenac 2 mg/kg/day - control, Wound infiltration via wound catheter with catheter tip placed in the axilla, 3*0.5 mg/kg 0.5% levobupivacaine bolus dose. 0.05 mg/kg/h 0.5% levobupivacaine continuously via wound infiltration catheter with catheter tip placed in the axilla. The drug was delivered using a PCA pump for 24 hours. The aim was to compare early postoperative outcomes - pain control on a visual analog scale of 1-10, hand grip strength, and quality of life after surgery and after 1 year. Long-term survival was examined subsequently, from the hospital register.

To compare the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a Dapagliflozin treated group versus a group managed with the usual standard of care.

This study is a one-arm pilot study. All patients were recruited on an outpatient basis. After screening visits and informed consent was obtained, debridement and photography were performed on the patient's wound surface, and the wound area was measured. Patients in the intervention group were then provided with adipose tissue exosome dressings.200-300ml of the subject adipose tissue before centrifugation was collected, and the extracellular vesicles were retained after tissue homogenate and filter screening. The extracellular vesicles were mixed with sterile hydrogel and applied directly to the wound surface, and the wound was covered with an inert protective dressing.

Drug-induced acute kidney injury (D-AKI) can occur after treatment with aminoglycosides. Predicting the risk of D-AKI is important for a tailored prevention and palliation strategy. There are currently no studies to construct a model for predicting the risk of D-AKI associated with aminoglycosides. Therefore, the study aimed to develop a model to predict the risk of D-AKI that could be used in clinical practice. Clinical data of inpatients treated with aminoglycosides at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University from January 2018 to December 2020, were collected. The primary endpoint was D-AKI, defined according to the 2012 Global Outcomes for Kidney Disease Improvement (KDIGO). Patient clinical information, including demographic information, admission and discharge information, disease history, medication information, and laboratory tests, was obtained through an in-hospital electronic medical record system. Independent risk factors associated with D-AKI will be screened by univariate and multifactorial analyses. Covariates with significant differences (P < 0.05) were included in logistic regression models. The models were evaluated by the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) obtained by ten-fold cross-validation. Future studies are needed to test the application of this model in clinical practice to determine whether D-AKI in this setting can be predicted and mitigated.