Active clinical trials for "Wounds and Injuries"

Rink Hockey is a sport played on a 40*20 metres rink characterized by combined periods of high intensity and short breaks, there´s a lack of epidemiological studies in this field. In line with the well-established model of sports injury prevention research proffered by van Mechelen, the first stage in this process is establishing the extent of the problem i.e. injury incidence, severity and burden.

This study aims to discover, verify and evaluate the potential biomarkers with regard to the diagnosis, prognostic and/or prediction of diabetic chronic wounds.

Ocular trauma is one of the main causes of severe ocular morbidity. It represents a serious public health problem and leading cause of visual impairment. It is an important and preventable cause of visual impairment in both developing and developed countries.

Concussions (also known as mild traumatic brain injury) are common in young children. In some children, they can lead to short- and long-term difficulties. However, our knowledge of the exact consequences of injuries on young children's brains and behavior is limited. These consequences may be different in children under 6, as their brains are fragile and undergoing significant developmental changes. The aim of this study is to determine the extent to which a concussion sustained before the age of 6 years is associated with changes in young children's brain structure, function and behaviours, using a brain imaging. In this study, the results of a group of 30 children with a concussion will be compared to those of 30 children of the same age with an orthopaedic injury to the upper or lower limbs.

Article Summary Tracheal tube-related tongue injury is a common clinical complication that would lead to serious events such as dysphagia, respiratory dysfuncion and macroglossia. There is a lack of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment of tracheal tube-related tongue injury. This is a protocol of a single-center, prospective, paralled-group clinical trial based on the measurement of dynamic changes in pressure between the tracheal tube and the tongue in different position during the surgery. The primary endpoint is tracheal tube-related tongue injury, secondary outcomes include the time to first successful recovery of oral intake of fluids and solid food and airway-related events. This trial aims to find the best indicators for tracheal tracheal tube-related tongue injury and to provide solid basis for optimizing airway protection strategies and surgical positioning.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate improvement in balance after receiving physical therapy when augmented by CN-NINM than when augmented by a placebo (sham CN-NINM).

In this study, an FDA-cleared device and type of treatment called "AMES," which stands for Assisted Movement with Enhanced Sensation, will be used to determine whether sensation in the upper limb of individuals with incomplete spinal cord injuries, acquired brain injury, or stroke improves along with movement through treatment. We hypothesize that measureable improvement in the sensation of the upper limb will precede improvement in functional movement.

Trauma is the leading cause of death in young people. Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) encompasses several aspects of traumatic bleeding. Monitoring of coagulopathy comprises use of Point-of-Care (POC) methods, such as thromboelastography (TEG) or Thromboelastometry (ROTEM) and conventional laboratory assays (platelet count, fibrinogen level, and PT or INR). POC tests are thought to have a better performance on mortality and bleeding control than conventional tests. The aim of this study is to compare POC and conventional assays with plasma consumption as a primary outcome and 28 days mortality as a secondary one.

Patients with Stage 3B, 4,or 5 Chronic Kidney Disease who are to undergo an angiography procedure with contrast agent will be asked if they are willing to join the trial. If so they will be screened and randomized to receive either sodium bicarbonate or saline before, during and after the contrast media is given. They will be asked for serum samples 1 to 3 days, 7, 30, 90 and 180 days after the procedure to evaluate whether the sodium bicarbonate has reduced the incidence of contrast induced chronic kidney disease by measuring their serum creatinine, as well as whether they have required renal dialysis or other renal replacement therapy.

We hypothesize that probiotic Lactobacillus can augment antibiotic treatment of symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) in spinal cord injured patients, and also increase the time to the next episode of UTI.