Active clinical trials for "Wounds and Injuries"

Acute lung injury (ALI) is an early complication after allogeneic transplantation causing significant mortality and morbidity. Little is known on early markers and treatment of this complication. Recent data (Hilbert et al.) suggested a beneficial effect of Non-Invasive-Ventilation in ALI-patients immunosuppressed because a many different reasons including stem-cell transplantation. The investigators study is designed to evaluate early markers of ALI after allogeneic transplantation. In case ALI is documented patients are randomized to either conventional therapy (oxygen-support) or conventional therapy plus intermittent Non-Invasive Ventilation. The hypothesis is that Non-Invasive Ventilation improves outcome of ALI after allogeneic transplantation.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new rubber material used to make prosthetic replacements of the face lost to cancer, trauma, or birth defects.

The purpose of this study to evaluate whether (1) targeted smoke alarm education, (2) general fire safety education with a smoke alarm component, (3) basic fire safety education, or (4) an unrelated intervention is most effective way to improve smoke alarm maintenance and function.

Delayed wound healing is considered a health problem with devastating consequences for patients, healthcare systems, and societies. Over the past 20 years, many other groups, as well as ourselves, have evaluated various alternatives to improve wound healing. Despite this, the scientific evidence demonstrating the efficacy of recently developed treatments is often limited. Stratacel® and Stratamed® are two gels approved by Swissmedic and the FDA for use in improving wound healing. To this end, the efficacy of these formulations has been visually tested by a physician or by patients. Using the most advanced medical technologies (confocal microscopy and LCOCT), this study aims to investigate the effect of these formulations on the healing of human skin. For this research, a total of 20 volunteers will be included in this study. Volunteers will have up to 7 follow-up appointments over 21 days. Each appointment will last approximately 30 minutes and will be used to perform external measurements of skin healing. All volunteers will use the same formulations (Stratacel® and Stratamed®) with the only difference between volunteers being the anatomical area of application of the formulation. This will be determined by chance. The active participation of the participant is requested for the application of the formulations on the skin twice a day during the trial.

The loss of the ability to walk and the associated restriction of mobility presents a major challenge to people with spinal cord injury in an everyday environment designed for pedestrians. Exoskeletal technology has the potential to help people with impaired leg function to regain ambulation and thus improve their independence. This technology is not completely new, but due to their high access price (~120k€/unit), high size and weight (~25 kg), and need for trained physiotherapist supervision, commercially available exoskeletons are only found in large hospitals and only in very few cases get into patients' homes. The company ABLE Human Motion S.L. (Barcelona, Spain) has developed a novel exoskeleton to overcome these disadvantages, which is more compact, lighter and easier to use. The primary objective of this study is to determine the feasibility and usability of the ABLE Exoskeleton for persons with SCI to perform skills in home and community environments.

Objective: To compare the effect of dry heat versus moist heat application on episiotomy wound healing and pain among postnatal mothers. Research hypothesis H0: Postnatal mothers who apply dry heat on their episiotomy wound experience the same wound healing and pain as those who apply moist heat. H1: Postnatal mothers who apply dry heat on their episiotomy wound experience faster wound healing and less pain than those who apply moist heat. H2: Postnatal mothers who apply moist heat on their episiotomy wound experience faster wound healing and less pain than those who apply dry heat.

This study will enroll hospitalized adults with acute kidney injury (AKI) and randomize them to usual care versus an electronic alert coupled to a "best practices" order set.

This is a prospective investigation of the effects of Laughter therapy (LT) on perceived stress, self-efficacy, mood and other wellness measures in people with the following neurological conditions: Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain injury, Huntington's Disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, post-stroke, spinal cord injury.

In the search for a novel marker of stroke that could be rapidly assessed in blood, the investigators developed a point-of-care (POC) lateral flow device (LFD) that rapidly (< 15 min) detects levels of a biomarker that is released into blood following neuronal injury associated with stroke and traumatic brain injury. The protein's expression in human brain should serve as a useful biomarker of neuronal injury in stroke and traumatic brain injury.

The purpose of this feasibility study is to determine whether digital games are effective and acceptable in the treatment for patients with traumatic brain injury.