Clinical trials: Surgery, Intensive Care
Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery
Predictive Value of the FORE-SIGHT™ Monitor for Hemodynamic Deterioration
The postoperative period after congenital heart surgery in children can be a very critical episode, where it is of utmost importance to closely monitor the circulation in these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01706497
- Testing
- Cerebral tissue oxygen saturation monitoring, blinded
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Heart Defects, Congenital, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs. NIV After Extubation in Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs. NIV After Extubation in Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
- Conditions
- Heart Defects, Congenital, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Respiration, Artificial, Extubation
- Trial name
- NCT07059689
- Testing
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Quality of Life
End-of-Life Decisions in Surgical Intensive Care Medicine - The Relevance of Treatment Withholding
The purpose of this retrospective observational study is to describe the sequence of ICU-therapies that are limited and to compare characteristics and the decision making process in surgical ICU-patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02521428
- Testing
- retrospective analysis
- Volunteers
- 226 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Patient Safety, Organizational Change
Generalizing TESTPILOT to New Single Family Room NICUs
Complex service interventions are neither smooth nor easy in any transitioning healthcare facility. Simulations performed in the new environment reinforce patient safety by uncovering safety threats, enabling their correction…
- Trial name
- TESTPILOT (NCT02574104)
- Testing
- Simulate a functional NICU prior to moving patients
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Head Trauma, Polytrauma
Comparative Study for the Validity of Various Severity Scoring System
Scoring systems for use in intensive care unit (ICU) patients have been introduced and developed over the last 30 years. They allow an assessment of the severity of disease and provide an estimate of in-hospital mortality
- Conditions
- Head Trauma, Polytrauma, Pre-Eclampsia, Sepsis
- Trial name
- NCT04683094
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Aswan University Hospital
Acute Kidney Injury, Congenital Heart Disease
Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery on CPB
The purpose of this retrospective study is to determine the incidence and severity of acute kidney injuries (AKI) after heart surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Lausanne…
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury, Congenital Heart Disease, Surgery, CBP
- Trial name
- NCT03513718
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Critical Illness, Hyperglycemia
Tight Glycemic Control in Critical Care Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of tight control of serum glucose levels with an intensive insulin treatment in patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit with medical and surgical patients.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Hyperglycemia, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00096421
- Testing
- Tight control of blood glucose levels, Conventional control of glucose levels
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 504 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
Neonatal Surgery, Surgery--Complications
Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit: Hacettepe Experience
Background: Surgical treatment in the neonatal period mostly consists of congenital anomalies. Due to the different characteristics of newborns, the practice of monitoring this group of patients by neonatal specialists in…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Surgery, Surgery--Complications, Newborn Morbidity
- Trial name
- NSICUHE (NCT04734002)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 5,442 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Delirium
The Delirium-CS Canada Study
Delirium is a prevalent complication following cardiac surgery that is under-recognized using current methods of delirium detection and that may be better identified through a systematic and standardized perioperative screening…
- Trial name
- DELIRIUM-CS (NCT02206880)
- Where
- 12 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 235 people
- Sponsor
- St. Boniface Hospital
Surgery, Intensive Care
CARESCAPE Monitoring Systems ME Study
Improving the reliability and accuracy of the current parameter measurement technologies is always based on measurement data to develop a newer generation.
- Trial name
- NCT07024459
- Testing
- Monitoring
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Workflow, Communication
i-Dashboard for Multi-disciplinary Rounds in SICU
Background: Information overload is a common problem in intensive care units. A display tool that facilitates retrieval of crucial clinical information from electronic medical records has excellent potential to attenuate…
- Conditions
- Workflow, Communication, Quality of Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT04845698
- Testing
- i-Dashboard
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Abdominal Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Parent/Nurse Controlled Analgesia in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The aim of this study is to examine the safety and effectiveness of 2 morphine delivery systems for post-surgical neonates. The investigators hypothesize that this study will be feasible to conduct, and that neonates receiving…
- Trial name
- PNCA (NCT01823497)
- Testing
- Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Reconstructive Surgery, Head and Neck Microvascular Free Flap
Postoperative Management of Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Microvascular Free Flap Reconstructive Surgery: is Admission to an Intensive Care Unit Necessary?
The aim of our study is to assess if patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstructive surgery admitted to the ICU have equivalent postoperative outcomes to those admitted to an Otolaryngology specialty ward
- Trial name
- NCT07295548
- Testing
- free flap surgery
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Delayed Extubation, Postoperative Intensive Care
Factors Associated With Late Extubation in Postoperative Patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Timely removal of a breathing tube after surgery is an important part of recovery for patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Conditions
- Delayed Extubation, Postoperative Intensive Care, Mechanical Ventilation Weaning
- Trial name
- NCT07658456
- Testing
- No Intervention - Retrospective Observational Study
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
Heart Defects, Congenital
NIRS Guidance Trail in Children's Heart Surgery
Heart surgery in young children involves some risks. This study looks at a new type of monitor that may reduce these risks. Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) aims to measure if enough blood reaches vital organs in the…
- Trial name
- NIRS (NCT02157597)
- Testing
- NIRS based management, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Peritonitis
Post Surgically Treated Peritonitis Complications
The purpose of this observational study is to investigate the management and the complications associated wtih surgically treated peritonitis.
- Trial name
- NCT03284476
- Testing
- Collection of medical data from ICU patients
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Lung Injury, Acute, Thoracotomy
Prevention of Lung Edema After Thoracic Surgery
Background : Acute lung injury (ALI) occasionally occurs after pulmonary resection and carries a bad prognosis with a high mortality rate ranging from 20 to 100%. Objectives : 1.
- Conditions
- Lung Injury, Acute, Thoracotomy, Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Surgical
- Trial name
- NCT00498251
- Testing
- inhalation of salbutamol (5 mg), ipratropium
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Oral Feeding Outcomes, Neurodevelopment Outcome
Impact of Hospital to Home: Optimizing Preterm Infant Environment for Surgical Neonates and Their Parents (H-HOPE)
Infants born with congenital defects may require major surgery in the neonatal period. These infants are at risk for neurodevelopmental impairments.
- Trial name
- H-HOPE (NCT07372898)
- Testing
- H-HOPE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Acute Hypokalemia
Comparison of Enteral Versus Intravenous Potassium Supplementation
Null hypothesis: There is no difference in the efficacy of IVPR and EPR during an episode of hypokalemia. Alternate Hypothesis: There is a mean difference of 15% in Serum Potassium levels between the two groups.
- Trial name
- EIPS (NCT02015962)
- Testing
- Intravenous potassium chloride, Oral potassium chloride
- Where
- 3 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Pain, Postoperative, Pain
Intravenous Acetaminophen For Postoperative Pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to determine the effect of the addition of IV acetaminophen to opioid-based pain regimes for infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after surgery.
- Trial name
- IVA POP NICU (NCT05678244)
- Testing
- Acetaminophen
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster Children's Hospital