Found 1748 clinical trials
Effects of High Flow Nasal Cannula on Sputum Clearance in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Acute exacerbation of COPD usually presents with more sputum production leading to worsening airflow obstruction. Often patients complain of sensation of sputum (phlegm) stuck in throat, which leads to worsening cough and respiratory distress.
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Evaluating Efficacy of Smart Device in Assisting With Inhaler Technique and Adherence
Asthma control can be followed by symptoms, rescue medication usage and measures of airflow obstruction. Current options to monitor control include an asthma diary (relies on consistent use by the patient), pharmacy records of medication dispensing (dispensing does not equal usage), and peak expiratory flow (PEF) meters (significant variability in …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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CPAP on Acute Stroke and OSA
Stroke affects 16.9 million individuals each year and is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Despite advances in pharmacologic therapy, morbidity , mortality and rates of hospitalization for stroke remain high. These data emphasize the importance of identifying all treatable conditions that could aggravate stroke. One such condition is …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Selfcare MAnagement InteRvenTion in COPD (SMART COPD)
To evaluate whether a digital support and communication platform for COPD patients after 6 months provides: Decreased breathlessness on the basis of modified medical research council dyspnea scale [mMRC] Improved health status and symptom relief based on COPD assessment scale [CAT] Improved quality of life based on EQ-5D Reduction in …
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- 05 Aug, 2020
Quality-of-Life Management for COPD Patients
The investigators aim to investigate the effects of a telemonitoring and chatbot-based application of "Living well with COPD" (CAir) on health-related quality-of-life in patients with COPD.
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- 05 Aug, 2020
Effect of Nutritional Supplementation and Pulmonary Rehabilitation on the Clinical Status of HF and COPD
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in the world and our country. The prevalence of Heart Failure (HF) is 1-2% in the adult population in developed countries, up to 10% among people 70 years of age. Concerning COPD, it is estimated that by 2030 will be the …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Catheter-directed Thrombectomy in High and Intermediate-high Risk Pulmonary Embolism
A significant percentage of intermediate-high risk patients with pulmonary embolism may experience rapid hemodynamic deterioration and then the prognosis in this group is significantly worse. Catheter-directed techniques are aimed to quickly relive obstruction and restore pulmonary blood flow, thus increasing cardiac output and immediately restoring hemodynamic stability. The scope of …
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- 05 Aug, 2020
Scandinavian Diverticulitis Trial SCANDIV-II
This study focuses on the treatment for complicated diverticulitis classified as Hinchey I-IV. The aim of this prospective observational study is to evaluate type of treatment and the success rate of treatment in acute complicated diverticulitis (ACD) at participating hospitals in Sweden and Norway. Furthermore, the effects on quality of …
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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Creating and Assessing a Voice Dataset for Automated Classification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This work aims to evaluate whether voice recordings collected from patients diagnosed with COPD and healthy control groups can be used to detect the disease using machine learning techniques.
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- 12 Jun, 2023
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Advance Directives
The aim of this study is to evaluate if the participation of COPD patients to a workshop on advance directives increases the number of patients who write them.
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- 16 Feb, 2024
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