Clinical trials: Cardiorespiratory Failure
Sepsis, Septic Shock
Central Venous Catheter Colonisation Among Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units
Background: Central Venous catheter insertion technique and indwelling time are major risk factors for CVC colonisation. Colonisation occurs through microbial migration and biofilm formation along the catheter insertion tract.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Septic Shock, Post-cardiac Surgery, Post-Cardiorespiratory Arrest Coma
- Trial name
- NCT03270774
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Postoperative Cardiorespiratory Failure
Hypertonic Saline-hetastarch in Cardiac Surgery
Cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) is associated with increased fluid extravasation and edema formation. A continuous infusion of a mixture of hypertonic saline/hydroxyethyl starch (HSH)during CPB reduced fluid extravasation and total…
- Trial name
- HH (NCT00469716)
- Testing
- Hypertonic saline (7.2%) hetastarch (6 %)(200/0.5)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital