Clinical Research Directory

Grasshopper: a Novel Clinical Dashboard for Radiologists

Does a radiology clinical dashboard increase radiologist use of specific reporting language for chest X-rays (CXRs) and thereby decrease rates of unnecessary Emergency Department (ED) prescriptions and follow-up imaging?

Use of Simplified Lung Ultrasound Score for Predicting ICU Outcomes in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure

This study aims to Primary Aims: Verify the predictability of the PLIS at admission in predicting major clinical outcomes including: * ICU mortality (or discharge) and time to death (or discharge) * Escalation of ventilatory support antibiotic therapy or supportive medications (inotropes, steroids, sedation, neuromuscular blockers). Secondary Aims: * Determine the correlation between initial PLIS and the degree of disease severity (as evaluated per SOFA and APACHE II scores) * Determine the correlation between initial PLIS and partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) to Fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2): PaO2/FiO2 * Explore the potential association between the type of ventilatory support, ventilatory settings and PLIS at different time points. * Verify whether the site of consolidation (anterior vs. posterior lung zones) can reliably predict mortality in in ALI patients. * Determine the correlation between the PLIS score and the degree of ALI as quantified by CT of the chest (whenever a CT study is available) at the time of admission.

Recurrent Pneumonia in Children

This study aimed to analyses the clinical characteristics, risk factors and underlying causes as predictors of recurrent pneumonia in children attending AUCH