Search Results Within Category "Breathing, Lung & Sleep Health"

This study is about understanding how subglottic stenosis (narrowing within the airway) affects voice, speech, and breathing sounds. Changes in airflow from airway narrowing can alter how the voice sounds, how speech is timed, and how breaths are taken during speaking. By using advanced, noninvasive sound analysis, we hope to identify patterns that may help detect airway narrowing earlier and track improvement after treatment.

People planning to undergo a bone marrow transplant and are at risk for developing problems with the lungs related to this planned therapy. The types and seriousness of lung problems that may develop after transplant can be very different and currently, we don’t exactly know what risk factors influence who develops them or how they may respond to therapy. Also, we do not know what the best test is to monitor lung function after transplant, especially in children and young adults. The purpose of this study is to help investigators learn more about lung problems after bone marrow transplant including what is the best method for diagnosing lung problems and following how well the lungs are working. In this study, clinical information, laboratory results and imaging findings will be collected from medical records to assist researchers in learning more about lung complications after bone marrow transplant.

Feeding problems are common among preterm infants. Left untreated they can cause problems that impact an infant’s ability to breathe and get the necessary nutrition they need to grow. In this study, we will learn how healthy term infants without feeding impairments feed. The SMART bottle system is made up of a disposable pressure-sensing nipple that monitors suction pressures during a feed, a wireless module that collects the measurements and sends them over Bluetooth to a tablet receiver. This system is compatible with Dr. Brown’s bottle systems. This part of the study will include 50 preterm infants.

To determine if the addition of an ultrasound guided left sided stellate ganglion block with bupivacaine in patients undergoing esophagectomy, pneumonectomy, or lobectomy will result in lower rates of postoperative atrial fibrillation as compared to standard of care.

There is evidence that a short daily resisted breathing exercise, called inspiratory muscle strength training, can lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health. However, the most effective inspiratory muscle strength training protocol has not been established. This study seeks to test different training protocols. Participants will perform inspiratory muscle strength training daily, for 6 weeks. Each day's training will take less than 15 minutes to complete. Cardiovascular function will be measured before and after the 6-week training period.

The purpose of this research study is to test the safety of giving two separate 5-day infusions (starting on Day 1 and again around Day 15) through a vein with a drug called gallium nitrate. Laboratory tests suggest that this drug may be able to fight Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) infections

The goal of this study is to see if using in-home sleep activity monitoring may help understand sleep problems that occur before and after surgical treatment for Cushing Disease.

XTMAB-16 is a new, experimental drug and is part of a group of drugs known as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF α) inhibitors. TNF is a protein in your body that causes inflammation. TNF α inhibitors work by suppressing part of the immune response along with reducing inflammation. We are conducting this research study to see if XTMAB-16 will help in the treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis.

We are recruiting only healthy participants who do not have REM sleep behavior disorder. The information gained from this study will help the investigators understand more about REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), and the possible underlying neurologic disorders that can cause RBD.

This is a study of adults with unexplained chronic cough between 18-80 years old. This study is trying to determine whether a noninvasive vibrotactile stimulation device can help reduce cough symptoms.

The purpose of this project is to ask adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) about their opinions and experiences with working with a primary care provider (PCP). It is also to assess the utilization of primary care providers in a complex medical care patient population whose primary providers have historically had a medical home in the pulmonary subspecialty.