Perioperative Physical Activity (Pedometer)
Prospective Randomized Study of Exercise in Patients Undergoing Urologic Surgery
Inclusion Criteria:
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Adult patients scheduled for operative procedure with an inpatient postoperative stay
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Willing and able to give blood samples, complete a questionnaire, fill out the step log, and return to clinic for 1st post-operative appointment
Exclusion Criteria:
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None
Treatment:
Patients are given a pedometer and asked to record their daily steps in a log. The purpose of this study is to determine if pedometers can aid in increasing patients' physical activity during the perioperative period.
Principal Investigators:
Frailty Study
Frailty as a Predictor of Outcomes in Surgical Patients
Inclusion Criteria:
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Patients already scheduled for major surgery requiring an overnight hospital stay that are willing to do the study’s preoperative assessment tools
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Patients must be able to give informed consent and be 18 years and older
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients diagnosed with severe dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or other functional motor disorders
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Patients diagnosed with a stroke and who have residual motor and/or cognitive deficits
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Patients taking carbidopa/levodopa, donepezil hydrochloride, or antidepressant medications
Principal Investigators:
Kenneth Ogan, MD; Viraj Master, MD, PhD
Co-Investigators & Collaborators:
John Pattaras, MD, and three surgeons from the Department of Surgery: John Sweeney, MD; David Kooby, MD; Shishir Maithel, MD
Ketorolac
Pilot Study of Biomarker Evaluation and Safety of Pre-Incisional Ketorolac for Patients Undergoing Surgical Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Renal Cell Carcinoma
Inclusion Criteria:
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Pathology-proven or suspected stage 1 or 2 NSCL and Stage 3 T3N0 RCC that require surgical resection as the treatment of choice
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ECOG performance status (PS) 0, 1, or 2
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Age ≥ 18 years and ≤80 years
Exclusion Criteria:
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Individuals with pure lung ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesions or mixed GGO with <50% solid component
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Patients undergoing pneumonectomy
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History of cancer in the three years prior to surgery (except for basal-cell carcinoma of the skin or cervical neoplasia)
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Contraindication for NSAIDs (peptic ulcer disease, pre-operative chronic kidney disease with eGFR <60 measured with the MDRD equation used widely, including at Emory>, allergies or intolerance to NSAIDs, coagulation disorder, or age > 80 years)
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Having taken an NSAID within five days prior to surgery
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Immunocompromised status
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Refusal or inability to understand the protocol and consent form or to receive follow-up in line with the recommendations
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Preoperative hemoglobin < 9.0
Principal Investigator:
Co-Investigators & Collaborators:
Onkar Khullar, MD (Department of Surgery); Haydn Kissick, PhD; Manoj Bhasin, PhD, MS (Department of Pediatrics and Department of Biomedical Informatics); Yuan Liu, PhD, MS (Department of Bioinformatics)
CAUTI Microbiome
Urinary Microbiome in Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Inclusion Criteria:
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18 years of age
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Chronic catheter > 12 months
Exclusion Criteria:
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Calculus disease
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Genitourinary anatomic abnormality or prior reconstruction procedure
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Immunosuppressed
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Current or chronic antibiotic treatment