Strep Throat Treatments

Summary: Current management of uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia entails prolong intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy with limited evidence to guide oral conversion. This trial aim to evaluate the clinical efficacy and economic impact of early switch to oral antibiotics (within 72 hours from index blood culture collection) versus continuing standard of care IV therapy (for at least another 24 hours po...

Summary: This multicentre, adaptive, pragmatic, double-blind, three-arm, placebo-controlled, randomised, non-inferiority clinical trial will compare the incidence of surgical site infection and other healthcare associated infections, health economic and microbiological impact after intraoperative only (Arm A), to 24 hours (Arm B) and, to 48 hours (Arm C) of IV cefazolin and placebo postoperative surgical a...

Summary: This single-centre, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial evaluates whether preoperative photobiomodulation (PBM) with red and infrared light can reduce early postoperative periorbital edema in patients undergoing primary open rhinoplasty with osteotomies. Sixty participants will be randomly assigned to receive active PBM or sham PBM one hour before surgery. The primary outcome ...