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Early PEG placement in ALS patients with dysphagia is associated with longer survival, better nutritional and functional status, and better quality of life
Neonatal jaundice due to unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs in almost all preterm infants and is potentially neurotoxic. The current treatment modalities (phototherapy and exchange transfusion) are based on total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels,…
Gemcitabine-carboplatin is better tolerable than paclitaxel-carboplatin in elderly patients having advanced NSCLC as assessed with quality of life questionnairs.
1. Mindfulness training can be used to modify the ability to experience positive emotions from everyday life situations assessed with ESM (reward experience); 2. Experimentally induced increases in reward experience in daily life will reduce…
rhDNase targeted to the peripheral airways improves lung function in children with CF and a stable clinical condition.
Patients will receive more continuous, more consistent and better (medical) care during their stay in the hospital when they are treated by nurse practitioners instead of medical interns or PhD students.
We hypothesize that treatment of sickle cell patients with NAC results in reduced red cell PS exposure, reduced endothelial activation, increased NO availability, reduced coagulation activation and reduced inflammation detectable with specific…
CBASP is more effective and cost-effective than usual secondary care.
Does a multidisciplinary treatment program consisting of dietary advice, life style activity and psychological counseling, aimed at preschool overweight children , as well as their parents, influence the Body Mass Index?
Disturbed chloride secretion in constipated children versus controls.
In patients on dialysis therapy, aged 55-80 year, inplanatable cardiac device (ICD) therapy will reduce sudden cardiac (arrythmic) death.
Removal of one cell from a preimplantation embryo in view of preimplantation genetic diagnosis is less detrimental than two cell removal and will lead to a higher number of ongoing pregnancies and births.
It is hypothesized that long-term electronic communication through the web and e-mails (the Health Portal) provides efficient means to increase exposure to advice on healthy behavior and to facilitate adherence and sustainability.
Is Kiovig as effective as Gammagard in the treatment of CIDP symptoms
The research tests two core propositions of music therapy research in forensic psychiatry: 1. There are some behavioral changes (on coping, social skills, and impuls regulation) of forensic psychiatric patients due to the music therapy treatment.…
Current clinical practice varies widely, especially for infants with 'moderate' hypoglycemia, due to lack of methodological sound studies. This leads to both over- and under-treatment of hypoglycemic infants. This study-protocol is…
For the treatment of urinary retention after prolapse surgery intermittent bladder catheterisation leads to a shorter total duration of catheterisation than a transurethral catheter.
Implementation of innovations in mental health care needs multifaceted strategies in order to improve care with better outcomes for patients. The hypothesis in this study is: teams of health care professionals participating in a Breakthrough…
First randomization: The hypothesis to be tested is that the outcome in arm B (early intensification of rituximab combined with 2 weekly CHOP) is better than in arm A (no intensification of rituximab). Second randomization: The hypothesis to be…
Patients receiving systematic monitoring and multidisciplinary protocolized patient-tailored treatment of physical symptoms (PPT) are expected to show greater improvement on general fatigue compared to patients receiving care as usual (CAU).