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Salmeterol has an inhibitory effect on both allergen and allergen/LPS induced inflammation in asthmatics while on maintenance treatment with low dose corticosteroids.
This international, multi-centre, double blinded, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial will be performed: To assess the effectiveness of one year of alternate days Levamisole treatment in a dose of 2.5 mg/kg in the prevention of relapses…
COMT and/or PRODH polymorphisms are debt to cognitive deterioration in velocardiofacial syndrome.
The primary research questions are: 1. To what extent does a 4 week ReHab-TOAT regime lead to improvement of arm function in chronic stroke patients with either a severely or moderately affected arm-hand? 2. To what extent is any improvement of arm…
The aim of this study is to identify barriers and facilitators for successful implementation of the care pathway, to ultimately inform national scale-up of the pathway.
We aim to compare the anesthetic strategies used in the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, and determine the incidence of complications (in particular, aspiration) with relation to the type of induction method used.
It is expected to see a shift with respect to the prevalence of HMPV infection compared to previous cohorts.
We expect that clinical judgement of medical personnel is better in predicting the development of critical illness compared to the Modified Early Warning Score
Monitoring quality and yield and giving feedback on performance will increase the quality and yield.
To investigate the difference in effectiveness of methylphenidate (MPH) in the treatment of adult ADHD patients with and without comorbid cocaine dependence.
Pain (physical discomfort) and challenging behavior are highly prevalent in nursing home residents with dementia. It has been shown that pain is undertreated in this group, and that psychosocial interventions for behavioral problems are, allthough…
Patient gathered health data will be collected to optimize a personalized diabetesgame, which we hypothese will improve self management
In the Netherlands over 10.000 patients are diagnosed with head and neck cancer or lung cancer every year of whom 25-50% have comorbid anxiety or depression. Is a stepped care strategy applied in an oncological setting more (cost-)effective to…
To investigate the trajectories of cognitive and adaptive functioning in adults with epilepsy and ID. In doing so we are looking for clinical determinants of cognitive and adaptive decline. Furthermore, the association between decline and serum…
We hypothesize that preoperative initiation (7 days before surgery) and perioperative continuation (until day 2 after surgery) of empagliflozin 10 mg daily (10 days total) will reduce the postoperative concentration of NGAL in plasma on…
Periodontal maintenance patients with less stress, less sleep disturbances and a diet with various fruits, vegetables and healthy fats will show better treatment results than patients with a less healthy lifestyle.
The primary goal of this research project is to evaluate the implementation of VR to PCIT. We expect to find that PCIT-VR will ameliorate positive parenting skills, leading to faster skill mastery. We believe that if the positive parenting skills…
The objective of the study is to assess the impact of a proactive policy of offering EA at the start of labour before maternal request in women with a child in occiput presentation allowed to try a vaginal delivery, on maternal pain reduction,…
1. DCS enhances the speed and size of effect of exposure therapy in panic disorder and OCD; 2. This DCS enhancement is independent of the nature of the anxiety provoking situations (OCD-related versus panic-related); 3. There is no difference in…
This study aims to answer two research questions: 1. Does web-based monthly monitoring using the Asthma Control Test (ACT) improve asthma control? Is this strategy cost-effective? 2. Does asthma management guided by the fraction of nitric oxide in…