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Focusing on disease-modifying rather than etiologic mechanisms may accelerate the development of novel therapies and complement current research initiatives on causative mechanisms and curative therapies.
Education on guidelines, combined with quality targets within the accreditation procedure improves quality of antibiotic prescribing
Patients with Type 2 diabetes have been shown to have an increased risk for developing cancer, especially obesity related cancers. There is some evidence that within the class of sulfonylureas there is a difference in cancer risk; gliclazide could…
Different prevention strategies are used internationally to prevent Early-onset Group B haemolytic streptococcus infection (EOGBS). However, none of the preventive EOGBS strategies in place at present result in the complete prevention of EOGBS,…
Obesity is a growing world wide problem. In The Netherlands, about 10% of all men and women have a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more. Obesity is a chronic, uncurable metabolic disorder, which is characterised by excessive fatstorage at unfavorable places.…
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether thrombectomy combined with ischemic postconditioning after PCI leads to a smaller myocardial infarction compared to standard therapy.
The purpose of this research is to acquire a better understanding of the pain experience and the recovery of children between 1.5 and 5 years old who underwent a tonsillectomy/adenotonsillectomy. Primary research question: What is the influence of…
The national quality improvement program palliative care will improve quality of palliative care on a national level and the separate trajectories implementing ‘good practices’ will improve quality of palliative care on the regional and…
There is no difference between CT- and MRI-based Patient specific matched instruments for total knee arthroplasty
This research aims to determine factors involved in subfertility and serious pregnancy complications that arise early in pregnancy. Due to increased insight into the pathogenesis of these conditions, primary prevention should ultimately be possible.
Spinal anesthesia induces several alterations in normal brain processes. Firstly, loss of afferent information increases pain sensitivity. In our previous study on the effects of spinal anesthesia (P11.221) we showed that subjects felt more pain…
Faecal transplantation from a healthy donor can restore the dysbiosis present in adolescents with refractory IBS, thereby inducing improvement of the IBS complaints.
To determine if treatment with rhEPO reduces the need for top-up transfusions in neonates with red cell alloimmunization treated (with or without intrauterine transfusions).
A goal directed nutritional support can reduce sarcopenia in surgical esophagus patients.
The TOF Cuff NMT monitor is as reliable as the TOF-Watch SX acceleromyograph for perioperative neuromuscular monitoring.
Application of the SeMaS questionnaire and subsequent personalized self management support will be more effective in enhancing patients’ self management behaviors than care as usual.