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Otosclerosis is an isolated ear disorder which can cause hearing and balance impairment. The cause of these symptoms is a disturbed bone metabolism confined to the area of the otic pit, the embryologic predecessor of the inner ear. Most patients…
radiological factors for DRUJ instability may account for DRUJ instability in patients after a consolidated distal radius fracture with negative influence on outcome
A positive effect of a Growing Up Milk with added prebiotics or prebiotics and LCPUFA on the intestinal microbiota of toddlers.
In patients with WAD the strength of the relationship between self reported disability and work capacity is weak to moderate (correlation coefficient between r=0.25 and r=0.75). Work capacity and performance can be predicted with the help of…
One of the challenges in paediatric anaesthesia is to minimize distress for children in the operating room environment and to facilitate a smooth induction of anaesthesia. Pre-anaesthetic medication reduces the risk of adverse psychological and…
The objective of the study is to identify all subjective and objective outcome measurements which have been used in TMC-OA trials and classify them according to the OMERACT core set and the ICF categories.
Modern dressings containing silver are more effective than topical antibiotic treatment for healing of PEG-site infections.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is projected to rank second on a list of 15 major diseases in terms of burden and is highly recurrent in nature. Accordingly, efforts to reduce the disabling effects of this chronic condition should shift to…
In this study we will investigate the progression of IF/TA in protocol biopsies in a cohort of renal transplants, with a steroid sparing TAC-based immunosuppressive regimen in combination with either sirolimus (SRL) or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF),…
Chronic chilblains is a common disease causing major restrictions in daily life, nevertheless little is known about treatment. In a literature search, we found thin evidence of three interventions: fluocinolone cream, nifedipine and vitamin D3.…
1. Intensive Outpatient Mentalisation-Based Treatment (IOP-MBT) and Day Hospital Mentalisation-Based Treatment (DH-MBT) will both result in clinical improvement for patients with severe Personality Disorders (PDs); 2. Matching-hypothesis: the…
Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive method allowing monitoring of the oxygen saturation of a patient. For many years now, it has been used in secondary care with great success. Recently, it is noticed that pulse oximetry is used more often in the…
A model based on the combination of clinical prognostic factors and features extracted from tumor contours from CTPET has a high accuracy to predict pathologic complete response after chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer.
Public health authorities have recognized lack of hand hygiene (HH) as one of the important causes of preventable mortality and morbidity at population level. Both at national (UK, USA, Dutch VMS) and international levels (WHO) poor HH has been…
1. The treatment group will increase their Theory of Mind skills in comparison to the waitlist control group; 2. The conceptual skills will improve at a higher rate than the practical skills.
Training medical specialists in consultation skills focused on MUPS patients improves the specialistic care for these patients in terms of illness worries, course of symptoms and daily functioning and reduces the medical costs for this patient group…
The objective of the study is to identify factors associated with anterior knee pain after primary total knee replacement.
Peri-operative interventions improve fragile patients functional health status, reduce complications and length of stay in hospital after elective surgery.
A positive effect of the investigational product on the intestinal microbiota of healthy Asian toddlers is expected.
1. Cooling to 34, 34.5 or 35°C by means of a surface cooling device, started within 4.5 hours after the onset of acute ischaemic stroke and maintained for 24 hours in awake patients on a stroke unit is safe; 2. In awake patients with ischaemic…