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The hypothesis states that the time tom complete an emergency airway with Cricath device is significant faster than with Quicktrach device, which will be studied on porcine cadaver models. In the second outcome, the hypothesis states that there is…
Succesful discontinuation of antipsychotics used for behavioural symptoms in people with intellectual disability is determined by staff-related factors and by neurological withdrawal symptoms.
To investigate in an unselected memory clinic sample, the clinical value of 18F]FBB PET in terms of 1. change in diagnosis; 2. change in level of confidence of diagnosis; 3. impact on patient healthcare management.
Current standard treatments for symptomatic benign thyroid nodules (SBTN) are surgery or radioactive iodine. However, these interventions pose a risk to an otherwise healthy person. Therefore, minimally invasive alternatives have been explored.…
One of the priorities for improving the quality of care is to make care more patient centred. Current acute medical practice focuses strongly on the medical diagnosis and treatment of the medical condition. Many of the conversations in these…
Childhood obesity is a serious epidemic in western societies. Parents are considered as a key influence in children’s weight-related behaviors. It is thus not surprising that recent interventions to prevent childhood obesity have increasingly…
To use the GSV for bypass surgery it is of the utmost importance to subtract the vein with as limited damage as possible. To harvest the GSV three techniques are generally used, namely; Standard reversed technique using additional incisions in the…
Structured cultural sensitive pre-Ramadan education helps people with diabetes who choose to participate in Ramadan fasting to experience a safer Ramadan period. Pre-Ramadan education reduces the risk of acute complications such as hypoglycemia. The…
The ingestion of free amino acids will result in higher plasma amino acid concentrations, resulting in enhanced muscle protein synthesis rates when compared with the ingestion of milk.
Several studies have looked into hyperkalemia as adverse drug reaction of co-trimoxazole. Many of these previous studies have shown that co-trimoxazole induced hyperkalemia is a potentially dangerous adverse drug reaction, especially in high-risk…
The objective is to investigate whether application of a stepwise work-up strategy in primary care patients with uncontrolled hypertension results in better blood pressure control in a cost-effective manner.
The null-hypothesis predicts that Inlife is not feasible. The alternative hypothesis predicts that the Inlife intervention is evaluated as being feasible. We expect the alternative hypothesis to be true. Inlife will be feasible and minor revisions…
1) The knowledge of the legal aspects of health care and medical negligence/errors among medical residents is larger in the intervention group than for the control group 2) The flipped classroom model is effective as a teaching method in post…
Compared to placebo treatment with low dose amitriptyline or mirtazapine during 16 weeks will improve subjective insomnia in insomnia disorder patients in general practice.
The hypotheses of this study are that parents at increased risk of parenting problems who receive the intervention Solid Parenting (“Stevig Ouderschap”) during the first 18 months after childbirth, will enhance their social support network and…
The aerobic pre-conditioning will increase muscle perfusion and thereby improve muscle hypertrophy during the subsequent resistance training program.
Public Health Service of Amsterdam (PHSA) can inform HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk for HIV infection about and provide them with daily or intermittent pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to be taken as part of a…
Consuming most calories at breakfast compared to at dinner leads to more suppression of appetite and craving and enhances insulin sensitivity.
Primary objective 1) To assess and compare overall QOL during each subsequent line and type of therapy. Secondary objectives: 2) To assess and compare therapy satisfaction / decision regret during each subsequent line and type of therapy. 3) To…