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Addition of alternative tests (TEG/ROTEM® and/or TGA) which reflect the whole hemostatic status of a patient might help recognizing the level of thrombin formation and fibrinolysis and improve care in ECMO patients and potentially reduce the risk of…
1. The recognition of malnourished inpatients will improve by using the SNAQ malnutrition screening tool at admission; 2. Early recognition and treatment of malnutrition is effective and cost effective.
Opening wedge HTO treated with DBM will better match one year post-operative mechanical axis alignement with pre-operative planned correction then opening wedeg HTO filled with autogenous iliac crest bone.
We believe that a routine graft biopsy at 6 and 12 months together with graft function represents the best surrogate marker for late graft loss.
We hypothesize that anxiety symptoms worsen after follow-up imaging compared to patients baseline anxiety levels.
1. Using a wobble cushion and tangle will lead to improved performance on a math test, reading comprehension test and on a sustained attention test for children with more problems with sensory information processing (both low and high threshold) in…
Adolescence represents a crucial stage in the maturation of executive functioning (e.g. working memory and inhibition) and mental health (i.e. behavioral and emotional functioning, and self-concept), which both are important predictors of academic…
Salt restriction is an effective strategy to attenuate or prevent VEGF inhibitor-induced toxicity, primarily the rise in blood pressure.
Targeted Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) can distinguish benign pancreatic diseases, such as pancreatitis, from pancreatic malignancies during the diagnostic proces of patients with an uncertain diagnosis and treatment plan.
Evaluation of efficacy and safety of two different formulas of alfa-Galactosidase A, agalsidase beta (FabrazymeTM) and agalsidase alpha (ReplagalTM) in an equal dose of 0,2 mg/kg in order to detect any differences between these two drugs.
Botulinum toxin A declines the severity of tardive dyskinisias.
A self-management program including self-treatment of exacerbations, leads to a reduction in the severity and duration of exacerbation compared to a similar self-management program without these self-treatment guidelines in hospital out-patients…
1. Straatwijzer 2.0 leads to improvements in the knowledge of youths with mild intellectual disabilities (MID) and their parents about the characteristics of their MID, and about the frequently occurring psychiatric disorders ADHD, autism, conduct…
1. Regular physical follow-up can partly be replaced by nurse-led telephone follow-up, with at least similar quality of life (QoL), in breast cancer patients treated with curative intent. ( change in QoL < 5 points) 2. An informative/…
Preoperative physiotherapy decreased the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after open heart surgery on patients with an increased risk of developing PPCs.
To what extent will the introduction of the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) point of care test and enhanced communication skills for managing lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in general practice, either separately or combined, lead to 1. an…
We expect brain activity and brain reactivity to change as satiation progresses. ROI are : Brainstem (dorsal vagal complex (DVC), nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), parabrachial nucleus (PBN)), Hypothalamus, Insula, overlying operculum, secondary:…
An intervention with a fortified drink containing iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, vitamin B-12 and B-6 and/or omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids over one year can improve cognitive performance in Australian well-nourished children and…
Can imaging surveillance frequency be safely reduced in a select group of EVAR patients, i.e. patients with an asymptomatic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) that underwent EVAR without abnormalities on the initial postoperative CTA.
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (e.g. apathy, depression, anxiety, agitation) are very common in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and are negatively related to various clinical outcomes. However, despite growing…