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The proposed study seeks to investigate the effectiveness of a booklet self-help program in the treatment of depressive symptoms among people living with HIV. We will compare the booklet self-help program with an attention only control condition. In…
The application of Purastat on the woundsurface will be feasible and safe.
We hypothesize that the occurrence of severe post partum hemorrhage will approache the incidence in the normal population after implementation of a revised national guideline on the management of pregnancy in women with VWD or hemophilia carriers
We hypothesize that health illiteracy (HI) is prevalent among approximately 50% of the patients with chronic lung diseases, referred for PR (Puente-Maestu et al., 2016; Kale et al., 2015; Lee et al., 2009). Moreover, it is expected that HI is common…
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has become standard of care for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin with a low/moderate abdominal disease load. In case of a peritoneal cancer index (PCI) above 20, a HIPEC-…
Traditionally, all surgically removed appendices and gallbladders are sent to the department of pathology for histopathological examination. This is most likely not necessary in appendices and gallbladders that are not suspicious for a malignancy…
Antibiotics are over-prescribed for lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in nursing home (NH) residents due to diagnostic uncertainty. Inappropriate antibiotic use is undesirable both on patient level, considering their exposure to side-effects…
The use of automated closed loop oxygen control in infants on infants with high flow nasal canulla (HFNC) support, will lead to higher amount of saturations within target range compared to manual control.
The literature indicates that a minimal endoxifen concentration of 16 nmol/L is needed to produce a therapeutic effect. This implies that the endoxifen levels in individual patients must stay above this threshold throughout the entire treatment…
We hypothesize (based on literature) that the incidence of chronic pain in The Netherlands is around 15-20% in patients presenting to the emergency department with (acute) pain related complaints. We have no further hypothesis, because of the…
The gastric balloons are expected to remain in the stomach for approximately four weeks, after which they burst and are fecally excreted. It is further hypothesised that intragastric balloons can provide a surrogate stomach fill, inducing an…
During a contra-lateral cervical lateral glide mobilization technique, the median nerve longitudinally moves at the sites of the elbow and/or the wrist and there is a notable difference between patients and healthy controls.
The hypothesis of this study is that a difference in mental well-being can be observed after insertion of an LNG-IUD compared to Cu-IUD insertion.
Onlay and sublay mesh reinforcement after midline laparotomies in patients with an increased risk for the development of incisional hernias (IHs) resulted in less IHs compared to patients that received the conventional closure technique at two years…
The aerobic pre-conditioning will increase muscle perfusion and thereby improve muscle hypertrophy during the subsequent resistance training program.
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…
Body weight has an effect at the trough concentrations of DOACs in patients.
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…