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The rate of unintended events and avoidable harm for elderly hip fracture patients can be reduced by the introduction of three integrated interventions directed at the structure of the handover process, the role of the patient in the care process…
Blood transfusions at home instead of in the hospital are feasible, lead to higher quality of life of patients and are safe at no higher costs.
ORIF with volar fixed-angle plates and external fixation have a similar outcome as measured with the DASH score (and the Mayor Wrist Score).
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) will lead to permanent and complete eradication of Barrett's epithelium. This will prevent development of high grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) or early carcinoma and may eliminate the need for endoscopic…
The primary objective is to investigate to what extent early IVIG treatment in children with newly diagnosed acute ITP reduces the risk of development of chronic disease. Secondary objectives are: 1. To estimate the alteration in the clinical…
Comparison of progression free survival (PFS) in elderly patients with advanced CRC treated first line by tegafur-uracil plus LV or capecitabine. It is considered that, in this patient population, only differences in the median time to progression…
What is the effectiveness of Diclofenac compared to Paracetamol over a period of two weeks and if necessarily another two weeks (consistent with the Dutch guidelines for general practitioners) in new consulters with knee osteoarthritis in the…
Aerobic exercise therapy (AET) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are hypothesized to be both more effective in improving activity level and, with that, decreasing experienced fatigue of FSHD patients compared to the usual care. The maintenance…
1. Childhood cancer patients who follow the QLIM intervention program will: a. achieve significantly higher levels of physical fitness after the 12 week intervention compared to patients in the control group, as assessed by objective performance…
The null hypothesis of this research is that the ZCQ outcome of PDI surgery is similar to the ZCQ outcome os surgical decompression at 1 year after surgery.
We hypothesize that children who will follow this structured functional PRE strength training program will increase in muscle strength, which accordingly will lead to functional improvement in physical functioning, but with no negative effect…
The objective of this study is to investigate whether thoracic radiotherapy can improve 1year survival in …
We hypothesized that FFA loading could impair mitochondrial function and that the potency of FFA to disturb mitochondrial function and glucose uptake would depend on the degree of desaturation of the fatty acids infused.
To demonstrate equivalency of the Cardica ™ C - Port xA anastomosis compared to hand sutured anastomoses in patients undergoing CABG with respect to 12 months patency at distal anastomosis site.
We expect that lifestyle counseling by nurse practitioners will be more effective (also on the long term) on body weight and changes in lifestyle than usual care by the general practitioner.
We expected that the use of postoperative transurethral catheterization resulted in higher urinary retention rates in women after surgical correction of cystocele compared to suprapubic catheterization.
Compare the overall safety profile in both arms : Assess the impact of differences in toxicity profiles on the incidence of dose reduction or dose delay due to grade III-IV toxicities during treatment of patients with pre-treated metastatic breast…
The 3 new developed prototype electric brush heads (A,B,C) remove 15% more plaque compared to a EB17 brush head
(Fortified) milk consumption effects antropometrics, health, cognition and quality of life of primary school childeren in rural Vietnam.
To compare the immunogenicity of the Dutch whole cell vaccine versus 3 acellular pertussis vaccines administered as a booster at 4 years of age by measuring the antibody levels in serum after 1 month and 2 years.