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Continuous positive airway pressure on the deflated lung prevents total alveolar collapse, resulting in less local and systemic cytokine response, causing less pulmonary complications.
The project DFTM! could be implemented as planned, and contributes positively to the oral health
Demonstrate that the HydroThermAblation™ procedure is equally effective compared to the Novasure™ procedure in achieving patent satisfaction at twelve months post-treatment for menorrhagia secondary to DUB.
1. To investigate the implementation of Schema Therapy (ST) in regular mental healthcare and investigate whether its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is comparable to the original RCT (Outpatient Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder…
Approximately 2% of the Dutch elderly population suffers from a major depressive disorder (MDD). Due to a depressed mood and a diminished interest in nearly all activities, MDD has serious consequences for daily living (e.g. withdrawal from social…
1. Patients, receiving MLD and exercises after breast cancer surgery with axillary dissection are less at risk to develop an arm lymphedema, compared with patients receiving only exercises; 2. Patients, receiving MLD and exercises after breast…
Self help interventions are useful in preventing work-related fatigue in coach drivers in the peak season.
Has the Emotion Regulation Training for adolescents a surplus value compared to treatment as usual?
We expect after FGC: - increased child safety (in terms of less supervision orders; and less or shorter out of home placements) - increased commitment of the broader social network of the family - increased perceived control over problems/sense of…
Wearing earplugs at festivals will prevent hearing loss. This can be identified by the presence/absence of a transient threshold shift in a audiogram of a non earplug user in comparison to an earplug user.
Fixation of complaints in fibromyalgia patients can be prevented by offering a multidisciplinary intervention in an early stage of the disorder. Because of this, a (larger) social drop-out will be averted in term, and medical consumption will…
1. Primary: To investigate the effect of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (e-CBT) in patients with high levels of preoperative anxiety and/or pain catastrophizing, on the risk of PPBCT six months after breast cancer surgery. e-CBT will be…
New Hepatitis B vaccins induce a higher anti-HBsAg titer after a standard Hepatitis B series (month 0, 1 and 6) in non-responders (anti-HBsAg <10 IU/l).
Sternal closure is done routinely with stainless steel wires. In some cases thes wires are cutting through the bone and a non stable sternotomy can cause pain and lead to serious infections of the sternum and mediastinum. We hypothese that a new…
1. Earlier identified differences in functional ability and radiological damage progression are maintained in the next ten years; 2. Early suppression of disease activity results in long term improvement in functional ability and suppression of…
By combining advanced modalities, a comprehensive model can be built for a better prediction of progression in MS.
A ventral patch repair of umbilical and epigastric hernia is associated with less complications than a conventional mesh.
Is overnight incorporation of [1-13C]-phenylalanine amino acids higher in muscle tissue in combination with NMES than in unstimulated skeletal muscle?
Non-inferiority (defined as < 12.5% increase) of pooled buffy coat-derived PR platelet concentrates (PR-plasma-PCs) compared to plasma (plasma-PCs) in terms of clinical efficacy determined by WHO grade ≥ 2 bleeding complications.
1. Cysteine is an essential amino acid for newborn preterm infants; 2. Cysteine requirements change rapidly with postnatal age; 3. The change in cysteine requirement with age is based upon cystathionase activity; 4. Intestinal cystathionase activity…