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Fatigue affects central nervous system function and, in the setting of the medical profession, could influence specialist performance, patient care and safety. ln contrast to other industries, for example the aviation industry, there are no "…
18F-FDHT PET/CT is expected to be a predictor of response in patients with metastasized castration-resistant prostate cancer to be treated with enzalutamide
About 10-15% of the population suffers from chronic insomnia. Structurally poor sleep can have unpleasant consequences for people's health and quality of life. Therefore, proper treatments are of great importance. Fortunately, Cognitive…
PD-L1 is up to now the only marker that has been validated for the selection of patients treated for non-small cell lung cancer who might benefit from the treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. Thus far, PD-L1 status is assessed with histology, being…
Vitamin D plays an integral role in calcium and phosphorus homeostasis. A low vitamin D status can occur as a result of reduced synthesis due to lack of sun exposure, decreased intake or absorption, increased hepatic catabolism, or decreased…
Knee OA is characterized by the presence of crepitus (knee sounds). Therefore, this device is able to record these sounds, while the subject is doing a knee movement, and screen for the presence or absence of osteoarthritis.
In the Netherlands, 90% of the patients with gout are managed by general practitioners but most research has been done in secondary care. In primary care there are questions on the clinical relevance of long-term uric acid lowering treatment of gout…
The aim of this study is to develop and validate an age-specific checklist that can help clinicians to identify elderly patients with personality disorders in need of highly specialized mental health care.
A dual mobility cup with a small size head (22 mm) is more likely to result in intraprosthetic dislocation than a bigger size head (28 mm).
We hypothesize that performing a total laparoscopic hysterectomy with same day discharge is safe and leads to equal levels of patient satisfaction when compared to admittance for 1 night.
Rates of neuropsychiatric symptoms are extremely high in institutionalized people with young-onset dementia. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with reduced quality of life of residents and higher caregiver burden. Therefore, the Grip care…
MRI is a feasible, fast and safe technique for the long term follow up of neonatal and pediatric patient with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Post-operative rehabilitation consisting of physiotherapy and solution focused therapy will reduce fatigue, improve quality of life and inrease muscle mass in surgically treated HPB patients.
Submucosal irrigation with the Gum Irrigator will reduce bleeding on probing, pocketdepts and the amount of anearobic bacteria in the non-surgical treatment of peri-implantitis.
The adherence of NOACs in atrial fibrillation in specific subgroups is low. Identifying these non-adherent patients in daily clinical practice is important to minimise stroke and bleeding risk. We hypothesize that NOACs are relatively often…
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…
PPIs are prescribed very frequently and might cause potentially severe hypomagnesaemia. We carried out a study focussing on the prevalence of hypomagnesaemia in geriatric inpatients using PPI and evaluated risk factors contributing to this effect.…
Accelerometers are already widely used in research in chronic diseases, but also increasingly used by health professionals in general practice. It is however not known in occupational therapy, if these measurements are feasible. Furthermore, no…