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The Aeonose is capable to correctly distinguish patients with dyspnea resulting from heart failure from patients with dyspnea caused by lung failure.
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 "…
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…
Several reasons for clozapine discontinuation are known, but the current evidence identifying patients who are at risk of discontinuation of clozapine is small and not always consistent. Also cultural differences may question if international…
Non invasive hemodynamic monitoring is as good as invasive monitoring
The aim of the current study is to investigate and compare the actual risk of aggression and the assumed risk of aggression (by staff) in the forensic psychiatric and regular psychiatric population. The hypothesis is that the actual risk of…
English: Platelet reactivity assays and thromboelastography can predict postoperative blood loss at 6 hours after combined coronary artery bypass grafting and valve surgery Dutch: Plaatjesreactiviteit en thromboelastografie kunnen postoperatief…
The objectives of this pilot are (1) to test and develop an experimental setup to determine contrast sensitivity, visual field and adaptation time at high light conditions. (2) To perform a pilot study with 10 healthy subject.
Stimulation of the right DLPFC of alcohol dependent patients will decrease self-reported craving and recude relapse rates. Furthermore it will increase behavioral control and normalize brain activation patterns.
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…
A coaching intervention reduces the re-hospitalization rate of severe COPD patients
1. Measurement of salivary metanephrines is just as accurate as plasma metanephrines in detecting a pheochromocytoma or sympathetic paraganglioma. 2. Anxiety levels are elevated in patients with a pheochromocytoma or sympathetic paraganglioma
It will be investigated whether passive leg raising and stroke volume variations can be used in predicting renal responses to fluid administration. Our hypothesis is that dynamic predictors of cardiac fluid responsiveness can predict an increase in…
RRT activation rate within a hospital or wards within a hospital are likely to be associated with specific factors regarding possible delay in escalation of care for deteriorating patients. This research is focussed on elucidating factors which may…
We expect that depressive adolescents will show a stronger increase in heart rate during, as well as a slower recovery afterwards, when they are left in the game or when they encounter fearful stimuli compared to non-depressive adolescents. Finally…
Patients suffering from high risk or relapsed leukaemia or high risk MDS can only occasionally be cured with conventional chemotherapy. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) has substantially improved the outcome of such patients due to a…
Our hypothesis is that 8 months IVF results in 10% higher pregnancy rates leading to a live birth compared to 8 months expectant management.
The correlations between the three measurement instruments are moderate (r = 0,41 to 0,60).
A one-day-visit systematic assessment in a specialized severe asthma centre contributes to improvement in asthma control, quality of life and healthcare utilization.