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Cross-transmission of antibiotic-resistant pathogens can be prevented by using closed suction systems (CSS) instead of open suction systems (OSS) in mechanically ventilated ICU patients.
1. The level of suicide ideation is correlated with al ow level of positive future expectencies 2. Our future oriented training will help people to predict a more positive future 3. And this will lead to less suicide ideation
The collaborative care approach is expected to be more effective and more cost-effective compared to care as usual.
(stress-sensitive) Patients with functional dyspepsia have a change in the dopaminergic system, through chronic stress, what leads to visceral hypersensitivity and therefore dyspeptic symptoms.
Botulinum toxin type A injection of the prostate causes relaxation and cellular apoptosis and by this way will relieve lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Treatment with an angiotensin II receptor blocker (valsartan) stabilizes or improves the functional performance of the systemic right ventricle.
It is hypothesized that long term disabled persons who participate in the MDR program will return to work and have less mental and/or physical limitations to prevent te pre-disability income. Furthermore an explorative study into the process…
Client-centred occupational therapy according to the Occupational Performance Process Model will be more effective in improving daily functioning and societal participation of patients with multiple sclerosis than usual-care occupational therapy.
The hypofractionated regimen of 19 fractions will result in an increase of relapse free survival by 10 % with the same acute and late toxicity as the standard fractionation of 39 fractions.
Hypertension can be prevented, or substantially delayed, by a temporary and early anti-hypertensive intervention with an ACE inhibitor in persons at high risk for future hypertension and hypertension related complications.
TRANSIT will give patients who have a subacromial impingement syndrome a reduced recovery time, more improvement of arm function and more reduction of shoulder pain compared to patients treated with usual medical care.
The on-line intervention will prove to be significantly more effective in improving mood and reducing diabetes-related distress in diabetes patients with minor to moderately severe depression compared to the control condition (CAU, supplementend…
1: Long term use of fluoxetine causes the excitability of the primary motor area of the brain to change 2: Long term administration of fluoxetine causes the muscle activation patterns to change
Adherence to diabetes guideines is moderate, especially on educational aspects. Changes in lifestyle is a major element of the patient treatment. Studies on motivational Interviewing show promising results among dieticians. There are no primary care…
Athletes with longstanding groin pain recover faster and more completely if they are treated with specific pelvic stabilizing muscle training compared with regular care.
Correction of sub-clinical prolongation of coagulation tests (i.e., PTT between 14.7 – 20 seconds and platelets < 100 x 109/L) and transfusion of platelets in patients with Ascal®, significantly decreases the incidence of clinical significant…
Systematic screening for type 2 diabetes in high-risk obese subjects, identified from the general population, can significantly reduce the diabetes-related cardiovascular morbidity and mortality by at least 25% compared with not offering a screening…
Assuming that the effects on Parkinson's disease symptoms and dyskinesias, and the rates of procedure-related and device-related complications are almost equal, then continuous bilateral GPi DBS may produce greater functional improvement than…
We will investigate the relationship between S(+)-ketamine plasmaconcentrations and its analgesic effect to estimates the onset/offset times of ketamine and potency parameters for various analgesia tests. This will allow the safer administration of…
GPs play a central role in providing palliative care (PC) in the Netherlands. Good GP-patient communication is essential for the delivery of high quality care. Communication in PC is difficult, involving a mix of physical, psychosocial, and…