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The SARS-CoV2 pandemic has kept the world in suspense for over a year now. Almost 100 million people around the world have contracted COVID-19 to date and over 2 million people have died of COVID-19 by the end of January 2021. Despite the tragedy of these deaths, it must be pointed out at this point that the number of COVID-19 survivors is significantly larger. These COVID-19 survivors are now the focus of interest in rehabilitation measures, as it has been shown that survival of the disease does not go hand in hand with a complete cure. Thirty-five percent of all COVID-19 survivors and 87% of the COVID-19 survivors who were hospitalized in the course of their illness suffer from after-effects that are currently summarized as post-COVID fatigue syndrome also known as "Long-COVID". As health care workers are at higher risk of contracting SARS CoV2 and furthermore, considering their central role in the overcoming of this pandemic, a COVID-19 rehabilitation program for healthcare workers of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria as well as the General Hospital of Vienna, Austria - together the second-largest university-clinic in the world - was developed as part of workplace health promotion. Nowadays, the fatigue syndrome is primarily known as a side effect of cancer treatment and thus from the rehabilitation of cancer patients. Cancer-related fatigue is a massive limiting side effect for patients and the currently most effective treatment strategy against cancer-associated fatigue syndrome is physical training. The idea for this current project is, that physical exercise might have similar effects on post-SARS-CoV2 fatigue as it has on cancer-related fatigue. The current study evaluates the effects of this primarily exercise-based rehabilitation program on Long-COVID fatigue.
Asparaginase is a cornerstone in the treatment of ALL. In most contemporary protocols like in NOPHO ALL2008 prolonged asparaginase treatment has been implemented. Publish data from NOPHO ALL2008 show sufficient treatment of the majority of patients (analysing trough levels of asparaginase after 2 weeks) but 13% of the patients experience an allergic reaction to this foreign protein (85% of them after the 2nd or 3rd dose) and they have no enzyme activity even before the reaction, meaning that they don't benefit from the treatment at all. In addition 4-5% of the patients have no enzyme activity through the whole treatment without hypersensitivity symptoms. So in reality approximately 20% of the patients don't receive any asparaginase treatment. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) of asparaginase has been established in Aarhus, Denmark, under the leadership of Birgitte Klug Albertsen (BKA). From February 2017 the centers have been invited to send samples (extended sampling) in order to gain more knowledge about the pharmacokinetics, to identify patients without activity and to establish the logistics for TDM of asparaginase, which will be mandatory in the next protocol ALLTogether, presumably opening in 2018. From February 2016 an extended sampling for enzyme activity measurements was started and will continue until NOPHO ALL2008 closes. These samples will make it possible to do more in depth pharmacokinetic studies as well as identify the optimal sampling time points for identifying no-activity patients in the future. A database is being developed for TDM in ALLTogether, but it will also include all the asparaginase measurements in ALL2008.
BFI-751 is being developed by BioFactura Australia Pty Ltd as a biosimilar drug to Stelara® (EU licenced and US licenced) (ustekinumab) is a prescription biologic medicine used to treat people with Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Stelara® is an immune suppressant that reduces the effects of inflammatory proteins within the body. This is the first time BFI-751 will be given to humans. The primary purpose of this study is to compare the pharmacokinetics (the study of what the body does to the drug, referring to the movement of any drug going into, through, and out of the body) by checking to see if the blood levels of 751-BFI are comparable with US-Stelara® and EU-Stelara® following a single injection under the skin. The secondary purposes of this study are: - to assess the safety of BFI-751, - study how well the healthy volunteers tolerate it and - to also assess the immune response to it in healthy volunteers.
Study about the comparison of post-operative results of secondary alveolar grafts according to two age groups: early secondary (4 to 7 years) versus late secondary (8 to 11 years) using a recently proposed score based on post-operative 3D CT analysis. Comparison of the initial results of the graft in the two groups, with a reference 2D score and evaluation of the concordance between the results found with this score and those of the 3D score. Finally, comparison of graft bone densities and nasal floor level (using 3D visualization) on post-operative TDMs in the 2 groups. The aim of this study is to determine the optimal age for grafting using three-dimensional CT assessment.
Transcranial Doppler is performed daily in Intensive Care Unit in brain damaged patients. For a few years now, the measurement of the photomotor reflex by quantitative Pupillometry has been routinely performed in Intensive Care Units. The objective of this work is to see if Transcranial Doppler recorded parameters and Pupillary parameters are correlated to the neurological prognosis evaluated at 9 months by the Modified Rankin Score (mRS) and the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOS-E).
Individuals utilise substances to elevate their mood. Alcohol, cannabis, nicotine, cocaine, and methamphetamine are examples of substances. Excessive usage of a drug that is harmful to oneself and society is referred to as substance addiction/abuse. People who inject drugs and share needles, as well as drugs that impair judgement and lead to unprotected intercourse with an infected partner, have been related to risky sex behaviour and unsafe sex, both of which increase the risk of HIV infection. Several factors, including immunologic and virologic conditions affecting host susceptibility, underlying comorbidities among drug users, use of antiretroviral therapy, and viral strain, as well as pharmacodynamic aspects of drug use, such as the pattern and type of drug administration and the route of administration, may mediate the relationship between drug use and HIV disease progression. Exacerbation of HIV progression has been shown in patients with substance addiction in laboratory research.
Skin adhesive (Octyl cyanoacrylate - LIQUID BAND©) is increasingly used instead of suture for sutures on the superficial plane of the skin. It is frequently used in children, in traumatology and in plastic surgery. Several randomized trials have shown satisfactory results of the glue compared to suture in terms of infections and scar dehiscence, and aesthetics after abdominoplasty and mammoplasty. In the field of port-a-cath® placement in oncology: - The use of skin adhesive can save substantial nursing time, which makes it possible to consider the transition of this technique into routine patient management. Potential benefits include nurses managing large numbers of patients in day hospitals, and patients no longer needing a nurse for suture removal. - Cancer and chemotherapy toxicity can alter patients' body image and view of themselves. The presence of a scar can be traumatic for some patients. The second goal of this study is to test whether the use of glue can improve the appearance of the scar following port-a-cath® placement, an area in which there are divergent results.
Interpreting the cry of new-borns is a real challenge not only for perinatal professionals but also for parents, who are confronted daily with those sounds. The description and the acoustic analysis of baby's cry can allow healthcare professionals to better adapt their care during the first months of life. Thanks to an objective analysis method as acoustic analysis, the particularities of the first cry should provide us information on the quality of adaptation to ambient air life.
An adequate quantity of lean body mass is vital for optimal health and performance, and is accrued when net protein balance (NPB) is positive. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and when consumed following resistance exercise, significantly improve NPB. However, no study has investigated how a supplement of all of the essential amino acids (EAA) affects NPB following resistance exercise in a free-living, home-based setting, particularly when compared to a supplement of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a novel EAA supplement on anabolism (e.g., NPB) as compared to BCAA and placebo supplements following home-based resistance exercise.
High-quality bowel preparation plays an important role in ensuring a safe and successful X-ray examination, endoscopy or some kinds of bowel surgeries. Inadequate bowel preparation may lead to incomplete examination of the colonic mucosa, may require increased operation time and difficulty, and incur the costs for rescheduling or performing other examinations. Early attention to the influencing factors of bowel cleansing effect and taking positive measures can effectively improve the success rate and diagnosis rate of endoscopic and radiological examinations, and reduce the possibility of postoperative complications and local infections. In 2019, China released the latest "Guidelines for Bowel Preparation Related to Digestive Endoscopy", emphasizing the importance of dietary restrictions and patient notification and education. The "Guideline" also recommends that sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and anhydrous citric acid can be used for bowel preparation before endoscopy and is well tolerated (recommended strength: weak; evidence quality: moderate). The other used colonic cleansing agents also include polyethylene glycol (PEG) electrolyte powder, magnesium salt, sodium phosphate, mannitol and Chinese herbal medicine. Each carries its own properties, indications and safety profiles. Compound Sodium Picosulfate Granules is a compounded preparation consisting of sodium picosulfate and magnesium citrate. Each sachet contains 10 mg of sodium picosulfate, 3.5 g of magnesium oxide and 12.0 g of citric acid. It is white to slightly yellow crystalline powder, with a slight orange flavour. Sodium picosulfate is transformed by colonic bacteria to form an active metabolite: bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-pyridyl-2-methane, Bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-pyridyl-2-methane (BHPM), which acts directly on the colonic mucosa to stimulate colonic peristalsis. Magnesium oxide and citric acid react to create magnesium citrate (when dispersed in a solution), which is an osmotic agent that causes water to be retained within the gastrointestinal tract. The stimulant laxative activity of sodium picosulfate together with the osmotic laxative activity of magnesium citrate produces a purgative effect, which can be used to clean the bowel prior to X-ray examination, endoscopy or bowel surgery. Since its first marketing in the United Kingdom (UK) in December 1980, Compound Sodium Picosulfate Granules has been approved in more than 80 countries and regions, including Germany (2010), France (2010), Spain (2011), Italy (2011), United States (2012) and Japan (2016), under the tradename PICOLAX, PICOPREP or PREPOPIK. In 2018, Compound Sodium Picosulfate Granules was officially approved in China with the indication: for preparation of bowel cleansing prior to X-ray examination, endoscopy or surgery when judged clinically necessary.