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The purpose of this study is to determine if the short term use of indomethacin will reduce the number of women delivering within 48 hours when given to women with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) between 24- 32 weeks of gestation. We hypothesize that indomethacin's anti-inflammatory and tocolytic action will reduce the number of women delivering within 48 hours when given to women with PPROM between 24-32 weeks of gestation.
There are evidence from numerous studies on effect of lifestyle intervention in morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes. This study examines the effect of the "Evje-model" on type 2 diabetes. The "Evje-model" is a combined 12 months model, consisting of repeated stays in a specialist centre, telephone follow-up at home, home groups, self monitoring and close contact with the patients’ local physician.
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a rare, potentially serious bone marrow disease. Currently available treatments for MDS have been only somewhat beneficial. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of the medication antithymocyte globulin (ATG) in adults with MDS and to determine which individuals with MDS are most likely to benefit from treatment with ATG.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the VeinViewer® near infrared device to facilitate the placement of intravenous catheters in children who require intravenous cannulation in the pediatric emergency department. This clinical protocol is designed to determine whether using the VeinViewer increases the ease and efficiency of IV cannulation (as perceived by the operator), decreases the time to effective cannulation, decreases the number of sticks and extravasations, and decreases the child's and the parents perception of the pain of IV cannulation.
In order to assess more completely the levels of diabetes care delivered in Taiwan, we now have nationally standardized performance measures that can evaluate quality of diabetes care accurately and reliably. These performance measures were seriously reviewed and discussed in the aspects of their practicability, feasibility and compliancy, through a series of nation-wide consensus meetings by a number of multidisciplinary professionals of Taiwan Diabetes Care Teams ( TDCTs ), before delivering into the clinical settings ( 10 ). Conceptually, these measures will enhance uptake of research into practice and may ultimately improve diabetes care and clinical outcomes. Along with the serial developments mentioned above, the BNHI ( the sole healthcare insurance organization in Taiwan ) has been fully involved, from the very beginning, in the formation and development of these performance measures which have totally been included in the development of the Diabetes Case Management Program ( DCMP ) 2001 later on. The DCMP 2001 is a unique program that has been delivered into the nation-wide clinical practices since Dec. 2001 in Taiwan. It has linked the quality of diabetes care to the monthly income ( reimbursed from BNHI ) of the registered clinical diabetes educators ( i.e., physicians, nurses and dietitians ) for enhancing and assuring the complete implementation of these performance measures in diabetes care. It has been recognized that a consensus on measures at national level could provide a method for assessing care within and across healthcare settings while providing a meaningful mechanism for quality improvement. In this proposal, we are going to develop the Diabetes Quality Improvement Program ( DQIP ) based on the DCMP 2001 in Taiwan. Initially, we are going to establish the continuous diabetes quality monitoring system and then to evaluate the (1) the lifestyles and eating habits and dietary compositions in type 2 diabetes mellitus (2)The relationships between lifestyles and eating habits and dietary compositions in diabesity.
Study Title: Evaluation of chylomicrons metabolism in sub-clinical atherosclerosis in patients whit Heterozigous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) treated with statin plus ezetimibe. Background: Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a marker of sub-clinical coronary atherosclerosis which correlates with higher risk of clinical events. It was already demonstrated that CAC is more prevalent in patients with FH compared with normal individuals. A number of studies demonstrated that plasmatic removal of chylomicrons is defective in patients with atherosclerosis. Despite the fact that is still controversial whether this impairment occurs in patients with HF when compared to normal controls, the kinetics of chylomicrons has not been studied in HF patients with and without atherosclerosis and more important, it is not clear if those changes may be observed in the sub-clinical disease, as reported for CAC in asymptomatic individuals. Previous studies have demonstrated the inverse correlation among LDL-C levels and the removal of remnants chylomicrons using artificial chylomicrons technique. It is also well known that high doses of more potent statins are more effective to remove chylomicrons from the plasma due to better expression of LDL-C receptors through plasma LDL-C reduction. It was not evaluated yet if the association of ezetimibe and statin, enhancing LDL-C receptors expression in the liver would enhance the efficacy of the monotherapy with statins to remove artificial chylomicrons in patients with HF. Study design: Open, randomized, single-blinded study in which twenty six outpatients from the Lipids Clinical Unit at the Heart Institute (INCOR), University of São Paulo, previously diagnosed with FH according to US MED PED criteria, without history of CD and a CAC evaluation by MSCT (Multiple Sensors Computed Tomography) in the previous year will be compared to 26 control individuals matched by age and sex collected from the database of the Lipids Metabolism Laboratory. Patients will be randomized to receive simvastatin 40 mg as monotherapy or in combination with ezetimibe 10 mg and will undergoing three kinetics studies to demonstrate the effects of simvastatin 40 mg on the kinetics of the chylomicrons along with other laboratorial dosages ( lipid fractions, hepatic enzymes and CK). The primary endpoint of this study is to evaluate if there is any correlation among the reduction of the plasma clearance of chylomicrons by the artificial chylomicrons technique and the presence of sub-clinical atherosclerosis; the secondary endpoint is to evaluate if ezetimibe/simvastatin enhances the effects of simvastatin alone in the removal of chylomicrons in patients with HF.
Men with metabolic syndrome often have lower than normal testosterone levels and low testosterone levels have been suggested to predispose for development of type2 diabetes. The aim of the study is to evaluate if normalisation of serum testosterone levels in men with metabolic syndrome (Abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and pre-diabetes or overt type diabetes)improves sensitivity to insulin and improves the signs of the metabolic syndrome
Medical practice & training are inherently stressful situations. However, the effects of stress on educational & clinical performance are not well defined. The purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of stress on performance of residents in simulated trauma scenarios. The hypothesis is: 1) acutely stressful scenarios will be appraised as threat by residents and result in elevations of heart rate and salivary cortisol; 2) increased subjective & physiological stress will result in impairments in performance; and 3) greater stress responses will result in greater clinical impairments.
The purpose of this study is to determine if adding shock wave therapy to standard-of-care wound treatment for traumatic extremity wounds helps them heal faster.
The aim of this study is to compare the effect of montelukast and cetirizine on allergic inflammation measured by exhaled nitric oxide concentration in children with seasonal allergic rhinitis.