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The objective of this study is to evaluate self-collection of vaginal samples for HPV testing as an alternative cervical cancer screening strategy for persons with HIV and/or limited access to care. Self-collection kits will be offered to persons who refuse a Pap smear or are overdue (>=6 months) for cervical cancer screening, with screening uptake recorded as a primary outcome. Kits will be offered in-clinic to individuals who refuse a Pap smear, and individuals overdue for screening will have the option to receive and return kits in the mail. The investigators will additionally administer a phone-based survey to evaluate knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer, barriers and facilitators to screening, and attitudes towards screening. Data from medical records will be abstracted to describe the clinical characteristics of the sample and measure receipt of follow-up procedures. Focus groups will be conducted with clinic administrators, staff, and HIV and women's health experts to evaluate clinic and provider barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening. The investigators hypothesize that HPV self-sampling will result in favorable patient-centered outcomes and could reduce disparities in access to screening.
This is a pilot, feasibility study and the purpose of this study is exploratory. The goal is to provide the PI and study team with data using metabolomics that can be used to: a) demonstrate an ability to use such data in a future grant application; b) obtain data that determines the relationship between changes in physical function (objective and subjective) and potential metabolites.
As a preventive for postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery, the investigators shall investigate the efficacy of the triple therapy of dexamethasone, palonosetron, and fosaprepitant comparing to dual therapy of dexamethasone and palonosetron.
This study is being conducted to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of three different interbody implant types when used with cancellous allograft chips with BMA or cellular allograft in patients undergoing XLIF surgery. The study will evaluate success by comparing the rate of fusion, complications profile, and any relationships between clinical outcomes (pain and function) and radiographic outcomes (fusion rate) between the three implant groups.
An Open-Label, Long-Term Follow Up Study of Safety and Efficacy in PKU Subjects with PAH Deficiency Previously Administered HMI 102
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) classified by a pulmonologist in accordance with the GOLD criteria will be randomly divided into 2 groups. The first group (n = 20) was accompanied by blood flow restriction (CAC), 3 times a week, 8 weeks, 1RMx 30% intensity, 10 repetitions, 3 sets, 30 seconds rest interval, progressive resistance exercise (PRE) and after 5 minutes of rest by cycling. Progressive aerobic exercise (AE) (BFR PRE + AE group) in the target heart rate range of 50-80% intensity will be applied to the second group (n = 20), PRE and AE (PRE + AE group) performed at the same intensity and duration without BFR.
Although brachytherapy is an effective treatment modality for gynecological cancer, a significant proportion of patients develop late treatment-related vaginal toxicity, negatively impacting their quality of life and limiting recurrent disease detection by preventing adequate clinical examination during the post-treatment surveillance period. Consistent with the literature, results from a study at Princess Margaret revealed that current vaginal toxicity management education and training may be inadequate. The investigators seek to implement and evaluate a new online brachytherapy discharge education program (BrachDEP) to support patient engagement in self-management.
The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of video-based safe firearm storage education in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
Respiratory failure occurs when the lung fails to perform one or both of its roles in gas exchange; oxygenation and/or ventilation. Presentations of respiratory failure can be mild requiring supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula to more severe requiring invasive mechanical ventilation as see in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).It is important to provide supportive care through noninvasive respiratory support devices but also to minimize risk associated with those supportive devices such as ventilator induced lung injury (VILI) and/or patient self-inflicted lung injury (P-SILI). Central to risk minimization is decreasing mechanical stress and strain and optimizing transpulmonary pressure or the distending pressure across the lung, minimizing overdistention and collapse. Patient positioning impacts ventilation/perfusion and transpulmonary pressure. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an emerging technology that offers a noninvasive, real-time, radiation free method to assess distribution of ventilation at the bedside. The investigators plan to obtain observational data regarding distribution of ventilation during routine standard of care in the ICU, with special emphasis on postural changes and effects of neuromuscular blockade, to provide insight into ventilation/perfusion matching, lung mechanics in respiratory failure, other pulmonary pathological processes.
Cardiac troponins are highly sensitive and specific biomarkers of cardiac injury and are in a key role in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI). Minor troponin elevations are common after prolonged strenuous exercise without clinical symptoms of MI or myocardial injury. Importantly, currently used high-sensitivity troponin T (cTnT) test detects also smaller troponin fragments which may cause troponin elevation after exercise and lead to false diagnosis of MI. In the present study protocol, we compare the characteristics troponin release after marathon race and Type 1 MI with the improved version of our novel troponin fragmentation test (SuperTropo test) and the commercial cTnT test. A total of 65 recreational runners participating in the 2023 Paavo Nurmi Marathon in Turku are recruited. All participants give a blood sample during the post-race visit (within 30 min after finishing the marathon). A control group of 90 patients with acute Type 1 MI are recruited among patients admitted to Heart Centre of Turku University Hospital. Commercial cTnT and long troponin component of cTnT analyzed witha novel immunoassay are dtermined in all subjects to assess cTnT fragmentation. TYhe main aims of the study are: To assess how often cTnT is elevated after marathon running and which factors affect the cTnT rise? Is the fragmentation of troponin more common after marathon race compared with Type 1 MI and can the novel Supertropo test separate execise-induced troponin rise from those caused by MI ?