There are about 11256 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Egypt. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and delirium are serious, high-frequency complications in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The consequences of the complication range from high morbidity and mortality to a greater need for nursing care. We hypothesize that there could be a correlation between IAH and incidence of delirium.
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the health of immediately placed dental implants in aggressive periodontitis patients versus those placed in periodontally healthy individuals in the maxillary esthetic zone.
Dental caries is the destruction of the tooth structure in the presence of organic acids produced by cariogenic bacteria located in the dental biofilm (Dowker et al., 1999 and Robinson et al., 2000).Tooth enamel comprises 90% substituted hydroxyapatite (Ca10 (PO4)6(OH) 2), which is subjected to consecutive cycles of demineralization and remineralization. This is an interrupted process, with periods of remineralization and demineralization occurring, depending on the state of the oral environment in terms of the prolonged accumulation and retention of bacterial plaque on the enamel surface (Aoba, 2004). Oral bacteria ferment carbohydrates to produce organic acids which lower the pH and cause the subsurface dissolution of the hydroxyapatite crystals. Under normal physiological conditions (pH7), saliva is supersaturated with calcium and phosphate ions which diffuse into the vacancies created during acid-mediated demineralization episodes (Dowker et al., 1999 and Robinson et al., 2000). The demineralization of enamel (white spot lesions) is a significant problem during and after orthodontic treatment with prevalence 71.1% and various preventive measures have been suggested to minimize the incidence (Derks et al., 2004 and Al Maaitah et al., 2011).
Offloading is the concept of relieving pressure to help prevent/cure plantar ulcers, especially in diabetic patients. Many forms of offloading are available, with many limitations to apply in clinical practice. In this study, the investigators compare cast shoe with removable walker considering effectiveness, complications, compliance and patient's appreciation.
This study aims to investigate the relation between the concentration of urea and creatinine in vaginal fluid and length of latency period in women with PROM between 32 and 35 weeks gestation.
Assessment of blood ammonia level as a non-invasive predictor for presence of EV and risk of bleeding
Globally, approximately 170 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV); 350,000 deaths each year are caused by HCV infection (Perz,et al, 2006).The Egyptian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS), across sectional survey including hepatitis C virus (HCV)biomarkers, was conducted in 2008 on a large nationally representative sample (El-Zanaty F, et al 2009). It estimated HCV prevalence among the 15-59 years age group to be 14.7% (El-Zanaty F, et al 2009).Accordingly, Egypt has the highest HCV prevalence in the world (Lavanchy D, 2011), ( Shepard CW,et al 2005)..Interferon (INF)-free regimens of combined directly acting antivirals (DAAs) have shown improved efficacy and tolerability compared with interferon (IFN)-containing regimens, and they have become the standard of care for treatment of HCV genotype-1 (HCV-1)(Afdhal, et al, 2014).Insulin resistance is a state in which a given concentration of insulin produces a less-than-expected biological effect. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in hepatitis C in cirrhotic patients is 27.3% which is higher than among non-cirrhotic hepatitis C patients (17.5%)(Romero-Gómez, 2006). HCV promotes insulin resistance and insulin resistance induces interferon resistance, steatosis and fibrosis progression in a genotype-dependent manner.In HCV-1, insulin resistance decreases sustained response rate, and increase the risk for the development of steatosis and fibrosis progression, However, the impact of insulin resistance in other genotypes seems not achieve enough importance to impair sustained response, probably due to the high sensitivity to peginterferon. The treatment of insulin resistance, decreasing hyperinsulinemia, could improve sustained response rate in patients with chronic HCV-1 infection when treated with peginterferon plus ribavirin(Romero-Gómez,2006). Objectives: we aim to determine the prevalence of insulin resistance among the patients with chronic hepatitis C virus( HCV) infection and to explore the association between insulin resistance and therapeutic response by comparing the insulin resistance among responders and non-responders to oral treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection Patients and methods: The study is intended to include patients of chronic hepatitis C virus infection receiving oral treatment for one year period. All patients will have clinical evaluation, ultrasonographic examination, and laboratory investigations which include complete blood count, liver function tests, estimation of fasting serum glucose, fasting serum insulin, and determination of insulin resistance index.The patients will be selected according the selection criteria determined by the National Committee for Control of Viral Hepatitis (NCCVH).
Ankle fractures are among the most common osseous injuries to the lower extremity, and remain a significant source of morbidity for both the young and the elderly. Recent cross-national studies have shown a significant increase in the incidence and severity of ankle fractures among the elderly population.
The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that addition of daily small dose of human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) drug following oocytes retrieval could improve the fertility outcome in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization
Although the diagnosis and therapy of HCC have being improved, the poor prognosis still remains. To reduce the mortality and improve the effectiveness of diagnosis and therapy, it is important to detect the protein biomarkers which are associated with HCC tumor progression and may be useful as potential diagnosis or therapeutic targets. SMP30 (senescence marker protein 30)(serum regucalcin), which we have previously identiļ¬ed from Guangxi HCC cDNA expression library by the SEREX approach, is one of the hepatocellular carcinoma associated antigens [4] Serum antibody response to SMP30 in various patients using the methods of Western-blot and ELISA and showed that antibody to SMP30 existed mainly in HCC patients (39.8%), especially in the one with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) negative