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Filter by:Hip Dysplasia, or Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a congenital disorder of the hip joint characterized by a shallow, or dysplastic hip socket, with potential risks of developing progressive joint dislocation, early osteoarthritis from young adulthood and serious functional disability. The Hip Cohort Study is the first longitudinal, population-based hip "phenobank" which includes standardized ultrasound examinations of the newborn hip, radiographs at skeletal maturity (around 19 years), as well as clinical data and DNA samples from the participants. The combination of genetic analyses with the rich radiological and clinical data collected at different life stages during the first two decades of life will enable identification of biological pathways (advanced genetic analyses) that are significantly associated with different radiological indices of hip dysplasia. This will allow for early, targeted treatment of the DDH disease and thus reduce the risk of later osteoarthritis.
The investigators have developed a portable, battery-operated, mobile high-resolution microendoscope (mHRME) that provides subcellular images of the anal epithelium, delineating the cellular and morphologic changes associated with neoplasia. The investigators' central hypothesis is that this 'optical' approach will increase the efficiency, clinical impact, and cost-effectiveness of the current standard of high-resolution anoscopy(HRA)-guided biopsy, thus facilitating usage by less-experienced clinicians in community-based or low-resource settings. To validate this, the investigators will conduct a study to determine the efficiency and diagnostic characteristics of the mHRME 'optical biopsy' approach versus the current standard of HRA-based tissue biopsy. Successful results will allow for improved efficacy and resource utilization for cancer screening in people living with HIV for anal cancer and other epithelial cancers including the cervix, oral cavity, bladder, and GI tract.
Since air pollution contains harmful toxicants, it is important for potential exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution to be considered as part of an overall health risk reduction strategy. This is a behavioral intervention to assess the effectiveness on an air quality education program in reducing exposure to air pollution and negative health effects. Trial participants will complete a pre-test and home air quality assessment tool. Then, they will participate in an educational module on air quality learn about suggestions to take to avoid exposure and complete a spot test. One month after the educational intervention, the participants will be contacted and asked qualitative questions to assess study effectiveness.
In this pilot study, eligible pediatric patients will be treated with 5 consecutive days of low dose daunorubicin. All patients who receive low dose daunorubicin will be evaluated daily for potential toxicity during those 5 days. Once the patient has received 5 doses of daunorubicin, subsequent therapy will be at the discretion of the primary oncology team.
The research is aimed at identifying factors of herniation after median laparotomy and developing surgical methods for preventing postoperative ventral hernias and eventrations.
The main objective of our study is to determine whether asymptomatic influenza virus carriage is associated with an increased risk of post-operative Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) after cardiac surgery. Cardiac surgery patients are particularly at risk of developing ARDS with an estimated incidence of 5-10% based on the most recent data.
Researchers in this study want to find the optimal therapeutic dose of drug BAY1817080 for patients with long-standing cough with or without clear causes (refractory and/or unexplained chronic cough, RUCC). Study drug BAY1817080 is a new drug under development for the treatment of long-standing cough. It blocks proteins that are expressed by the airway sensory nerves which are oversensitive in patients with long-standing cough. This prevents the urge to cough. Researchers also want to learn the safety of the study drug and how well it works in reducing the cough frequency, severity and urge-to-cough. Participants in this study will receive either the study drug or placebo (a placebo looks like the test drug but does not have any medicine in it) tablets twice daily for 12 weeks. Observation for each participant will last about 18 weeks in total. Participants will be asked to wear a digital device to record the cough and to complete questionnaires every day to document the symptoms. Blood samples will be collected from the participants to monitor the safety and measure the blood level of the study drug.
Introduction The posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block (pQLB) has been used in postoperative pain management after Cesarean Section (CS). However, there are no data about pQLB safety in pregnants, at increased risk of local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST). The purpose of the present study was to explore the efficacy and the safety of adding epinephrine to ropivacaine for bilateral pQLB vs. bilateral pQLB performed with ropivacaine alone in CS. Methods Fifty-two pregnants were consecutively allocated to one of 2 groups [e-pQLB (0.375% ropivacaine+100 mcg epinephrine) or pQLB (0.375% ropivacaine)] and the investigators evaluated if the adjunct of epinephrine to ropivacaine increases of efficacy (measured as opioid consumption during the first 24 postoperative hours, time for first request of opioid and pain values reported by patients) and the safety (measured as peak and plasmatic concentration of ropivacaine) of pQLB.
Due to the limited data concerning Egyptian population. authors aimed to investigate the differentadipokine gene polymorphism related to non alcoholic fatty liver disease incidence, prognosis and progression to steotosis and also to find different related factors including obesitu, diabetes and liver enzymes level
The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and tolerability in healthy overweight and obese volunteers administered single or multiple repeated doses of ALT-801. This study has 2 parts. Part 1 involves a single dose of ALT-801 taken as a subcutaneous (SC) injection and will be approximately 36 days in duration. Part 2 involves 12 doses of ALT-801, once a week for 12 weeks, as a SC injection and will be approximately 116 days in duration. Each participant will enroll in only one part.