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Filter by:Female urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse are common diseases especially in aged women that frequently cause urogenital infection, voiding difficulty, urinary retention, pelvic pain, constipation, and coital difficulty, as well as impact the quality of life of women. Risk factors of the above diseases include pregnancy, vaginal delivery, and menopausal status. Despite playing a crucial role in the pathophysiology of the above diseases, the urogenital skeletal muscular dysfunction cannot be fully corrected via the current treatment modalities. The human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) represent a prime candidate cell type for current research and future cell therapy because of their significant self-renewal, differentiation potential and the relative lack of ethical conflict. With the advent of efficient technology of reprogramming peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) into hiPSCs, researchers can generate personalized lines of cells from which it will be possible to obtain differentiated cells in a less invasive way, introducing opportunities in treating diseases that are now considered incurable. Until very recently, little success has been achieved in terms of skeletal muscle differentiation from hiPSCs. The purpose of this study is to explore the applicability of the differentiation into skeletal muscle progenitor cells from hiPSC cell lines and the associated biomolecular messages. It is anticipated that the derived skeletal muscle progenitor cells can be reprogrammed from PBMCs of female patients with urinary incontinence and/or pelvic organ prolapse and used in preclinical testing for relieving female urogenital problems.
To study the difference between single and double bundle ACL graft cross-sectional dimensions compared with native ACL using postoperative 3-D MRI.
The purpose of the study is to study the effect of anatomical direct insertion ACL reconstruction compared with conventional anatomical ACL reconstruction.
1. Demographics data; 2. Nutritional evaluation data; 3. All biochemical monitoring data during the study period; 4. All nutritional treatment data will be recorded daily during the study period, including actual calorie intake, protein intake, and the proportion of calorie/protein administered by EN and/or PN route. The nutritional treatment protocol will be decided by the attending physician, the investigator will not intervene. 5. A blood sample (5 ml) will be drawn from every patient immediately after they enroll into the study, and the metabolomics of the samples will be analyzed analysis using a combined 800 MHz 1H-NMR-UPLC-MS system. The data will then be used to establish metabolic profile baseline. 6. We will establish a sub-group that contains 20 patients (chosen from enrolled patients according to APACHE II scores: 10 patients are APACHE II scores in 21-30). We will take one blood sample daily during the whole study period. The plasma sample will be used for metabolomics analysis using an 800 MHz 1H-NMR-UPLC-MS system. And the data will be used for metabolic dynamic modeling. 7. Clinical outcomes data, which include: 1) Complications after the operation (intestinal fistula, pancreatic fistula, biliary fistula and sepsis, bleeding, nosocomial infection); 2) death event; 3) ICU-stay; 4) Length of hospitalization
There is a strong causal association between persisting genital tract infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and gradual progression of infection to cervical (mouth of uterus) cancer.The robust study from India have shown that single round of HPV DNA screening test to significantly reduce the cervical cancer mortality. The above findings are very encouraging since it demonstrates that a simple and reliable HPV DNA test which is now available in low income countries has a potential to be accepted as primary screening test in future. The cross-sectional studies from developed countries from year 1999-2004 which focused to determine the test characteristics of HPV Hybrid Capture 2 test (HC2) to determine CIN2 and higher grade lesions, reported test sensitivity of 90% to 100% with a mean of 95%. Similarly the cross-sectional studies from developing countries from 1993 to 2003 which have focused on test characteristics of HPV DNA Hybrid capture 2 (HC2) test to determine CIN2 and higher grade lesions has shown a sensitivity in the range of 50% to 91% with an average sensitivity of 79%.Among the developing countries cross-sectional study from India which evaluated test reported sensitivity of only 68.2%. There is a statistical significant difference ( p value = 0.003) of sensitivity of HPV DNA HC2 test between the developed and developing countries to determine CIN2+ Lesions while there is no difference in the specificity. A study that was conducted in Chinese women to detected the prevalence of HPV genotype among women with mucopurulent cervicitis, healthy women and women with Invasive cancer, the author reported a 10% higher failure rates to extract HPV DNA in cases of mucopurulent cervicitis as compared to other two groups. So the study will explore if if the presence of untreated co-infections with STIs/RTIs (Sexually transmitted infections/Reproductive tract infections) resulting in cervical inflammation is somewhere interfering with low sensitivity of HC2 test due to presence of blood and excess mucus associated with the conditions leading to low sensitivity of the test in context to Indian Scenario.
Compare the curative effects of electroacupuncture deep needling difference in efficacy of the conservative treatment for lumbar five point therapy and routine western medicine, to explore the efficacy and superiority, open a new way for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.Through a comparative analysis of the data on the efficacy of different TCM Syndrome Types in the subgroup of patients with, to explore the effect of Electroacupuncture of deep needling and five lumbar acupoint therapy is most suitable for the TCM syndrome type.Through follow-up, patients in the two groups moment condition and the survival of the state was evaluated, explore the effect of electroacupuncture deep needling the long-term effects of five lumbar acupoint therapy for treatment of lumbar disc herniation and factors that may influence the recurrence of symptoms.
Refractory ascites is an indication for liver transplantation, and includes ascites that is resistant to, or intractable by diuretic therapy (International Ascites Club). This definition is partly subjective; it can be established only a posteriori, following diuretic therapy administration to all patients, including those in whom untoward effects are prominent; and requires prolonged follow-up. An early diagnosis of refractory ascites would avoid giving diuretic therapy to patients in whom it will fail and identify rapidly candidates to liver transplantation. Such diagnosis could be done with a pharmacokinetic (PK) study of radiolabeled albumin between the peritoneal cavity and serum.
Bariatric surgery is emerging as an essential treatment option for the management of obesity and its associated comorbidities. Many patients present for surgery have pre-existing low blood vitamin levels, thus all bariatric surgical procedures compromise nutrition to varying extents, and may present potential threat of micronutrient deficiencies. Therefore, long term nutritional monitoring and follow-ups are vital components of all bariatric surgical patients. However, there are no current standard practices in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the biochemical monitoring and replacement of essential micronutrients in patients undergoing bariatric surgery particularly the most performed Sleeve Gastrectomy. Medical practice guidelines recommend nutritional care however, the dose and route of administration supplementation after surgery based on randomized controlled trials is not yet established. Till tow no scientific study has been performed on monitoring vitamins and minerals levels following bariatric surgery among UAE population. Therefore, present study is aimed to determine the dose and route of administration of vitamins and minerals in improving the micronutrient deficiencies post-operatively. Two standard different dosage forms (oral /parenteral) of vitamins and minerals will be given to the patients who had undergone sleeve gastrectomy at Tawam Hospital. The dosages of the supplementations are within the international recommendations and patients will be followed up closely for a period of one year. The effect of nutritional deficiencies on micronutrient level and quality of life (QOL) will be assessed. This will help the medical practitioners to prove the optimal possible nutrition for patients.
The investigators intend to conduct a randomized clinical trial comparing 3 methods of induction of labor in term primiparous women with singleton. First group will be women induced with Foley catheter and pitocin, second group Foley catheter and vaginal dinoprostone and third group will be induced with vaginal dinoprostone alone. The investigators compare time for induction to delivery and way of delivery.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chidamide with EGFR-TKI for Advanced EGFR-TKI-resistant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer