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Filter by:Diabetes Mellitus (DM) can be regarded as one of the "epidemics" of the western world. DM contributes to severe morbidity and mortality due to damage in the target organs (neuropathy, vasculopathy, nephropathy, retinopathy). It affects the quality of life of the patients because of increased rate of blindness, IHD, stroke, end stage renal failure, hemodialysis and lower limb amputations (LLA).The Diabetic Foot (DF) is defined as destruction or infection of tissue/s in the foot of diabetic patients due to neurological damage and / or different levels of Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD). Diabetic foot complications are the most common cause of lower extremity amputations in the industrialized world. The lifetime occurence of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) is 20% in diabetic patients. Between 15% - 25% of the foot ulcers will lead to lower limb amputations. It has been shown that Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) could be an effective therapy for many diseases including acute respiratory distress syndrome, spinal cord injury, liver injury and critical limb ischemia. Stem cells can be obtained from either the patient (autologous) or non-related healthy donors (allogeneic). The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of cultured Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (BM-MSCs) from allogeneic donors for treatment of chronic leg wounds of diabetic patients.
The purpose of the study is to investigate if bronchoscopic lung volume reduction by valves (Zephyr) would reduce native lung overinflation in patients that underwent single lung transplantation due to emphysema, and improve their well being and pulmonary function tests.
The investigators want to find new challenge test for Acetylsalicylic hypersensitivity / Aspirin hypersensitivity. The investigators suggest that this new test will be as efficient as the already established protocols in terms of sensitivity and specificity.
To establish the efficacy of screening for anemia and treatment of mild anemia with iron and vitamins prior to THR and TKR as a means of increasing hemoglobin and reducing perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion.
The aim of this study was to quantify the Intraocular Pressure (IOP) changes in patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy at different time points and body positions throughout the procedure, and to explore the influence of perioperative fluid management on the fluctuations of IOP during perioperative period.
Significant difference in the parameter settings of early optical coherence tomography (OCT spectal domain) in patients with subfoveal neovascular membrane realacionada age after treatment with a single intravitreal injection of Lucentis.
Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) are devices that are put into patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death. They are used to treat life threatening heart rhythm disorders. They have conventionally consisted of a generator sitting under the skin of the chest and leads which pass from veins in the collar bone region to the heart. Problems with these devices can necessitate extraction, with the commonest reason being infection. If extraction is required for infection then re-implantation is usually deferred for approximately one week whilst antibiotics are given so that the risk of infection of the new device can be minimised. This has considerable implications for healthcare resources. A new ICD has been developed that is entirely subcutaneous with no intravenous element. It is already in clinical use and is positioned remote from conventional ICD sites. With no intravenous element there is very little risk of infection in the blood affecting the new device. It is therefore likely to be possible to re-implant these devices immediately after extracting a conventional system. The aim of this research is to assess the outcome in patients re-implanted with this device immediately after conventional ICD system extraction. This data will be compared compared to those who have conventional systems re-implanted after the necessary delay.
The goal of the investigators research is to explore energy production of the ovarian follicle in older reproductive age women at the time of oocyte retrieval.
Background: Shared Decision Making (SDM) refers to a process of health care delivery in which practitioners and clients seeking help with decisions, collaborate to access relevant information and enable client-centered selections of health care resources (1, 2). SDM leads to better treatment adherence and outcomes for people with a medical problem (3). SDM principles have previously been used in psychiatry to improve antipsychotic and antidepressant medication adherence (4, 5); however, these principles have yet to be applied to psychiatric rehabilitation (6). The current research uniquely aims to test the development and implementation of a SDM intervention for people with psychotic spectrum disorders (e.g., schizophrenia and affective disorder) during the referral process to psychiatric rehabilitation services. The study will be conducted this year using a randomly selected sample from the population of people with psychotic spectrum disorders hospitalized in SHALVATA psychiatric hospital in Israel. It aims to facilitate better treatment and rehabilitation outcomes. It has received the support and approval of the Mental Health Division of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Israel, the institutional review board (IRB) by the university of Haifa, Israel and a Helsinki committee approval by SHALVATA psychiatric hospital and the MOH in Israel. References 1. Charles C, Gafni A, Whelan T. Shared decision-making in the medical encounter: What does it mean?(or it takes at least two to tango). Soc Sci Med. 1997;44(5):681-92. 2. Adams JR, Drake RE. Shared decision-making and evidence-based practice. Community Ment Health J. 2006;42(1):87-105. 3. Joosten EAG, DeFuentes-Merillas L, De Weert GH, Sensky T, Van Der Staak, C. P. F., De Jong, C. A. J. Systematic review of the effects of shared decision-making on patient satisfaction, treatment adherence and health status. Psychother Psychosom. 2008;77(4):219-26. 4. Hamann J, Cohen R, Leucht S, Busch R, Kissling W. Do patients with schizophrenia wish to be involved in decisions about their medical treatment? Am J Psychiatry. 2005;162(12):2382. 5. Hamann J, Langer B, Winkler V, Busch R, Cohen R, Leucht S, et al. Shared decision making for in-patients with schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2006;114(4):265-73. 6. Drake RE, Deegan PE, Rapp C. The promise of shared decision making in mental health. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010;34(1):7-13.
Schizophrenia is a common disorder with a lifetime prevalence of about 1%.Genetic studies strongly suggest a genetic component to the inheritance of schizophrenia. Structural neuroimaging studies have provided consistent evidence for brain abnormalities in schizophrenia. The timing of brain abnormalities in schizophrenia has not been determined yet. The investigators hypothesize that brain structural changes can be detected in neonatal life. The investigators hypothesize that offspring of schizophrenic patients will have higher rates of brain structural changes in the neonatal period. The investigators propose to study early development of fetuses in offspring of patients with schizophrenia. The study is a multi-center prospective trial.