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This study hypothesis is that Semaphorins 3A and 4D levels are overexpressed in patients with heart failure. Study protocol: Hospitallized patients with new onset or previously diagnosed heart failure will be recruited to the study. Control group will include healthy people with no medical records or chronic treatment at the same age range. After signing an informed constent form, full medical history and blood samples will be collected. A second blood sample will be collected 8 weeks later, assuming the patient was discharged and not hospitalized since than. The blood samples will be analyzed by Bnai Zion Medical Center Immunology labs for the above semaphorins levels in the heart failure group and control group. Statistical analysis will then commence for possible correlatoion with different clinical parameters.
Twenty four patients with bone resorption on the anterior maxilla will be divided into two groups with different kinds of grafting: bone block associated with particulated biomaterial and particulated mixture of autogenous bone and biomaterial stabilized by collagen membrane and pins. The techniques will be compared according to volume gain, quality of graft osseointegration, implant survival and maintenance of the level of soft tissues.
This study evaluates the addition of fosaprepitant to currently available antiemtic treatments of carboplatin chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients. Half of the patients will receive fosaprepitant in their first chemotherapy cycle, and a placebo on their second chemotherapy cycle. The other half of the patients will begin their first chemotherapy cycle.
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. The most studied and promising intervention is Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and its variations: Behavioral Comprehensive Intervention for Tics (CBIT). Group intervention for children with TS has not been evaluated. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of CBIT group intervention compared with Psycho-Educational-Supportive group in terms of tic severity.
Currently Midazolam sedation is the standard of care for minor invasive procedures in pediatric patients; its use is restricted to two routes of administration for this purpose oral and intranasal. A third route of administration (buccal) is tested and approved for seizure management. In the investigators' study the researchers investigate the buccal route of administration versus oral or intranasal administration for sedation. The investigators' hypothesis is that buccal route of administration is more convenient than intranasal and better absorbed than oral.
This is phase II study on the efficacy of octreotide lar as maintenance treatment after first-line chemotherapy for patients with unresectable or metastatic gastro-entero-pancreatic or esophageal neuroendocrine carcinomas.
Objective: Computerized sleep staging has been verified in a normal population. This study attempts to investigate and verify the interpretation of this computerized sleep staging program in patients with sleep disorders, and improve the accuracy of actigraphy algorithm for sleep duration and postures. 1. Compare the accuracy of computerized sleep-wake analysis with current sleep quality indicators: through actigraphy and heart rate sensors, compare the computerized sleep-wake analysis program with polysomnography, and verify its clinical reliability and validity in sleep disorder patients. 2. Establish the sleep posture detection system: through three-axis accelerometer, develop algorithms for position recording and monitoring during sleep, and upgrade its accuracy according to photography. Methods: Patients ranged from age 20-50 with primary insomnia, periodic limb movement in sleep, simple snores, and obstructive sleep apnea will be enrolled in our study. Routine polysomnography will be applied in sleep center at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, as well as sleep-related questionnaires. At the same time, actigraphy and heart rate sensor patch will be used for sleep posture detection and further computerized sleep-wake analysis. Results will be verified the consistency by comparison with sleep-wake analysis from polysomnographic data and sleep-related questionnaires.
Diabetic Foot as the popular chronic complications of diabetes, is one of the main factors leading to limb amputation, it was reported that the amputation rate is 15 times of the non-diabetic patients. Common surgical amputation is not only about high plane amputation but also bring a tremendous mental stress to patients which may affect the quality of life seriously. Diabetic foot patients facing the great risk of serious infection, endotoxemia , and septic shock which could be the main cause of death before amputation. It become an important topic that how to control the infection, reduce the amputation plane, save the function as possibility, and improve the life quality of the patients as well. This study is based on years of clinical experience of and brings out "early-stage amputation" concept firstly in China with a systematic exposition, experimental research and clinical research. Early-stage amputation refers to cut in the normal tissue from the inflammatory tissue at the junction line of limbs, in order to achieve more retained stump, block endotoxin absorption and improve the quality of life of patients. External therapy of herbs chitosan can promote granulation tissue regeneration and control of local infection, it solved the problem of difficult wound healing and it is a reliable guarantee of early-stage amputation.
Using double blind, randomized controlled design to study the short-term therapeutic effects of customized arch-support shoe insoles to children with flat foot.
If a termination of pregnancy procedure is performed by vacuum aspiration our patients receive a paracervical block. Nevertheless these patients are not free of pain. We randomised our patients: one group will receive additional orodispersible tramadol, the other group will receive a placebo.