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Filter by:Previous studies did not reach a consensus on the influence of the type of anesthesiologic procedure and monitoring, during carotid thrombendarterectomy, on perioperative complications and cognitive outcomes. The aim of this study is the optimization of brain perfusion during the vascular carotid clamp using multimodal monitoring. We assume that standardized monitoring techniques and a better selection of cognitive tests will allow a more accurate assessment of subclinical cognitive deficits.
In this Austrian observational study preterm infants born with a birth weight <1500 g and a gestational age <32 weeks will be investigated at the neonatal outpatient clinic. Infants will be stratified according their feeding regimen (breast, formula and combined feeding) and their introduction of solid foods (early complementary feeding group: <17th week of life corrected for prematurity, late complementary feeding group: ≥17th week of life corrected for prematurity). Nutrient intakes and anthropometric parameters will be assessed at term, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months - all corrected for prematurity and with 40, 54 and 66 months.
The purpose of this research is to create and evaluate the efficacy of an exciting (fun to use), and potentially disseminable computer-based prevention program, Click City®: Alcohol, for use by 7th graders with a booster in 8th grade students. The ultimate goal of Click City®: Alcohol is to prevent the onset of heavy drinking during high school and post-high school. Secondary goals of the program include decreasing students' intentions and willingness to engage in heavy drinking in high school. The proposed program is unique both in its delivery system and the development process. Aim 1: The investigators plan to develop and test approximately 24 components over the first two years of the study. Aim 2: The final Click City®: Alcohol program will consist of 12 effective components delivered in six sessions over a three-week period in 7th grade. This is followed by two booster sessions, consisting of a total of 5 components delivered over a one-week period in 8th grade. Educational newsletters to parents and teacher guides will accompany the program. Aim 3: Following development, the investigators will conduct a group randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of this program as compared to schools' usual alcohol prevention curriculum. The investigators plan to recruit, stratify and randomly assign 26 middle schools to one of the two conditions, Click City®: Alcohol and Usual Curriculum (UC). Students in the Click City®: Alcohol and yoked UC schools will be assessed prior to the beginning of the 7th grade program, following the 7th grade program, following the 8th grade booster, which would occur approximately one year after the 7th grade program, and a follow-up assessment in the 9th grade to assess long-term outcomes, one year after the 8th grade assessment.
The purpose of this within-subjects randomized controlled trial is to determine whether two music therapy interventions are efficacious in reducing pain symptoms, in order to improve the quality of care for children in pediatric hospice. The investigators hypothesize that both music therapy interventions, live guitar and vocal intervention and vibroacoustic intervention, will reduce behavioural pain scores and that behavioural pain scores will correlate with physiological outcome measures.
It is previously reported that the cerebral oxygen desaturation during cardiac surgery is associated with an increased incidence of cognitive impairment. The aim of this study is to determine whether intraoperative monitoring and predetermined interventions protocol to improve cerebral oxygenation during coronary artery bypass surgery provides benefits in neurocognitive functions.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Tanakan® 240mg in association with Acetylsalicylic acid (325mg/day) in the recovery of neurological impairment following ischemic stroke.