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Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP) is a condition that involves experiencing pain and/or discomfort that lasts for more than 3 months following surgery without any explainable cause of this pain such chronic infection or pain caused from a condition preceding surgery. This conditi…

Kinesiophobia, defined as an excessive and irrational fear of physical movement due to perceived vulnerability to injury, has gained significant attention in clinical and scientific communities. This condition can act as a barrier to physical activity, negatively impacting patien…

Evaluate the feasibility of using digital health technologies to monitor symptoms in myasthenia gravis (MG). Study subjects will be screened and enrolled at Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital to participate in this 12 month observational study. Study subjects will be asked t…

Hematological malignancy is a disease of the blood. In some cases, this pathology requires therapeutic management, which is not necessarily the case for you. Nevertheless, to improve the management of patients who need it, we are conducting research to assess the state of your im…

A colonoscopy is a common procedure used to check for problems in the colon, such as disease or other health issues. Although it's widely used, one challenge is that the flexible tube used in the procedure (called a colonoscope) can sometimes form loops inside the colon. When thi…

A randomized, parallel, double-blind, controlled, multicenter clinical trial with two intervention arms. Two groups of participants will be included, both receiving a therapeutic exercise intervention and an educational session on the importance of proper breathing over a 6-week …

Despite the continuous development of new antiseizure medications over the past 25 years, 30% of patients with epilepsy suffer from drug-resistant seizures and are at risk of epilepsy-related complications, like cognitive dysfunctions, sleep-disordered breathing or Sudden and Une…

This randomized clinical trial investigates the impact of two different skin closure techniques on body image and mood in women undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancers. Patients undergoing elective surgery with a midline abdominal incision will be randomly assigned to one of …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a large language model (LLM)-based audiovisual educational tool improves the test time and reliability of standard automated perimetry (SAP) using the SITA Standard 24-2 protocol in English-speaking glaucoma patients. Glaucoma is …

This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the cardiovascular surgeon's visual estimation of LV function before decannulation following cardiopulmonary bypass, using TEE results as the reference standard.

Patients with laryngeal cancer often present with varying degrees of airway narrowing or anatomical distortion, making airway management particularly challenging. Awake flexible bronchoscopic intubation is a widely accepted and important strategy to ensure airway safety in this p…

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children and contributes substantially to pediatric emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. In Türkiye, nationally representative prospective data d…

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic disorders characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and abdominal obesity. Globally, it is a major public health concern. International studies have linked higher Dietary Antioxidant Index wi…

Intensive care patients have an increased risk of venous thromboembolic events (deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)) due to the presence of general risk factors for thrombosis (age, immobilization, obesity, prothrombotic history, etc.), but also risk factors sp…

This multicenter, non-interventional case-control study investigates whether household environmental reservoirs, particularly water systems, are associated with non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Environmental samples from the homes of …

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if short exercise breaks at work can prevent muscle and joint pain in workers. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do strength exercises help workers move better and feel less pain? Are strength exercises better than stretching …

This study adopts a combined design of retrospective cohort study followed by prospective observational study, which is conducted at Beijing Chest Hospital. The study first collects and analyzes the data of intestinal tuberculosis patients diagnosed and followed up in the hospita…

This randomized, parallel, single-blind clinical trial aims to compare the immediate and short-term effects of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) versus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), applied simultaneously to the median, radial, and ulnar nerve…

The goal of this observational study is to learn how removing extra fluid from the body (diuresis) affects sleep apnea in adults hospitalized with heart failure. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does sleep apnea severity improve after fluid removal? Is the improvement …

ABSTRACT This prospective, controlled, single-center clinical study aims to compare postoperative pain levels and analgesic consumption after nonsurgical endodontic retreatment in individuals with diabetes mellitus and systemically healthy individuals. In addition, the study aims…