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Long-Term Prospective Post Marketing Clinical Follow Up for Evaluation of the BioProtect Balloon Implant™ System

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding is potentially lethal in liver cirrhosis. Accurate assessment of prognosis is critical in a timely fashion. A novel model, CAGIB score, has been developed based on our Chinese multicenter retrospective study. Now, a prospective, international multi…

This study aims to further improve and expand the WB-MRI imaging evaluation cohort of axSpA patients to complete dynamic follow-up and condition assessment. Based on the WB-MRI features, the association of WB-MRI signs with disease activity, inflammation, and structural damage wi…

This retrospective observational study aimed to compare the effects of low-flow and standard-flow sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative inflammatory responses in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for obesity. Data were obtained from the anesthesia and laborato…

Study is designed to screen psychological cognitive baseline and retention/improvement after weight loss surgery.

The use of non-pharmacological methods in labor pain is very important in order to improve the birth process, increase comfort and provide relaxation. The role of midwives, acting as patient advocate is to maintain comfort throughout the birth process. In order to do this, she sh…

The study hypothesizes that addition of dexmedetomidine to bupivacaine either in spinal anesthesia or TAP block is more effective and provide better ObsQor-11score than bupivacaine alone. Also, Dexmedetomidine in TAP block might provide a longer pain free time in comparison to in…

This study was planned and will conducted to determine the effect of hot foot bath on pain, anxiety, sleep and comfort levels in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Research hypotheses H1: A hot foot bath reduces postoperative pain in patients undergoing laparoscop…

It is well known that malnutrition is a prognostic risk factor in chronic heart failure (CHF). Weight loss and the development of cardiac cachexia are associated with poor prognosis in CHF. However, objective indices such as the Prognostic Nutrition Index (PNI) and Controlling Nu…

Racial disparities result in Black infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) receiving less breast milk (BM) than White and Hispanic infants.1 BM improves infant health yet mothers of critically ill infants produce insufficient amounts to provide these benefits which is …

This is a single-center, non-profit observational study with two sequential phases: an initial retrospective phase followed by a prospective phase. Patients were enrolled during two consecutive, non-overlapping periods. The primary objective of the study is to derive a clinical …

Forty-six consecutive patients undergoing elective primary coronary artery bypass grafting were enrolled. After the left IMA was harvested, free flow was measured under controlled hemodynamic conditions before any intervention (flow 1) and at a mean of 12.5 minutes after the topi…

Intradurale spinal tumors are rare neoplastic lesions that involve the spinal cord and surrounding structures and may cause neurological symptoms such as pain, motor deficits, sensory disturbances, and sphincter dysfunction. Surgical resection is often the primary treatment when …

This observational prospective clinical study aims to describe the epidemiology, management and outcome of patients with sinonasal and skull-base pathology (tumours and diseases with malignant clinical characteristics) in a tertiary otorhinolaryngology referral centre. The main q…

The aim of the present study is to investigate the protective effect of minimal invasive versus the conventional extracorporeal circulation on tissue homeostasis as evidenced by the preservation of tissue metabolism and cerebral perfusion.

Background: Muscular strength training interventions have long been a cornerstone in the prevention, non-surgical management and rehabilitation of the entire spectrum of musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. The key goal of strength training, especially during rehabilitation, is…

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the therapeutic touch applied to the sleep patterns of individuals aged 65-85 years with chronic diseases who are treated in the Neurology Intensive Care Unit of Ankara City Hospital, taking into account the circadian cycle.The …

The purpose of this study is to understand variation in the symptoms of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis using simple, scalable smartphone-based measurements. This study uses an iPhone app to record these symptoms through questionnaires and sensors.

Two groups are aimed at being investigated in three centers (CICOM, Clinica Branemark and Clinica Joan Pi) * Test group: Group electrolytic approach (EA): Mechanical detoxification using curettes + NiTi brushes + EA (GalvoSurge) during 2 minutes * Control group: Group hydrogen p…

This study aims to investigate the effects of daily consumption for 4 weeks of a probiotic durum wheat pasta vs a conventional durum wheat pasta without probiotics on fasting metabolic parameters and inflammatory status, on gut permeability and functionality, on daily energy inta…