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This study evaluates the effect of a Health Belief Model (HBM)-based educational intervention on pruritus severity and pruritus-related quality of life (QoL) in hemodialysis patients. The cluster-randomized controlled trial includes hemodialysis patients allocated to an intervent…

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 compare effect of adding fentanyl or dexmetomidine on duration of motor and sensory block after spinal anesthesia with prilocaine during day case perianal surgery and whether it impact time to discharge home.

Maternal and childhood obesity have dramatically increased and continue to present a significant health problem. Studies show that offspring of overweight (body mass index, BMI \>25-29.9) and obese (BMI ≥30) women are at increased risk of newborn and age 1-year adiposity, and inf…

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 …

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors, costs, and operational impacts of emergency department boarding (patients admitted to the hospital but remaining in the emergency department awaiting placement on an inpatient floor) The main questions it a…

The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of exoskeleton training on neurogenic bowel disorders in spinal cord injury/ disease.

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.

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…

This study aimed to assess and compare predictors of outcome in patients with thymomatous and non-thymomatous MG undergoing Thoracoscopic thymectomy.

To compare and contrast the clinical, gait and parent-reported outcomes following either non-operative (casting) or operative treatment for children with idiopathic toe walking (ITW) and determine whether there are specific genes associated with ITW.

The Percutaneous Cholangiopancreatoscopy (PCPS) registry is an observational, multicentric, prospective, and retrospective registry of patients undergoing the percutaneous cholangiopancreatoscopy procedure at sites across the United States. In the retrospective component of the s…

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…

The goal of this observational study is to investigate the causes of hospitalisation via emergency services in patients with degenerative parkinsonian syndromes. All causes of hospital admission through the emergency department among patients with Parkinson's-related disorders w…

The objective of this project is to implement and evaluate a group model of well child care for mothers in treatment for opioid use disorder and their children that addresses the specific health needs and concerns of opioid-exposed infants, is trauma informed, and is embedded wit…

Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric illness with a heterogeneous disease course, varying from periods of symptomatic remission to relapse. Relative to the wealth of scientific data on the course of schizophrenia during the two years following the first psychotic episode, the o…

This clinical trial studies the effectiveness of a web-based cancer education tool called Helping Oncology Patients Explore Genomics (HOPE-Genomics) in improving patient knowledge of personal genomic testing results and cancer and genomics in general. HOPE-Genomics is a web-based…

Early diagnosis of LC in the asymptomatic stage through intentional screening programs and/or incidental pulmonary nodule identification and follow-up are known to improve outcomes significantly. There are large gaps in the screening and early detection of LC, especially in LMIC …

Lymphatic transport was previously examined by these investigators using Near InfraRed Indocyanine Green fluorescence imaging (NIR-ICG) of the upper extremities. They established reliable and reproducible methodologies in RA patients. The purpose of this phase 2 pilot is to study…