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This study is a randomized controlled trial comparing standard fortification of donor breast milk to targeted fortification of donor breast milk in preterm infants. The purpose of the study is to determine if there is a benefit to target fortifying donor breast milk in the preter…

Evaluation of adherence, persistence and efficacy of treatment with PCSK9 inhibitors in a real-life Italian population.

In high-volume trauma centers, multi-slice CT scanners have become the routine imaging modality for screening trauma patients due to their speed and accuracy. In trauma patients with no known neurologic deficits, diagnostic CT is often obtained though it remains unclear whether t…

Endovaginal ultrasound is currently the gold standard to diagnose a shorted cervical length and, by extension, assess the risk of preterm labor. The major inconvenient is that this is an invasive method of diagnosis that tends to be poorly accepted by some patients. This study ai…

Prospective, monocentric study aiming to identify factors involved in platinum based-chemotherapy resistance in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (all stages). Patients will receive treatment (platinum based-chemotherapy) according to the standard practices. A prospective…

Vitamin D is an essential hormone involved in bone metabolism, bone mineral density maintenance, and bone health. Vitamin D deficiency is putatively linked to poor pediatric orthopedic outcomes \[1\]. Further, the risk of low vitamin D associated fractures may be greater in minor…

Lateral epicondylitis is a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder, affecting 1-3% of the population, typically in middle age and without gender bias. Evidence on the role of scapular strengthening in managing pain, grip strength, and functional limitations in these patients remains l…

This is a registry-based cohort study of all adult patients (≥18 years) admitted to Swedish Intensive Care Units with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease during the first 2 months of the 2020 pandemic. The main goal is to describe demographic characteristics, coe…

MVNT (multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor of the cerebrum) is a benign, recently discovered, neuronal lesion, the incidence of which is unknown. It seems to predominate in the temporal lobes and presents a characteristic MRI appearance: multiple subcortical nodules, deve…

The purpose of the study is the evaluation of the clinical and radiological short- to long-term safety and performance of the aneXys cup. The data will be used for an ongoing evaluation of the product safety and performance.

Brown fat is a type of fat, found in both children and adults, which can produce heat and regulate the body's metabolism and energy use. White fat is the more common type of fat which is used to store extra calories. Understanding more about differences between brown and white fa…

This study will test the preliminary efficacy of adding a very low carbohydrate dietary intervention to the evidence-based DPP-GLB on blood pressure reductions for lower-income AA men and women in a community-based clinic.

The study investigators are interested in learning more about how drugs, that are given to children by their health care provider, act in the bodies of children and young adults in hopes to find the most safe and effective dose for children. The primary objective of this study is…

The proposed parallel-group randomized controlled trial add-on superiority of the iCBT-I program with CAU as a control condition will let us investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of iCBT-I. Analysis of baseline characteristics of the participants aims to find predi…

This study aimed to compare the effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) and Diaphragmatic Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) on inspiratory muscle strength, mechanical ventilator parameters, and functional levels in intubated intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Thir…

Chapman Reflex Points (CRPs) are small palpable nodules found within connective tissue that have traditionally been associated with dysfunction of internal organs and the autonomic nervous system. However, little is known about how commonly these findings occur in healthy individ…

Hantavirus disease are zoonotic infections and remain a clinical challenge with globally increasing incidence and multiple serious outbreak situations in Europe within the last years. Hantavirus disease encompasses two clinical syndromes, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HF…

Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic diseases caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. Human are accidental hosts, who acquired infections after exposition to animal urine, contaminated water or soil, infected tissue. Incidence of invasive leptospirosis disease causing acute kidney …

The purpose of this research study is to study the relationship between childhood asthma, allergies, and early-life environmental factors that may cause childhood asthma and allergies. Previous birth cohort studies have found early-life environmental factors such as allergies, po…

Postoperative respiratory complication is a common complication that occurs in 6% of patients after cardiac surgery and increases morbidity and mortality and hospital length of stay. Diaphragmatic dysfunction (DD) is one of the main risk factors for post-operative respiratory dis…