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Cardiological examination constitute one of the major directions in nuclear medicine for detection of myocardial ischemia in patients suspected of coronary disease. In Caen, they constitute 20% of the activity of nuclear medicine. Systolic heart failure (HF) ischemic or nonischem…

Eating a diet rich in tomatoes has been associated with decreased risk for a variety of diseases. Tomatoes contain red-colored lycopene (one type of pigment in the class of pigments called carotenoids), which has been associated with the decreased risk of disease in those consumi…

The purpose of this study is to investigate how changing from a supine to upright position affects gas exchange for patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure. The research question is: will oxygen saturation and/or partial pressure of oxygen in the blood change when a patient …

Background: \- Researchers at the National Institutes of Health give many tests of hearing and balance. These tests can help detect problems that affect hearing or balance. It is important to know exactly how healthy people perform on each of these tests. This information will i…

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the oral alendronate treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis could be a risk factor for jaw bone healing after dental extraction.

Phase 2 of this study involves determining how consumption of cheese compared with a non-dairy cheese substitute influences inflammation over a six hour period.

The main objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the rate of motor decline and blood levels of Vitamin D total. Secondary objectives are to investigate the relationship between blood levels of vitamin D and total disease duration of ALS, forced vital cap…

The PVP by Greenlight laser 180W is becoming a potential therapeutic alternative in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) as recommended. The PVP creates a prostatic box after the vaporization of the prostatic tissue of BPH. The underlying prostatic tissue is the s…

This study compared two methods of insulin infusion by syringe pumps to assess the impact of medical devices on the glycaemic variability in patients under IIT in ICU. The main objective of the study was to show the superiority of the infusion system which permitted to dedicate a…

The new technical of ultrasonic exploration of this project purpose to validate the measurement of cerebral pulsatility by a new way called "Fast Cerebral Pulsatility Imaging" (FCPI).This will somehow determine the natural history of cerebral pulsatility during development adult …

The purpose of this study is to obtain biologic materials from the blood, airways and/or urine of normal individuals and individuals with lung disease. The normal are used to establish a set of normal ranges for various parameters. These provide control information when compared …

This study aims to: 1. describe the monitoring of patients treated for spinal disorders. 2. create a comprehensive database of reliable and readily exploitable quickly to produce a library of cross publications between orthopedic surgery and neurosurgical services. This database…

This specimen collection lab protocol will allow the investigators to prospectively study immune reconstitution in patients being treated for hematologic disorders and immune factors affecting graft versus host disease in stem-cell transplant (SCT) patients.

The purpose of this study is to measure the way in which TD-1211 is absorbed and eliminated by the body and to evaluate whether it is safe and well tolerated.

The purpose of this study is to compare inspiratory effort, comfort, gas exchange and patient ventilator synchrony during non-invasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist or pneumatically triggered and cycled-off noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NPSV), in patient at ris…

In 2012, a cross-sectional survey sampling 1,966 community-dwelling old people was conducted. Structurized questionnaires were interviewed face-to-face by well-trained staffs. An overnight fasting blood were obtained for biochemistry parameters.

Background: \- Previous studies have shown that people with certain types of brain damage may have particular problems paying attention and processing things that they see. Researchers are interested in comparing how people with brain damage and without brain damage process visu…

The purpose of this study is to decide which position of the neck affects cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) flow between the spinal cord and the brain. CSF is a fluid that flows up and down your spinal cord, around the brain and into the ventricles of the brain. This study will be don…

Categorical perception of familiarity in schizophrenic patients

The aim of this study is to evaluate the positioning time and the malpositioning rate of DLTs and BBs, the degree of difficulty perceived in device positioning, the use of bronchoscopy (BRO), and the quality of lung collapse achieved during ONE LUNG VENTILATION.