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POPULATION OF INTEREST
Participants will be recruited from electronic dance music (EDM) festivals in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. This population was chosen because festival participants often present to event medical staff with a complaint of nausea, in a setting where the availability of medical
Methods The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital's Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved this study; reference number 1/378/1840, dated December 21st, 2016. It was registered with clinicaltrials.gov; reference number NCT03024697, dated February 15th, 2017. Forty-five ASA I-III female patients
Reduced lumbar multifidus muscle contraction has been observed in patients with low back pain (LBP). Currently, considerable evidence supports spinal stabilization exercises for treating LBP, including lumbar multifidus muscle activation exercises. Clinicians often apply a tactile stimulation on the
Potential subjects will be identified at the orthopedic presurgical clinic, the anesthesia preoperative clinic or the Day Surgery Unit. The electronic medical record (Epic) will also be used for prescreening potential subjects. Recruitment and consenting at will occur at anesthesia preoperative
1. Background:
Calcinosis cutis is the deposition of calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is a common and potentially debilitating manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc), affecting almost one quarter of these patients. Several studies have found an association between calcinosis and
Objectives of study
1. To assess the feasibility of AT among elders with OA knee in a future large-scale study, including the use of blinding (subjects and evaluator), acceptance of treatment protocol, follow-up for repetitive testing, estimating effect size and attrition rate.
2. To evaluate the
This randomized, parallel-group, safety-assessor-blinded phase IV study will be conducted. The study is conducted in accordance with principles of Good Clinical Practice and is approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Boards and regulatory agencies. Written informed consent is obtained from
Prospective randomized study of commonly used surgical prep solutions comparing superiority of Chloraprep to Duraprep
- Primary Outcome Measure: Quantitative and qualitative bacterial load pre-surgical preparation, post-surgical preparation, and post-wound closure to be obtained by skin cultures and
The hypothesis has been formulated by H0 and Ha. H0 = 1% clotrimazole solution has clinical effectiveness not different from 3% boric acid in 70% alcohol for the treatment of otomycosis.
Ha = 1% clotrimazole solution has more clinical effectiveness than 3% boric acid in 70% alcohol for the treatment
Abstract:
Skin preparation solutions are used to clean the skin of the patient before surgery to decrease the rate if infection. This is particularly important for hip replacement to reduce the risk of prosthetic joint infection. The use of a mark on the skin for site identification has become the
Bacterial colonization of epidural catheters is known to occur and it has been suggested that catheter contamination occurs more frequently in the obstetric setting. Epidural catheters are usually colonized by the flora present at the skin insertion site and the rate of colonization varies from 5 to