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The diagnostic data will be collected in a general health chart and dental history sheet by the investigator and confirmed for eligibility criteria with main supervisor. Clinical examination through visual, palpation and percussion of offending tooth is done. Pulp sensitivity test will be done for

Aim 1/Objective 1. Establish the feasibility of oligosaccharide supplementation and twice a week stool collections among 12 C. difficile colonized hematology-oncology inpatients. It will be determined if at least 70% of the oligosaccharide dosages are taken by at least 8 (>=66%) of the 12 enrolled

To conduct an exploratory study to understand the digestive tolerability of resistant maltodextrin (Fibersol-2) in young healthy and diarrhea children aged 1-3 years for 30 children at home and 30 children at hospital in phase 1. Additionally, propose to conduct a placebo-controlled, randomized,

Study design: In this safety and feasibility study, 20 GBS patients will be enrolled for SVPE as per protocol criteria. Clinometric measurements (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturation (SpO2), neurological examination) along with documentation of central line associated blood

Background Nosocomial infection Nosocomial infection, especially those caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, is a major threat to critical care medicine. A systemic review revealed that 10-20% of patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) more than 48 hours will develop ventilator

To test the hypothesis that probiotics will decrease the risk of post pull-through enterocolitis by randomizing patients to receive either probiotics or placebo for the first 3 months after surgical treatment for HD. E.1. Design: This study will be a prospectively performed, multi-center, double

SLE is a chronic systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disease. Approximately 65% of patients develop SLE between 16 and 55 years of age, and it is 8-10 times more common in women. Overall prevalence is estimated at 40-50 per 100,000 individuals in the US. SLE typically includes periods of remission

STUDY DESIGN This is a randomized controlled clinical trial. Subjects Inclusion criteria: 1. History of acute watery diarrhoea of <72 hrs. 2. Either sex. 3. Age - 6m to 60 months 4. Some or severe dehydration. 5. Wt for Ht <70% of NCHS median: with or without edema. 6. Dark field examination

Study site: The Dhaka and the Matlab Hospitals of ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research. Duration: Total duration of 15 months that include data collection over a full year to capture seasonal variations in the aetiology of diarrhoea. Sample size: Based on the yearly patient visits it