Impact of a physician-led exercise programme on quality of life, muscle mass and clinical response in inflammatory bowel disease patients during induction with disease-modifying therapy: a study protocol

Introduction Biologic and small-molecule therapies have revolutionised the treatment of moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).A significant proportion of patients experience early or delayed treatment failure.Patients with IBD with greater visceral obesity are less likely to respond to biologics.Sarcopenia has been identified as a pre

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Epidermoid Cyst in the Floor of the Mouth of a 3-Year-Old

Epidermoid cysts are a rare entity in the oral cavity and are even less frequent in the floor of the mouth, representing less than 0.01% of all the cases.We present the case of a 3-year-old girl with a growth in the floor 8x4.25 of the mouth with 2 months of evolution and without changes since it was discovered by her parents.The lesion was asympto

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Multimodal prehabilitation in people awaiting acute inpatient cardiac surgery: Study protocol for a pilot feasibility trial (PreP-ACe).

BackgroundThe concept of "prehabilitation," or optimising individual physical and mental wellbeing prior to surgery is well established in cancer and orthopaedic populations.However, amongst the cardiac surgery population, the concept is relatively new.Of the few studies available, all focus on the elective surgical population.This pilot feasibilit

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