Capnography-Assisted, Learned, Monitored (CALM) Breathing is a mind-body intervention for COPD that uses breathing exercises and biofeedback with the goal of reducing shortness of breath, anxiety symptoms and improving overall quality of life. The intervention is a 4-week (1 hour, twice weekly) program taking place in-person at New York Presbyterian…
The purpose of this study is to find out how doctors describe hepatic encephalopathy episodes in patients medical records in the course of their regular practice. The aim of the study is simply to collect information from their medical records about how their episodes of overt hepatic encephalopathy are described. There is nothing that will be required of…
The purpose of this study is to compare the time to onset of an episode of overt HE, in subjects with previously demonstrated overt HE after treatment with rifaximin 550 mg BID and lactulose, or rifaximin 550 mg BID. Subjects will be screened to confirm eligibility into the study. Once confirmed, subjects will begin the treatment phase and will be randomly…
The purpose of this study is to collect blood samples from women who are pregnant with a fetus that has been confirmed by prenatal microarray testing to have a chromosomal abnormality, such as a microdeletion (missing chromosomes) or microduplication (extra chromosomes). The sponsor of this study, Sequenom Laboratories, will use these samples to develop and…