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Anaestnesia geriatric evaluation to guide patient selection tor preoperative multidisciplinary team care in cardiac surgery

Verwijmeren, Lisa; Peelen, Linda M; van Klei, Wilton A; Daeter, Edgar J; van Dongen, Eric P A; Noordzij, Peter G (Oxford University Press, 2020-04-01)

Background: A multidisciplinary approach to improve postoperative outcomes in frail elderly patients is gaining interest. Multidisciplinary team care should be targeted at complex patients at high risk for adverse postoperative ...
Analysis of the video motion tracking system "Kinovea" to assess surgical movements during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Beulens, A J W; Namba, H F; Brinkman, W M; Meijer, R P; Koldewijn, E L; Hendrikx, A J M; van Basten, J P; van Merriënboer, J J G; Van der Poel, H G; Bangma, C; Wagner, C (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2020-04-01)

BACKGROUNDS: Robot-assisted surgery facilitated the possibility to evaluate the surgeon's skills by recording and evaluating the robot surgical images. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of using a ...
Distribution of Cardioembolic Stroke: A Cohort Study

on behalf of the Parelsnoer Institute-Cerebrovascular Accident Study Group (S. Karger AG, 2020-03-01)

BACKGROUND: A cardiac origin in ischemic stroke is more frequent than previously assumed, but it is not clear which patients benefit from cardiac work-up if obvious cardiac pathology is absent. We hypothesized that ...
The relevance of geriatric assessment for older patients receiving palliative chemotherapy

van der Vlies, E; Kurk, S A; Roodhart, J M L; Gerritse, F L; Pelgrim, T C; Vos, J M; Sohne, M; Hunting, C B; Noordzij, P G; van der Velden, A M T; Los, M (Elsevier, 2020-04-01)

OBJECTIVES: No tools accurately discriminate between older patients who are fit and those who are frail to tolerate systemic palliative treatment. This study evaluates whether domains of geriatric assessment (GA) are ...
Methods to express intraoperative hypotension exposure in the anaesthesia literature

Vernooij, Lisette M.; van Klei, Wilton A.; Moons, Karel G.M.; van Waes, Judith A.; Peelen, Linda M. (Oxford University Press, 2020-03-01)
Inactivated influenza vaccine does not reduce all cause respiratory illness in children with pre-existing medical conditions

de Hoog, Marieke L A; Venekamp, Roderick P; Meijer, Adam; Sanders, Elisabeth A M; Bruijning-Verhagen, Patricia C J L (Elsevier, 2020-04-09)

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) immunization in preventing all cause respiratory illness (RI) in children with pre-existing medical conditions has not been fully established and varies ...
Performance of the quick SOFA in very old ICU patients admitted with sepsis

Haas, Lenneke E M; Termorshuizen, Fabian; de Lange, Dylan W; van Dijk, Diederik; de Keizer, Nicolette F (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2020-04)

BACKGROUND: The number of very elderly ICU patients (abbreviated to VOPs; ≥80 years) with sepsis increases. Sepsis was redefined in 2016 (sepsis 3.0) using the quick SOFA (qSOFA) score. Since then, multiple studies have ...
Automated calcium scores collected during myocardial perfusion imaging improve identification of obstructive coronary artery disease

Dekker, Mirthe; Waissi, Farahnaz; Bank, Ingrid E.M.; Lessmann, Nikolas; Išgum, Ivana; Velthuis, Birgitta K.; Scholtens, Asbjørn M.; Leenders, Geert E.; Pasterkamp, Gerard; de Kleijn, Dominique P.V.; Timmers, Leo; Mosterd, Arend (Elsevier, 2020-02-01)

Background: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is an accurate noninvasive test for patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is known to be a powerful predictor ...
Measurements of cervical lymph nodes in children on computed tomography

Spijkers, Suzanne; Littooij, Annemieke S.; Nievelstein, Rutger A.J. (Springer-Verlag, 2020-04-01)

Background: No normal measurements or specific size criteria have been described for cervical lymph nodes in children. Objective: To determine the normal measurements of cervical lymph nodes in children on CT. Materials ...
Patient and anesthesia characteristics of children with low pre-incision blood pressure, a retrospective observational study

Pasma, Wietze; Peelen, Linda M; van den Broek, Stefanie; van Buuren, Stef; van Klei, Wilton A; de Graaff, Jurgen C (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2020-04)

BACKGROUND: Intraoperative blood pressure has been suggested as a key factor for safe pediatric anesthesia. However, there is not much insight into factors that discriminate between children with low and normal pre-incision ...
Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON); van der Baan, FH (American Association for Cancer Research Inc., 2020-02-01)

Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 ( BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer ...
Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Impact of Hematocrit on Monitoring and Dosing of Tacrolimus Early After Heart and Lung Transplantation

Sikma, Maaike A; Hunault, Claudine C; Huitema, Alwin D R; De Lange, Dylan W; Van Maarseveen, Erik M (Adis, 2020-04)

The calcineurin inhibitor tacrolimus is an effective immunosuppressant and is extensively used in solid organ transplantation. In the first week after heart and lung transplantation, tacrolimus dosing is difficult due to ...
Effect of a Skills Training for Oncologists and a Patient Communication Aid on Shared Decision Making About Palliative Systemic Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Henselmans, Inge; van Laarhoven, Hanneke W.M.; van Maarschalkerweerd, Pomme; de Haes, Hanneke C.J.M.; Dijkgraaf, Marcel G.W.; Sommeijer, Dirkje W.; Ottevanger, Petronella B.; Fiebrich, Helle Brit; Dohmen, Serge; Creemers, Geert Jan; de Vos, Filip Y.F.L.; Smets, Ellen M.A. (AlphaMed Press, 2020-03-01)

Background: Palliative systematic treatment offers uncertain and often limited benefits, and the burden can be high. Hence, treatment decisions require shared decision making (SDM). This trial examined the independent and ...
Moderate and heavy alcohol consumption are prospectively associated with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction: The Hoorn Study

van Oort, Sabine; Beulens, Joline W; van der Heijden, Amber A W A; Elders, Petra J M; Stehouwer, Coen D A; van de Luitgaarden, Inge A T; Schrieks, Ilse C; Grobbee, Diederick E; van Ballegooijen, Adriana J (Elsevier, 2020-01-03)

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Data on the prospective relationship of alcohol consumption at more moderate levels with systolic and diastolic function are scarce. We aimed to examine the prospective association of alcohol consumption ...
First Evidence for a Dose-Response Relationship in Patients Treated with Ho-166 Radioembolization: A Prospective Study: a prospective study

Bastiaannet, Remco; van Roekel, Caren; Smits, Maarten L J; Elias, Sjoerd G; van Amsterdam, Wouter A C; Doan, Dan T; Prince, Jip F; Bruijnen, Rutger C G; de Jong, Hugo W A M; Lam, Marnix G E H (Society of Nuclear Medicine Inc., 2020-04-01)

166Ho-microspheres have recently been approved for clinical use for hepatic radioembolization in the European Union. The aim of this study was to investigate the absorbed dose-response relationship and its association with ...
Autism, autonomy, and authenticity

Späth, Elisabeth M.A.; Jongsma, Karin R. (Springer Netherlands, 2020-03)

Autonomy of people on the autism-spectrum has only been very rarely conceptually explored. Autism spectrum is commonly considered a hetereogenous disorder, and typically described as a behaviorally-defined neurodevelopmental ...
New psychoactive substances (NPS) in the Netherlands: occurrence in forensic drug samples, consumer drug samples and poisons center exposures between 2013 and 2017

Hondebrink, Laura; Nugteren-van Lonkhuyzen, Johanna J; Hunault, Claudine C; van den Berg, Jorrit; van der Gouwe, Daan; van Riel, Antoinette J H P (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-04)

Background and Aims Although European-wide data on the new psychoactive substances (NPS) drug market are available, country-specific data are limited. We studied recent NPS trend data relative to all recreational drugs on ...
Why Medical Residents Do (and Don't) Speak Up About Organizational Barriers and Opportunities to Improve the Quality of Care

Voogt, Judith J; Kars, Marijke C; van Rensen, Elizabeth L J; Schneider, Margriet M E; Noordegraaf, Mirko; van der Schaaf, Marieke F (Wolters Kluwer, 2020-04-01)

PURPOSE: Medical residents are valuable sources of information about the quality of frontline service delivery, but if they do not speak up, their ideas, opinions, and suggestions for improving their work practices cannot ...
Can Marathon Running Induce Myocardial Microdamage?

Aengevaeren, Vincent L.; Bakermans, Adrianus J.; Froeling, Martijn; Hopman, Maria T. E.; Hooijmans, Melissa T.; Monte, Jithsa R.; Strijkers, Gustav J.; Nederveen, Aart J.; Eijsvogels, Thijs M. H. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019-06)
Feeding protocol deviation after esophagectomy: A retrospective multicenter study

Berkelmans, Gijs H K; Kingma, B Feike; Fransen, Laura F C; Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A P; Ruurda, Jelle P; van Hillegersberg, Richard; Luyer, Misha D P (Churchill Livingstone, 2020-04-01)

BACKGROUND: Esophagectomy is associated with high postoperative morbidity rates, which can result in decreased quality of life and impaired recovery. Implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have ...

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