Oriot, Philippe Hermans, Michel P
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Acta clinica Belgica
Introduction: Glycated hemoglobin (A1c) is the measurement of choice to estimate the glycemic exposure over the last 3 months prior to sampling. The Free Style Libre® is a continuous glucose monitoring device which provides an estimated A1c (eA1c) from average interstitial glucose using Nathan's ADAG equation. The objective of this study was to com...
Shamshirian, Amir Mohseni, Ali Reza Pourfathollah, Ali Akbar Mehdipour, Shirin Hosseini, Samira Ghorbanpour, Atiyeh Azizi, Soheil
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Acta clinica Belgica
Background/Objectives: Blood is a vital resource that its utilization is ever increasing throughout the world and blood wastage is a global challenge that needs to be controlled. Most blood resources are used during complications of pregnancy, trauma, severe childhood anemia, gynecology, cancers, surgery, hematology disorders, and chronic diseases....
De Baetselier, Irith Osbak, Kara Krista Smet, Hilde Kenyon, Chris Richard Crucitti, Tania
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Acta clinica Belgica
Objectives: To investigate the efficacy of performing a pooling strategy of triple-anatomical site samples (pharyngeal, anorectal and urine samples) for simultaneous Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) nucleic acid amplification detection.Methods: A total of 117 specimen sets (pharyngeal, anorectal and urine) were collected fr...
Gönel, Ataman
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Acta clinica Belgica
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the elimination ratios of requested unnecessary tests and the cost-effectiveness to be achieved by means of 5 different algorithms with clinical validity defined in an artificial intelligence program.Methods: The clinician orders received from the hospital information management system were ad...
Kust, Davor Matesa, Neven
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Acta clinica Belgica
Objectives: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a common autoimmune disease. Available data show that HT develops as a result of interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors, but the exact pathogenesis of the disease is not yet fully understood. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the potential relationship between fami...
Kips, Julie Lambert, Jo Ongenae, Katia De Sutter, An Verhaeghe, Evelien
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Acta clinica Belgica
Background: Teledermatology, the application of telemedicine in the field of dermatology, can be a valuable tool to improve the efficiency of care in general practice.Objectives: In this pilot study, we implemented a teledermatology programme in Belgian context to assess the effect on referral rate and to evaluate the acceptability of teledermatolo...
Ciocan, Răzvan A Cătană, Cristina-Sorina Drugan, Cristina Gherman, Claudia D Ciocan, Andra Drugan, Tudor C Bolboacă, Sorana D
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Acta clinica Belgica
Aim: To evaluate if smoking, quantified by the serum cotinine levels, is related to the evolution of patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).Method: A pilot study was conducted on CLI patients who addressed at the Second Surgery Clinic of the Emergency County Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania between November 2015 and December 2016. The sample of p...
Bultynck, Celine Munim, N Harrington, D J Judd, L Ataklte, F Shah, Z Dockery, F
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Acta clinica Belgica
Introduction: Vitamin K plays an important role in blood coagulation. Diet is the main source of vitamin K and body stores are depleted in days, hence deficiency is common in malnourished older people. A high proportion of people who sustain a hip fracture are already malnourished, compounded by fasting for surgery which might further increase defi...
Catala, Gaetan Mebis, Jeroen Jerusalem, Guy Verhoeven, Didier Awada, Ahmad Bols, Alain Somers, Luc Van Den Broeck, Anke Duhoux, Francois P Machiels, Jean-Pascal
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Acta clinica Belgica
Background: Chemotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of early breast cancer (EBC). Granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSF) can reduce the risk of febrile neutropenia as primary prophylaxis (PP) or secondary prophylaxis (SP). The BRONS study investigated the incidence of serious neutropenic events (SNE) and G-CSF use in a Belgian...
Dupont, Lieven Pilette, Charles Schleich, Florence Joos, Guy
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Acta clinica Belgica
Objectives: Non-adherence to asthma medication can lead to lower disease control and asthma exacerbations that may be fatal. This survey assessed the attitude and expectations of Belgian asthma patients towards their treatment.Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted between June 2015 and February 2016 in 70 Belgian pharmacies. Participan...
