Luning-Koster, Marleen N Alma, Manna A van den Boogaard, Jossy Verheij, Nienke P van der Mei, Sijrike F Landsman, Jeanet A Reijneveld, S A Menno
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
The aim of this study was to investigate how patients experience the information, the source investigation and contact tracing and the measures in isolation at the start of a pandemic. Secondary analysis of semi-structured interviews was conducted as part of a larger exploratory mixed-methods study on COVID-19 patient experiences. Semi-structured i...
Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O Rosendaal, Frits R le Cessie, Saskia van Zelst, Marino Siegerink, Bob
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced several waves in which the number of hospital beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 has varied greatly. In December 2022, hospitals were under a tremendous pressure, and were forced to upgrade their capacity to phase 2D ("Code Dark Grey"). This is the last phase prior to phase 3 ("Code Black"), in...
Franssen, Frits M E Janssen, Daisy J A Spruit, Martijn A
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Long COVID is seen in a growing group of patients who experience a large number of symptoms after previous infection with SARS-CoV-2. The symptoms persist and are accompanied by impaired functioning without a sufficient pathophysiological explanation. While the condition is more commonly seen in patients who have been critically ill, predictive fac...
Strauven, Lisa van der Wolk, Sander Gulpen, Anouk J W
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A 53-year-old man, diagnosed with Covid19, experienced pain in the left flank. Imaging results showed multiple spleen infarction. While thrombotic events are common complications in Covid19, diagnosing and imaging a spleen infarction is rather rare. There is no clear loss of contrast in the picture, which suggests local inflammation and coagulation...
van Lier, Pol A C Kalkman, Shona
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The first vaccines against Covid-19 were approved in December 2020 and administered in the Netherlands from the beginning of January 2021. As of November 2021, The Dutch government has started its booster programme to administer an additional vaccine dose to the population.This paper discusses the current knowledge about the duration of protection ...
Worp, Nathalie Koopmans, Marion P G Fouchier, Ron A M Oude Munnink, Bas B
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Almost two years after the introduction of SARS-CoV-2, it has become clear that the virus is unlikely to disappear any time soon. It is also clear that the virus mutates, resulting in specific variants of SARS-CoV-2. The exact implications of these variants are being investigated but it is likely that they have a selective advantage over previously...
Van den Brink, Renée B A Verheul, Hans A
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In the Netherlands, the burden of coronary artery disease is higher than that of any other disease. The healthcare costs amount to approximately 2.3 billion per year. Cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) reduces mortality and prevents myocardial infarction in patients with stable angina pectoris (AP). In patients with stable AP without a left main...
van Leeuwen, Otto B Brüggenwirth, Isabel M A Haring, Martijn P D Lantinga, Veerle A de Meijer, Vincent E Porte, Robert J
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In the Netherlands, the average quality of donor organs continues to decrease as a result of the increasing life expectancy, as well as higher incidence of obesity, diabetes mellitus, and other comorbidities in the general population. Storing donor organs on ice, the current standard practice, appears to be inadequate for preserving these high-risk...
Bonten, M J M van Werkhoven, C H
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We discuss a meta-analysis that reported on the association between gastric acid suppression and carriage with antibiotic resistant bacteria, with a special focus on the association for carriage with ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria in non-hospitalized subjects. Results from a recent population-based study (not included in the meta-analysis) w...
van Beekhuizen, Heleen J Leusink, Peter van Kemenade, Folkert
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The World Health Organization launched a campaign on elimination of cervical cancer on November 17th 2020. In this article the authors give an overview of HPV-related cancer in The Netherlands and stress that HPV-vaccinations for boys and girls and screening for women is of utmost importance to eliminated cervical cancer in The Netherlands and the ...
