Background: Cisapride is used frequently in premature neonates as a gastrointestinal prokinetic drug. Concerns exist, however, about its safety because of its effect on the QT interval. Premature infants could be at higher risk for side effects be...
Auteurs:Filip Cools, A Benatar, A Bougatef, and Y Vandenplas
Objectives: Comorbidity is an issue of increasing interest. In addition, chronic gastrointestinal disorders show high prevalences in general practice. Comorbidity of chronic gastrointestinal disorders was assessed by means of a descriptive, cross-...
Auteurs:HOM Huitema, M Van Den Akker, F Buntinx, JW Muris, JFM Metsemakers, and JA Knottnerus
OBJECTIVE: To assess t he effectiveness of a nation-widemultifaceted intervention programme involving general practitioners (GPs) on influenza immunisation practice. DESIGN: Pragmatic before-after trial using pre- and post-measurement questionnair...
Auteurs:E Hak, RPMG Hermens, AW Hoes, TJM Verheij, MM Kuyvenhoven, and GA van Essen
The Netherlands is among the European countries with low incidence and almost lowest mortality from cancer of the uterine cervix. Screening started around 1970, being a combination of local and regional invitational programmes and opportunistic sc...
BACKGROUND: The CAGE questionnaire is a frequently studied and used instrument for screening of alcohol problems. It was developed and tested as a written questionnaire, but, clinically, it is often used as an oral interview. No comparisons have b...
Auteurs:Bert Aertgeerts, Frank Buntinx, Johan Fevery, and S Ansoms
BACKGROUND: Although narrative reviews have concluded that there is strong support for an association between cigarette smoking and urinary tract cancer, the association has never been quantified systematically in reviews. The purpose of this syst...
Auteurs:MPA Zeegers, FES Tan, E Dorant, and PA van den Brandt
This study examines differences between subjects with zero, one or two or more new diseases in a period of three years, with regard to demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, life style, medical family history and current diseases in th...
Auteurs:M van den Akker, Frank Buntinx, JF Metsemakers, and JA Knottnerus
BACKGROUND: The new diabetes protocol, formulated in Belgium as a consensus between the National Institution of Health Insurance and diabetologists, implicitly assumes the care of type 1 diabetic patients to be more efficient at the specialist lev...
Auteurs:Herman Van Loon, L Deturck, Frank Buntinx, Jan Heyrman, L Degroote, K De Koker, and J Vliers
BACKGROUND: This study attempted to (1) determine the prevalence of alcohol problems in college freshmen, (2) assess the performance of both the CAGE and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaires in this population, and ...
Auteurs:Bert Aertgeerts, Frank Buntinx, Jacquelina Knops, Corinne Vandermeulen, Mathieu Roelants, S Ansoms, and Johan Fevery
BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of three different organizational approaches to cervical cancer screening (community based, family practice based, and a combination) was evaluated in nationally representative family practices. METHOD: We selected 12...
Aim: Comorbidity is of increasing interest because of the rising prevalence of chronic disease in the next years due to the aging of the population and the development of medical possibilities. Cardiovascular disorders are particularly important b...
Auteurs:JSTM Landwehr, M Van den Akker, JFM Metsemakers, and Frank Buntinx
The development of national practice guidelines (NPGs) is an issue of much concern in healthcare policies world-wide to guarantee and to improve the quality and efficiency of care. The development and implementation of NPGs constitutes an importan...
Auteurs:HJM Hendriks, GE Bekkering, H Van Ettekoven, J Brandsma, P Van der Wees, and R De Bie
Objective: Evaluation of thyroid hormone response to a single administration of triiodothyronine (T-3) early postnatally to premature infants of <30 weeks gestational age.
Auteurs:Filip Cools, AG van Wassenaer, JH Kok, and JJM de Vijlder
The diagnosis of a pulmonary vein varix with a recently introduced new CT technology, multi-slice helical CT, is discussed. The advantage of multi-slice helical CT lies in increased thin-slice coverage during a single breath hold, which is the pre...
Auteurs:Els Vanherreweghe, Hans Rigauts, Y Bogaerts, and Luc Meeus
