Long-term oxygen therapy with concentrators and liquid oxygen.

abstract：:Background and objective: The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) among nursing home (NH) residents is high. This study aimed to investigate the acceptance and implementation of pharmacist recommendations based on a screening tool for PIP, the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Foubert K,Muylaert P,Mehuys E,Somers A,Petrovic M,Boussery K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system may be considered as a sensory organ able to respond to different kinds of danger signals that are not detected by nervous cells. The immune response is not autonomous but also regulated by the central and peripheral nervous system, as well as by neuropeptides, vitamin D and neuroendocrine axes such ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Geenen V

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism is an endocrine disease with various clinical manifestations. It is a rare cause for rhabdomyolysis and massive pericardial effusion. We describe a case of severe hypothyroidism secondary to autoimmune hashimoto thyroiditis with massive pericardial effusion and rhabdomyolysis. Improvement of mentioned c...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Zare-Khormizi MR,Rahmanian M,Pourrajab F,Akbarnia S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively studied 29 cases of S.pyogenes bacteremia, treated from September 1985 through September 1993, in order to define the clinical pattern, predisposing factors and the outcome of S.pyogenes bacteremia in our region. The number of infections, the clinical picture and mortality rate of S.pyogenes bactere...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van de Mierop F,Knockaert DC,De Raedt S,Verhaegen J,Peetermans WE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman presented with recurrent pleuro-pericarditis following Nissen fundoplication. A diagnosis of anterior gastrodiaphragmatic fistula was made. The suspected etiology of the fistula was local ischemia. This kind of fistula, although exceptional, should always be considered in the presence of unexplaine...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Descamps OS,Donckier JE,Collard JM,Michel L,Trigaux JP,Melange M,Buysschaert M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tramadol is a weak opioid with effects on adrenergic and serotonergic neurotransmission that is used to treat cancer pain and chronic non malignant pain. This drug was initiated in association with paroxetine and dosulepine hydrochloride in a tetraparetic patient with chronic pain. Fifty-six days after initiation of t...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Devulder J,De Laat M,Dumoulin K,Renson A,Rolly G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with sudden visual loss, a history of postprandial abdominal pain, malabsorption, and skin lesions typical of systemic Degos' disease. Despite anti-aggregants and prednisone the patient's status did not improve. On the basis of the hypothetical dysimmune origin of ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Breucker S,Vandergheynst F,Decaux G

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV is considered a chronic disease. Adherence to HAART is crucial for effectiveness. Non-adherence negatively impacts patient outcome and the larger economy. However, data on adherence among the Belgian HIV cohort are scarce. Therefore, the purpose of thi...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Degroote S,Vogelaers D,Vermeir P,Mariman A,De Rick A,Van Der Gucht B,Pelgrom J,Van Wanzeele F,Verhofstede C,Vancauwenberghe J,Vandijck D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence, risk factors and mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, population-based study. SETTING:The medical (14-bed) and surgical ICU (26-bed) of the Ghent University Hospital. METHODS:All 1295 patie...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Myny D,Depuydt P,Colardyn F,Blot S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade an increase has been seen in drug smuggling. Body-packing and body-stuffing are the terms used for intracorporeal concealment of illicit drugs (mainly cocaine and heroine, but sometimes also amphetamines and cannabinoids). These body-packets are especially prone to rupture. In order to avoid systemic c...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Malbrain ML,Neels H,Vissers K,Demedts P,Verbraeken H,Daelemans R,Wauters A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-glycoprotein, a pump located in the plasma cell membrane, extrudes several clinically important drugs from the cell, and hence causes multidrug resistance. Reversing clinical drug resistance is possible by using agents that inhibit the activity of P-glycoprotein. We describe the results of sequential flow cytometric...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Moerloose B,Muylaert A,Gemmel F,Janssens A,Poppe B,Dhooge C,Benoit Y,Van Hove W,Philippé J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are a relatively uncommon lesion that may be either intra, or extradural, and intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are even less common. Arachnoid cysts are cerebrospinal fluid collections in the spine that can present with neurological symptoms. The objective of this paper is to describ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Krstačić A,Krstačić G,Butković Soldo S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that pneumococcal vaccination of older persons would be cost-effective in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia, but evidence of clinical protection for this condition is uncertain. Given much better evidence of vaccination effectiveness against invasive disease, studies showing that v...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Graeve D,Verhaegen J,Ament A,Baltussen R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most commonly reported symptom in patients with cancer with a prevalence up to 100%. It has a significant negative impact on quality of life. An effective management of CRF could significantly reduce the disease burden associated with cancer and its treatment. Unfortunately, the und...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Waele S,Van Belle S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arrival of new cephalosporins faces the clinician with an evergrowing confusion as to the drug of choice. The older agents (cephalexin, cephradine, cefadroxil and cefaclor) and the newer formulations cefatrizine and cefuroxime axetil are intensively used for treatment of mild and moderate infections. The oldest ag...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Verhaegen J,Verbist L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years there have been enormous changes in the management of stroke patients. General practitioners, ambulance personnel/paramedics and the general public need to be well informed that stroke is a medical emergency. Prevention of secondary brain damage by normalising vital parameters and combating fev...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Keyser J,Sulter G,Langedijk M,Elting JW,van der Naalt J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic nodules are frequently found incidentally and often pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge when surgery is considered. We present the case of a 66-year-old cirrhotic patient with a pancreatic nodule with signal intensity and contrast enhancement pattern suggestive for a non-functional neuroendocrine le...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vandekerckhove E,Ameloot E,Hoorens A,De Man K,Berrevoet F,Geboes K

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We report about 2 cases of isolated mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting without parenchymal infiltrates. Although rare, this mode of presentation reminds the clinician that tuberculosis has to be included in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses even in the absence of parenchymal lesion. Both c...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Hainaut P,Monthe A,Lesage V,Weynand B

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multihospital study allowed us to follow a total of 62 serologically proven cases of Nephropathia epidemica (NE) in the Belgian region between Sambre and Meuse during the 1992-1993 period. The clinical picture consisted of sudden high fever (100% of the cases), headache (71%), abdominal or lumbar pains (80%) and, as...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Colson P,Damoiseaux P,Brisbois J,Duvivier E,Levecque P,Roger JM,Bouilliez DJ,McKenna P,Clement J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible lesions of the splenium of the corpus callosum constitute a clinicoradiological syndrome that has been associated to various medical conditions. We report the case of a 47-year-old man who presented with encephalopathy associated to auto-immune thyroid disease in which a reversible splenial lesion was isola...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Greef J,Jaumotte C,Quivron B,Derue G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of refractory systemic rheumatic diseases remains a challenging issue. New immunosuppressive drugs have been developed which might improve long-term outcome, with a reasonably toxicity profile. Moreover, better understanding of the mechanisms underlying some of the systemic rheumatic disease has raised ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Houssiau FA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction:Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare auto-immune condition that can present as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and progress into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Importance:The purpose of this clinical case is to highlight the importance of considering less prevalent causes of ARDS amid the...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Cauwelaert S,Stylemans D,D'Haenens A,Slabbynck H,Nieuwendijk R

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 34-year-old woman, who was recently diagnosed with Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), genetically confirmed. At this moment, she presented with an acute history of arterial hypertension, headache, cortical blindness and epilepsy. On the basis of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria the d...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanacker P,Vanacker A,Leys A,Thijs V

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various treatments for essential hyperhidrosis are available. The aim of this study is to present our experience with a simplified thoracoscopic sympathicolysis technique in this disorder, and to confront our results with data in the literature, 35 consecutive patients (11 male, 24 female, age 12-44 years) with essent...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Noppen M,Vincken W,Dhaese J,Herregodts P,D'haens J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of the St Vincent declaration, a Belgian "task force" was installed in 1992 and consequently 16 working groups were formed. They presented their objectives in 1995. The working group "prevention and treatment of diabetic foot lesions" started the implementation of a screening program to obtain an overview ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Acker K,Weyler J,De Leeuw I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report and discuss the case of a 51-year-old patient undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery for pheochromocytoma after 10 days of medical pre-treatment. After anaesthetic induction, a deep level of anaesthesia could not prevent the onset of repeated hypertensive peaks, followed by severe hypotensive periods. Once...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Jakus L,Jacquet LM,Maiter D,Mourad M,Jonas C,Scholtes JL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis, characterized by necrotizing inflammation of medium-sized vessels. In clinical practice, the distinction is made between a limited, mostly cutaneous, form and a generalized form. The Chapel Hill Consensus Conference of 2012 on the classificati...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Kint N,De Haes P,Blockmans D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces' is a rare radiological entity that is more frequently encountered on imaging studies and is gaining more attention since the widespread use of CT for lung cancer screening. Numerous aspects of this entity remain unraveled, including molecular profiling. The goal of this o...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Snoeckx A,Reyntiens P,Pauwels P,Van Schil PE,Parizel PM,Van Meerbeeck JP

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common hereditary lung diseases. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA), Aspergillus fumigatus (AF) and Candida albicans (CA) are the principal bacterial and fungal pathogens in the airways of CF patients. The interactions of coexisting bacterial-fungal pathogens are of great interest. In ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Yan K,Yin H,Wang J,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Altered iron metabolism plays a central role in the development of anaemia in critically ill patients but the time course of iron status in septic and non-septic critically ill patients has not been well defined. METHODS:Prospective study in a 34-bed medico-surgical ICU. The complete blood count, iron, ferr...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Piagnerelli M,Cotton F,Herpain A,Rapotec A,Chatti R,Gulbis B,Vincent JL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00