abstract：:Elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) exerts effects not only on intra-abdominal organs, but also on organs distant to the abdominal compartment. Abdomino-thoracic interaction during intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) or abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) interferes with pulmonary, cardiovascular and cerebral func...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Wauters J,Wilmer A,Valenza F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to a little while ago there was no uniform definition for acute kidney injury (AKI). Recently, the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative proposed the RIFLE consensus classification for AKI. This classification was adapted and modified by the Acute Kidney Injury Network into the AKI staging system. This classification d...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Hoste EA,De Corte W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been an exponentially increasing interest in intraabdominal hypertension (IAH) and the abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) over the last decade, and different definitions have been suggested. Nevertheless, there has been an impetus from experts in the field to modify these definitions to reflect ou...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Malbrain ML,De Laet I,Cheatham M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and subsequent abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in burned patients is common. This sequence of events typically occurs in patients with larger burns receiving high volume fluid resuscitation. METHODS:A review of the literature was performed. The National Library of M...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Tuggle D,Skinner S,Garza J,Vandijck D,Blot S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-closure of abdominal fascia and the resultant open abdomen after laparotomy has become a major advance in the management of critically ill or injured patients. The benefits of open abdomen are many and include the prevention of intra-abdominal hypertension and the consequent abdominal compartment syndrome. Appropr...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ivatury RR,Kolkman KA,Johansson K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney could be the cause of essential hypertension which can also cause renal disease. High blood pressure is also very common in chronic kidney disease, and is moreover a well-known risk factor for a faster progression of kidney failure. Hypertension and kidneys are thus closely linked. Hypertension must be aggr...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Krzesinski JM,Cohen EP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the case of a patient with stage IV Hodgkin's disease (involving the nodes and Liver) presenting with paraneoplastic fever and who subsequently developed hypothermia during chemotherapy administration. We also reviewed the 12 other cases of hypothermia in Hodgkin's disease reported in the literature and di...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Meert AP,Berghmans T,Sculier JP

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This cross-sectional study registered the prevalence of sedative drug use and withdrawal strategies in geriatric in-patients from 30 centres in nine European countries. METHODS:We conducted a survey among young geriatricians using a standardised questionnaire on sedative drug use for more than three weeks. T...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Petrovic M,Spatharakis G,Conroy S,Van Maeles G,Moulias S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of secondary leukemia in donor cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a rare event. We describe the occurrence of acute myeloid leukemia in donor cells 4 years after a stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma. The multiple myeloma was relapsing at the time of the onset of acute myelo...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Havelange V,Antoine-Poirel H,Saussoy P,Van Den Neste E,Ferrant A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the correlation between liver echogenicity and serum C-peptide levels in type 2 diabetic patients treated with oral hypoglycaemic agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 231 type 2 diabetic patients (114 men) with a mean age of 64.3 +/- 6.9 years and a mean diabetes duration of 8.5 +/- 3.2 y...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Papanas N,Symeonidis G,Mavridis G,Papazoglou D,Giannakis I,Papatheodorou K,Pastore F,Lakasas G,Maltezos E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxic Paraphenylenediamine is characterized by infrared spectrophotometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, whereas, high performance liquid chromatography with a refractive index detector was used to determine its purity in the suspect samples using external standardisation. An analytical method for de...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Bellimam MA,Stambouli A,El Karni N,Bouayoun T,El Bouri A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thorax scan was performed for elucidation of a pulmonary problem in a Nigerian immigrant. The aspect of the vertebrae suggested sickle cell disease, of course without specification of the genotype. Routine hematological tests seemed compatible with an HbSC disease, showing typical laboratory features, namely a signifi...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Thoma J,Kutter D,Casel S,Rosoux P,Braas C,Ries F,Groff P,Kalmes G,Golinska B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of adult patients with surgical repaired congenital heart defects increases continuously. We were interested to compare late outcome after partial and complete atrioventricular defect repair (pAVSD and cAVSD, respectively) and to determine the most important reason for re-intervention. METHODS:Al...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Soufflet V,Daenen W,Van Deyk K,Troost E,Budts W

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical picture of macroprolactinemic patients and to further assess whether macroprolactinemia was part of an auto-immune syndrome. Eighty-two hyperprolactinemic (serum PRL > 1000 mU/l) patients were investigated and the PEG precipitation test identified 14 patients ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Theunissen C,De Schepper J,Schiettecatte J,Verdood P,Hooghe-Peeters EL,Velkeniers B

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:After notification of a case of fulminant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a 83-year-old female resident of a nursing home to the Flemish Health Inspectorate, a seroepidemiological study and a retrospective cohort study were conducted among the 94 residents and 47 nursing staff to assess the extent of HBV transmis...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Schrijver K,Maes I,Van Damme P,Tersago J,Moës E,Van Ranst M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actually, the Fournier's gangrene is described as a dermohypodermitis of the perineal, genital and/or perianal regions which can affect both sexes and a wide range of ages. The diagnosis of the disease is essentially made on clinical grounds. Imagery can be interesting in case of an intra-abdominal suspected source of...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Maréchal R,Taccone F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a severe allergic reaction during urethral catheterisation, initially erroneously attributed to natural rubber latex (NRL). However, the negative investigations for latex, the uneventful further applications of NRL, the positive skin test and basophil activation test for chlorhexidine strongly support dia...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ebo DG,Bridts CH,Stevens WJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces boulardii is widely used as a probiotic compound and is generally thought to be safe. We report one case of fungemia caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae occurring in an elderly patient treated orally with S. boulardii in association with vancomycin for Clostridium difficile colitis. We do not recommend ad...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Cherifi S,Robberecht J,Miendje Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malakoplakia is a rare inflammatory disease involving most frequently the urinary tract. We present a case of bilateral renal malakoplakia, in which FDG-PET contributed to diagnosis. We made this diagnosis on the basis of clinical presentation, renal biopsy showing a mixed cellular infiltrate with granuloma formation ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanbrabant P,Drieskens O,Blockmans D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic survey of original papers published in The Lancet throughout the years 1945, 1946, 1970 and 1995. The Lancet was chosen due to a conservative layout through these years, and the year 1946 added to the analysis to ponder for any war-induced bias. The general layout and structure of the journal...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Selvais P,Hermans M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes registries have documented that the lifetime risk of diabetes amounts to at least 10% in the western world. Moreover the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing worldwide especially in developing countries. Furthermore there is a secular trend toward earlier clinical manifestation of both type 1 and type ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Gorus FK,Weets I,Couck P,Pipeleers DG,Belgian Diabetes Registry.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a rare cause of endocarditis. Most cases were observed in people working with animals. We report a case in a 45-year old man without any exposure to animals. He was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnoea. Blood cultures were drawn following fever on day 8 of hospitalisation. Erysi...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Spiritus T,Surmont I

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The use of hypnosedatives (HSs) in the hospital and at home before admission was registered. Also, the incidence of HSs newly started in the hospital and the incidence of withdrawal in chronic users while in hospital was recorded. METHODS:The study population consisted of 517 consecutively admitted patients ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Warie H,Petrovic M,Somers A,Mariman A,Robays H,Pevernagie D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on one patient with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and two patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). The patient with WG had signs of a respiratory infection and showed a c-ANCA pattern with proteinase 3 (PR3) specificity. The patients with MPA presented with pulmonary haemorrhage and signs of renal damag...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Mareen P,Van De Walle S,Bernaert P,Vanhouteghem H,Dierick J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), along with other forms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is an increasingly common clinico-pathological syndrome. It is frequently associated with obesity, especially visceral fat, and type 2 diabetes, and is intimately related to markers of the insulin resistance syndrome. Both...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Scheen AJ,Luyckx FH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used for the treatment of selected hematological malignancies. Its curative potential is based on two very different mechanisms, involving the conditioning regimen and the graft-versus-host reactions, respectively. The high-dose chemo-radiotherapy conditioni...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Beguin Y,Baron F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-dimers (DD), specific degradation products of crosslinked fibrin, are markers for activation of plasma coagulation and/or fibrinolysis. DD results below the cut-off level are proven to be useful to rule out the probable diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE). Our objective was to de...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ver Elst K,Jochmans K,De Pauw A,De Waele M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic performance of the CAGE and AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test) and its derivatives, and laboratory tests for screening alcohol abuse or dependence in a male medical hospital population. DESIGN:A diagnostic cross-sectional prevalence study. SETTING:Three general hospita...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Aertgeerts B,Buntinx F,Ansoms S,Fevery J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 2 decades, IgE-mediated NRL allergy has become a well-defined condition with recognised risk groups, established diagnostic tools, and adequate prevention strategies (1-3). Furthermore, molecular biology and biochemical techniques have significantly improved our knowledge of the proteins responsible to cau...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ebo DG,Stevens WJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine is an anaesthetic used in human medicine and veterinary practice, synthesised on 1962 and marketed on 1970 in France. Recreational uses were described during 1992 in the medical community and in 1996 in the dance settings. The chemical name of ketamine is 2--(2chlorophenyl)2-(methylamine)-cyclohexanone, an ar...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Arditti J,Spadari M,de Haro L,Brun A,Bourdon JH,Valli M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a regular basis, the media presents the potential risks of the use of psycho-active compounds, including misused pharmaceuticals (flunitrazepam, GHB) or drugs of abuse (cannabis, LSD, ecstasy). Ethanol is also frequently encountered. These drugs can be used for recreational purposes by addicts or can be observed af...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Kintz P,Villain M,Cirimele V,Goullé J,Ludes B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate, through a patient chart analysis, the average and the variation in the medical resource use in pulmonary embolism (PE) patients in Belgium, and to find explanatory variables for the possible variation. A sample of patients with confirmed PE (n = 54) from 5 centres was se...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Annemans L,Robays H,Bruart J,Verstraeten P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temocillin, a methoxy-derivative of the broad-spectrum penicillin, ticarcillin, has been introduced into clinical practice in Belgium in 1988. Since then, not many surveys of its in vitro activity have been published. This study addresses this issue in a prospective collection of 300 consecutive Gram-negative isolates...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanhoof R,Bérin C,Carpentier M,Fagnart O,Glupczynski Y,Mans I,Nyssen HJ,Surmont I,Van Nimmen L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with hepatitis B virus has become a vaccine-preventable disease. The recombinant hepatitis B vaccines available today are safe and immunogenic. In order for these vaccines to eradicate HBV a universal vaccination of neonates and/or children needs to be implemented. Major obstacles on the road to global hepat...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Leroux-Roels G,Cao T,De Knibber A,Meuleman P,Roobrouck A,Farhoudi A,Vanlandschoot P,Desombere I

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute severe pancreatitis is an aggressive disease with a mortality rate of up to 30 percent. In recent years therapy has shifted away from early surgery to intensive medical care. This article focuses on several issues of the management of acute severe pancreatitis emphasising evidence from recent clinical trials and...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ponette J,Wilmer A

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Foodborne disease represents a major problem for public health in industrialized countries, albeit with a low lethality. Foodborne diseases are defined as a group of viral, bacterial or parasitic gastrointestinal infections transmitted by means of food. Proper food-hygiene practices and surveillance of individual dise...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Loock F,Ducoffre G,Dumont JM,Libotte-Chasseur ML,Imberechts H,Gouffaux M,Houins-Roulet J,Lamsens G,De Schrijver K,Bin N,Moreau A,De Zutter L,Daube G

更新日期：2000-11-01 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