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Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
Methods: Data were cross-sectionally collected between 2008 and 2020. Recognized MDFC s included the first 52 patients with a new DFU of Wagner 2 or higher during the audit period. Person and ulcer ...
Evolution and determinants of glycaemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Belgium: A 10-year period observational real-world study
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Suchsia Chao; An-Sofie Vanherwegen; Dominique Beckers; Kristina Casteels; Daniel Klink; Philippe Lysy; Robrecht De Schreye Source: ISPAD (2022) Abstract: Since 2008 all Belgian paedi ...
The COVID-19 pandemic minimally interfered with delivery of care and did not result in worse outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
presented during lockdown underwent open vascular surgery compared to the same period in 2018 (B: 3.3% vs. 31.3% in 2018; p<0.001). No differences were observed regarding minor or major amputation rates. ...
Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines
an online questionnaire. Data from 2015 to 2020 were analyzed. Results: During the study period, 1618 cases were reported. In our sample, 47.9% patients were female and 52.1% male. 74.7% of tick bites ...
Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method
the same time period we also obtained pseudo-anonymized identifier information from treatment and harm reduction service providers. We estimated the total number of PWID in Brussels using ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
telemedicine by phone or mail (79%) and spreading patients in time and space to guarantee physical distancing (50%). In the lockdown period, the rate of patients presenting in the DFC s was strongly reduced (0.6 ...
Predictors of nursing-home entry for elders in Belgium
2013 aged 65 years and over were individually linked with longitudinal data from the Belgian compulsory health insurance data (BCHI) over a 5-year period (2012- 2017). Institutionalized BHIS participants ...
Listeria surveillance in Belgium
period 2000-2018, they comprise 47.1% and 36.2% of the cases, respectively. Notably, the incidence of serotype 4b remains rather stable, while the increase of serotype ½a is in relation with the increase ...
Impact of the revised European Tobacco Product Directive on the quality of e-cigarette refill liquids in Belgium
decreased over time. Before the revised TPD came into force, almost half of the samples was not conform in contrast to less than 15% non-conformities observed in the period 2017-2018. Moreover, also the ...
Human absorption of silver ENM: through particles or ions?
NM-300K, consisting of silver nanoparticles with a mean diameter <20 nm, or to AgNO3. The rats were treated either by oral gavage or by IV injection. During a 24-hour period, urine and feces were ...