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Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
was initiated. RESULTS: General practitioners identified 5344 deaths. Overall, palliative care service use increased from 39% in 2005 to 63% in 2014 (p < 0.001). The use of a reference person for palliative ...
Evaluation of the clinical performance of the HPV-Risk assay using the VALGENT-3 panel.
significantly higher specificity (relative specificity: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.01-1.04; p <0.001). For CIN2+, similar results were obtained with relative sensitivity of 0.98; 95%CI: 0.93-1.02 and relative specificity ...
Defining optimal triage strategies for hrHPV screen positive women- an evaluation of HPV 16/18 genotyping, cytology and p16/Ki-67 cyto-immunochemistry.
were assessed. METHODS: This study incorporated CIN2 + cases and controls, all of whom tested hrHPV+ and whose results of liquid-based cytology (LBC), HPV16 /18 genotyping and p16/Ki67 cyto-immunochemistry were ...
Pregnancy outcome after cervical conisation: A 2nd retrospective cohort study in the Leuven University Hospital.
Hospital of Leuven in 2009, which database we enriched with information on the cone dimensions. Main outcome variables were gestational age at delivery, birthweight and neonatal condition at birth. RESULTS ...
Effect of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis on FEV1 in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a European Cystic Fibrosis Society Patient Registry analysis.
of ABPA (main explanatory variable) on FEV1 while controlling for other prognostic factors, a linear mixed effects regression model was applied. RESULTS: In 2008, the mean (± SD) FEV1 percent predicted ...
Ethnicity impacts the cystic fibrosis diagnosis: A note of caution.
analysis of the CFTR2 and UK CF databases for clinical phenotype, sweat chloride values and CFTR mutations and compared the diagnostic characteristics of Asian to non-Asian patients with CF. RESULTS: Asian ...
Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
(Diabetic Foot Ulcer) are offloaded in RDFC and the evolution over time. RDFC receive their results after each audit for benchmarking (IQED-Foot project). Method: Comparison of offloading methods used in ...
Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis.
visual methods to detect cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2+ (CIN2 +) using: (1) VIA alone; (2) VILI alone; (3) co-testing; and (4) VILI as a triage test of a positive VIA result. SEARCH STRATEGY: ...
Risk Assessment of Florists Exposed to Pesticide Residues through Handling of Flowers and Preparing Bouquets.
Abstract: Flowers are frequently treated with pesticides and, as a result, florists handling daily a large number of flowers can be exposed to pesticide residues. A study was conducted among twenty volunteer ...
Introduction of liquid-based cytology and human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening in Luxembourg.
and screened according to European Guidelines. All cytological results were classified according to the Bethesda 2001 system terminology. RESULTS: The prevalence of abnormal cervical lesions was as ...