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A literature review of the disruptive effects of user fee exemption policies on health systems Institute of Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: Several low- and middle-income countries have exempted patients from user fees in certain categories of population or of services. These exemptions are very effective in lifting part of the financial barrier to access to services, but they have been organized within unstable health systems where there are sometimes numerous dysfunctions. The objective of this article is to bring to light the disruptions triggered by exemption ...
Medical and surgical management of paraneoplastic pyoderma gangrenosum: a case report and review of the literature Institute of Tropical Medicine
Involvement of human and primate ovaries in schistosomiasis: a review of the literature Institute of Tropical Medicine
A review of childrenU+2019s rights literature since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Ghent University
ChildrenU+2019s rights have become a significant field of study during the past decades, largely due to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989. Today scholarly work on childrenU+2019s rights is almost inconceivable without considering the Convention as the bearer of the childrenU+2019s rights debate. The goal of this article is to critically explore academic work on the UNCRC. By means of a ...
The complexity of nurses' attitudes and practice of sedation at the end of life : a systematic literature review. Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
CONTEXT:
Sedation is administered to some palliative care patients at the end of their life. Nurses play an important role in this practice.
OBJECTIVES:
To systematically review the evidence on nurses' attitudes and practice of end-of-life sedation.
METHODS:
We searched eight electronic databases, four key palliative care journals, and reference lists for empirical studies ...
Sedation is administered to some palliative care patients at the end of their life. Nurses play an important role in this practice.
OBJECTIVES:
To systematically review the evidence on nurses' attitudes and practice of end-of-life sedation.
METHODS:
We searched eight electronic databases, four key palliative care journals, and reference lists for empirical studies ...
The commercialization of social media stars : a literature review and conceptual framework on the strategic use of social media influencers Ghent University
Efficacy, duration of use and safety of glucocorticoids: a systematic literature review informing the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis KU Leuven
This systematic literature review (SLR) regarding the efficacy, duration of use and safety of glucocorticoids (GCs), was performed to inform the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Studies on GC efficacy were identified from a separate search on the efficacy of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). A combined search was performed for the duration of use and safety of GCs in RA ...
Value of [68Ga]Ga-somatostatin receptor PET/CT in the grading of pulmonary neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumours and the detection of disseminated disease: single-centre pathology-based analysis and review of the literature KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Although most guidelines suggest performing a positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with somatostatin receptor (SSTR) ligands for staging of pulmonary carcinoid tumours (PC), only a limited number of studies have evaluated the role of this imaging tool in this specific patient population. The preoperative differentiation between typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AC) and the extent of dissemination ...
Efficacy of synthetic and biological DMARDs: a systematic literature review informing the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis KU Leuven
OBJECTIVES: To update the evidence on efficacy of DMARDs (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs) and inform the taskforce of the 2022 update of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: This systematic literature review (SLR) investigated the efficacy of conventional synthetic (cs), biological (b), biosimilar and targeted synthetic (ts)DMARDs in patients ...