Publications
Weight parameters and pathological eating as predictors of obesity treatment outcome in children and adolescents Ghent University
Intensity-modulated arc therapy with cisplatin as neo-adjuvant treatment for primary irresectable cervical cancer : toxicity, tumour response and outcome Ghent University
Obstetric and neonatal outcome following ICSI with assisted oocyte activation by calcium ionophore treatment Vrije Universiteit Brussel
PURPOSE: Calcium ionophore treatment is being used in assisted reproductive technology (ART) for cases with previous low fertilization rate or total absence of fertilization after insemination by intracytoplasmic sperm injection or when a specific indication such as globozoospermia is present. As this technique is more invasive and differs from the physiological process of fertilization, a thorough investigation of the health of the children ...
HIPEC in T4a colon cancer: a defendable treatment to improve oncologic outcome? Hasselt University KU Leuven
Determinants of self-reported unacceptable outcome of intensive care treatment 1Â year after discharge Vrije Universiteit Brussel
PURPOSE: Survivors of critical illness often suffer from reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) due to long-term physical, cognitive, and mental health problems, also known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Some intensive care unit (ICU) survivors even consider their state of health unacceptable. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of self-reported unacceptable outcome of ICU treatment.
METHODS: ...
Nifedipine versus atosiban in the treatment of threatened preterm labour (Assessment of Perinatal Outcome after Specific Tocolysis in Early Labour: APOSTEL III-Trial) Hasselt University University of Antwerp
Levothyroxine treatment and pregnancy outcome in women with subclinical hypothyroidism undergoing assisted reproduction technologies: systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Time to initiation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment and its relation with outcome in a high incidence district in Lima, Peru Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
OBJECTIVE: To determine the time from diagnosis to start of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) treatment in Lima, Peru.
METHODS: We studied new smear-positive TB adults that were started on MDR TB treatment or that were switched to it between June 2008 and December 2011.
RESULTS: Time from the first positive smear to MDR-TB treatment was >30 days in 35% (13/37) of patients. Among the 27% (24/88) of patients that ...