Publications
"A palliative end-stage COPD patient does not exist" Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Early integration of palliative home care (PHC) might positively affect people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, PHC as a holistic approach is not well integrated in clinical practice at the end-stage COPD. General practitioners (GPs) and community nurses (CNs) are highly involved in primary and home care and could provide valuable perspectives about barriers to and facilitators for early integrated PHC in end-stage ...
Development of a complex intervention for early integration of palliative home care into standard care for end-stage COPD patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that palliative home care should be integrated early into standard care for end-stage COPD patients. Patients also express the wish to be cared for and to die at home. However, a practice model for early integration of palliative home care (PHC) into standard care for end-stage COPD has not been fully developed.
AIM: To develop an intervention for early integration of PHC into standard care for end-stage ...
Accuracy of CT pulmonary artery diameter for pulmonary hypertension in end-stage COPD University of Antwerp
Integrating palliative home care early into standard care of end-stage copd Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography in end-stage lung diseases University of Antwerp
Exploring the common genetic and epigenetic basis for COPD, emphysema and lung cancer. KU Leuven
Analysis of airway pathology in COPD using a combination of computed tomography, micro-computed tomography and histology University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Differences in place of death between lung cancer and COPD patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer are leading causes of death with comparable symptoms at the end of life. Cross-national comparisons of place of death, as an important outcome of terminal care, between people dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer have not been studied before. We collected population death certificate data from 14 countries (year: 2008), covering place of death, underlying cause ...