Publicaties
Development of muscle weakness in a mouse model of critical illness Universiteit Antwerpen KU Leuven
Novel insights in prevention and diagnosis of non-bacterial infections during critical illness KU Leuven
Novel insights in the HPA-axis during critical illness KU Leuven
Occurrence and Risk Factors of Chronic Pain After Critical Illness Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVES: Occurrence, risk factors, and impact on daily life of chronic pain after critical illness have not been systematically studied.
DESIGN: Cohort study.
SETTING: A tertiary ICU in The Netherlands.
PATIENTS: We surveyed patients who had been discharged from our ICU between 2013 and 2016. Three cohorts were defined as follows: 1) ICU survivors; 2) one-year survivors reporting newly-acquired chronic pain; and (3) ...
Muscle Protein Synthesis after Protein Administration in Critical Illness Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rationale: Dietary protein may attenuate the muscle atrophy experienced by patients in the ICU, yet protein handling is poorly understood. Objectives: To quantify protein digestion and amino acid absorption and fasting and postprandial myofibrillar protein synthesis during critical illness. Methods: Fifteen mechanically ventilated adults (12 male; aged 50 ± 17 yr; body mass index, 27 ± 5 kg⋅m-2) and 10 healthy control subjects (6 male; ...