Publicaties
Trends in AIDS Deaths, New Infections and ART Coverage in the Top 30 Countries with the Highest AIDS Mortality Burden; 1990-2013. KU Leuven
Patients with SLE have higher risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in comparison with controls with the same levels of traditional risk factors and intima-media measures, which is related to accumulated disease damage and antiphospholipid syndrome Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: SLE is a strong risk factor for premature cardiovascular (CV) disease and mortality. We investigated which factors could explain poor prognosis in SLE compared with controls.
METHODS: Patients with SLE and population controls without history of clinical CV events who performed carotid ultrasound examination were recruited for this study. The outcome was incident CV event and death. Event-free survival rates were compared ...
Is antenatal care preparing mothers to care for their newborns? A community-based cross-sectional study among lactating women in Masindi, Uganda Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent
BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality has remained resistant to change in the wake of declining child mortality. Suboptimal newborn care practices are predisposing factors to neonatal mortality. Adherence to four ANC consultations is associated with improved newborn care practices. There is limited documentation of this evidence in sub-Saharan Africa where suboptimal newborn care practices has been widely reported.
METHODS: Structured ...
The health-related social costs of alcohol in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Methods: A prevalence-based approach estimating the direct, indirect and intangible costs for the year 2012 was used. Attributional fractions for a series of health effects were derived from literature. The human capital ...
DALY calculation in practice Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent
Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent
Country-and-manufacturer-level attribution of air quality impacts due to excess NO emissions from diesel passenger vehicles in Europe Universiteit Hasselt
Predictive social factors in relation to preterm birth in a metropolitan region. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: Preterm birth is an important indicator of neonatal wellbeing. Infants born preterm are at higher risk for severe morbidity and mortality. Apart from medical risk factors, social factors are also associated with preterm birth. This study aims to provide knowledge on factors which have a predictive role in relation to preterm birth.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional population study.
SETTING: The Brussels metropolitan ...
Probiotics for Preterm Infants Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVES: Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of probiotics to reduce morbidity and mortality in preterm infants have provided inconsistent results. Although meta-analyses that group all of the used strains together are suggesting efficacy, it is not possible to determine the most effective strain that is more relevant to the clinician. We therefore used a network meta-analysis (NMA) approach to identify strains with ...