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The COVID-19 pandemic minimally interfered with delivery of care and did not result in worse outcomes of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
major amputation or death as first event were assessed by Cox proportional hazards regression. Results: Although overall offloading rates for plantar DFU did not differ, patients that presented during ...
Quality of primary palliative care for older people with mild and severe dementia: an international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators.
representative Sentinel Networks of General Practitioners (GP s) in Belgium, Italy and Spain. GP s registered all patient deaths in their practice. We applied a set of nine QI s developed through literature review ...
Differences in primary palliative care between people with organ failure and people with cancer: An international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators.
repeated multidisciplinary consultations; involvement of specialized palliative care; place of death; and bereavement counseling. SETTING / PARTICIPANTS: Patients (18+) who died non-suddenly of cancer, ...
Activity-Based Detection and Bioanalytical Confirmation of a Fatal Carfentanil Intoxication.
department admissions and deaths. Here, we report on the application of a novel opioid activity reporter assay and a sensitive bioanalytical assay in the context of a fatal carfentanil intoxication, revealing ...
The use of the permanent sample (eps) to study the returnto- work after cancer. Challenges and opportunities for research
We observe during a five-year period the socio-professional status (inability, disability, unemployment or death) of 645 workers identified in the permanent sample (EPS), having had an oncological ...
Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
was initiated. RESULTS: General practitioners identified 5344 deaths. Overall, palliative care service use increased from 39% in 2005 to 63% in 2014 (p < 0.001). The use of a reference person for palliative ...
End-of-life care for people dying with dementia in general practice in Belgium, Italy and Spain: A cross-sectional, retrospective study.
of care, place of death, treatment aims, use of specialized palliative care and communication with general practitioners (GP s). METHODS: Cross-sectional retrospective survey was carried out of ...
Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
declined from 3.5% in 2008 to 2.6% in 2014, but this was paralleled by an increase in death as a first event from 3.3% to 5.2%. Conclusions: A unique, nationwide QI initiative was established among DFC s, ...
Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort
death, whichever occurred first. Cumulative incidence functions were studied and Cox proportional hazards regression was used to identify determinants of healing by using a forward selection method, taking ...
Patterns and trends in human papillomavirus-related diseases in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
75. The high cervical cancer burden is exacerbated by a lack of effective screening and an increasing risk of death from the disease among young women, as observed in Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, ...