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General characteristics of the Sentinel General Practitioners (SGP) network in Belgium: short report on 2019-2022.
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: S Moreels; Sherihane Bensemmane; Nathalie Bossuyt; Melissa Vermeulen; Sébastien Fierens; Floriane Rouvez; Robrecht De Schreye Source: Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, p ...
SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe.
previous CVD. Sex-specific competing risk-adjusted models were used including conventional risk factors (i.e. age, smoking, systolic blood pressure, total, and HDL-cholesterol), as well as diabetes-related ...
Evolution of patient characteristics and outcomes concerning diabetic foot ulcer care in Belgium between 2008 and 2020
study the epidemiology of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and monitor/improve quality of care. We investigated how patient and foot characteristics, treatment and outcome evolved between 2008 and 2020. ...
Assessment of the clinical and analytical performance of the Aptima SARS-CoV-2 assay using the VALCOR protocol.
public health, the performance characteristics of assays should be evaluated to ensure reliable diagnostic outcomes are achieved. METHODS: VALCOR or “ VAL idation of SARS- COR ona Virus-2 assays” is ...
Sex differences in diabetic foot ulcer severity and outcome in Belgium
increasingly recognized to play an important role in the epidemiology, treatment and outcomes of many diseases. This study aims to describe differences between sexes in patient characteristics, ulcer severity ...
Evolution and determinants of glycaemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Belgium: A 10-year period observational real-world study
clinical and demographic characteristics of young patients (≤18 years) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) on a national level. Here we present the evolution of the hemoglobin A1 c (HbA1c) between 2008 and 2019 and ...
Bottom-up approach to build a ‘precision’ risk factor classification for diabetic foot ulcer healing. Proof-of-concept
identify independent predictors of DFU healing. Methods: 1,664 DFU patients were included by 34 Belgian diabetic foot clinics (DFC s). Twenty-one patient- and foot-related characteristics were recorded at ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
Between January 1st and September 30th, patient and ulcer characteristics were recorded for 887 consecutive patients with DFU s of Wagner 2 or higher. Based on the date of presentation in the DFC, patients ...
Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
for sociodemographic characteristics, no differences were obtained over time in the proportion of cancer/non-cancer patients for whom they provided care. The timing of initiation of palliative care ...
Ethnicity impacts the cystic fibrosis diagnosis: A note of caution.
analysis of the CFTR2 and UK CF databases for clinical phenotype, sweat chloride values and CFTR mutations and compared the diagnostic characteristics of Asian to non-Asian patients with CF. RESULTS: Asian ...