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Decisions to terminate resuscitation. Resuscitation CommitteeR de Vos
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Resuscitation 39:7-13. 1998..We conclude that the point in time to terminate resuscitation is not always rationally chosen. Updating of the current guidelines for terminating resuscitation and training resuscitation teams to use these guidelines is recommended...
Impact of survival probability, life expectancy, quality of life and patient preferences on do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders in a hospital. Resuscitation CommitteeR de Vos
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Resuscitation 39:15-21. 1998..We conclude that resuscitation is considered futile on the basis of the patients' age and prospects without cardiac arrest and that the impact of expected survival probability on these decisions is small...
Quality of survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitationR de Vos
Resuscitation Committee, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Intern Med 159:249-54. 1999..Outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be poor, in terms of life expectancy and quality of life...
In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: prearrest morbidity and outcomeR de Vos
Resuscitation Committee, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Intern Med 159:845-50. 1999..The survival probability after CPR may be more accurately estimated by the occurrence in time of the prearrest morbidity of patients...
To be resuscitated or not: the concepts in decision makingR de Vos
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands
J Cardiovasc Nurs 16:21-7. 2001..The three fundamental questions that must be answered in making an informed decision about whether to attempt resuscitation are discussed and the evidence used to answer them is presented...
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Amsterdam and its surrounding areas: results from the Amsterdam resuscitation study (ARREST) in 'Utstein' styleR A Waalewijn
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands R A
Resuscitation 38:157-67. 1998..All links in the chain of survival must be strengthened, but equipping the police with semi-automatic defibrillators may be the most useful intervention to improve survival...
Diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography during cardiopulmonary resuscitationP A van der Wouw
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Coll Cardiol 30:780-3. 1997..We sought to establish the diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
Survival models for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation from the perspectives of the bystander, the first responder, and the paramedicR A Waalewijn
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, F4 143, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Resuscitation 51:113-22. 2001..Early defibrillation can restore circulation without the need for advanced CPR. When advanced CPR is needed, its delay leads to a markedly reduced survival...
[Reasons why patients do or do not participate in clinical trials; a systemic review of the literature]M A Nievaard
Nationaal Aids Therapie Evaluatie Centrum, Academisch Medisch Centrum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Gebouw T, 1105 AZ Amsterdam
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148:186-90. 2004..To assess the factors that may influence a patient's consent to participate in a clinical trial...
COMFORT scale: a reliable and valid method to measure the amount of stress of ventilated preterm infantsJ M Wielenga
Neonatology Department, Academic Medical Centre Emma Children s Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neonatal Netw 23:39-44. 2004..Assessment of clinimetric properties and diagnostic quality of a stress measurement scale (COMFORT scale)...
Systematic review of dressings and topical agents for surgical wounds healing by secondary intentionH Vermeulen
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Surg 92:665-72. 2005..The best dressing for postoperative wounds healing by secondary intention is unknown...
Maternal temperature during labourF D Schouten
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BJOG 115:1131-7. 2008..The aim of this study was to describe the variation of normal maternal temperature during labour. Design A prospective cohort study...
Start of induction of labour with oxytocin in the morning or in the evening. A randomised controlled trialJ J Bakker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BJOG 116:562-8. 2009..The objective of this study was to compare outcomes of induced labour with intravenous oxytocin with a start in the evening versus in the morning...
Decision making for relaparotomy in secondary peritonitisO van Ruler
Department of Surgery, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dig Surg 25:339-46. 2008..To provide a qualitative ranking of clinical variables by surgeons that influence their decision for reoperation and to evaluate whether these variables are related to positive findings at relaparotomy...
Survey among surgeons on surgical treatment strategies for secondary peritonitisB Lamme
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dig Surg 21:387-94; discussion 394-5. 2004..There was a slight overall preference towards the ROD strategy despite the considerable variability per case vignette...
A case of human orf in an immunocompromised patient treated successfully with cidofovir creamK Geerinck
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
J Med Virol 64:543-9. 2001..Topical cidofovir treatment resulted in complete regression of the lesion. This case is discussed in the context of the known literature on orf (ecthyma contagiosum)...
Results of streamlined regional ambulance transport and subsequent treatment of acute abdominal aortic aneurysmsJ W Haveman
Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Emerg Med J 23:807-10. 2006..To describe the triage of patients operated for non-ruptured and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) before the endovascular era...
