B C Opmeer

..In this study we aim to assess whether adding laparoscopy to the diagnostic work-up of patients suspected of advanced ovarian carcinoma may prevent unsuccessful primary debulking surgery for ovarian cancer...

..This allows transfer of the patient to a perinatal centre, and maximizes the effect of corticosteroids for improved neonatal survival. It is questionable whether treatment with tocolytics should be maintained after 48 hours...

..We would invite these researchers also to join our effort and to collaborate with us on the external validation of our prediction models...

..We will assess whether triage of these women with fibronectin testing, cervical length or their combination is cost-effective...

..g., respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)) and a possible rise in the number of instrumental deliveries...

..In this study we will examine these potential benefits in four clinical diagnostic problems in the field of gynaecology, obstetrics and reproductive medicine...

..We aim to identify barriers and facilitators for successful patient recruitment at the level of the patient, the doctor and the hospital organization as well as the organization and design of trials over a broad range of studies...

..This study evaluates the costs associated with 3 versus 8 day antibiotic therapy and subsequent follow-up in patients hospitalized with mild-to-moderate-severe community-acquired pneumonia...

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..As an alternative, we assessed patients' treatment preferences and trade-offs for five common systemic therapies for psoriasis...

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..This study aimed to determine whether positive CAT serology is associated with lower spontaneous pregnancy rates in women in whom HSG and/or diagnostic laparoscopy showed no visible tubal pathology...

..An appeal is made for a standardized referral procedure including admission screening method, detecting patients at risk for nonstandard care during their hospital admission...

..The authors show how objective and subjective complexity indicators can be used for early and valid detection of patients needing interdisciplinary care...

..At present, it is unclear for which women early tubal testing is indicated, and in whom it can be deferred...

..To develop a clinical prediction rule that can help the clinician to identify women at high and low risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) early in pregnancy in order to improve the efficiency of GDM screening...

..We used individual patient data meta-analysis to assess this question...

..The aim of this study was to reassess the accuracy of CAT in diagnosing tubal pathology by individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis for three different CAT assays...

..Well defined prospective comparative studies using standardized diagnostics and clinical application plus agreed definitions of outcome are required to identify the best strategy to diagnose pregnancy outcome in women with PUL...

..The best strategy to identify women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is unclear...

..Cyclosporin is an effective treatment for severe plaque psoriasis. Unfortunately, its use may be limited by time- and dose-related nephrotoxicity. Serum trough levels may be useful for monitoring the risk of nephrotoxicity...

..We have developed a measurement and evaluated its psychometric properties in 67 patients admitted with CAP...

..The impact of patient characteristics on the accuracy of HSG is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess by individual patient data meta-analysis whether the accuracy of HSG is associated with different patient characteristics...

..A prediction rule by means of a clinical scoring system is available, but has never been validated externally. The aim of this study was to validate the scoring system...

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..Therefore, we propose an alternative design, which might be more feasible...

..The risk of additional treatment in the case of persistent trophoblast after salpingotomy was acceptable if compensated by a small rise in intrauterine pregnancy rate...

..To assess patients' preferences for diagnostic management of postmenopausal bleeding (PMB)...

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..The best diagnostic strategy for diagnosing endometrial carcinoma in patients with PMB still remains controversial. Future research should be focussed on achieving a higher accuracy of different diagnostic strategies...

..To review the literature on cervical length as a predictor of preterm birth in asymptomatic women with a multiple pregnancy...

..We assessed therefore whether the combination of medical history and CAT improves the efficiency of selecting patients for laparoscopy as compared to the use of either medical history or CAT...

..To determine to what extent patients who have survived abdominal sepsis suffer from symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, and to identify potential risk factors for PTSD symptoms...

..5%. C-L services in European countries are mainly emergency psychiatric services and perform an important bridge function between primary, general health, and mental health care...

..To assess the economic consequences of labour induction compared with expectant monitoring in women with gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia at term...

..Future studies should explore whether these findings can be incorporated in the diagnostic work-up of women with postmenopausal bleeding...

..To determine the incidence and significance of recurrent postmenopausal bleeding among women diagnosed with an endometrial thickness < or =4 mm after a first episode of postmenopausal bleeding...

..To determine whether further histologic assessment can be omitted after office sampling produced a nondiagnostic specimen...