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Explaining the amount of care needed by hospitalised surgical patients: a prospective time and motion studyCatharina J van Oostveen
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Centre, Room A3 503, P, O box 22700, Amsterdam, DE, 1100, The Netherlands
BMC Health Serv Res 13:42. 2013..Given the recent developments such as ageing, multi-morbidity and budgetary restraints, a practical explanatory model would avail healthcare professionals and managers in determining the demand and costs for clinical care...- Fracture surgery of the extremities with the intra-operative use of 3D-RX: a randomized multicenter trial (EF3X-trial)M Suzan H Beerekamp
Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:151. 2011..In addition, the diagnostic accuracy of the 3D-RX-scan will be determined in a clinical setting and a cost-effectiveness as well as a cost-utility analysis will be performed... 
Comparison of homecare costs of local wound care in surgical patients randomized between occlusive and gauze dressingsDirk Th Ubbink
Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Nurs 17:593-601. 2008..To study the material and nursing costs and outcome of wound care at home comparing two dressing groups (occlusive vs. gauze-based) in surgical patients after hospital dismissal...- Occlusive vs gauze dressings for local wound care in surgical patients: a randomized clinical trialDirk T Ubbink
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics, Room J1B 215, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Surg 143:950-5. 2008..To compare effectiveness and costs of gauze-based vs occlusive, moist-environment dressing principles... - A systematic review of topical negative pressure therapy for acute and chronic woundsD T Ubbink
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Surg 95:685-92. 2008..Topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy is becoming increasingly popular for all kinds of wounds. Its clinical and cost effectiveness is unclear... 
[Choosing between different treatment options: how should I inform my patients?]Dirk Th Ubbink
Academisch Medisch Centrum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 153:B344. 2009..The aim should be to explain both beneficial and harmful effects of medical interventions in a straightforward manner. However, the amount and content of this information should be tailored to the patient's wishes...- [Antiseptics to prevent or treat wound infections; myths and evidence]Dirk Th Ubbink
Academisch Medisch Centrum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Afd Kwaliteit en Procesinnovatie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 153:B328. 2009.... - [Local wound care: evidence-based treatments and dressings]D Th Ubbink
Academisch Medisch Centrum Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 150:1165-72. 2006.... - [Negative pressure therapy for surgical wounds]Dirk T Ubbink
Academisch Medisch Centrum, Afd Kwaliteit and Procesinnovatie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 153:A365. 2009..The effect of NPWT on wound healing, infection, mortality, and costs remains unclear. To obtain convincing evidence, we call for greater NPWT application in a research context... - Implementation of evidence-based practice: outside the box, throughout the hospitalD T Ubbink
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neth J Med 69:87-94. 2011..We investigated EBP attitudes, knowledge and the perceived barriers and facilitators to practising EBP , to define tailor-made interventions for improving evidence-based behaviour... - Preferences of patients, doctors, and nurses regarding wound dressing characteristics: a conjoint analysisHester Vermeulen
Departments of Surgery, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wound Repair Regen 15:302-7. 2007..These should also be the focus for manufacturers and researchers to obtain more evidence on which materials best match these attributes... - Laparoscopy in combination with fast track multimodal management is the best perioperative strategy in patients undergoing colonic surgery: a randomized clinical trial (LAFA-study)Malaika S Vlug
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ann Surg 254:868-75. 2011..To investigate which perioperative treatment, ie, laparoscopic or open surgery combined with fast track (FT) or standard care, is the optimal approach for patients undergoing segmental resection for colon cancer... - Attitudes, awareness, and barriers regarding evidence-based surgery among surgeons and surgical nursesAnouk M Knops
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
World J Surg 33:1348-55. 2009.... - Long-term adherence to a local guideline on postoperative body temperature measurement: mixed methods analysisMarja N Storm-Versloot
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Eval Clin Pract 18:841-7. 2012..To find out whether a successful multifaceted implementation approach of a local evidence-based guideline on postoperative body temperature measurements (BTM) was persistent over time, and which factors influenced long-term adherence... - Is the red-yellow-black scheme suitable to classify donor site wounds? An inter-observer analysisAnne M Eskes
Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Burns 37:823-7. 2011..We investigated whether this RYB-scheme is also useful to classify donor site wounds uniformly (DSW)... - Faster recovery of gastrointestinal transit after laparoscopy and fast-track care in patients undergoing colonic surgerySjoerd H W van Bree
Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gastroenterology 141:872-880.e1-4. 2011..However, objective measures supporting faster GI recovery are lacking. Therefore, GI transit was measured following open and laparoscopic colorectal surgery with or without fast-track care... - Values of patients and caregivers for donor site scars: an inter-observer analysis between patients and caregivers and prediction of cosmetic satisfactionAnne M Eskes
Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Burns 38:796-801. 2012..Furthermore, it is unknown which POSAS-items are mostly associated with overall cosmetic satisfaction with the scar... - Intravenous fluid restriction after major abdominal surgery: a randomized blinded clinical trialHester Vermeulen
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Trials 10:50. 2009..We investigated the effects of postoperative fluid restriction in surgical patients undergoing major abdominal surgery... - Fundamentals of randomized clinical trials in wound care: design and conductAnne M Eskes
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wound Repair Regen 20:449-55. 2012..This article proposes strategies for improving the evidence base for wound care decision making... - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: solution for difficult to heal acute wounds? Systematic reviewAnne M Eskes
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Room A3 503, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, PO Box 22700, Amsterdam 1100 DE, The Netherlands
World J Surg 35:535-42. 2011..Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat various wound types. However, the possible beneficial and harmful effects of HBOT for acute wounds are unclear... - Which dressing do donor site wounds need?: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialAnne M Eskes
Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Trials 12:229. 2011..This protocol describes a trial in which we investigate the effectiveness of various treatment options for these donor site wounds... - Inter- and intra-observer (dis)agreement among nurses and doctors to classify colour and exudation of open surgical wounds according to the Red-Yellow-Black schemeHester Vermeulen
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Nurs 16:1270-7. 2007..Secondary: to check their agreement with an international expert panel on whether their classification was correct... - Comparison of an informally structured triage system, the emergency severity index, and the manchester triage system to distinguish patient priority in the emergency departmentMarja N Storm-Versloot
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Acad Emerg Med 18:822-9. 2011..The objective was to compare the validity of an existing informally structured triage system with the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) and the Manchester Triage System (MTS)... - Questionnaire versus telephone follow-up to detect postdischarge complications in surgical patients: randomized clinical trialAnnelies Visser
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, H1 213, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
World J Surg 36:2576-83. 2012..Our aim was to determine which method-telephone interview or questionnaire by mail-collects the most postdischarge complications... - Decision Aids for Patients Facing a Surgical Treatment Decision: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisAnouk M Knops
Departments of Surgery Quality Assurance and Process Innovation Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ann Surg 257:860-6. 2013..To summarize the evidence available on the effects of decision aids in surgery... - Randomized clinical trial comparing two options for postoperative incisional care to prevent poststernotomy surgical site infectionsPatrique Segers
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wound Repair Regen 15:192-6. 2007..In our view, future studies in the field of prevention of SSI should concentrate on other areas of interest... - Factors influencing long-term adherence to two previously implemented hospital guidelinesA M Knops
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, Room A3 503, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Qual Health Care 22:421-9. 2010..Long-term adherence to two hospital guidelines was audited. The overall aim was to explore factors accounting for their long-term adherence or non-adherence... - A tool to balance benefit and harm when deciding about adjuvant therapyA M Knops
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Cancer 100:913-7. 2009..This scheme readily summarises the different possible treatment outcomes and can be of practical value for clinicians and patients in decision making about adjuvant therapies... - Quality of life after laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery: a systematic reviewSanne A L Bartels
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
World J Gastroenterol 16:5035-41. 2010..In conclusion, based on presently available high-level evidence, this systematic review showed no clinically relevant differences in postoperative quality of life between laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery... - Do stakeholders in wound care prefer evidence-based wound care products? A survey in the NetherlandsAnne M Eskes
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int Wound J 9:624-32. 2012..Two thirds of the manufacturers were unaware of, or never used, the Cochrane Library. Available compelling evidence in wound care is not equally internalised by stakeholders, which is required to ensure evidence-based decision making... - Interpreting patient decisional conflict scores: behavior and emotions in decisions about treatmentAnouk M Knops
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Med Decis Making 33:78-84. 2013..They are often evaluated in terms of their effect on decisional conflict, as measured by the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS). It is unclear to what extent lower DCS scores are accompanied by observable patient behavior or emotions... - Topical silver for preventing wound infectionMarja N Storm Versloot
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1105 AZ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD006478. 2010..AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: There is insufficient evidence to establish whether silver-containing dressings or topical agents promote wound healing or prevent wound infection; some poor quality evidence for SSD suggests the opposite... - Bipolar versus monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsCharalampos Mamoulakis
Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eur Urol 56:798-809. 2009..Incorporation of bipolar technology in transurethral resection (TUR) of the prostate (TURP) potentially offers advantages over monopolar TURP (M-TURP)... - [Knowing better--does pride lead to persisting with superfluous procedures?]Hester Vermeulen
Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 154:A2896. 2010..A return to economically viable and worthwhile healthcare can be brought about by thinking in terms of surplus value for the patient and by recognising, admitting and combating Hubris... - Spinal cord stimulation for non-reconstructable chronic critical leg ischaemiaDirk T Ubbink
Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, and Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2:CD004001. 2013..Patients suffering from inoperable chronic critical leg ischaemia (NR-CCLI) face amputation of the leg. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been proposed as a helpful treatment in addition to standard conservative treatment... - Evidence-based practice: a survey among pediatric nurses and pediatriciansJolanda M Maaskant
Emma Children s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Pediatr Nurs 28:150-7. 2013..Time constraints and lack of knowledge were considered as major barriers. Recommendations include multilevel training and continuous exchange of information... - The prevalence and risk factors of infantile haemangiomas: a case-control study in the Dutch populationMarije J Hoornweg
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 26:156-62. 2012..Our study showed that the prevalence of a haemangioma is 9.9% in the general (Dutch) population. Four factors appear relevant in the development of haemangiomas. These factors may provide clues to its pathogenesis... - The influence of provider characteristics on resection rates and survival in patients with localized non-small cell lung cancerWilson W L Li
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lung Cancer 60:441-51. 2008..In addition to patient characteristics, attributes of the hospital of diagnosis also have significant influence on the likelihood of receiving surgical therapy. Future studies should examine the underlying mechanisms for this phenomenon... - Acute appendicitis: meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of CT and graded compression US related to prevalence of diseaseAdrienne van Randen
Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Suite G1 227, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Radiology 249:97-106. 2008.... - Short-term outcomes after laparoscopic ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease. A systematic reviewSebastiaan W Polle
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dig Surg 23:346-57. 2006..83-2.97). CONCLUSION: There is evidence that laparoscopic ileocolic resection for CD is associated with shorter hospital stay compared to open ileocolic resection, while morbidity rates are equal and conversion rates are acceptable... - Accuracy and consequences of 3D-fluoroscopy in upper and lower extremity fracture treatment: A systematic reviewM S H Suzan Beerekamp
Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Electronic address
Eur J Radiol 81:4019-28. 2012.... - Topical haemostatic agents for skin wounds: a systematic reviewMarieke D Groenewold
Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Surg 11:15. 2011..Thus, we performed a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of haemostatic agents in donor site wounds... - Reliability of the primary triage process after the Volendam fire disasterLieke Welling
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Emerg Med 35:181-7. 2008..In a major burn accident, a field triage protocol for rapid evaluation of burn injuries may be useful. Detailed assessment of injuries of burn casualties is practical only in a specialized clinical setting... - Diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive tests to evaluate bladder outlet obstruction in men: detrusor wall thickness, uroflowmetry, postvoid residual urine, and prostate volumeMatthias Oelke
Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eur Urol 52:827-34. 2007.... - Prevention of nosocomial infection in cardiac surgery by decontamination of the nasopharynx and oropharynx with chlorhexidine gluconate: a randomized controlled trialPatrique Segers
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
JAMA 296:2460-6. 2006..Nosocomial infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. Decolonization of endogenous potential pathogenic microorganisms is important in the prevention of nosocomial infections... - 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... - Evidence-based surgeryD T Ubbink
Department of Surgery, G4-109.2, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Surg 91:1091-2. 2004 - Spinal cord stimulation for critical leg ischemia: a review of effectiveness and optimal patient selectionDirk Th Ubbink
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Pain Symptom Manage 31:S30-5. 2006..Hence, SCS should be considered as a possible treatment option in patients with CLI, particularly if their foot TcpO(2) is between 10 and 30 mmHg...