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| Dominic SnijdersSummaryAffiliation: Medical Centre Alkmaar Country: The Netherlands Publications
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D-dimer levels in assessing severity and clinical outcome in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. A secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trialDominic Snijders
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Eur J Intern Med 23:436-41. 2012..In this study we assess the use of D-dimer levels and its association with severity assessment and clinical outcome in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia...
Efficacy of corticosteroids in community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized double-blinded clinical trialDominic Snijders
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 15, 1812 JD Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181:975-82. 2010..Some studies have shown a beneficial effect of corticosteroids in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), possibly by diminishing local and systemic antiinflammatory host response...
Antibiotics in addition to systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseJohannes M A Daniels
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181:150-7. 2010..The role of antibiotics in acute exacerbations is controversial and their efficacy when added to systemic corticosteroids is unknown...
Procalcitonin vs C-reactive protein as predictive markers of response to antibiotic therapy in acute exacerbations of COPDJohannes M A Daniels
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical Centre Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Chest 138:1108-15. 2010..Rational prescription of antibiotics in acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) requires predictive markers. We aimed to analyze whether markers of systemic inflammation can predict response to antibiotics in AECOPD...
The influence of COPD on mortality and severity scoring in community-acquired pneumoniaDominic Snijders
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Respiration 79:46-53. 2010..Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a frequent co-morbidity in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In recent retrospective studies, higher mortality in patients with CAP and COPD was found...
