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Prediction of vesico-ureteric reflux in childhood urinary tract infection: a multivariate approachR Oostenbrink
Department of Paediatrics, Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Acta Paediatr 89:806-10. 2000..Prospective validation of the model in future patients, however, will be necessary before applying the rule in practice...
Signs of meningeal irritation at the emergency department: how often bacterial meningitis?R Oostenbrink
Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pediatr Emerg Care 17:161-4. 2001..In this study, we described the final diagnoses in children with signs of meningeal irritation, and we assessed the frequency of bacterial meningitis related to specific signs of meningeal irritation...
Prediction of bacterial meningitis in children with meningeal signs: reduction of lumbar puncturesR Oostenbrink
Outpatient Department of Paediatrics, Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Acta Paediatr 90:611-7. 2001..For the individual patient this prediction rule is valuable in deciding whether or not to perform a lumbar puncture...
Early prediction of neurological sequelae or death after bacterial meningitisR Oostenbrink
Sophia Children s Hospital, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Acta Paediatr 91:391-8. 2002..The pathogen type, in particular, is the main prognostic determinant of childhood bacterial meningitis...
Sequelae after bacterial meningitis in childhoodRianne Oostenbrink
Sophia Children s Hospital, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Scand J Infect Dis 34:379-82. 2002..Children with bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and those with acute focal neurological symptoms tended to have the worst prognosis...
The EQ-5D and the Health Utilities Index for permanent sequelae after meningitis: a head-to-head comparisonRianne Oostenbrink
Sophia Children s Hospital Rotterdam, Room Sp 1545, Dr Molewaterplein 60, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 55:791-9. 2002..This may be different in a cost-utility analysis of therapeutic strategies. Hence, sensitivity analysis to quality weights is recommended...
Children with meningeal signs: predicting who needs empiric antibiotic treatmentRianne Oostenbrink
Sophia Children s Hospital, Outpatient Department of Pediatrics, Room Sp 1545, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:1189-94. 2002..Since delayed diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis worsens patient prognosis, clinicians have a low threshold to perform a lumbar puncture or to start empiric antibiotic treatment in patients suspected of having meningitis...
Health-related quality of life in preschool children in five health conditionsA T Spuijbroek
Outpatient s Department General Pediatrics, Erasmus MC Sophia, Dr Molewaterplein 60, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 20:779-86. 2011..To test the responsiveness of the Infant/Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL) to five health conditions. In addition, to evaluate the impact of the child's age and gender on the ITQOL domain scores...
[A diagnostic decision rule for managing children with signs of meningeal irritation]R Oostenbrink
Erasmus Medisch Centrum, Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, afd Algemene Kindergeneeskunde, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 147:1357-61. 2003..To develop a diagnostic decision rule based on clinical features to predict the risk of bacterial meningitis in children with signs of meningeal irritation...
Functional abdominal complaints in pre-school children: parental reports of health-related quality of lifeR Oostenbrink
Outpatient Department Pediatrics, Erasmus MC Sophia Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 60, room Sp 1549, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 19:363-9. 2010..The aim of this study is to assess the influence of functional abdominal complaints (FAC) on health-related quality of life in a group of Dutch pre-school children...
Health-related quality of life of pre-school children with wheezing illnessR Oostenbrink
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pediatr Pulmonol 41:993-1000. 2006..The scale scores were sensitive to age, co morbidity, socio-economic situation, and disease severity...
Health-related quality of life in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: contribution of demographic factors, disease-related factors, and behaviorLianne C Krab
NF1 CoRe Team Cognitive Research Team, Department of General Pediatrics, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Pediatr 154:420-5, 425.e1. 2009....
Impact of von Willebrand disease on health-related quality of life in a pediatric populationE M de Wee
Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Thromb Haemost 9:502-9. 2011..Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most frequent inherited bleeding disorder. Whether VWD is associated with health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in children is unknown...
Predictive model for childhood meningitisRianne Oostenbrink
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:1070-1. 2004
Reliability and validity of the Infant and Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL) in a general population and respiratory disease sampleHein Raat
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, P O Box 2040, Rotterdam, ZH, 3000, CA, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 16:445-60. 2007....
Parental reports of health-related quality of life in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1: influence of condition specific determinantsRianne Oostenbrink
Outpatient s Department General Pediatrics, ErasmusMC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Pediatr 151:182-6, 186.e1-2. 2007....
Cost-utility analysis of patient care in children with meningeal signsRianne Oostenbrink
Sophia Children's Hospital and University Utrecht, The Netherlands
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 18:485-96. 2002..Modeling interventions in children at risk of bacterial meningitis should include long-term consequences in terms of costs and QALYs...
A diagnostic decision rule for management of children with meningeal signsRianne Oostenbrink
Department of General Paediatrics, Sophia Children s Hospital, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Epidemiol 19:109-16. 2004..This diagnostic decision rule is a valuable tool for the clinician when deciding to treat these children for bacterial meningitis and thus improving their management...
Validating and updating a prediction rule for neurological sequelae after childhood bacterial meningitisCornelis J Biesheuvel
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, and Department of General Paediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Scand J Infect Dis 38:19-26. 2006..01. The updated prediction rule showed adequate performance in the combined data sets; the ROC area was 0.77 (95% CI 0.72-0.82). Further study of the generalizability of this updated rule may stimulate application in clinical practice...
Application of a diagnostic decision rule in children with meningeal signs: a cost-minimization studyRianne Oostenbrink
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 19:698-704. 2003..In this study, we estimated cost savings of the rule compared with current practice...
Diagnostic research on routine care data: prospects and problemsRianne Oostenbrink
Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Sophia Children s Hospital, Outpatient Department of Pediatrics, Dr Molewaterplein 60, Room Sh 2015, Rotterdam 3015 GJ, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 56:501-6. 2003..All this could contribute to more frequent and appropriate use of routine care data in diagnostic research. The discussed methods to overcome the above problems may well be similarly useful to prospective diagnostic studies...
