Publications by authors named "B P H Peeters"
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- The study aimed to evaluate the outcomes and patient characteristics of those who underwent extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, as well as the associated costs for both patients and the Belgian healthcare system.
- Conducted at Antwerp University Hospital, the research analyzed medical records from 2018 to 2020, tracking patient outcomes and costs using a detailed micro costing technique.
- Results showed that out of 65 patients, 58% died within a week and only 18.5% survived one year with good neurological outcomes, revealing a significant economic impact of €255,250 per survivor, underscoring the need for careful patient selection in ECPR procedures
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- Cardiac fibrosis is a key indicator of poor long-term outcomes in heart transplant patients, and this study examined its clinical determinants and biomarkers using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).
- Researchers studied 48 heart transplant recipients, focusing on factors like donor-recipient weight mismatch and how it correlates with types of cardiac fibrosis.
- The findings revealed that weight mismatch is linked to both focal and interstitial fibrosis, with B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) being the only biomarker associated with interstitial fibrosis.
Introduction: Proper implementation of Point-of-Care testing (POCT) for C-reactive protein (CRP) in primary care can decrease the inappropriate use of antibiotics, thereby tackling the problem of growing antimicrobial resistance.
Objective: The analytical performance and user-friendliness of four POCT-CRP assays were evaluated: QuikRead go easy, LumiraDx, cobas b 101 and Afinion 2.
Materials And Methods: Imprecision was evaluated using plasma pools in addition to manufacturer-specific control material.
Hadron therapy is an advanced radiation modality for treating cancer, which currently uses protons and carbon ions. Hadrons allow for a highly conformal dose distribution to the tumour, minimising the detrimental side-effects due to radiation received by healthy tissues. Treatment with hadrons requires sub-millimetre spatial resolution and high dosimetric accuracy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the huge progress in micro-electronics and artificial intelligence, the ultrasound probe has become the bottleneck in further adoption of ultrasound beyond the clinical setting (e.g. home and monitoring applications).
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