Publications by authors named "B Zwart"
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- The 2023 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for acute coronary syndrome emphasize updated management strategies for better clinical outcomes.
- The review highlights specific practices in the Netherlands, such as pre-treatment protocols and antiplatelet agent strategies tailored to patient needs.
- It also covers the importance of risk scoring and the logistical aspects of scheduling coronary angiography to improve patient care efficiency.
An update on tests used for intraoperative monitoring of cognition during awake craniotomy.
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
May 2024
Purpose: Mapping higher-order cognitive functions during awake brain surgery is important for cognitive preservation which is related to postoperative quality of life. A systematic review from 2018 about neuropsychological tests used during awake craniotomy made clear that until 2017 language was most often monitored and that the other cognitive domains were underexposed (Ruis, J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 40(10):1081-1104, 218). The field of awake craniotomy and cognitive monitoring is however developing rapidly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients admitted from the emergency department to the wards, who progress to a critically unwell state, may require expeditious admission to the intensive care unit. It can be argued that earlier recognition of such patients, to facilitate prompt transfer to intensive care, could be linked to more favourable clinical outcomes. Nevertheless, this can be clinically challenging, and there are currently no established evidence-based methods for predicting the need for intensive care in the future.
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- Sensory-driven activities are crucial for forming sensory cortex connections in early life, prompting investigation into the role of social play in developing the prefrontal cortex (PFC).
- Young male rats deprived of social play during its peak period showed decreased inhibitory synapses and relied on simpler cognitive strategies in adulthood, indicating impaired PFC development.
- One hour of daily play during the deprivation period helped improve behavioral performance but did not fully restore the lost inhibitory synapses, highlighting the importance of unrestricted social play for cognitive skills and synaptic health.
A novel risk score to identify the need for triple antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a post hoc analysis of the RE-DUAL PCI trial.
EuroIntervention
July 2022
Background: Current guidelines recommend treating atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with triple antithrombotic therapy (TAT) for up to one month in patients at high thrombotic risk. It is unclear how to select these high-risk patients.
Aims: The aim of this study was to identify patients at high thrombotic risk who might benefit from TAT over double antithrombotic therapy (DAT).