Publications by authors named "Bernard Crutzen"

Article Synopsis
  • Early control of high blood pressure is crucial in treating acute intracerebral hemorrhage, and the study aimed to evaluate a comprehensive care bundle to improve patient outcomes in various hospitals globally.
  • The research was conducted in nine low- and middle-income countries and one high-income country using a randomized controlled trial design, focusing on hospitals without existing effective protocols for treating this condition.
  • The care bundle emphasized rapid blood pressure reduction, glucose management, and other key interventions for patients presenting with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage within six hours of symptom onset.
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Objectives: The objective was to define a safe strategy to exclude pulmonary embolism (PE) in COVID-19 outpatients, without performing CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA).

Methods: COVID-19 outpatients from 15 university hospitals who underwent a CTPA were retrospectively evaluated. D-Dimers, variables of the revised Geneva and Wells scores, as well as laboratory findings and clinical characteristics related to COVID-19 pneumonia, were collected.

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Limb salvage surgery is now the preferred procedure for bone tumor surgery. To decrease the risk of local recurrence, it is crucial to obtain adequate resection margins. The obtained margins must be evaluated postoperatively because they influence what treatment is given subsequently when margins are not adequate (e.

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Intestinal lymphangectasia should be evoked in the rare context of protein-losing enteropathy with low-attenuation thickening of the bowel wall.

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