Publications by authors named "F J van der Meer"

Objectives: Clinical trials (CTs) are essential for improving patient care by evaluating new treatments' safety and efficacy. A key component in CT protocols is the study population defined by the eligibility criteria. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) in encoding eligibility criterion information to support CT-protocol design.

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Postgraduate medical education (PGME) is an essential part of medical education and increasingly shifts into focus of educational stakeholders. Structured postgraduate medical training programs are required in the U.S.

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Modern sequencing instruments bring unprecedented opportunity to study within-host viral evolution in conjunction with viral transmissions between hosts. However, no computational simulators are available to assist the characterization of within-host dynamics. This limits our ability to interpret epidemiological predictions incorporating within-host evolution and to validate computational inference tools.

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  • The study aimed to compare recovery quality in esophageal cancer patients receiving two types of pain relief: epidural and paravertebral analgesia, after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE).
  • The trial found that while both methods were effective, epidural analgesia provided better quality of recovery in the early postoperative days, though no significant differences were noted on postoperative day 3.
  • Ultimately, both analgesia techniques can be used in practice as they showed similar outcomes regarding complications and hospital stays.
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Remyelination is a crucial regenerative process in demyelinating diseases, limiting persisting damage to the central nervous system (CNS). It restores saltatory nerve conduction and ensures trophic support of axons. In multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, remyelination has been observed in both white and grey matter and found to be more efficient in the cortex.

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