Publications by authors named "F Smits"
Importance: Mechanical power (MP) could serve as a valuable parameter in clinical practice to estimate the likelihood of adverse outcomes. However, the safety thresholds for MP in mechanical ventilation remain underexplored and contentious.
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the association between MP and hospital mortality across varying degrees of lung disease severity, classified by Pao2/Fio2 ratios.
Background: Autistic individuals experience differences in sensory processing, communication and executive function, which may affect their experience of the workplace. We investigated UK-based autistic clinical veterinary surgeons' experiences to establish contributing factors to a good or difficult workday.
Methods: Purposive sampling was used to conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with 15 autistic veterinary surgeons.
Article Synopsis
- The IMWG frailty index shows that frailty levels in patients undergoing anti-myeloma treatment can change frequently over time.
- Assessing frailty dynamically during treatment provides better predictions for survival and early mortality than just looking at initial frailty levels.
- The study references two clinical trials, HOVON 143 (NTR6297) and HOVON 123 (NTR4244), related to this research.
Background/objectives: The pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi, calculated as (SPAP - DPAP)/mRAP) has been suggested as a measure of right ventricular-vascular coupling (RVVC) and as a prognostic parameter in cardiovascular conditions, particularly right ventricular failure. This retrospective study investigated the relationship between the PAPi and its components with disease severity parameters, the RVVC, and clinical outcomes in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Methods: We analyzed data from 111 children from the Dutch National Registry with PAH.