Publications by authors named "France Laurent"
Background And Aims: We describe mortality-related risk factors of inpatients with diabetes and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Belgium.
Methods: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study from March to May, 2020, in 8 Belgian centers. Data on admission of patients with diabetes and COVID-19 were collected.
Article Synopsis
- - A one-year prospective study evaluated the synovasure test's effectiveness in diagnosing prosthetic joint infections, using the MSIS consensus criteria as a standard reference.
- - The study involved 62 patients undergoing hip or knee prosthesis procedures, who were grouped into infected, uninfected, and questionable categories based on various pre-operative analyses.
- - Results showed that the synovasure test had a sensitivity of 83.3%, specificity of 95.7%, and both positive and negative predictive values of 83.3% and 95.7%, respectively.
We present the case of a 50-year-old woman with febrile myalgia, chilblains-like lesions, and cough. Antinuclear antibodies and anti-PL-12 antisynthetase autoantibodies were found in complementary examinations. Interstitial lung disease was found on chest computed tomography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The rapid worldwide spread of COVID-19 has posed a serious threat to patients treated with kidney replacement therapy (KRT). Moreover, the impact of the disease on hemodialysis centers, the patients, and the health care workers is still not completely understood.
Objective: We present the analysis of a COVID-19 outbreak in a hemodialysis center in Belgium and report the incidence, clinical course, and outcome of the disease.