Publications by authors named "K A H Kaasjager"
Introduction: In patients with pancreatic cancer, the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is high compared to other cancer types, suggesting that tumor-intrinsic features drive hypercoagulability. Tumor gene expression analysis may help unravel the pathogenesis of VTE in these patients and help to identify high-risk patients.
Aim: To evaluate the association between tumor gene expression patterns and VTE in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Article Synopsis
- After 3 months of anticoagulation treatment for venous thromboembolism (VTE), clinicians must decide on continuing or stopping the treatment, ideally guided by the VTE-PREDICT calculator that estimates risks of recurrence and bleeding.
- A study involved clinicians evaluating fictional VTE cases; some made duration proposals without calculator input (Group A), while others used the calculator to inform their decisions (Group B).
- Results showed no overall difference in proposed durations between the two groups, yet many in Group A adjusted their recommendations after seeing the calculator risks, noting its usefulness, particularly for patients at high bleeding risk.
Background: Discussions about care decisions, including code status documentation and advance care planning, are crucial components of patient-centred care. However, due to numerous barriers, these discussions are often avoided by both physicians and patients. As a result, these discussions often take place at the emergency department (ED).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo determine patients' perspectives on home monitoring at emergency department (ED) presentation and shortly after admission and compare these with their physicians' perspectives. Forty Dutch hospitals participated in this prospective flash mob study. Adult patients with acute medical conditions, treated by internal medicine specialties, presenting at the ED or admitted at the admission ward within the previous 24 h were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Virtual hospital-at-home care might be an alternative to standard hospital care for patients with infectious diseases. In this study, we explore the potential for virtual hospital-at-home care and a potential design for this population.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of internal medicine patients suspected of infectious diseases, admitted between 1 January and 31 December 2019.