Publications by authors named "K Zimmermann"

Building trusting relationships is critical to the success of patient-oriented research. However, in high-secure forensic mental health settings, distrust, discrimination, and restrictive practices pose unique barriers to building relationships. This commentary explores the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in fostering meaningful connections with forensic patients at a high-secure hospital.

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Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe, rapidly progressing syndrome in patients with liver cirrhosis, often triggered by bacterial infections. Piperacillin/Tazobactam is a key antibiotic in this setting, and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) helps optimize its dosing. This study evaluates the impact of an interprofessional TDM strategy for Piperacillin/Tazobactam in ACLF patients in the ICU.

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Background And Aims: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous multi-systemic disorder of uncertain aetiology frequently involving the liver. This study aimed to delineate the histological characteristics, treatment effectiveness and factors predictive of liver-related complications in individuals with hepatic sarcoidosis.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients diagnosed with hepatic sarcoidosis by liver biopsy, which was conducted at two tertiary care centres from January 2009 to December 2023.

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Introduction: Forensic mental health care is intended to promote recovery and reintegration, but is often experienced by patients as punitive and aversive. Forensic patients are rarely engaged in research to explore what matters most to them, and little guidance exists on how this engagement may be facilitated. In this paper, we explore perceived determinants of readiness to implement forensic patient-oriented research in a high-secure setting.

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