Publications by authors named "Merijn H Rijk"

Objective: To identify and synthesise relevant existing prognostic factors (PF) and prediction models (PM) for hospitalisation and all-cause mortality within 90 days in primary care patients with acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI).

Design: Systematic review.

Methods: Systematic searches of MEDLINE, Embase and the Cochrane Library were performed.

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Objectives: To assess the completeness of recording of relevant signs, symptoms, and measurements in Dutch free text fields of primary care electronic health records (EHR) of adults with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI).

Study Design And Setting: Retrospective cohort study embedded in a prediction modeling project using routine health care data of the Julius General Practitioners' Network of adult patients with LRTI. Free text fields of 1,000 primary care consultations of LRTI episodes between 2016 and 2019 were manually annotated to retrieve data on the recording of sixteen relevant signs, symptoms, and measurements.

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Background: Community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are common in primary care and patients at particular risk of adverse outcomes, e.g., hospitalisation and mortality, are challenging to identify.

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Background: Although primarily considered a childhood disease, acute otitis media (AOM) also occurs in adults. Data on the burden of this condition in adults are, however, scarce.

Objective: To explore the primary care incidence and current management of AOM in adults.

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