Publications by authors named "Nicolas Grandjean-Thomsen"
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- National antibiotic stewardship programs aim to combat rising antimicrobial resistance by promoting more responsible antibiotic prescribing practices.
- This study examined various patient and clinician demographic factors affecting antibiotic prescriptions for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) and analyzed trends in prescribing patterns from 2006 to 2015.
- Results showed that 42.7% of URTI patients received antibiotics, with higher prescription rates in hospital settings and for those with localized symptoms, while overall antibiotic prescribing for URTIs decreased over the study period.
Background/aim: Patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a higher risk of adverse events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). There is conflicting evidence regarding the benefit of drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with CKD. This study is aimed at assessing the effect of mild-to-moderate CKD on PCI outcomes, and determining if DES reduce adverse events amongst these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a prevalent disease. Reliable estimation of respiratory parameters by devices used to treat OSA is important for therapy initiation and maintenance. This is achieved by estimating patient flow in the presence of inadvertent leak from the total flow measured by the device.
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