7 results match your criteria: "Free University of Brussels ULB-VUB[Affiliation]"
Pharmacist recommendations for emergency contraception in Belgium: a simulated user study.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care
August 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Saint Pierre University Hospital 322, Brussels, Belgium.
Article Synopsis
- Emergency contraception helps prevent unintended pregnancies after unprotected sex or contraceptive failures, and in Belgium, it can be obtained without a prescription, highlighting the vital role of pharmacists in this process.
- A study evaluated how well pharmacists in two Belgian regions were dispensing emergency contraception using a simulated patient scenario involving a 25-year-old woman who had unprotected intercourse 84 hours prior.
- Results showed that only 64% of pharmacists provided the correct emergency contraception or referrals, indicating a significant need for improvement through better training and guidelines.
Detection of Erosive Changes on Smooth Surfaces with and without Orthodontic Brackets Using an Intraoral Scanner-An In Vitro Study.
Diagnostics (Basel)
October 2023
Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, Medical Faculty, Philipps-University Marburg, 35033 Marburg, Germany.
Background: Consumption of acidic beverages favours development of erosions. Modern diagnostic methods are required to detect erosions at an early stage. This study aimed to evaluate the suitability of an intraoral scanner (IOS) for detection of erosive changes on smooth surfaces adjacent to orthodontic brackets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe recent natural history of human papillomavirus cervical infection in women living with HIV: A scoping review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews and the construction of a hypothetical model.
HIV Med
August 2023
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Pierre University Hospital 322, Belgium Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)-Free University of Brussels (ULB-VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Background: Women with HIV are more often infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) and are more prone to develop precancerous cervical lesions (squamous intraepithelial lesions, SIL) and invasive cervical cancer (ICC) than HIV-negative women.
Objective: This scoping-review analyses the impact of HIV on HPV prevalence, incidence and evolution to SIL and ICC.
Methods: We selected all PubMed systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between January 2000 and July 2021 reporting data about HPV, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), SIL and ICC prevalence, incidence and evolution in women with HIV.
HPV genotyping in biopsies of HSIL and invasive cervical cancers in women living with HIV: A cohort- and a nested -case control study.
Vaccine
November 2022
Infectious Disease Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Objective: To characterize HPV genotype distribution in HSIL and ICC- biopsies, of WLWH, in Europe, as compared to HIV-negative women.
Design: Cohort- and nested -case control study.
Method: We characterized HPV genotype distribution by performing PCR on HSIL and ICC biopsies from WLWH (n = 170); 85 cases were compared to 85 HIV-negative matched controls.
Should the management of high grade cervical squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) be different in HIV-positive women?
AIDS Res Ther
July 2021
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Pierre University Hospital Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Free University of Brussels (ULB-VUB), 322 Rue Haute, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Background: This study compares the management and outcome of high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in HIV-positive and -negative women and identifies risk factors for treatment failure.
Methods: This retrospective, controlled study includes 146 HIV-positive women, matched for HSIL, age and year of diagnosis, with 146 HIV-negative women. Differences were analysed using parametric and non-parametric tests and Kaplan-Meier survival curves.
Reshaping the future of ethnobiology research after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nat Plants
July 2020
Department of (Organism) Biology, Systems Ecology and Resource Management, Free University of Brussels ULB-VUB, Brussels, Belgium.
Cervical, anal and oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in young women: A case control study between women with perinatally HIV infection and women with non-perinatally HIV infection.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
January 2020
Department of Gynecology, Saint Pierre University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Free University of Brussels (ULB-VUB), Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address:
Objectives: HPV infection may differ in women who are HIV-positive since birth (perinatally infected, P-HIV) and those who acquire HIV later in life (non-perinatally infected, NP-HIV). We assessed the HPV prevalence in relation to the HIV acquisition route and HPV vaccination status.
Study Design: Case control study comparing 22 P-HIV with 22 NP-HIV patients.