期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (1)
Introduction Masses inside the heart can cause serious and life-threatening effects to the cardiovascular system, mainly because of hemodynamic obstru......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (2)
Purpose: The purpose of our study is to evaluate the characteristics of patients whose medical anti-cancer treatment has been initiated at the ICU and......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (3)
Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate associations between anemia with geriatric syndromes and comprehensive geriatric assessment......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (3)
Introduction: Splenic abscesses are a rare medical entity with high mortality, with Clostridium perfringens being an exceptional pathogen. We present ......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (2)
Background There is a trend towards decentralisation of laboratory tests by means of Point-of-Care testing (POCT). Within hospitals, Belgian law requi......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (1)
Objectives Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are two pathologies that intersect each other. It was found that th......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (1)
Background Paraneoplastic Raynaud's phenomenon is a rare complication occurring in patients with advanced cancer. Methods We present a case of a patie......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (2)
Objectives Interdisciplinary bedside rounds is gaining ground as a method to improve patient centredness and involvement, quality of care and team col......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (3)
Aim Associations of depression, dementia, and poor life quality with mortality of COVID-19have not been studied yet. We aimed to identify the risk fac......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (3)
Porphyrias are disorders of the haem biosynthesis which are encountered infrequently and which often present themselves atypically as a combination of......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (3)
Background mergency physicians are often confronted with challenging situations. As acute stress can adversely affect the health of physicians and the......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (4)
Background : Hereditary leiomyomatosis (HL) is an autosomal dominant condition due to a variety of fumarate hydratase (FH) mutations in which individu......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (6)
Introduction Health-care organizations are facing a high burden of ergonomic occupational accidents, and prevention is a continuous point of interest.......
期刊: ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 2022; 77 (1)
Objectives Gonorrhoea continues to be a public health concern in Belgium with pharyngeal and rectal infections increasing in persons with high-risk se......