Auteurs:Sofia Pazmino, Veerle Stouten, Patrick Verschueren, Pavlos Mamouris, Rene Westhovens, Kurt de Vlam, Delphine Bertrand, Kristien Van der Elst, Bert Vaes en Diederik De Cock
OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence and incidence of heart failure (HF) stages A to C/D and their evolution over a 16-year period. Additionally, trends in comorbidities and cardiovascular (CV) treatment in patients with HF were studied in the sam...
Auteurs:Miek Smeets, Bert Vaes, Pavlos Mamouris, Marjan Van den Akker, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Geert Goderis, Stefan Janssens, Bert Aertgeerts en Severine Henrard
OBJECTIVES: Chronic infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have a major impact on mortality worldwide. Although effective treatments are available for both HBV and HCV infection, < /50% of the patients are even diagnos...
Auteurs:Rob Bielen, Ozgur M Koc, Dana Busschots, Geert Robaeys, Bert Aertgeerts, Bert Vaes, Pavlos Mamouris, Catharina Mathei, Geert Goderis en Frederik Nevens
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper was to describe the time trends in the prevalence of multimorbidity and polypharmacy in Flanders (Belgium) between 2000 and 2015, while controlling for age and sex. METHODS: Data were available from Intego, a Flem...
Auteurs:Marjan van den Akker, Bert Vaes, Geert Goderis, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Tine De Burghgraeve en Severine Henrard
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) remains a common condition in both low- and high-income countries. In Belgium, however, there is currently a lack of information on the societal health and economic impact of AGE. We conducted a retrospective study usin...
Auteurs:Theofilos Papadopoulos, Sofieke Klamer, Stephanie Jacquinet, Boudewijn Catry, Amber Litzroth, Laure Mortgat, Pavlos Mamouris, Javiera Rebolledo, Bert Vaes, Dieter Van Cauteren, Johan Van Der Heyden, Philippe Beutels en Brecht Devleesschauwer