SUMMARY The association between herpes zoster and subsequent cancer risk is still unclear. Consequently, doubts remain regarding the need for investigation of herpes patients for co-existing or subsequent malignancy. This is a retrospective coh...
Evidence on the influence of comorbidity and comedication on clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is scarce.
BACKGROUND: Associations between type 2 diabetic patients and a higher risk of developing cancer have been reported worldwide. Recently, a protective effect of metformin has been described. AIM: To examine in the Belgian primary care population...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Assessment of risk for serious cardiovascular outcome after syncope is difficult. Objectives: To determine the incidence of first syncope in primary care. To investigate the relation between syncope and serious cardiovasc...
BACKGROUND: General Practitioners (GPs) play a central role in controlling an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, i.e. cholesterol levels in serum. In the past few decades different studies have been published on the effect of tr...
Background: Information on the incidence of serious infections in children in general practice is scarce. However, estimates on the incidence of disease are important for several reasons, for example to assess the burden of disease or as a basi...
Het K.U.Leuven-Intego-netwerk, kortweg Intego, werd in 1990 gestart aan het AcademischCentrum voor Huisartsgeneeskunde. In ruim 50 huisartspraktijken die werken met het commerciëleelektronisch medisch dossier Medidoc®, worden volgende patiëntge...
BACKGROUND: To determine the denominator or the 'population at risk' is a problem which has long been encountered in general practice-based epidemiological research. It is important for calculating epidemiological figures. OBJECTIVES: The aim o...
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that herpes zoster may be a marker for occult malignancy. AIM: To examine the emergence of a subsequent cancer diagnosis in patients with and without herpes zoster. DESIGN OF STUDY: Retrospective cohort study. ...
Dit vijfde artikel van de Intego-reeks bespreekt de incidentiegegevens van herpes zoster over een periode van tien jaar en vergelijkt ze met de registratiegegevens van collega Jef De Loof. Daar waar Intego een stabiele incidentie van herpes zos...
