Issue 5 – September 2022
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many patients have become infected. In addition, many have been admitted to intensive care due to the severity of the disease, exacerbated comorbidities or new diseases occurring concomitantly with COVID-19. Whether the upcoming winter will be challenging is currently…
Case A 63-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department because of chest pain, severe dyspnoea and syncope. She had been experiencing abdominal discomfort and vomiting since her vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca) 12 days earlier. Her past medical history included a cholecystectomy and a deep venous thrombosis of the…
A case series of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in octogenarians: what is the impact of frailty?
Abstract Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is a life-threatening condition that occurs mainly in the elderly patient. The decision whether or not to operate on an elderly patient with a ruptured aneurysm is complicated and should include an evaluation of frailty. Three cases of octogenarians who presented with a ruptured abdominal…
Abstract In this article we present two cases of Capnocytophaga canimorsus (C. canimorsus)-related sepsis presenting with different clinical symptoms. C. canimorsus is a commensal bacterium in the gingival flora of dogs and cats but can cause severe illness in humans after transmission through bites or licks. Risk factors include a…
Abstract In this paper we describe how the data infrastructure of an existing national quality registry was adapted to meet public health, research and capacity needs for information on COVID-19 hospitalisations in the Netherlands. Introduction From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a need for knowledge about the…
In the last two years we have experienced the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in our lives and hospitals. Pandemics are part of the history of humanity and we can be certain that in the future new pandemics will appear. In fact, due to the growth in the human population,…