Volume 30, Issue 4 – July 2022
A 66-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an eight day history of productive cough and malaise. Six days before presentation he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. His medical history includes asthma and polyarthritis. The…
Read articleAbstract A 65-year-old man presented to hospital with fever, abdominal pain and a central liver lesion on computed tomography. He was treated for a presumed liver abscess but despite antibiotic treatment there was progression of…
Read articleAbstract Background: In several countries, the advanced practice provider (APP) is positioned as a clinician in an acute care setting. In the Netherlands, physician assistants (PAs), the equivalent of the APP, are increasingly being employed…
Read articleIn 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…
Read articleEvery year, approximately 65,000 to 75,000 patients are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in the Netherlands.[1] These patients have complex care needs and often comorbidities which require intensive care management. Given the increasing number…
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