Chest radiography in general practice: indications, diagnostic yield and consequences for patient management

AM Speets, Y van der Graaf, AW Hoes… - British Journal of …, 2006 - bjgp.org
Background Chest radiography (CXR) is frequently performed in Western societies. There is
insufficient knowledge of its diagnostic value in terms of changes in patient management …

Upper abdominal ultrasound in general practice: indications, diagnostic yield and consequences for patient management

AM Speets, AW Hoes, Y van der Graaf… - Family …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Abdominal ultrasound (US) is frequently performed in Western societies. There
is insufficient knowledge of its diagnostic value in terms of changes in patient management …

Use of medical resources and indirect costs of otitis media in Sweden

AM Speets, JH Wolleswinkel… - … journal of public …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: To estimate the use of medical resources and the societal impact of otitis media (OM)
in children less than five years of age in Sweden. Methods: An internet survey questionnaire …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of varicella from a parent's perspective and its societal impact in The Netherlands: an Internet survey

JH Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch, AM Speets… - BMC infectious …, 2011 - Springer
Background Varicella is a common childhood disease. Only 5% of first varicella-zoster-virus
infections occur asymptomatically. Most data on the burden of varicella stem from health …

Expected and unexpected gallstones in primary care

AM Speets, Y Van Der Graaf, AW Hoes… - Scandinavian journal …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to assess the differences in signs
and symptoms of primary-care patients with expected and those with unexpected gallstones …

Frequency of chest radiography and abdominal ultrasound in the Netherlands: 1999–2003

AM Speets, S Kalmijn, AW Hoes, Y der Graaf… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Chest radiography and abdominal ultrasound are two widely used diagnostic imaging
techniques in Western societies. However, little is known about the frequency of these …

[HTML][HTML] Yield of abdominal ultrasound in patients with abdominal pain referred by general practitioners

AM Speets, S Kalmijn, AW Hoes… - … European Journal of …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Methods This study was conducted with data from the computerized hospital database of the
University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands from January to December 2002. All …

[PDF][PDF] Chest radiography in general practice

AM Speets, Y van der Graaf, AW Hoes, S Kalmijn… - Br J Gen …, 2006 - researchgate.net
Anouk Speets, Department of Radiology (E01.335), University Medical Centre Utrecht,
PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: aspeets@umcutrecht.nl … AM …

[HTML][HTML] Global etiology of bacterial meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Oordt-Speets, R Bolijn, RC van Hoorn, A Bhavsar… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Bacterial meningitis is a global public health concern, with several responsible etiologic
agents that vary by age group and geographical area. The aim of this systematic review and …

Benefits and harms of breast cancer screening with mammography in women aged 40–49 years: A systematic review

C van den Ende, AM Oordt‐Speets… - … journal of cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Early detection of breast cancer through screening can lower breast cancer mortality rates
and reduce the burden of this disease in the population. In most western countries, …