User profiles for M. L. van Driel

Mieke van Driel

The University of Queensland, Australia
Verified email at uq.edu.au
Cited by 12251

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses

…, E Ferroni, LA Al-Ansary, ML van Driel… - Cochrane database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
… Mieke L van Driel … Hand rub used as much needed for complete wetting of the hands (at least
3 mL or … weeks and second 10 weeks amongst classes that switched products was 220 mL. …

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: systematic review

…, E Ferroni, LA Al-Ansary, GA Bawazeer, ML Van Driel… - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
… research chair,4 Ghada A Bawazeer, researcher,5 Mieke L van Driel, professor of general
practice ,2,3 Ruth Foxlee, information specialist,6 Alessandro Rivetti, information specialist7 …

Withdrawal versus continuation of chronic antipsychotic drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older people with dementia

…, AIM De Sutter, ML van Driel… - Cochrane Database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Antipsychotic agents are often used to treat neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS)
in dementia, although the literature is sceptical about their long‐term use for this indication. …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological abnormalities as potential biomarkers in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

EW Brenu, ML van Driel, DR Staines, KJ Ashton… - Journal of translational …, 2011 - Springer
… A volume of 25 ml of blood was collected from the antecubital vein of participants into
lithium heparinised and EDTA collection tubes between 9 am and 11 am. Blood samples were …

The need for research in primary care

…, ML van Driel, LA Green, C van Weel - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Making evidence from scientific studies available to clinical practice has been expected to
directly improve quality of care, but this expectation has not been realised. The notion of …

Palliative pharmacological sedation for terminally ill adults

EM Beller, ML Van Driel, L McGregor… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Terminally ill people experience a variety of symptoms in the last hours and
days of life, including delirium, agitation, anxiety, terminal restlessness, dyspnoea, pain, …

Different antibiotic treatments for group A streptococcal pharyngitis

…, S Thorning, ML van Driel - Cochrane Database of …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
… new data that are important to the conclusion of the review (van Driel 2009), the lack of
further unpublished data may not have had an important impact on the results of our review. …

Differences among international pharyngitis guidelines: not just academic

J Matthys, M De Meyere, ML van Driel… - The Annals of Family …, 2007 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Many countries have national guidelines for the treatment of pharyngitis. We
wanted to compare the recommendations and the reported evidence in national guidelines for …

Mesh versus non‐mesh for inguinal and femoral hernia repair

…, JY Ng, M Dhillon, E Teo, ML van Driel - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Objectives To evaluate the benefits and harms of different inguinal and femoral hernia
repair techniques in adults, specifically comparing closure with mesh versus without mesh. …

Are sore throat patients who hope for antibiotics actually asking for pain relief?

ML Van Driel, A De Sutter, M Deveugele… - The Annals of Family …, 2006 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Antibiotics are still overprescribed for self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections
such as acute sore throat, and physicians mention patient’s desire for antibiotics as a …