Aims Heart failure (HF) is common in geriatric patients. Clinicians face diagnostic challenges
primarily due to comorbidity and limited access to echocardiography. The purpose of this …

BACKGROUND: Elderly heart failure (HF) patients frequently have multiple comorbidities.
The prognostic impact of combined comorbidities is poorly quantified in these patients. We …

Objective To evaluate whether antibiotic prescribing for suspected urinary tract infections in
frail older adults can be reduced through a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention. …

Background The Framingham Heart Study risk model has been used in the majority of
cardiovascular risk management guidelines. Recently, a new model based on the SCORE system …

Background Presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in heart failure (HF)
has prognostic and therapeutic implications. Exact prevalence estimates are lacking …

Background. Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of mortality in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), however, are rarely considered in prediction …

Objective To investigate which determinants are related to poor performance and forced
attrition in the first year residency in general practice (GP). Design

Global cerebral hypoperfusion may be involved in the aetiology of brain atrophy; however,
long-term longitudinal studies on this relationship are lacking. We examined whether reduced …

… 12 NP testing is considered an important tool to reduce false-negative and … of NP testing in
primary care over time. Against this background we investigated the time trend in ordering NP …

… NP testing each year was calculated per 1000 patient years (PY) based on the total practice
population. NP levels were used to assess whether NP … Guidelines recommend NP as an …