MD PhD | Improving antibiotic use in primary care
Hobart, Tasmania
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What do parents want from safety netting advice when their child is acutely unwell?
We spoke to Belgian parents of kids aged 6 mo–12 years. Their insights reveal 5 key themes to improve care in primary care.
💬 What does safety netting mean to you?
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Paper safety-netting advice most effectively reduced antibiotic prescribing, consumption, and reconsultations in acutely ill children compared with usual care and other safety-netting methods doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.01… @RubenBurvenich @jan_verbakel #PrimaryCare #Prescribing
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Exploring the Medical Value of Point-of-Care CRP Testing diagnostics.roche.com/global…
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Safety netting advice for acutely ill children presenting to ambulatory care
Modified e-Delphi international consensus
Multidiscipline panelist from 13 Countries
@RubenBurvenich
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Brilliant experience presenting our research at #woncaeurope2023 today!
✅ 1/ Defining safety netting advice for acutely ill children
✅ 2/ Antibiotic prescribing rates for sick kids in Flemish general practice are improving
My deep gratitude to my supervisor @jan_verbakel!
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Excited for some interesting talks concerning healthcare data! @IMAAIM7 and meeting some colleagues on the way is an extra added bonus 🥰 @RubenBurvenich
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What's the rate of antibiotic use in ambulatory care for acutely ill children in high-income countries?
45% according to meta-analysis of 11 million children, 2/3 deemed appropriate
Every antibiotic used
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Wonderful experience at #GRIN22 in Lund 🇸🇪! Honoured to speak about safety netting advice for sick kids 🤒.
Thanks to my supervisor, @jan_verbakel, for this amazing opportunity - looking forward to next year 🇩🇰.
#GRIN2022
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Really exited to share our latest paper - out today in @TheLancet with simultaneous #ESCCongress presentation:
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We wanted to know whether patients with autoimmune disease had a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
A short 🧵
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Honoured to have my first article published at lnkd.in/eKF28NrE.
Thanks to Prof Dr @jan_verbakel for his excellent support and to shared first author Hannelore Dillen for her deligence and invaluable contributions, and to co-authors @NhungPharma, @laure_wynants, et al.
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The word is out! Our latest qualitative work on UTI in children: we need better tools to sample urine, assess symptoms, and rapid diagnostics to rule out this common condition in general practice! @BJGPjournal @annvdbruel
Childhood UTIs may go undetected due to GPs' assumptions of low UTI prevalence, absence of obvious UTI features, & difficult urine sampling
This qualitative study by @jan_verbakel & colleagues explores GPs' perspectives on diagnosing childhood UTI doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2021.05…
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🎧 Listen to the audio interview with @jan_verbakel on UTIs in children
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Paediatric UTIs are underdiagnosed according to new research which presents opportunities for earlier detection
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🎬 Watch the 1-min video
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Proud to be coauthor of Hannelore Dillen's (MSc) fascinating research. Congratulations Hannelore!
Available on @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…
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Safety-netting tips for better documentation. Sharing risks with patients may help to manage expectations of what can be safely achieved in a GP consultation
@Dr_PJEdwards @ibennettbritton @riddmj @matthewbooker @DrRebeccaBarnes @capcbristol @OxPrimaryCare doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2021.01…
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Is antimicrobial resistance (ARM) a silent pandemic?
Excited to attend 'Global Health Research Priorities for Responding to the AMR Silent Pandemic' webinar.
For more info, see amr.tghn.org.
#AntimicrobialResistance
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Excited for the #GRIN2020 General Practice Research on Infections Network Meeting this morning. Last year held in Leuven, hosted by @jan_verbakel and @annvdbruel of EPI-Centre.
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