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Benjamin Fischler
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 59
Citations - 4490
Benjamin Fischler is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic fatigue syndrome & Somatization. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 59 publications receiving 4238 citations. Previous affiliations of Benjamin Fischler include The Catholic University of America & Leiden University.
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Symptoms associated with hypersensitivity to gastric distention in functional dyspepsia.
TL;DR: The increase of intra-balloon pressure over intra-abdominal pressure needed to induce discomfort or pain is the most appropriate expression of sensitivity to gastric distention because it yields a meaningful lower range of normal and it is independent from age and body mass index.
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A nurse-led interdisciplinary intervention program for delirium in elderly hip-fracture patients.
Koen Milisen,Marquis D. Foreman,Ivo Abraham,Sabina De Geest,Jan Godderis,Erik Vandermeulen,Benjamin Fischler,Herman Delooz,Bart Spiessens,Paul Broos +9 more
TL;DR: A nurse‐led interdisciplinary intervention program for delirium and its effect on cognitive functioning, functional rehabilitation, mortality, and length of stay in older hip‐fracture patients is developed and tested.
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A controlled crossover study of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram in irritable bowel syndrome
TL;DR: The SSRI citalopram significantly improves IBS symptoms, including abdominal pain, compared with placebo, and the therapeutic effect is independent of effects on anxiety, depression, and colonic sensorimotor function.
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Clinical and pathophysiological characteristics of acute-onset functional dyspepsia
Jan Tack,Ingrid Demedts,Geert Dehondt,Philip Caenepeel,Benjamin Fischler,Michele Zandecki,Jozef Janssens +6 more
TL;DR: A subset of dyspeptic patients has a history suggestive of postinfectious dyspepsia and has a high prevalence of impaired accommodation attributable to a dysfunction at the level of gastric nitrergic neurons, according to this study.
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The impact of major depressive disorder on the short‐ and long‐term outcome of Crohn's disease treatment with infliximab
Philippe Persoons,Severine Vermeire,Koen Demyttenaere,Benjamin Fischler,Joris Vandenberghe,L. Van Oudenhove,Marie J. Pierik,Tibor Hlavaty,G. Van Assche,Maja Noman,Paul Rutgeerts +10 more
TL;DR: This data indicates that a central nervous system disorder related to major depressive disorder may be a potential mediating role in the course of Crohn's disease.