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Dirk Devroey
Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Publications - 146
Citations - 1665
Dirk Devroey is an academic researcher from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 133 publications receiving 1429 citations. Previous affiliations of Dirk Devroey include Free University of Brussels & Université libre de Bruxelles.
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Referral to palliative care in COPD and other chronic diseases: a population-based study.
Kim Beernaert,Joachim Cohen,Luc Deliens,Luc Deliens,Dirk Devroey,Katrien Vanthomme,Koen Pardon,Lieve Van den Block +7 more
TL;DR: Patients with COPD are underserved in terms of palliative care compared to those with other chronic life-limiting diseases.
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Early detection of COPD: A case finding study in general practice
Jan Vandevoorde,Sylvia Verbanck,Lieve Gijssels,D. Schuermans,Dirk Devroey,Joan De Backer,Jan Kartounian,Walter Vincken +7 more
TL;DR: Almost half of a general practice population of current smokers between 40 and 70 years of age, with a smoking history of at least 15 pack-years, was diagnosed with COPD, and roughly two thirds of these were newly detected as a result of the case finding programme.
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Early identification of palliative care needs by family physicians: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators from the perspective of family physicians, community nurses, and patients:
Kim Beernaert,Luc Deliens,Luc Deliens,Aline De Vleminck,Dirk Devroey,Koen Pardon,Lieve Van den Block,Joachim Cohen +7 more
TL;DR: The current practice of palliative care in Belgium is far from the presently considered ideal palliatives care approaches and facilitators such as proactive communication and communication tools could contribute to the development of guidelines for family physicians and policymakers in primary care.
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Registration of stroke through the Belgian sentinel network and factors influencing stroke mortality.
TL;DR: Stroke mortality rates estimated by the sentinel practices are fairly comparable with those based on the death certificates notification, and the stroke attack rates correspond with those of neighboring countries.
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What Are Physicians' Reasons for Not Referring People with Life-Limiting Illnesses to Specialist Palliative Care Services? A Nationwide Survey
Kim Beernaert,Luc Deliens,Koen Pardon,Lieve Van den Block,Dirk Devroey,Kenneth Chambaere,Joachim Cohen +6 more
TL;DR: Specialist palliative care is not initiated in almost half of the people for whom it could be beneficial, most frequently because physicians deem regular caregivers to be sufficiently skilled in addressing palliatives care needs.