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Geert-Jan Dinant
Researcher at Public Health Research Institute
Publications - 284
Citations - 9683
Geert-Jan Dinant is an academic researcher from Public Health Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 268 publications receiving 8618 citations. Previous affiliations of Geert-Jan Dinant include Maastricht University Medical Centre & Maastricht University.
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The Efficacy of Influenza Vaccination in Elderly Individuals: A Randomized Double-blind Placebo-Controlled Trial
TL;DR: In the elderly, influenza vaccination may halve the incidence of serological and clinical influenza (in periods of antigenic drift), which is less pronounced for self-reported influenza.
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Effect of point of care testing for C reactive protein and training in communication skills on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections: cluster randomised trial
TL;DR: Both general practitioners’ use of point of care testing for C reactive protein and training in enhanced communication skills significantly reduced antibiotic prescribing for lower respiratory tract infection without compromising patients’ recovery and satisfaction with care.
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Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after non-traumatic events: evidence from an open population study
Saskia Mol,Arnoud Arntz,Job F. M. Metsemakers,Geert-Jan Dinant,Pauline A. P. Vilters-Van Montfort,J. André Knottnerus +5 more
TL;DR: Life events can generate at least as many PTSD symptoms as traumatic events, and the findings call for further studies on the specificity of traumatic events as a cause of PTSD.
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Contributions of symptoms, signs, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein to a diagnosis of pneumonia in acute lower respiratory tract infection.
Rogier M. Hopstaken,Jean W M Muris,J. A. Knottnerus,Arnold D. M. Kester,Paula E. L. M. Rinkens,Geert-Jan Dinant +5 more
TL;DR: Most symptoms and signs traditionally associated with pneumonia are not predictive of pneumonia in general practice, but a prediction rule for low-risk patients, including a CRP of < 20, can considerably reduce unjustified antibiotic prescribing.
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Gut Feelings as a Third Track in General Practitioners’ Diagnostic Reasoning
Erik Stolper,Margje W. J. van de Wiel,Paul Van Royen,Marloes A van Bokhoven,Trudy van der Weijden,Geert-Jan Dinant +5 more
TL;DR: The role of affect as a heuristic within the physician’s knowledge network explains how gut feelings may help GPs to navigate in a mostly efficient way in the often complex and uncertain diagnostic situations of general practice.