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Sandra De Breucker
Researcher at Université libre de Bruxelles
Publications - 28
Citations - 382
Sandra De Breucker is an academic researcher from Université libre de Bruxelles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Geriatrics. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 26 publications receiving 266 citations.
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Nutritional interventions to improve muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in older people: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Evelien Gielen,David Beckwée,Andreas Delaere,Sandra De Breucker,Maurits Vandewoude,Ivan Bautmans +5 more
TL;DR: Best evidence is available to recommend leucine, because it has a significant effect on muscle mass in elderly people with sarcopenia, and protein supplementation on top of resistance training is recommended to increase muscle mass and strength.
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Could geriatric characteristics explain the under-prescription of anticoagulation therapy for older patients admitted with atrial fibrillation? A retrospective observational study.
TL;DR: In this population, in which most patients had multiple impairments, no single impairment or geriatric characteristic was identified as a barrier to AVK use, and it is possible that combinations of impairments and geriatric characteristics were barriers to the prescription of AVK therapy across the whole of this population.
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Frailty in Old Age Is Associated with Decreased Interleukin-12/23 Production in Response to Toll-Like Receptor Ligation
Nathalie Compte,Karim Zouaoui Boudjeltia,Michel Vanhaeverbeek,Sandra De Breucker,Joel Tassignon,Anne Trelcat,Thierry Pepersack,Stanislas Goriely +7 more
TL;DR: The results indicated that age was not correlated with TLR-mediated IL-12p70 and IL-23 production, and poor nutritional status and frailty in subjects >75 years were associated with decreased IL- 12p70and IL- 23 production.
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment and comorbidities predict survival in geriatric oncology
Nathalie Denewet,Sandra De Breucker,Sylvie Luce,Bernard Kennes,Sandra Higuet,Thierry Pepersack +5 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the utility of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to guide interventions to improve quality of cancer care in older adults found several tools provide determinants of survival in old cancer patients.