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Thierry Christiaens
Researcher at Ghent University
Publications - 154
Citations - 27065
Thierry Christiaens is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 141 publications receiving 25754 citations. Previous affiliations of Thierry Christiaens include Ghent University Hospital & Rabin Medical Center.
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Associations of potentially inappropriate medication use with four year survival of an inception cohort of nursing home residents.
Kristel Paque,Kristel Paque,Monique Elseviers,Robert Vander Stichele,Tinne Dilles,Koen Pardon,Luc Deliens,Luc Deliens,Thierry Christiaens +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the four-year survival rate, the prevalence of polypharmacy and PIM use at admission, and the association between the two, in an inception cohort of newly admitted nursing home residents.
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Cystitis: symptomatology in women with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection.
TL;DR: The spectrum of complaints in women with suspected uncomplicated UTI is broad and comprises a number of symptoms usually associated with an upper UTI, and the occurrence of these symptoms should not automatically prompt GPs to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics.
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Discontinuation of medications at the end of life: A population study in Belgium, based on linked administrative databases
Kristel Paque,Kristel Paque,Robrecht De Schreye,Monique Elseviers,Monique Elseviers,Robert Vander Stichele,Koen Pardon,Tinne Dilles,Thierry Christiaens,Luc Deliens,Luc Deliens,Joachim Cohen +11 more
TL;DR: Whether PIMs are discontinued at the end of life, and the factors associated with this discontinuation, are explored.
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Effects of an evidence report and policies lifting reimbursement restrictions for acid suppressants: Analysis of the Belgian national database
Mieke L van Driel,Mieke L van Driel,Robert Vander Stichele,Monique Elseviers,An De Sutter,Jan De Maeseneer,Thierry Christiaens +6 more
TL;DR: The effect on prescribing of policies that lift reimbursement restrictions on selected H2‐antihistamines and proton pump inhibitors and of practice recommendations is explored.
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Is it possible to register the ideas, concerns and expectations behind the reason for encounter as a means of classifying patient preferences with ICPC-2?
Diego Schrans,Pauline Boeckxstaens,An De Sutter,Sara Willems,Dirk Avonts,Thierry Christiaens,Jan Matthys,Thomas Kühlein +7 more
TL;DR: To explore if the patients’ ideas, concerns and expectations (ICE) behind the reason for encounter (RFE) can be coded with the International Classification of Primary Care, version 2 (ICPC-2) and what kinds of codes are missing to be able to do so.