Aims To establish the prevalence of unrecognized heart failure in elderly patients with a
diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in a stable phase of their disease. Methods …

Smoking cessation is the cornerstone of treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) patients. This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of behavioural and …

… Alfred PE Sachs, senior researchera, … APES and AWH were involved in the data analysis.
All the authors participated in writing the paper. SZ will act as … Articles by Alfred PE Sachs …

Background Chest radiography (CXR) is frequently performed in Western societies. There is
insufficient knowledge of its diagnostic value in terms of changes in patient management …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined as an acute symptomatic infection of the
lower respiratory tract which in general develops outside of a hospital or nursing home, …

Revised SWAB guidelines for antimicrobial therapy of community-acquired pneumonia Page 1
ABSTRACT The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) develops evidence-based …

… Two investigators (RMMG, APES) independently assessed the quality of the flow-volume
curves and time-volume curves according to the criteria of the American Thoracic Society. In …

… Of these, the full texts were retrieved and independently judged by three readers (BDLB,
RO and APES). Reference lists of these 45 articles were scanned to find additional studies. …

Background Some older persons develop a persistent death wish without being severely ill,
often referred to as “completed life” or “tiredness of life”. In the Netherlands and Belgium, the …

The current prospective cohort study assessed the diagnostic yield of chest radiography (CXR)
in primary-care patients suspected of pneumonia. In total, 192 patients with a clinical …