Acute Heart Failure: Causes, Treatment, and Hospital Admissions in the Netherlands

Acute Heart Failure: Causes, Treatment, and Hospital Admissions in the Netherlands

In acute heart failure, the heart pumps less well and fluid is retained. Every year there are more than 30,000 hospital admissions in the Netherlands. ‘These patients are often seriously ill when they end up in hospital and the only type of treatment is diuretic medication (medication that causes the patient to lose excess fluid, … Read more

Mapping the Human Immune System with Phage-Display Immunoprecipitation Sequencing

Photo: Public Domain Researchers at the UMCG have mapped the human immune system for the first time. They did this by determining antibodies in the blood on a large scale in healthy people and people with chronic intestinal inflammation. The variation of antibodies in the body appears to be different for each person and provides … Read more

Future of lung covid research in the Netherlands uncertain

News hour NOS News•today, 06:35 Sander Zurhake health care editor Sander Zurhake health care editor Scientists in the Netherlands warn that the few studies into lung covid could come to a standstill or be delayed. Funding for researchers’ salaries is not properly arranged. That is why researchers with rare knowledge about lung covid sometimes switch … Read more

Minister sticks to decision: UMCG children’s heart center remains open (update)

Why from four to two pediatric heart centersEvery year, about 1,400 complex operations are performed on children and adults with a congenital heart defect. In about two hundred cases, it concerns newborn babies. According to the standards, that number is too low to keep the surgeons’ knowledge and experience in order. There are also fewer … Read more

Scientist Iris Beldhuis of UMCG receives a research grant of 160,000 euros

Researcher Beldhuis will investigate how well heart failure medicines work in patients who also have or develop poor kidney function. Half of people with heart failure also have kidney problems. Because many medicines for heart failure put an extra burden on the kidneys, the doctor often chooses to stop or never even start the treatment … Read more

Combination of infection and bacteria kills young people, doctors UMCG alert

‘No, I think that would really mean giving too many people antibiotics. This in turn has the disadvantage that these bacteria become resistant to it. These are really patients who have a completely different clinical picture than at the GP. No cold or flu. They become so ill within a day that they vomit violently, … Read more

Too young to live independently: Djurre is 29 weeks and two days old

On IC neonatology of the Beatrix Children’s Hospital (UMCG) admits babies born after the 24th week of pregnancy or who need additional help to support vital functions before, during or after delivery.Babies born before 24 weeks of pregnancy often do not survive delivery. If a baby survives birth, treatment aims to make him feel as … Read more

UMCG investigate: “Pregnant ladies ought to consume additional bread and fish”

Sea merchandise in distinct include a great deal of salt and as a result iodine. “We reside by the sea, but we you should not use it more than enough,” says Dijck-Brouwer. “Fish, but also seafood, crustaceans and algae incorporate a lot of iodine”. The principal resource of iodine is bread: “It is very prevalent, … Read more

UMCG study: one in eight Dutch people has long-term complaints after corona

Researchers also compared the complaints with the health of people who did not have corona during that period. ‘For example, we were able to take into account changes in complaints due to other causes,’ says Rosmalen, ‘for example, due to the change of seasons, because people developed new diseases or because living conditions changed due … Read more