J.E. den Hartog1,5, C.M.J.G. Lardenoije1, J.L. Severens2,3, J.A. Land1,4, J.L.H. Evers1 and A.G.H. Kessels2 Research Institute Growth and Development (GROW), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment (KEMTA), Maastricht University Medical ...

Spuriously precise results from meta-analysis. Is better statistical correction or a more critical methodological assessment warranted? Ludovic G.P.M. van Amelsvoort*, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Mark G. Spigt Department of Epidemiology, Occupational Health Epidemiology unit, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands D...

1 Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering. P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2 National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI. 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA 3 Maastricht University, Department of Physiology. P.O.Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands 4 Medtronic Bakken Research Center. Department of le...

1 Department of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 2 Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic, 3 Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht University,...

The prevalence of malnutrition and its predictive value for the incidence of complications were determined in 155 patients hospitalized for internal or gastrointestinal diseases. At admission, 45% of the patients were malnourished according to the Subjective Global Assessment (physical examination plus questionnaire), 57% according to the Nutritional Risk Index [(1.5 x albumin) + (41.7 x presen...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Medical Technology Assessment, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3 Department of Health Organisation, Policy, and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 4 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology, University Hospital Maast...

René Kemp & Pim Martens 1 UNU-MERIT & International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands (email: [email protected]) 2 International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands (email: [email protected]...

1Division of Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Rheology, Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen; 2Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam; 3Department of Hematology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht; and 4Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherl...

Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Pediat...