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1530. De-implementation Strategy to Reduce the Inappropriate Use of Urinary and Intravenous CATheters: the RICAT Study

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Two Strategies to Improve Antibiotic Use for Patients with a Complicated Urinary Tract Infection

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

A Structured Assessment to Decrease the Amount of Inconclusive Endometrial Biopsies in Women with Postmenopausal Bleeding

scientific article published on 13 March 2016

A cluster randomized trial for the implementation of an antibiotic checklist based on validated quality indicators: the AB-checklist

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A systematic review of severe morbidity in infants born late preterm

scientific article published on July 20, 2011

Accuracy of imaging parameters in the prediction of lethal pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to mid‐trimester prelabor rupture of fetal membranes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Accuracy of the random glucose test as screening test for gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review

scientific article published on 03 December 2010

Added value of ovarian reserve testing on patient characteristics in the prediction of ovarian response and ongoing pregnancy: an individual patient data approach

scientific article published on November 27, 2012

Additional effects of the cervical length measurement in women with preterm contractions: a systematic review

scientific article published on April 12, 2011

An economic analysis of induction of labour and expectant monitoring in women with gestational hypertension or pre‐eclampsia at term (HYPITAT trial)

scientific article published on September 14, 2010

Antibiotic treatment for 6 days versus 12 days in patients with severe cellulitis: a multicentre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial

scientific article published on 13 October 2019

Are patient characteristics associated with the accuracy of hysterosalpingography in diagnosing tubal pathology? An individual patient data meta-analysis

scientific article published on December 8, 2010

Assessing Preferences Regarding Healthcare Interventions that Involve Non-Health Outcomes: An Overview of Clinical Studies

scientific article published on March 2010

Assessment of perinatal outcome after sustained tocolysis in early labour (APOSTEL-II trial).

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Atosiban versus fenoterol as a uterine relaxant for external cephalic version: randomised controlled trial.

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Can neonatal sepsis be predicted in late preterm premature rupture of membranes? Development of a prediction model

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

Cervical length measurement for the prediction of preterm birth in multiple pregnancies: a systematic review and bivariate meta‐analysis

scientific article published on June 20, 2011

Cervical length measurement for the prediction of preterm birth in symptomatic women with a twin pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Child outcomes after placement of a cervical pessary in women with a multiple pregnancy: A 4-year follow-up of the ProTWIN trial

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Chlamydia antibody testing and diagnosing tubal pathology in subfertile women: an individual patient data meta-analysis

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Chlamydia trachomatis IgG seropositivity is associated with lower natural conception rates in ovulatory subfertile women without visible tubal pathology

scientific article published on September 15, 2011

Clinical factors to predict the outcome of external cephalic version: a metaanalysis

scientific article published on 23 May 2008

Comparing short to standard duration of antibiotic therapy for patients hospitalized with cellulitis (DANCE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Comparison of accuracy measures of two screening tests for gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 13 August 2007

Comparison of on-demand vs planned relaparotomy strategy in patients with severe peritonitis: a randomized trial.

scientific article published on August 2007

Comparison of the Actim Partus test and the fetal fibronectin test in the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth in symptomatic women undergoing cervical length measurement

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Cost-effectiveness analysis of cardiovascular risk factor screening in women who experienced hypertensive pregnancy disorders at term

scientific article published on 21 June 2014

Cost-effectiveness analysis of cervical length measurement and fibronectin testing in women with threatened preterm labor

scientific article published on June 19, 2013

Cost-effectiveness of cardiotocography plus ST analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram compared with cardiotocography only

scientific article published on 20 May 2011

Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding (heavy menstrual bleeding and post-menopausal bleeding): a decision analysis

scientific article published in April 2014

Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic testing strategies including cervical length measurement and fibronectin testing in women with symptoms of preterm labor.

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Cost-effectiveness of fibronectin testing in a triage in women with threatened preterm labor: alleviation of pregnancy outcome by suspending tocolysis in early labor (APOSTEL-I trial)

scientific article published in September 2009

Cost-effectiveness of induction of labour at term with a Foley catheter compared to vaginal prostaglandin E₂ gel (PROBAAT trial).

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Cost-effectiveness of laparoscopy as diagnostic tool before primary cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Costs associated with shorter duration of antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate severe community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 07 September 2007

Costs of relaparotomy on-demand versus planned relaparotomy in patients with severe peritonitis: an economic evaluation within a randomized controlled trial

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Costs of treatment in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: economic analysis in a randomized controlled comparison of methotrexate and cyclosporine

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

De-implementation strategy to Reduce the Inappropriate use of urinary and intravenous CATheters: study protocol for the RICAT-study.

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De-implementation strategy to reduce inappropriate use of intravenous and urinary catheters (RICAT): a multicentre, prospective, interrupted time-series and before and after study

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Development and validation of a short questionnaire in community acquired pneumonia

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Diagnostic accuracy of endometrial thickness to exclude polyps in women with postmenopausal bleeding

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Diagnostic strategies for endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding: cost-effectiveness of individualized strategies

scientific article published on 13 April 2012

Diagnostic strategies for postmenopausal bleeding

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Diagnostic value of serum hCG on the outcome of pregnancy of unknown location: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Diagnostic workup for postmenopausal bleeding: a randomised controlled trial

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Dilatation and curettage increases the risk of subsequent preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Does probability guided hysteroscopy reduce costs in women investigated for postmenopausal bleeding?

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Ductus venosus pulsatility index measurement reduces the false-positive rate in first-trimester screening

scientific article published on 02 June 2010

Economic analysis comparing induction of labor and expectant management in women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes between 34 and 37 weeks (PPROMEXIL trial).

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Economic analysis comparing induction of labour and expectant management for intrauterine growth restriction at term (DIGITAT trial).

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Economic analysis of use of pessary to prevent preterm birth in women with multiple pregnancy (ProTWIN trial).

scientific article published on 7 August 2014

Economic evaluation studies in reproductive medicine: a systematic review of methodologic quality

scientific article published on 08 February 2013

Effect of maintenance tocolysis with nifedipine in threatened preterm labor on perinatal outcomes: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on January 2013

Effectiveness of a cervical pessary for women who did not deliver 48 h after threatened preterm labor (Assessment of perinatal outcome after specific treatment in early labor: Apostel VI trial).

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Effectiveness of discontinuing antibiotic treatment after three days versus eight days in mild to moderate-severe community acquired pneumonia: randomised, double blind study

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Endometrial thickness and pregnancy rates after IVF: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 23 March 2014

Endometrial thickness measurement for detecting endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on July 2010

Estimating the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a clinical prediction model based on patient characteristics and medical history

scientific article published in January 2010

Evaluating prediction models in reproductive medicine

scientific article published on 23 April 2009

Expectant parents' preferences for mode of delivery and trade-offs of outcomes for breech presentation

scientific article published on 4 June 2008

External validation of a clinical scoring system for the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 27 May 2009

Facilitators and barriers to external cephalic version for breech presentation at term among health care providers in the Netherlands: a quantitative analysis

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Factors attributing to the failure of endometrial sampling in women with postmenopausal bleeding

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Fasting capillary glucose as a screening test for gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published in March 2007

Fetal fibronectin status and cervical length in women with threatened preterm labor and the effectiveness of maintenance tocolysis

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

Follow-up of women after a first episode of postmenopausal bleeding and endometrial thickness greater than 4 millimeters

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Glucose challenge test for detecting gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Glucose challenge test for detecting gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review

scholarly article by M van Leeuwen et al published 13 August 2012 in BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Health related quality of life six months following surgical treatment for secondary peritonitis--using the EQ-5D questionnaire

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How to deal with double partial verification when evaluating two index tests in relation to a reference test?

scientific article published on December 12, 2011

IMproving PArticipation of patients in Clinical Trials--rationale and design of IMPACT

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Identifying subfertile ovulatory women for timely tubal patency testing: a clinical decision rule based on medical history

scientific article published on 04 August 2007

Implementation of client versus care-provider strategies to improve external cephalic version rates: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 29 March 2015

Implementation of external cephalic version in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 6 October 2014

Implementation of the external cephalic version in breech delivery. Dutch national implementation study of external cephalic version.

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Improving the existing diagnostic strategy by accounting for characteristics of the women in the diagnostic work up for postmenopausal bleeding

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Inadequate office endometrial sample requires further evaluation in women with postmenopausal bleeding and abnormal ultrasound results

scientific article published on 24 September 2007

Indicators for Cervical Length in Twin Pregnancies

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Individual patient data meta-analysis of diagnostic and prognostic studies in obstetrics, gynaecology and reproductive medicine

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Individual patient data meta-analysis: a promising approach for evidence synthesis in reproductive medicine

scientific article published on 6 September 2010

Induction of labor versus expectant management in women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes between 34 and 37 weeks: a randomized controlled trial

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Induction of labour versus expectant management in women with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes between 34 and 37 weeks (the PPROMEXIL-trial).

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Integration of patient characteristics and the results of Chlamydia antibody testing and hysterosalpingography in the diagnosis of tubal pathology: an individual patient data meta-analysis.

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Laparoscopy to Predict the Result of Primary Cytoreductive Surgery in Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 28 December 2016

Laparoscopy to predict the result of primary cytoreductive surgery in advanced ovarian cancer patients (LapOvCa-trial): a multicentre randomized controlled study.

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Lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio and lamellar body count for fetal lung maturity: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 05 March 2013

Long-term child follow-up after large obstetric randomised controlled trials for the evaluation of perinatal interventions: a systematic review of the literature

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Long-term health-related and economic consequences of short-term outcomes in evaluation of perinatal interventions

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Long-term symptom recovery and health-related quality of life in patients with mild-to-moderate-severe community-acquired pneumonia

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Management of late-preterm premature rupture of membranes: the PPROMEXIL-2 trial

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Methotrexate versus cyclosporine in moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

MisoREST: surgical versus expectant management in women with an incomplete evacuation of the uterus after misoprostol treatment for miscarriage: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 02 September 2016

Mode of childbirth and neonatal outcome after external cephalic version: A prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

Nifedipine Versus Atosiban for Threatened Preterm Birth (APOSTEL III)

Nifedipine versus atosiban for threatened preterm birth (APOSTEL III): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

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Nifedipine versus atosiban in the treatment of threatened preterm labour (Assessment of Perinatal Outcome after Specific Tocolysis in Early Labour: APOSTEL III-Trial)

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Patients' and professionals' barriers and facilitators to external cephalic version for breech presentation at term, a qualitative analysis in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 09 May 2013

Patients' preferences in mode of surgery of an adnexal mass

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Patients' preferences in the evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding

scientific article published on 06 July 2007

Patient’s willingness to opt for external cephalic version

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

Perinatal risk indicators for long-term neurological morbidity among preterm neonates

scientific article published on 23 February 2011

Perinatal risk-indicators for long-term respiratory morbidity among preterm or very low birth weight neonates

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

Pessary for preterm birth prevention in twin pregnancy with short cervix: 3-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Pneumonia recovery: discrepancies in perspectives of the radiologist, physician and patient

scientific article published on 5 December 2009

Predicting developmental outcomes in premature infants by term equivalent MRI: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 May 2015

Prediction models in women with postmenopausal bleeding: a systematic review

scientific article published on May 2012

Prediction of an excessive response in in vitro fertilization from patient characteristics and ovarian reserve tests and comparison in subgroups: an individual patient data meta-analysis

scientific article published on May 28, 2013

Predictive Factors for Delivery within 7 Days after Successful 48-Hour Treatment of Threatened Preterm Labor.

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Predictive value of cervical length measurement and fibronectin testing in threatened preterm labor

scientific article published on 01 June 2014

Prescribing patterns of antenatal corticosteroids in women with threatened preterm labor

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Quantitative fetal fibronectin testing in combination with cervical length measurement in the prediction of spontaneous preterm delivery in symptomatic women.

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Randomized comparison of nifedipine and placebo in fibronectin-negative women with symptoms of preterm labor and a short cervix (APOSTEL-I Trial)

scientific article published on 08 December 2014

Re: Pain experienced during transvaginal ultrasound, saline contrast sonohysterography, hysteroscopy and office sampling: a comparative study

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Risk factors for preterm delivery: do they add to fetal fibronectin testing and cervical length measurement in the prediction of preterm delivery in symptomatic women?

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Risk stratification with cervical length and fetal fibronectin in women with threatened preterm labor before 34 weeks and not delivering within 7 days

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Routine use of hysterosalpingography prior to diagnostic laparoscopy in the fertility workup

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

ST-analysis in electronic foetal monitoring is cost-effective from both the maternal and neonatal perspective

scientific article published on 14 January 2016

Salpingotomy or salpingectomy in tubal ectopic pregnancy: What do women prefer?

scientific article published on June 30, 2010

Should endometrial polyps be removed in patients with postmenopausal bleeding?-an assessment of study designs and report of a failed randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN73825127).

scientific article published in September 2009

Sonographic measurement of lower uterine segment thickness to predict uterine rupture during a trial of labor in women with previous Cesarean section: a meta‐analysis

scientific article published on August 1, 2013

Surgical versus expectant management in women with an incomplete evacuation of the uterus after treatment with misoprostol for miscarriage: the MisoREST trial

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The Bishop Score as a Predictor of Labor Induction Success: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 02 January 2013

The accuracy of endometrial sampling in women with postmenopausal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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The economic evaluation of an antibiotic checklist as antimicrobial stewardship intervention

scientific article published on August 2017

The impact of fetal gender and ethnicity on the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery in women with symptoms of preterm labor

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The influence of medical testing on patients' health: an overview from the gynecologists' perspective

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The methodological quality of economic evaluation studies in obstetrics and gynecology: a systematic review

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

The predictive value of medical history taking and Chlamydia IgG ELISA antibody testing (CAT) in the selection of subfertile women for diagnostic laparoscopy: a clinical prediction model approach

scientific article published on 18 January 2007

The relation between age, time since menopause, and endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding.

scientific article published on 8 April 2007

Transvaginal sonographic assessment of cervical length and wedging for predicting outcome of labor induction at term: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on November 1, 2013

Ultrasonographic fetal head position to predict mode of delivery: a systematic review and bivariate meta‐analysis

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Value of cervical cytology in diagnosing endometrial carcinoma in women with postmenopausal bleeding

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

Value of ovarian reserve testing before IVF: a clinical decision analysis

scientific article published on 3 March 2006

What is the recurrence rate of postmenopausal bleeding in women who have a thin endometrium during a first episode of postmenopausal bleeding?

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Which factors play a role in clinical decision-making in external cephalic version?

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Women's preference for laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomy

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[Costs and health outcomes of effectiveness studies in obstetrics: a budget impact analysis of 8 obstetric effectiveness studies].

scientific article published in January 2013