Dirk Vlasselaers
Catholic University of Leuven
39 Papers
242 Citations
Dirk Vlasselaers is an academic researcher from Catholic University of Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 27 publications. Previous affiliations of Dirk Vlasselaers include University Medical Center New Orleans.
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Papers
Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
Greet Van den Berghe,Pieter Wouters,Frank Weekers,Charles Verwaest,Frans Bruyninckx,Miet Schetz,Dirk Vlasselaers,Patrick Ferdinande,Peter Lauwers,Roger Bouillon +9 more
TL;DR: Intensive insulin therapy to maintain blood glucose at or below 110 mg per deciliter reduces morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients in the surgical intensive care unit.
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Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycemic control.
Greet Van den Berghe,Pieter Wouters,Roger Bouillon,Frank Weekers,Charles Verwaest,Miet Schetz,Dirk Vlasselaers,Patrick Ferdinande,Peter Lauwers +8 more
TL;DR: Normoglycemia was safely reached within 24 hrs and maintained during intensive care by using insulin titration guidelines, and metabolic control, as reflected by normoglycesmia, rather than the infused insulin dose per se, was related to the beneficial effects of intensive insulin therapy.
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Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults
Michael P Casaer,Dieter Mesotten,Greet Hermans,Pieter Wouters,Miet Schetz,Geert Meyfroidt,Sophie Van Cromphaut,Catherine Ingels,Philippe Meersseman,Jan Muller,Dirk Vlasselaers,Yves Debaveye,Lars Desmet,Jasperina Dubois,Aimé Van Assche,Simon Vanderheyden,Alexander Wilmer,Greet Van den Berghe +17 more
TL;DR: Late initiation of parenteral nutrition was associated with faster recovery and fewer complications, as compared with early initiation.
Early Versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults
Michael P Casaer,Dieter Mesotten,Greet Hermans,Pieter Wouters,Miet Schetz,Geert Meyfroidt,Sophie Van Cromphaut,Catherine Ingels,Philippe Meersseman,Jan Muller,Dirk Vlasselaers,Yves Debaveye,Lars Desmet,Jasperina Dubois,Aimé Van Assche,Simon Vanderheyden,Alexander Wilmer,Greet Van den Berghe +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared early initiation of parenteral nutrition with late initiation in adults in the intensive care unit (ICU) to supplement insufficient enteral nutrition, and found that late initiation was associated with faster recovery and fewer complications, as compared with early initiation.
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Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Children.
Tom Fivez,Dorian Kerklaan,Dieter Mesotten,Sascha Verbruggen,Pieter Wouters,Ilse Vanhorebeek,Yves Debaveye,Dirk Vlasselaers,Lars Desmet,Michael P Casaer,Gonzalo Garcia Guerra,Jan Hanot,Ari R. Joffe,Dick Tibboel,Koen F. M. Joosten,Greet Van den Berghe +15 more
TL;DR: In critically ill children, withholding parenteral nutrition for 1 week in the ICU was clinically superior to providing early parenTERal nutrition.
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