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Jochen Cals

Professor, GP, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University
Verified email at maastrichtuniversity.nl
Cited by 6471

Clinicians' views and experiences of interventions to enhance the quality of antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections

S Anthierens, S Tonkin-Crine, JW Cals… - Journal of general …, 2015 - Springer
BACKGROUND Evidence shows a high rate of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in primary
care in Europe and the United States. Given the costs of widespread use and associated …

Antibiotics for acute cough: an international observational study of patient adherence in primary care

…, K Hood, P Little, T Verheij, S Coenen, JW Cals… - British Journal of …, 2012 - bjgp.org
Background Non-adherence to acute antibiotic prescriptions is poorly described and may
impact on clinical outcomes, healthcare costs, and interpretation of research. It also results in …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring patients' views of primary care consultations with contrasting interventions for acute cough: a six-country European qualitative study

…, TJM Verheij, H Goossens, P Little, JW Cals - NPJ primary care …, 2014 - nature.com
Background: In a pan-European randomised controlled trial (GRACE INTRO) of two interventions,(i)
a point-of-care C-reactive protein test and/or (ii) training in communication skills and …

Point-of-care testing in family practices: present use and need for tests in the future

JW Cals, AM Schols, HC Van Weert… - Nederlands tijdschrift …, 2014 - europepmc.org
… Heil J, Cals JWL, Ter Waarbeek HLG, Hoebe CJPA, Dukers-Muijrers NHTM … Howick J,
Cals JW, Jones C, Price CP, Plüddemann A, Heneghan C, Berger MY, Buntinx F, Hickner J …

Severity assessment for lower respiratory tract infections: potential use and validity of the CRB-65 in primary care

NA Francis, JW Cals, CC Butler, K Hood… - Primary Care …, 2012 - nature.com
Aims: To explore the potential use of the CRB-65 rule (based on Confusion, Respiratory rate,
Blood pressure and age> 65 years) in adults with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in …

Knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotics: a questionnaire study among 2500 Chinese students.

…, FYM Fu YingMei, CXB Chen XiaoBei, JW Cals… - 2013 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Background: Recently, many scientists including bacteriologists have begun to focus on
social aspects of antibiotic management especially the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) …

Diagnostic tests in GP out-of-hours services in the Netherlands

…, C Zeijen, GJ Dinant, C van Vugt, JW Cals - Nederlands Tijdschrift …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Objective To determine GPs' access to diagnostic tests (medical imaging, laboratory tests,
and point-of-care tests) during GP out-of-hours care in the Netherlands and to assess whether …

Rules and regulations threaten non-pharmacological studies in children

MJ Schot, BD Broekhuizen, JW Cals - Nederlands tijdschrift voor …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Many non-pharmacological interventions have only been tested in adults, and evidence on
using these in children is lacking. To enhance child healthcare, research is required into …

[PDF][PDF] Kunnen CRP-bepaling en communicatietraining het aantal antibioticumvoorschriften beperken?

A De Sutter, JW Cals, CC Butler, RM Hopstaken - Gen Pract, 2004 - researchgate.net
Achtergrond Coenen S. Diagnostiek van pneumonie. Minerva 2004;(3): 7-8. Falk G, Fahey T.
C-reactive protein and community-acquired pneumonia in ambulatory care: systematic …

An individual'traffic light system'for children with fever?

EG de Bont, JW Cals - Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde, 2014 - europepmc.org
Fever in children is very common, and is usually caused by self-limiting upper-respiratory-tract
infections. The low incidence of serious infections makes it a challenge to identify children …