OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Clinica Belgica is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-A) in an adult woman 18 days after COVID-19 vaccination	13
Infections caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in non-endemic countries: three case reports and review of the literature	11
Real-world hepatitis B antiviral treatment trends and adherence to practice guidelines: a large cohort study	10
Analysis of ergonomic occupational accidents and near misses in a large Belgian university hospital	10
Changes in lipid lowering medication and lipid levels over time in patients with stable coronary artery disease	9
The 2023 Belgian clinical guidance on anticoagulation management in hospitalized and ambulatory COVID-19 patients	9
Changes in the use and uptake of a national out-of-hours telephone triage service by younger and older patients seeking non-urgent unplanned care surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Flanders (Belgium	9
The concomitant use of paracetamol and flucloxacillin. A rare cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis in the frail oldest old	8
Heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction after liver transplantation: a case report and review of the literature	8
Retrospective evaluation of routine whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the Belgian National Reference Center, 2019	8
COVID-19 –awareness of diagnostic pitfalls	7
Association between admission biomarkers and clinical outcome in older adults diagnosed with an infection in the emergency department	7
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults	7
Aseptic meningitis after SARS-CoV-2 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination	7
Rat bite fever: some comments on a case report review	6
Association of antenatal magnesium sulfate with reduced late-onset sepsis in extreme preterm infants	6
Systemic mastocytosis with myeloid sarcoma and B-CLL: molecular and clonal heterogeneity in a rare case of SM-AHN with review of literature	6
A characterization of the HIV population with limited/exhausted treatment options: a multicenter Belgian study	5
Reliability and validity of an original nurse telephone triage tool for out-of-hours primary care calls: the SALOMON algorithm	5
Herpes zoster in Belgium: a new solution to an old problem	5
Characterisation of an interference affecting the triiodothyronine measurement on two different immunoassays	5
Cirrhosis and partial portal thrombosis leading to severe variceal bleeding, an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis	5
Transferring nursing home residents to emergency departments by emergency physician-staffed emergency medical services: missed opportunities to avoid inappropriate care?	4
Prediction parameters of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction improvement in patients after acute coronary syndrome	4
Skeletal response to teriparatide in real-life setting: effects of age, baseline bone density and prior denosumab use	4

The first reported familial case of statin-induced immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy associated with anti-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase autoantibodies and HLA DRB1*11:01	4
Inhibition of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease	4
Clinical features of Legionnaires’ disease at three Belgian university hospitals, a retrospective study	4
Belgian 2024 guidance on the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis	4
Occurrence of sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma in Graves’ disease in association with a RET proto-oncogene mutation	4
The 2024 Flemish consensus on screening for gestational diabetes mellitus early and later in pregnancy	4
Immune landscape in the glomerular transcriptome of nephrotic syndrome and anca-associated vasculitis	4
Prognostic value of geriatric and cardiac parameters for one-year mortality in older heart failure patients. A multicentre, observational, prospective study	3
Phenotype variability and therapeutic response to Patisiran in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a Belgian real-world experience	3
Validation of EUCAST rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from positive blood cultures in a non-automated lab setting	3
The efficiency of the EmERGE pathway to provide continuity of care for medically stable people living with HIV in Belgium	3
The role of microscopic bone marrow examination and [¹²³I]MIBG scintigraphy in detection of bone marrow involvement in patients with neuroblastoma	3
The 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20): expected added value	3
Asparaginase-induced pseudohyponatremia, a case-driven working strategy in pediatric patients	3
Prevalence and risk factors of antibiotic resistance for urinary tract infections in patients presenting to a Belgian tertiary care emergency department: testing the national guidelines against the lo	3
Suspect the unexpected: proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits and a negative hematological work-up. A case of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance	3
Unravelling the coagulation paradox in liver cirrhosis: challenges and insights	3
Delayed hypersensitivity reaction after oral intake of non-ionic iodinated contrast medium	3
Antimicrobial prescription in severe COVID-19 and CAP: a matched case-control study	3
Ectodysplasin A is associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease and poor long-term clinical outcome in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction	2
Meningococcal pericarditis caused by the MenW:cc11 strain in an older adult	2
Work stress and burnout among emergency physicians: a systematic review of last 10 years of research	2
HOMA-IR and HOMA2-IR estimation based on glycated hemoglobin as an alternative for fasting glucose	2
Identifying vulnerable older adults at risk for functional decline in cardiac care wards: time to shift the paradigm	2
Treatment of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) in Belgium: a real world data analysis	2
Rat bite fever: a case report review	2
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Clostridioides difficile infection in a tertiary healthcare institution in Belgium	2
Recurrent rejections after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma with stem cell features in an adult patient	2
Shunt Nephritis: A Case of Mistaken Identity	2
The effect of physical exercise on fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review	2
Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults: eight case studies with focus SGLT-2 inhibitors and metformin	2
Acquired factor X deficiency in a multiple myeloma without amyloidosis: a case report	2
Body mass index and occupational accidents among health care workers in a large university hospital	2
The implementation of risk minimization measures to prevent teratogenic pregnancy outcomes related to oral retinoid and valproate use in Belgium	2
Clinical experience in anti-synthetase syndrome: a monocentric retrospective analytical study	2
Single center, real-world retrospective study of CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma beyond second line: five-year results at the University Hospitals Leuven	2
Case report: thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, an unusual cause of hypokalemia	2
Characteristics and outcomes of patients treated with sotrovimab to prevent progression to severe COVID-19 in Belgium	2
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	2
A Belgian student with black eschars	2
Porphyria: awareness is the key to diagnosis!	2
Case report: pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: a rare but fatal cause of pulmonary hypertension in a patient following allogeneic stem cell transplantation	2
Using risk factors and markers to predict bacterial respiratory co-/superinfections in COVID-19 patients: is the antibiotic steward’s toolbox full or empty?	2
Appropriateness of alert antibiotics measured by repeated prevalence surveys and impact of direct prescriber interaction and feedback	2
A novel pathogenic variant in LCAT causing FLD. A case report	2
A case of Leishmania infection with focal splanchnic involvement without systemic symptoms: a potential anti-inflammatory role for vitamin D	2