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A W de Weerd

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van den Berg L, de Weerd A, Reuvekamp H, van der Meere J
Epilepsy Behav . 2019 Jun; 97:269-274. PMID: 31254848
Objective: Caring for a child with a chronic illness adds stress to the typical parenting stress in healthy developing children. This stress can place a heavy burden on parents and...
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Hofstra W, Hageman G, de Weerd A
Epilepsy Behav . 2015 Feb; 44:155-8. PMID: 25705827
As early as in 1898, it was noted that there was a need to find "a plausible explanation of the long recognized affinities of migraine and epilepsy". However, results of...
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Hofstra W, Hageman G, de Weerd A
Seizure . 2015 Feb; 25:37-9. PMID: 25645634
Purpose: Headache is a frequently heard complaint that can strongly influence quality of life. This is probably even more so in people with a chronic illness. Knowing that headache, and...
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Leufkens T, Ramaekers J, de Weerd A, Riedel W, Vermeeren A
Psychopharmacology (Berl) . 2014 Feb; 231(14):2851-65. PMID: 24488406
Rationale: Many older adults report sleep problems and use of hypnotics. Several studies have shown that hypnotics can have acute adverse effects on driving the next morning. It is unclear...
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Leufkens T, Ramaekers J, de Weerd A, Riedel W, Vermeeren A
Psychopharmacology (Berl) . 2014 Jan; 231(14):2785-98. PMID: 24458443
Rationale: Residual effects of hypnotics on driving performance have been mainly determined in studies using a standardized driving test with healthy good sleepers. Responses to effects may differ, however, between...
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Leijten F, Poortvliet D, de Weerd A
Eur J Neurol . 2013 Nov; 4(2):124-9. PMID: 24283904
Polyneuropathy has been implicated in critical illness as a cause of difficult weaning from artificial ventilation and of rehabilitation problems. We wanted to see which clinical parameters can be used...
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Gutter T, Brouwer O, de Weerd A
Epilepsy Behav . 2013 Jul; 28(3):481-8. PMID: 23892578
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to explore the prevalence of sleep disturbances in a large cohort of school-aged children with partial epilepsy, to compare the findings with those...
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van der Kooi A, Tulen J, van Eijk M, de Weerd A, van Uitert M, van Munster B, et al.
Crit Care Nurs Q . 2013 Mar; 36(2):169-73. PMID: 23470702
Sleep deprivation is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The criterion standard for sleep monitoring, polysomnography, is impractical in ICU. Actigraphy (a wrist watch indicating amount of sleep) proved...
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de Vos C, Melching L, van Schoonhoven J, Ardesch J, de Weerd A, van Lambalgen H, et al.
Seizure . 2011 Apr; 20(7):541-5. PMID: 21514181
Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has shown to be an effective treatment for drug resistant epilepsy in numerous patients, however, not in all. It is still not possible to predict...
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Jonker A, Verkade J, de Weerd A
Tijdschr Psychiatr . 2007 Aug; 49(8):581-5. PMID: 17694492
Epilepsy and psychiatric problems can occur simultaneously and can, quite unexpectedly, trigger interactions that may lead to life-threatening situations. This became obvious in the case of a female patient who...