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MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

15 November 2024

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) received a Career Development Grant (160k) from the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).

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Our new Division Leaders

3 October 2024

As of 1 October 2024, Casper Schalkwijk and Joost Lumens have been appointed as Division Leaders Vessels and Heart. Judith Sluimer will success Hugo ten Cate as Division Leader Blood in March 2025.

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Carim Maastricht
Carim Maastricht

Patricia Stassen

Associate professor

I completed my medical school in Maastricht in 1995. Then I was trained in internal medicine and specialized in nephrology in UMCG, where I also completed my PhD thesis on Wegener’s disease. Since 2008, I have worked at MUMC+, where I also started/designed a new internal medicine specialization: acute medicine. Since 2010, I have worked as chief of acute internal medicine in addition to practicing as an all-round clinician and engaging in student, nurse and resident education within the faculty of medicine and health. I was appointed as an associate professor (mixed profile) in 2022.

My area of interest is acute internal medicine. I concentrate on all kinds of diseases ranging from sepsis to cardiovascular diseases, and include not only the emergency department (ED) but also the trajectory before (general practitioner, EMS, acute internal medicine, emergency medicine) and after the ED (MCU/ICU).

The aim of my research is to improve acute care and to achieve a short laboratory-to-bed-time. In addition, my aim is to involve students and to improve their skills in both science and acute medicine. Currently, I am working on the prediction of poor outcomes in ED patients using ML technology, on an exploration of the acute care trajectory and on the added value of simulation techniques for residents in the acute care.

I am member of the national research consortium in acute medicine that organizes short but original studies called “flash mobs” across the country. I also coordinate studies in Limburg in collaboration with acute internists and emergency physicians. My goal is to work with all kinds of professionals interested in acute medicine at MUMC/FHML, including intensivists, general practitioners, education/simulation experts, clinical chemistry specialists and cardiologists.

Until now, I have been a co-promotor of 7 PhD students, and I currently supervise 4 PhD students.

Patricia stassen 2014

Dept of Internal Medicine
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: 5C2025
T: +31(0)43 387 50 05

  • 2016
    • Magdelijns, F. J. H., Schepers, L., Pijpers, E., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Stassen, P. M. (2016). Unplanned readmissions in younger and older adult patients: the role of healthcare-related adverse events. European Journal of Medical Research, 21(1), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-016-0230-0
    • Cobussen, M., de Kort, J. M. L., Dennert, R. M., Lowe, S. H., & Stassen - Marx, P. (2016). No increased risk of acute kidney injury after a single dose of gentamicin in patients with sepsis. Infectious Diseases, 48(4), 274-280. https://doi.org/10.3109/23744235.2015.1109136
    • Alam, N., van de Ven, P. M., Oskam, E., Stassen, P., Kramer, M. H., Exter, P. V., & Nanayakkara, P. W. (2016). Study protocol for a Multi-centre, Investigator-initiated, Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Effects of Prehospital Antibiotic Treatment for Sepsis Patients with Usual Care after Training Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel in Early Recognition (- The Prehospital ANTibiotics Against Sepsis (PHANTASi) trial. Acute Medicine, 15(4), 176-184. https://doi.org/10.52964/AMJA.0633
  • 2015
    • Magdelijns, F. J. H., Pijpers, E., Rouhl, R. P. W., Hannemann, P. F. W., ten Broeke, R. H. M., Dings, J. T. A., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Stassen, P. M. (2015). Acute Hospital Admissions Because of Health Care-Related Adverse Events: A Retrospective Study of 5 Specialist Departments. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(12), 1055-1061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.06.019
    • Joosen, D. A. W. A., van de Laar, R. J. J. M., Koopmans, R. P., & Stassen, P. M. (2015). Acute Dyspnea Caused by Hypocalcemia-Related Laryngospasm. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 48(1), 29-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.09.034
    • Cobussen, M., Hira, V., de Kort, J. M. L., Posthouwer, D., Stassen, P. M., & Haeseker, M. B. (2015). Gentamicin is frequently underdosed in patients with sepsis in the emergency department. Netherlands Journal of Medicine, 73(9), 443-444. http://www.njmonline.nl/getpdf.php?id=1644
    • Brouns, S. H. A., Stassen, P. M., Lambooij, S. L. E., Dieleman, J., Vanderfeesten, I. T. P., & Haak, H. R. (2015). Organisational Factors Induce Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay in Elderly Patients- A Retrospective Cohort Study. PLOS ONE, 10(8), Article e0135066. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135066
    • Hilderink, M. J. M., Roest, A. A., Hermans, M., Keulemans, Y. C., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Stassen, P. M. (2015). Predictive accuracy and feasibility of risk stratification scores for 28-day mortality of patients with sepsis in an emergency department. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(5), 331-337. https://doi.org/10.1097/mej.0000000000000185
    • Aquarius, M., Smeets, F. G. M., Konijn, H. W., Stassen, P. M., Keulen, E. T., van Deursen, C. T., Masclee, A. A. M., & Keulemans, Y. C. (2015). Prospective multicenter validation of the Glasgow Blatchford bleeding score in the management of patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage presenting at an emergency department. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 27(9), 1011-1016. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0000000000000402
    • Roest, A. A., Tegtmeier, J., Heyligen, J. J., Duijst, J., Peeters, A., Borggreve, H. F., Oude Lashof, A. M. L., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Stassen, P. M. (2015). Risk stratification by abbMEDS and CURB-65 in relation to treatment and clinical disposition of the septic patient at the emergency department: a cohort study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 15(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-015-0056-z
    • Magdelijns, F. J. H., Schepers, L., Pijpers, E., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Stassen, P. M. (2015). The survival of patients admitted because of health-care-related adverse events is similar to that after admission for other reasons. European journal of internal medicine, 26(2), 146-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2015.01.003
  • 2014
    • Magdelijns, F. J. H., Stassen, P. M., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Pijpers, E. (2014). Direct health care costs of hospital admissions due to adverse events in the Netherlands. European Journal of Public Health, 24(6), 1028-1033. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cku037
    • Groenewoudt, M., Roest, A. A., Leijten, F. M. M., & Stassen, P. M. (2014). Septic patients arriving with emergency medical services: a seriously ill population. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 21(5), 330-335. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000091
  • 2012
    • Schiefer, M., Aquarius, M., Leffers, P., Stassen, P., van Deursen, C., Oostenbrug, L., Jansen, L., Masclee, A., & Keulemans, Y. C. (2012). Predictive validity of the Glasgow Blatchford Bleeding Score in an unselected emergency department population in continental Europe. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 24(4), 382-387. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283505965
  • 2011
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