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December 7, 2011
PhD defence J.B. Bijker, MD, PhD
On December 7, 2011
Jilles B. Bijker, MD, PhD defended his PhD thesis “Intraoperative hypotension”.
Promotors: Prof. C.J. Kalkman, MD, PhD and Prof. K.G.M. Moons, MD, PhD
Co-promotor: W.A. van Klei, MD, PhD
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here to read more about the PhD thesis.
November 23, 2011
DECS trial completes patient recruitment On the 23th of November, 2011 the last patient was recruited for the DExamethasone for Cardiac Surgery trial (
DECS). A total of 4500 patients have been recruited successfully over the last 4 years. The next phase is to analyse all the collected data of this double-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Click
here to read more about the DECS trial.
June 30, 2011
PhD defence M.M.J. van Eijk, MD 
On June 30, 2011 Maarten M.J. van Eijk, MD defended his PhD thesis “
Delirium in critically ill patients; diagnosis and treatment”.
Promotor: Prof. J. Kesecioglu, MD, PhD.
Co-promotor: A.J.C. Slooter, MD, PhD.
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June 28, 2011
PhD defence D.L.M. Zwart, MD 
On June 28, 2011 Dorien L.M. Zwart, MD defended her PhD thesis “
Incident reporting in general practice”.
Promotors: Prof. Th.J.M. Verheij, MD, PhD and Prof. C.J. Kalkman, MD, PhD.
Co-promotor: E.L.J. van Rensen, PhD.
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here to read more about the PhD thesis.
May 25, 2011
IARS Research Grant Wilton A. van Klei, MD, PhD 
Wilton A. van Klei, MD, PhD received an $80,000 research grant from the International Anesthesia Research Society (
IARS) for his project “
Effect of routine postoperative troponin measurements on one year cardiac events and death”.
The grant is part of the IARS’ 2011 Clinical Scholar Research Awards.
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here to read more about the project.
May 24, 2011
PhD defence Irene P. Jongerden, RN 
On May 24, 2011
Irene P. Jongerden, RN, PhD defended her PhD thesis “
Airway management and respiratory tract colonization in intensive care patients”. Promotors: Prof. M.J.M. Bonten, MD, PhD and Prof. J. Kesecioglu, MD, PhD.
Irene now has a postdoctoral position in our department of Intensive Care Medicine.
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Upcoming event
8e Wetenschapsdag Anesthesiologie
September 30, 2011 De Reehorst, Bennekomseweg 24, Ede, The Netherlands
For more information please visit the
The Netherlands Society of Anesthesiologists (NVA) website.