prof. dr. D. (Diederik) van Dijk
Full Professor
- Intensive Care Medicine

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Biography
Diederik van Dijk is an epidemiologist and anaesthesiologist-intensivist. His research focuses on outcomes after cardiac surgery and intensive care admission, and he has multiple publications in NEJM, JAMA, Circulation and Anesthesiology. In the Octopus trial, he demonstrated that cognitive decline may also occur after cardiac surgery without heartlung-machine. A recent trial in 4,500 cardiac surgery patients, evaluating prophylactic intraoperative dexamethasone showed multiple benefits of this drug in patients younger than 75 yrs of age.In 2012, Van Dijk was appointed full professor of Intensive Care medicine.
Side Activities
Dutch Society of Intensive Care (NVIC), board member since 2013
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), national representative of the Netherlands since 2013
Netherlands Journal of Critical Care, section editor cardiothoracic care
Deputy chair Ethics section of the European Society of Intensive Care
Chair of the Dutch working group for a guideline for post ICU care
Fellowship and Awards
Clinical Scholar Research Award, provided by the International Anesthesia Research Society
Personal grant for cardiothoracic fellowship at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, provided by the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists
Mid-career Grant, provided by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
Research Output (162)
Janssen Debbie G A, Jonker Joep, van Dijk Diederik, Heerdink Eibert R, Egberts Toine C G, Slooter Arjen J C okt 2020, In: Journal of Critical Care. 59 , p. 112-117 6 p.
Koekkoek W. A.C., Xiaochen G., van Dijk D., van Zanten A. R.H. okt 2020, In: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 39 , p. 137-143 7 p.
Kerckhoffs Monika C, Brinkman Sylvia, de Keizer Nicolet, Soliman Ivo W, de Lange Dylan W, van Delden Johannes J M, van Dijk Diederik 11 jun 2020, In: Critical care (London, England). 24 9 p.
Haas Lenneke E M, de Lange Dylan W, van Dijk Diederik, van Delden Johannes J M 9 jun 2020, In: Critical care (London, England). 24 3 p.
Haas Lenneke E M, Termorshuizen Fabian, de Lange Dylan W, van Dijk Diederik, de Keizer Nicolette F apr 2020, In: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 64 , p. 508-516 9 p.
Ottens Thomas H, Sommer Iris E C, Begemann Marieke J, Schutte Maya, Cramer Maarten Jan, Suyker Willem J, Van Dijk Diederik, Slooter Arjen J C 2 mrt 2020, In: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania). 56 9 p.
Koster-Brouwer Maria E., Rijsdijk Mienke, Van Os Wouter K.M., Soliman Ivo W., Slooter Arjen J.C., De Lange Dylan W., Van Dijk Diederik, Bonten Marc J.M., Cremer Olaf L. 10 feb 2020, In: Critical Care Medicine. 48 , p. 680-687 8 p.
Haas Lenneke E M, Bakhshi-Raiez Ferishta, van Dijk Diederik, de Lange Dylan W, de Keizer Nicolette F 1 jan 2020, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68 , p. 1842-1846 5 p.
Whitlock Richard P, Dieleman Jan M, Belley-Cote Emilie, Vincent Jessica, Zhang Michelle, Devereaux P J, Kalkman Cor J, van Dijk Diederik, Yusuf Salim jan 2020, In: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 34 , p. 99-105 7 p.
Dijkstra-Kersten Sandra M A, Kok Lotte, Kerckhoffs Monika C, Cremer Olaf L, de Lange Dylan W, van Dijk Diederik, Needham Dale M, Slooter Arjen J C 12 nov 2019, In: Journal of Critical Care. 55 , p. 171-176 6 p.