Maaike Swets

Chapter 1 Introduction and outline of the thesis	9
Part I Infectious disease surveillance	21
Chapter 2 Use of proxy indicators for automated surveillance of severe acute respiratory infection, the Netherlands, 2017- 2023: a proof-of-concept study	23
Chapter 3 Using laboratory test results for surveillance during a new outbreak of acute hepatitis in 3 week to 5 year old children in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland and Curaçao: observational cohort study	45
Part II Causal inference and real-world data	75
Chapter 4 SARS-CoV-2 co-infection with influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, or adenoviruses	77
Chapter 5 A comparison of the effectiveness of different doses of tocilizumab and sarilumab in the treatment of severe COVID-19: a natural experiment due to drug shortages	95
Chapter 6 Influenza season and outcome after elective cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study	119
Part III Facilitating causal inference	137
Chapter 7 Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity	141
Chapter 8 Clinical sub-phenotypes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia	175
Chapter 9 Summary and general discussion	199
Nederlandse samenvatting	224
Acknowledgements	241
List of publications	243
Curriculum Vitae	247

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