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Karin Smit

PHD Candidate - Medical

Biography

Karin Smit studied medicine at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and obtained her medical degree in 2016. She worked as a medical resident in internal medicine (Spital Muri, Zwitserland) and Neurology (Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, the Netherlands) before she started with her GP Vocational training in 2019 in Utrecht.

In 2010 she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Her objective was to combine research with practicing medicine as a general practitioner (in training). In September 2020 she started a AIOTO program at the Julius Center of the UMC Utrecht. She is interested in pulmonary and cardiovascular disease, as well as in (international) public health and infection prevention.

Her research is mainly focused on the homemonitoring and hometreatment of patients with COVID-19. The CovidSat@Home study was a pilot RCT to investigate the feasibility of monitoring patients with or at risk for cardiovascular disease who had symptoms  suspected of COVID-19 by pulse oximetry at home. The CovidTherapy@Home study aims to develop an approach to monitor and treat patients with COVID-19 in primary care. This work is mainly supervised by dr. Dorien Zwart, dr. Roderick Venekamp, prof. dr. Frans Rutten and dr. Geert-Jan Geersing.

Recent publications

Physical activity at diagnosis is associated with tumor downstaging after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer I H Mast, J H W de Wilt, B Duman, K C Smit, E C Gootjes, P A J Vissers, H Rütten, I D Nagtegaal, M T E Hopman, A M May, L M Buffart
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2024, vol. 200
Home-based management of hypoxaemic COVID-19 patients Josi A Boeijen, Alma C van de Pol, Rick T van Uum, Roderick P Venekamp, Karin Smit, Karin A H Kaasjager, Robert van den Broek, Wilma Bijsterbosch, Lisette Schoonhoven, Frans H Rutten, Dorien L M Zwart
BMJ Open, 2024, vol. 14, p.e079778
Automated, Point-of-Care mobile flow cytometry B. N. Jukema, T. C. Pelgrim, M. Spoelder, C. C.W.G. Bongers, M. T.E. Hopman, K. Smit, M. H. Rijk, R. P. Venekamp, N. Vrisekoop, L. Koenderman
Heliyon, 2024, vol. 10, p.1-13
Patients' and GPs' views and expectations of home monitoring with a pulse oximeter Karin Smit, Roderick P Venekamp, Geert-Jan Geersing, Frans H Rutten, Lisette Schoonhoven, Dorien Lm Zwart
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2023, vol. 73, p.e894-e902
Home monitoring by pulse oximetry of primary care patients with COVID-19 Karin Smit, Roderick P. Venekamp, Loeke Krol, Geert Jan Geersing, Lisette Schoonhoven, Karin Kaasjager, Frans H Rutten, Dorien Zwart
British Journal of General Practice, 2023, vol. 73, p.e356-e363
Home-based initiatives for acute management of COVID-19 patients needing oxygen Josi A. Boeijen, Alma C. van de Pol, Rick T. van Uum, Karin Smit, Abeer Ahmad, Eric van Rijswijk, Marjan J. van Apeldoorn, Eric van Thiel, Netty de Graaf, R. Michiel Menkveld, Martijn R. Mantingh, Silke Geertman, Nicolette Couzijn, Leon van Groenendael, Henk Schers, Jettie Bont, Tobias N. Bonten, Frans H. Rutten, Dorien L.M. Zwart
BMC Health Services Research, 2023, vol. 23