BACKGROUND/AIMS: Higher interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) is associated with higher predialysis blood pressure and increased mortality. IDWG is also increasingly being recognized as an indicator of nutritional status. We studied in detail the associations of various patient factors and nutritional parameters …

OBJECTIVES Previous studies regarding nursing documentation focused primarily on documentation quality, for instance, in terms of the accuracy of the documentation. The combination between accuracy measurements and the quality and frequencies of outcome variables such as the length of the hospital stay …

Introduction: The 6-minute walk test is a submaximal exercise test used to quantify the functional exercise capacity in clinical populations. It measures the distance walked within a period of 6-minutes. Obtaining reference values in the pediatric population is especially demanding due to factors as …

Background: Body composition measurements provide importanti nformation about physical fitness and nutritional status. People with severe intellectual and visual disabilities (SIVD) have an increased risk for altered body composition. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been evidenced as a reliable …

De ultieme test: Kilimanjaro.Op het 1ste congres van het Groningen Transplantatie Centrum heb ik een presentatie gegeven over de expeditie naar de Kilimanjaro. Het voorbereidingstraject en de expeditie zijn uiteengezet en de onderzoeksresultaten gepresenteerd.

Exercise is medicine: functieherstel na orgaantransplantatie. Op het landelijke congres van het Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap Fysiotherapie, de dag van de fysiotherapeut, is deze presentatie gegeven. Dit was onderdeel van de sessie Exercise is Medicine en betrof de rol van exercise in functieherstel …