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 …

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 …

Standard treatment for large burns is transplantation with meshed split skin autografts (SSGs). A disadvantage of this treatment is that healing is accompanied by scar formation. Application of autologous epidermal cells (keratinocytes and melanocytes) may be a suitable therapeutic alternative, since …

A substantial proportion of patients with burn injury develop chronic itch, which can severely affect their quality of life. As found in research on chronic pain, different psychophysiological processes may also play a role in chronic itch, of which central sensitization, conditioned modulation, and …

College over nut en noodzaak beweeginterventies, evidence based beweeginterventies bij patiënten met dementie. Beweegbeleid binnen instellingen.

Somatische gezondheidsproblemen bij mensen met (zeer) ernstige verstandelijke en motorische beperkingen.

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.