Background: The number of older patients undergoing cardiac surgery is increasing, and a substantial proportion of these patients are frail. Frailty is associated with increased mortality, psychological complications, functional decline, and reduced health-related quality of life, complicating treatment …

AIM: To extract and interpret quantitative data exploring the effectiveness of family health conversations (FHCs) on family functioning, perceived support, health-related quality of life, caregiver burden and family health in families living with critical or chronic health conditions. BACKGROUND: Addressing …

Onder- en overvoeding op Intensive Care-afdelingen (IC's) wordt in verband gebracht met een langere ziekenhuisopname, een verhoogde morbiditeit en een verhoogde mortaliteit, en een verhoogde mortaliteit. Deze studie onderzoekt of IC-patiënten optimaal gevoed werden volgens de European Society voor Klinische …

Dit hoofdstuk behandelt tal van onderwerpen uit de dagelijkse praktijk op de intensive care. Allereerst belichten we het assessment en de eerste opvang van de vitaal bedreigde patiënt volgens de ABCDE-systematiek. Vervolgens de aandachtspunten en wettelijke eisen die gesteld worden aan rapportage en …

BACKGROUND: Physical activity is essential in burn care to counteract the effects of severe burns and inactivity during hospitalization. However, detailed knowledge of performed physical activities is lacking. This study evaluated the feasibility of a dual accelerometer-based method to assess type, frequency, …

BACKGROUND: The fluid balance is a critical parameter in intensive care units (ICU) as it provides information about the patient's volume status. However, the accuracy of fluid balance measurements is often compromised due to the complexity and repetition of actions involved. Additionally, the fluid …

Background: Shared decision-making plays an important role in ensuring value-based healthcare in cardiac surgery. However, the personal situations of patients in cardiac care have not been widely explored, and thus, little is known about the decision-making experiences of patients and their relatives …

AIM: Identification and synthesis of research data related to the roles and competencies of physicians and nurses that are prerequisites for careful shared decision-making with patients potentially undergoing cardiac surgery. DESIGN: A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs …

AIM: This study aimed to examine the extent, range and variety of research in Europe describing healthcare interventions for older people with dementia (PwD) and family caregivers. METHODS: This was a scoping review and followed the PRISMA Scoping Review guideline. MEDLINE, CINAHL and Cochrane library …

In our Guest Editorial “The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Family Affair,” which was published in the Journal of Family Nursing by members of the FAMily Health in Europe–Research in Nursing (FAME-RN) group (Luttik et al., 2020), we highlighted the impact on nurses and families. The pandemic was at its beginning, …