Het Radboudumc heeft een onderzoekslijn naar delirium gestart. Binnen deze lijn wordt nu een groot multicenter studie uitgevoerd gericht op deliriumpreventie op de IC. Aan deze studie zijn IC units uit tien verschillende ziekenhuizen in Nederland verbonden. In het belang van de kwaliteit van het onderzoek, …

Background: Delirium is a high prevalent postoperative complication in older cardiac surgery patients and can have drastic consequence for the patient. Preventive interventions, diagnosis and treatment of delirium require specialized knowledge and skills. Objective: To gain insight …

Background: general opinion is growing that drug cessation in complex older patients is warranted in certain situations. From a clinical viewpoint, drug cessation seems most warranted in four situations, i.e., falls, delirium, cognitive impairment and end-of-life situations. To date, little information …

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) has been shown to be highly efficient and (cost-)effective in reducing delirium incidence in the USA. HELP provides multicomponent protocols targeted at specific risk factors for delirium and introduces a different view on care organization, with trained volunteers …

Delirium is één van de kwaliteitsindicatoren die door de Inspectie voor de gezondheidszorg vastgesteld zijn. Ook wordt er in het Veiligheidsmanagementsysteem over gesproken onder het thema ‘kwetsbare ouderen’ omdat een tijdige (h)erkenning belangrijk is. Er is echter nog weinig aandacht voor een delirium …

Prospective 18-month follow-up study to examine the impact of delirium during intensive care unit stay on long-term health-related quality of life and cognitive function in intensive care unit survivors. …

Delirium occurs frequently in critically ill patients and is associated with disease severity and infection. Although several pathways for delirium have been described, biomarkers associated with delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) patients is not well studied. We examined plasma biomarkers in delirious …

Delirium is a serious and frequent psycho-organic disorder in critically ill patients. Reported incidence rates vary to a large extent and there is a paucity of data concerning delirium incidence rates for the different subgroups of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their short-term health consequences. …

Suitable biomarkers associated with the development of delirium are still not known. Urinary proteomics has successfully been applied to identify novel biomarkers associated with various disease states, but its value has not been investigated in delirium patients. In a prospective explorative study hyperactive …

In cases of cognitive decline not due to delirium, the daily observation of cognitive function by nurses has not been standardised in hospital wards specialised in the care of older people. A qualitative study with purposive sampling and semi-structured interviews. Methods. Data were obtained by interviewing …