Background: Frailty is a common condition in older people, and its prevalence increases with age. With an ageing population, the adverse consequences of frailty cause an increasing appeal to the health care system. The impact of frailty on population level is often assessed using adverse health outcomes, …

Om verzekerd te zijn van voldoende broed van uniform formaat wordt voor de off-bottomkweek van Creusen (Crassostrea gigas ofwel Japanse oesters) in de Oosterschelde het broed doorgaans ingekocht bij broedhuizen in Frankrijk, ook wel hatcheries genoemd. Het inkopen van broed uit Frankrijk en het daarna …

In dit onderzoek zijn de effecten van “Short Periods of Incubation during Egg Storage”, ook wel SPIDES genoemd, onderzocht. In het onderzoek is er gekeken naar de effecten zijn van een eenmalige SPIDES behandeling aan het begin van de bewaarperiode, bij een bewaring van 1, 2 en 3 weken op de embryonale …

Coronaire hartziekte ofwel coronair lijden is de grootste oorzaak van sterfte van alle chronische aandoeningen in Europa. Om te kunnen herstellen van deze ziekte is verbetering van de fysieke activiteit één van de belangrijkste onderdelen voor een gezonde leefstijl. Fysieke activiteit vermindert namelijk …

The global population of cheetahs is declining, which is a threat to the health of their ecosystems and biodiversity. Cheetahs are listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List, but some conservation scientists want them to be up listed from to ‘Endangered’. The decline in cheetah populations is a result …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led highly developed healthcare systems to the brink of collapse due to the large numbers of patients being admitted into hospitals. One of the potential prognostic indicators in patients with COVID-19 is frailty. The degree of frailty could be used to assist both …

BACKGROUND: The primary aim of this study was to assess the outcome of elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients treated during the spring and autumn COVID-19 surges in Europe. METHODS: This was a prospective European observational study (the COVIP study) in ICU patients aged 70 years and older admitted …

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is one of the most frequent reasons for acute intensive care unit (ICU) admission of very old patients and mortality rates are high. However, the impact of pre-existing physical and cognitive function on long-term outcome of ICU patients ≥ 80 years old (very old intensive care patients …

BACKGROUND: The intensity of ventilation, reflected by driving pressure (ΔP) and mechanical power (MP), has an association with outcome in invasively ventilated patients with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is uncertain if a similar association exists in coronavirus disease …

Background: The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is frequently used to measure frailty in critically ill adults. There is wide variation in the approach to analysing the relationship between the CFS score and mortality after admission to the ICU. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of modelling approach …