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Decrease of physical fitness during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy predicts the risk of pneumonia after esophagectomy

Petra Bor; Feike Kingma; Ad Kerst; Elles Steenhagen; Jelle Ruurda; Richard van Hillegersberg; Karin Valkenet (Lid Lectoraat); Cindy Veenhof (Lector)

Although neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) is frequently used in esophageal cancer patients undergoing treatment with curative intent, it can negatively impact patients’ physical fitness. A decline in physical fitness during chemoradiotherapy may be an indication of vulnerability. The aim of this …

2021GezondheidArtikel

Prospective Validation of the START:AV in a secure youth care sample: Final Risk Judgments are predictive of inpatient outcomes

Tamara L.F. de Beuf; Vivienne de Vogel (Lector); Nick Broers; Corine de Ruiter

The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability: Adolescent Version (START:AV) is a risk assessment instrument for adolescents that estimates the risk of multiple adverse outcomes. Prior research into its predictive validity is limited to a handful of studies conducted with the START:AV pilot version …

2021Mens & MaatschappijArtikel

The performance of the Dutch Safety Management System frailty tool to predict the risk of readmission or mortality in older hospitalised cardiac patients

Patricia Jepma (Onderzoeker); Lotte Verweij (Onderzoeker); Arno Tijssen (Onderzoeker); Martijn W Heymans (Onderzoeker); Isabelle Flierman (Onderzoeker); Corine HM Latour (Onderzoeker); Ron JG Peters (Onderzoeker); Wilma JM Scholte op Reimer (Onderzoeker); Bianca M Buurman (Onderzoeker); Gerben ter Riet (Onderzoeker)

Background: Early identification of older cardiac patients at high risk of readmission or mortality facilitates targeted deployment of preventive interventions. In the Netherlands, the frailty tool of the Dutch Safety Management System (DSMS-tool) consists of (the risk of) delirium, falling, functional …

2021GezondheidArtikel

Towards a reporting guideline for developmental and reproductive toxicology testing in C. elegans and other nematodes

Monique van der Voet (Onderzoeker); Marc Teunis (Associate Lector); Johanna Louter-Van de Haar (Onderzoeker); Nienke Stigter (Onderzoeker); Diksha Balla (Onderzoeker); Martijn Rooseboom (Onderzoeker); Kimberley Wever (Onderzoeker); Cyrille Krul (Lector); Raymond Pieters (Lector); Marjolein Wildwater (Onderzoeker); Vera van Noort (Onderzoeker)

Implementation of reliable methodologies allowing Reduction, Refinement, and Replacement (3Rs) of animal testing is a process that takes several decades and is still not complete. Reliable methods are essential for regulatory hazard assessment of chemicals where differences in test protocol can influence …

2021GezondheidArtikel

The centenary of the Harris-Benedict equations: How to assess energy requirements best? Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group

I Bendavid; DN Lobo; R. Barazzoni; T. Cederholm; M Coeffier; Marian de van der Schueren; E Fontaine; M. Hiesmayr; A. Laviano; C Pichard; P. Singer

Background & aims: The year 2019 marked the centenary of the publication of the Harris and Benedict equations for estimation of energy expenditure. In October 2019 a Scientific Symposium was organized by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) in Vienna, Austria, to celebrate …

2021AlgemeenArtikel

Improving Routine Immunization Coverage Through Optimally Designed Predictive Models

Fareeha Sameen (Onderzoeker); Abdul Momin Kazi (Onderzoeker); Majida Kazmi (Onderzoeker); Munir Abbasi (Onderzoeker); Saad Ahmed Qazi (Onderzoeker); L. (Lampros) Stergioulas (Lector)

Routine immunization (RI) of children is the most effective and timely public health intervention for decreasing child mortality rates around the globe. Pakistan being a low-and-middle-income-country (LMIC) has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world occurring mainly due to vaccine-preventable …

2021ICT & MediaArtikel

The performance of the Dutch Safety Management System frailty tool to predict the risk of readmission or mortality in older hospitalised cardiac patients

Jepma, Patricia; Verweij, Lotte; Tijssen, Arno; Heymans, Martijn W.; Flierman, Isabelle; Latour, Corine H. M. (Lectoraat Geïntegreerde Complexe Zorg); Peters, Ron J. G.; Scholte op Reimer, Wilma J. M.; Buurman, Bianca M.; ter Riet, Gerben (Faculteit Gezondheid)

Background Early identification of older cardiac patients at high risk of readmission or mortality facilitates targeted deployment of preventive interventions. In the Netherlands, the frailty tool of the Dutch Safety Management System (DSMS-tool) consists of (the risk of) delirium, falling, functional …

2021AlgemeenArtikel

Validation of the Early Language Scale

Visser-Bochane, Margot I (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); van der Schans, Cees P (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Krijnen, Wim P (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Reijneveld, Sijmen A; Luinge, Margreet R (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing)

The aim of this study was to assess the criterion validity of a new screening instrument, the Early Language Scale (ELS), for the identification of young children at risk for developmental language disorder (DLD), and to determine optimal age-adjusted cut-off scores. We recruited a community-based sample …

2021AlgemeenArtikel

Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool and Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment Short Form and their predictive validity in hospitalized patients

Gomes Neto, Antonio; van Vliet, Iris; Osté, Maryse; de Jong, Margriet; Bakker, Stephan; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Navis, Gerjan

Background and aims: Malnutrition screening is a first step in the nutrition care process for hospitalized patients, to identify those at risk of malnutrition and associated worse outcome, preceding further assessment and intervention. Frequently used malnutrition screening tools including the Malnutrition …

2021AlgemeenArtikel

Diagnostic accuracy of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) for early frailty detection in elderly people in Iran

Faezeh Mazoochi; R.J.J. Gobbens (Lector); Mohammad-sajjad Lotfi; Reza Fadayvatan

Abstract Aim Screening is one of the most important ways for early frailty detection that contributes to its prevention and timely treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of the Persian version of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (P-TFI) in the frailty screening. Method This …

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