Background High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is increasingly used in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. It is uncertain whether a broadened Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which ARDS can be diagnosed in patients who are not receiving ventilation, results …

Background Critically ill patients are subject to severe skeletal muscle wasting during intensive care unit (ICU) stay, resulting in impaired short- and long-term functional outcomes and health-related quality of life. Increased protein provision may improve functional outcomes in ICU patients by attenuating …

Background Fluid therapy is a common intervention in critically ill patients. It is increasingly recognised that deresuscitation is an essential part of fluid therapy and delayed deresuscitation is associated with longer invasive ventilation and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. However, optimal …

Bendevorming en wetenschappelijk onderzoek… een combinatie die u misschien niet zag aankomen. Heel wat onderzoekers en mensen met ervaringskennis engageren zich in toenemende mate in diverse vormen van inclusief onderzoek. Ook dit artikel is geschreven vanuit een persoonlijke, indringende en leerrijke ervaring …

Cannabis is commonly characterized as the most normalized illicit drug. However, it remains a prohibited substance in most parts of the world, including Europe, and users can still be subject to stigmatization. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent and how cannabis users in different …

Background: Direct support professionals’(DSPs’) attitudes toward nutrition are important for supporting a healthy lifestyle of persons with intellectual disabilities. However, there are no instruments to measure it. The aim of this study was to compose a questionnaire and determine its internal validity. …

Sinds 1 januari 2015 zijn gemeenten verantwoordelijk voor de uitvoering van de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo), de Jeugdwet en de Participatiewet. In de naloop van de toeslagenaffaire en de huidige toename in bestaansonzekerheid door stijgende energieprijzen en algehele inflatie zijn steeds …

In het ZonMW-project ‘Samenwerken aan preventie en normalisatie rond het jonge kind’ zijn ouders, professionals en onderzoekers in leergemeenschappen samen aan de slag gegaan in drie Zwolse wijken. Dit onderzoeksrapport presenteert de resultaten van het samen onderzoeken wat voor ouders bijdraagt aan …

Objectives  In order to recognise and facilitate the development of excellent medical doctors (physicians and residents), it is important to first identify the characteristics of excellence. Failure to recognising excellence causes loss of talent, loss of role models and it lowers work ethos. This causes …

Objective: To report the study protocol and baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort study to evaluate longitudinal recovery trajectories of patients recovering from COVID-19 who have visited a primary care allied health professional. Design: Report of the protocol and baseline characteristics …