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| M J SchuurmansSummaryAffiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Early recognition of delirium: review of the literatureM J Schuurmans
Division of Nursing Science, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Clin Nurs 10:721-9. 2001..To improve early recognition of delirium, emphasis should be given to terminology, vision and knowledge regarding health in ageing and delirium as a potential medical emergency, and to instruments for systematic screening of symptoms...
The Delirium Observation Screening Scale: a screening instrument for deliriumMarieke J Schuurmans
Department of Nursing Science, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Res Theory Nurs Pract 17:31-50. 2003..55 (p < or = 0.001) in the hip fracture patients. The overall conclusion of these studies is that the DOS scale shows satisfactory validity and reliability, to guide early recognition of delirium by nurses' observation...
Elderly patients with a hip fracture: the risk for deliriumMarieke J Schuurmans
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Appl Nurs Res 16:75-84. 2003..Nurses should also be alert to postoperative delirium in "healthy elderly" patients. Monitoring of symptoms postoperatively in all elderly patients is advised...
The measurement of delirium: review of scalesMarieke J Schuurmans
Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Res Theory Nurs Pract 17:207-24. 2003..For ICU patients the CAM-ICU is recommended. The MDAS is well tested in cancer patients. Nurses, however, have not yet tested the DRS and MDAS in practice...
Frailty: defining and measuring of a conceptR E Pel-Littel
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Nutr Health Aging 13:390-4. 2009..Successful interventions against frailty include increasing muscle strength through training and individualized recommendations made on the basis of an extensive geriatric assessment...
A systematic review of therapeutic interventions for poststroke depression and the role of nursesJanneke M de Man-van Ginkel
Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Sports, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Clin Nurs 19:3274-90. 2010..This systematic review explores the nursing role in the management of poststroke depression and identifies effective non-pharmacological interventions that nurses can use in the daily care of patients with stroke...
Risk factors for intensive care delirium: a systematic reviewBart Van Rompaey
University of Antwerp, Division of Nursing Science and Midwifery, Belgium
Intensive Crit Care Nurs 24:98-107. 2008..The APACHE II score and hypertension were the only factors reported twice. Risk factors for the development of intensive care delirium were understudied and underreported in the literature...
Delirium subtype identification and the validation of the Delirium Rating Scale--Revised-98 (Dutch version) in hospitalized elderly patientsSophia E de Rooij
Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 21:876-82. 2006..The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the DRS-R-98 and to study clinical subtypes of delirium using the DRS-R-98...
A systematic review of predictors and screening instruments to identify older hospitalized patients at risk for functional declineJita G Hoogerduijn
Research and Development Fellow, Faculty Chair for Chronically ill, Faculty of Health Care, Hogeschool Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Clin Nurs 16:46-57. 2007..The predictors of functional decline are initially considered and, subsequently, the characteristics and psychometric qualities of existing screening instruments are investigated...
Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older personsAlice C Scheffer
Department of Geriatrics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age Ageing 37:19-24. 2008....
A comparison of the CAM-ICU and the NEECHAM Confusion Scale in intensive care delirium assessment: an observational study in non-intubated patientsBart Van Rompaey
University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Nursing Science and Midwifery, Belgium, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Crit Care 12:R16. 2008..This scale allows the patients to be classified in four categories: non-delirious, at risk, confused, and delirious. In this study, we investigated the results of the NEECHAM scale in comparison with the CAM-ICU...
