Publications by authors named "B G De Boer"

During the last decade, an increasing number of care organizations have chosen to rebuild or build a new care facility to provide better person-environments for residents with dementia. This has inevitably led to an increase in relocations. This study investigated how residents with dementia experienced a relocation from a regular nursing home to an innovative living arrangement.

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Objectives: In this study, we examine how residents are affected by moving from a regular nursing home into an innovative living arrangement. In the past decade, a culture change has taken place, leading to rapid developments of innovative living arrangements that aim to change the physical, social, and organizational environment to better suit the needs of older adults needing 24-hour care. This has inevitably led to more group relocations in long-term care.

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Objectives: Iron deficiency anemia is a significant global health concern, diagnosed by measuring hemoglobin concentrations in combination with plasma ferritin concentration. This study investigated the variability in ferritin reference intervals among laboratories in the Netherlands and examined how this affects the identification of iron-related disorders.

Methods: Ferritin reference intervals from 52 Dutch ISO15189-certified medical laboratories were collected.

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  • The study aimed to assess survival rates in patients with autoimmune liver disease overlap syndromes (AILDOS) compared to those with single autoimmune liver diseases, specifically focusing on liver-related mortality.
  • 22 patients were studied over a median of 3.1 years, showing a 57% survival rate free from liver-related mortality at five years, with differences observed between types of AILDOS.
  • The liver outcome score (LOS) was a significant predictor of mortality for those with AIH-PBC, while the commonly used MELD score and others were not effective in predicting outcomes in either group.
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Introduction: Mechanical power of ventilation, a summary parameter reflecting the energy transferred from the ventilator to the respiratory system, has associations with outcomes. INTELLiVENT-Adaptive Support Ventilation is an automated ventilation mode that changes ventilator settings according to algorithms that target a low work-and force of breathing. The study aims to compare mechanical power between automated ventilation by means of INTELLiVENT-Adaptive Support Ventilation and conventional ventilation in critically ill patients.

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