Reliability and validity of the Netherlands Triage Standard in emergency care settings: a case scenario study.

Background: The Netherlands Triage Standard (NTS) is a triage system that can be used by different types of emergency care organisations. Our objective was to determine the interrater reliability and construct validity of the NTS when applied to self-presenting patients.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional case scenario study consisting of two parts: (1) paediatric triage in January-February 2019 and (2) adult triage in October-November 2020.

[The Netherlands Triage Standard applied to paediatric patients in emergency medicine: is it reliable and valid?].

Objective: To determine the inter-rater reliability and validity of the Netherlands Triage Standard (NTS) for paediatric triage.

Design: A cross-sectional study using fictional cases for telephone and physical triage.

Method: An expert panel established in advance the urgency of 40 cases concerning emergency help requests from non-referred children (the reference standard).

Out-of-hours primary care in 26 European countries: an overview of organizational models.

Background: Various models exist to organize out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC). We aimed to provide an up-to-date overview of prevailing organizational models in the European Union (EU), implemented changes over the last decade and future plans. This baseline overview may provide information for countries considering remodelling their OOH-PC system.

Substitution of general practitioners by nurse practitioners in out-of-hours primary care home visits: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: General practitioners experience a high workload during out-of-hours care. A possible solution is the shifting of care to nurse practitioners.

Objectives: To provide insight into patient- and care characteristics, safety, efficiency, and patient satisfaction of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners for home visits by out-of-hours primary care services.

Quality of after-hours primary care in The Netherlands: adherence to national guidelines.

Objective: To assess the quality of after-hours clinical care as delivered by general practitioner (GP) cooperatives in The Netherlands.

Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was undertaken of patient health records of five GP cooperatives during 1 year. We used quality indicators derived from national guidelines for the appropriate prescription of pain medication and antibiotics, clinical performance in emergency cases and referral to medical specialists.

Systematic review for the early prediction of motor and functional outcome after stroke by using motor-evoked potentials.

Objective: To clarify the prognostic value of motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) in predicting motor and functional outcomes after acute stroke.

Data Sources: A computer-aided search to identify original prognostic studies published from 1988 through 2000; relevant references cited in the retrieved articles were also included.

Study Selection: A preliminary screening selected studies in which transcranial magnetic stimulation was assessed as a prognostic determinant for outcome at the level of impairments (motor recovery) and disabilities (functional recovery).

Spared error-related potentials in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease.

Several lines of evidence indicate that people with Parkinson's disease are impaired at detecting their own motor errors. In the present study, we use a component of the event-related brain potential called the error-related negativity (ERN) to ask whether a high-level, generic error-processing system is compromised in Parkinson's disease. We recorded the electroencephalogram (EEG) from nine patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease and from nine normal control subjects while they performed a choice reaction time task.