Publications by authors named "N Dusseldorp"
Introduction: Comparing frailty models in different settings that predict inhospital mortality might modify patient disposition and treatment, but models are often complex.
Methods: In the following study, we selected all acutely admitted adult patients in 2020-2021 to the three internal medicine departments at a regional 400-bed hospital. We attempt to determine (a) if a new scale (Laniado-4 scale) that includes only three yes/no questions derived from the Norton scale and the presence of a urinary catheter performs as well as the graded Norton scale (including all five domains), in predicting inhospital mortality and (b) to determine the predictive value of a simple frailty index that includes the new scale as well as categories of age, serum albumin, and creatinine values.
Objectives: This study sought to determine the proportion of nonsurgical inpatients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria (AMH) who qualified for urologic investigation according to consensus guidelines.
Methods: The study population included all patients acutely admitted to the internal medicine departments of Israeli regional hospitals between 2014 and 2017.
Results: Of 29,086 consecutive admissions, 10,116 (34.
Background: The Norton scale, a marker of patient frailty used to predict the risk of pressure ulcers, but the predictive value of the Norton scale for in-hospital mortality after adjustment for a wide range of demographic, and abnormal admission laboratory test results shown in themselves to have a high predictive value for in-hospital mortality is unclear.
Aim: The study aims to determine the value of the Norton scale and the presence of a urinary catheter in predicting in hospital mortality.
Methods: The study population included all acutely admitted adult patients in 2020 through October 2021 to one of three internal medicine departments at the Laniado Hospital, a regional hospital with 400 beds in Israel.
Background: Restricting the performance of microscopic urinalyses only to patients in whom it was specifically requested has been shown to reduce their number in laboratories servicing both inpatients and outpatients.
Objective: To determine the effect of such restriction solely in in-patients in a 400-bed regional hospital.
Methods: In 2017, we discontinued routine ('reflex') microscopic urinalysis for all positive dipstick results, and restricted such testing to in-patients in whom it was specifically requested by a doctor.