Publications by authors named "R Kohnen"
[Concious patients with severe chronic acquired brain injury in Dutch nursing homes].
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr
January 2022
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a shortage of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests, and testing patients with mild symptoms (low-threshold testing) was not recommended in the Netherlands. Despite these guidelines, to protect those who were most at risk, low-threshold testing was advocated and offered to the majority of long-term care institutions in the region. In this manner, 144 healthcare workers and 96 residents tested SARS-CoV-2-positive and were isolated before the same service was provided nationwide by public health services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Establishing the prevalence of inappropriate sexual behaviour, concurrent challenging behaviours and the determinants of inappropriate sexual behaviour among patients with acquired brain injury ≤65 years of age in Dutch nursing homes.
Design: Cross-sectional, observational study in acquired brain injury special care units spreads throughout the country.
Methods: Nursing homes were recruited through the national expertise network for patients with severe acquired brain injury, regional brain injury teams and by searching the Internet.
Objectives: Establishing the prevalence and determinants of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) in nursing homes.
Design: Cross-sectional, observational study.
Setting And Participants: Patients 18-65 years old with ABI in special care units in Dutch nursing homes.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the clinical performance of dental implants and natural teeth over 5 years during supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) by assessing various clinical parameters.
- A total of 70 patients with 151 implants were analyzed, showing that probing depths (PD) increased slightly for both implants and natural teeth, but bleeding on probing (BOP) rose significantly for implants compared to natural teeth.
- The findings suggest that maintaining healthy conditions around implants is more challenging than with natural teeth, especially for patients with higher periodontal risk, as BOP may indicate a future increase in PD.