A5056647914- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
KU Leuven
2016-2025
European Pathway Association
2022
Institute of Criminology
2017
BackgroundExercise-based cardiac rehabilitation increases peak oxygen uptake (peak VO2), which is an important predictor of mortality in patients. However, it remains unclear exercise characteristics are most effective for improving VO2 coronary artery disease (CAD) Proof concept papers comparing Aerobic Interval Training (AIT) and Moderate Continuous (MCT) were conducted small sample sizes findings inconsistent heterogeneous. Therefore, we aimed to compare the effects AIT (ACT) on VO2,...
Objectives To describe healthcare providers’ symptoms evoked by patient safety incidents (PSIs), the duration of these and association with degree harm caused incident. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting 32 Dutch hospitals that participate in ‘Peer Support Collaborative’. Participants 4369 providers (1619 doctors 2750 nurses) involved a PSI at any time during their career. Interventions All nurses working direct care participating were invited via email to an online Primary secondary...
Aerobic interval training (AIT) and aerobic continuous (ACT) both improve physical fitness (peak VO2) in coronary artery disease patients. However, little is known about the long-term effects of AIT ACT on peak VO2 exercise adherence. This study a randomized clinical multicenter trial. In total, 163 patients were assessed after 12 weeks or months their enrollment. Physical activity measures served as primary outcomes, peripheral endothelial function, cardiovascular risk factors quality life...
Peak exercise capacity is an independent predictor for mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. However, sometimes cardiopulmonary tests are stopped prematurely. Therefore, submaximal measures such as the oxygen uptake efficiency slope have been introduced. The aim of this study was to assess prognostic value and other parameters, disease.Between 2000 2011, 1409 disease (age 60.7 ± 9.9 years; 1205 males) underwent tests. A maximal effort not reached 161 (11.5%) patients....
Stroke is globally one of the leading causes mortality and disability. Adhering to evidence-based guidelines protocols can improve quality care for ischemic stroke patients. We aimed compare availability content specific versus adherence these key intervention in clinical daily practice among Flemish hospitals. selected five interventions managing These encompassed measurement body temperature, glycaemia monitoring, screening Swallowing function according Fever, Sugar protocol (FeSS...
The oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) has been proposed as an independent, reproducible and objective measure of cardiorespiratory function that does not require maximal exercise testing. Existing reference values have published for healthy paediatric populations elderly. However, ranges equations adults working age are insufficiently documented. aim the present study was to establish prediction describe men women aged 20–60 years. Cross-sectional study. One thousand four hundred eleven...
Care pathway implementation is characterised by a dual complexity. A care itself represents complex intervention with multiple interacting and interdependent components outcomes. The organisations in which pathways are being implemented represent systems that need to be directed at change through an in-depth understanding of their external internal context they functioning in. This study sets out new evidence-based pragmatic framework unpacks how mechanisms, fidelity converge processes...
The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effect one single session isometric handgrip exercise (IHG) on blood pressure (BP) during daily life activities in healthy adults.Fifteen adults with pre- or stage 1 hypertension (10 men; mean age 48±7.1 years) completed two experimental sessions random order: control (rest for 15 minutes) and low intensity IHG (4×2 minutes sustained contractions at 30% maximal volutional contraction interspersed 1-minute rest intervals). Blood recorded...
Abstract Purpose Despite the availability of clinical guidelines for hip fracture patients, adherence to these is challenging, potentially resulting in suboptimal patient care. The goal this study was (1) evaluate and benchmark recently established quality indicators (QIs), (2) outcomes, fragile patients from different European countries. Methods This observational, cross-sectional multicenter performed 10 hospitals 9 countries including data 298 consecutive patients. Results A large...
Peak oxygen uptake is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, CAD are not always capable reaching peak effort, and therefore submaximal gas exchange variables such as the efficiency slope (OUES) have been introduced. Baseline exercise capacity expressed by OUES provides prognostic information this parameter responds to training. Therefore, we aimed assess value post-training CAD.We included 960 (age 60.6 ± 9.5 years; 853 males) who...
Objective: This multicenter study aimed to assess (1) the effect of an improvement collaborative on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol adherence elective colectomy and (2) association between patient outcomes. Background: ERAS pathways provide a framework standardize care processes improve postoperative outcomes in patients colon surgery. Despite growing evidence its effectiveness, these guidelines remains challenge. Methods: prospective, was initiated throughout 11 hospitals...
Implementing a standardized patient experience survey may initiate process to apply pressure on hospitals attend improving experiences. In Flanders, Belgium, the Flemish Patient Survey was developed between 2011 and 2015. A preliminary version from scoping review expert focus groups, included 27 items for eight hypothesized dimensions: 'preparing hospital stay', 'information communication', 'coordination', 'respect', 'privacy', 'safe care', pain management', 'participation'. Exploratory...
Gas exchange variables derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPETs) need to be reliable for evaluating interventions and clinical decision making. Whereas peak oxygen uptake ((Equation is included in full-text article.)O2) has shown a highly parameter patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), little known about the reproducibility of these parameters CAD. Therefore, purpose this study was confirm reliability (Equation article.)O2 investigate submaximal CPET CAD.Eighty-five CAD...
Objective: Resveratrol (RV) is a polyphenol with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cardio-protective properties. Our objective was to investigate whether acute supplementation high doses of RV would improve flow-mediated dilation (FMD) oxygen consumption (VO2) kinetics in older coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. Design: We employed placebo-controlled, single-blind, crossover design which ten participants (aged 66.6 ± 7.8 years) received either or placebo (330 mg, 3× day−1) during three...