Effekten av forebyggende hjemmebesøk til eldre
Oversikten viser en liten positiv effekt av forebyggende hjemmebesøk på eldres opplevelse av helse og livskvalitet.
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Skal helsesøster tilby hjemmebesøk til alle foreldre med nyfødt barn?
I Norge har foreldre med nyfødt barn rett til hjemmebesøk av helsesøster. Hva sier forskningen om foreldrenes erfaringer og tilfredshet med dette tilbudet?
Preoperative warming with a forced-air warming blanket prevents hypothermia during surgery
Surgical patients are exposed to heat loss, which can lead to complications such as increased oxygen demand, higher infection risk and cardiovascular problems.
Safe surgery – set-up and organisation of instrument tables for surgery: a scoping review
Only one guideline detailed a practical and systematic set-up of instrument tables.
Hypothermia in surgical patients on admission to a postoperative ICU
Too many patients had hypothermia both on admission, and one hour after admission, to a postoperative intensive care unit. Elderly patients and those who had undergone laparoscopic surgery were particularly at risk.
Inadequate documentation of nutritional practice in the specialist health service
Many medical records lacked information about nutritional risk, and few patients at nutritional risk were followed up.
Health care personnel’s experiences with suicide risk in older adults living at home
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
Few patients receiving multimodal antiemetic treatment experience postoperative nausea after ambulatory surgery
Patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopies and anorectal procedures suffered the most nausea, while those who underwent major breast cancer surgery experienced the least nausea.
Kan Klokkeklovnene hjelpe mennesker med demens?
Mennesker med demens som bor på sykehjem, kan ha mangelfull livskvalitet fordi de kjeder seg, er ensomme og understimulerte. Studien tyder på at besøk av klovner kan bidra til å styrke livskvaliteten.
Use of screen-based media among older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. A HUNT study
Almost 84% of people over the age of 70 used a computer, smartphone or tablet to maintain contact with their friends and social networks. Only 8% used these media to contact healthcare personnel.
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