Kunnskapsbasert vurdering av delirium hos intensivpasienten
Artikkelen antyder at antallet intensivpasienter som får delirium kan reduseres med enkle sykepleietiltak.
Artikkelen antyder at antallet intensivpasienter som får delirium kan reduseres med enkle sykepleietiltak.
Mer kunnskap om symptomer på delirium hos denne sårbare pasientgruppen kan føre til bedre nevrologisk utkomme og hindre unødig testing, gi kortere sykehusopphold og lavere mortalitet.
30–60 per cent of older adults in hospitals and nursing homes are malnourished. A well-suited screening tool is to detect the persons who are at risk of malnutrition.
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
Intensive care patients often suffer from undertreated pain. A pain assessment tool in a Norwegian version may increase the quality of patient treatment.
The Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile is the first instrument in Norwegian that measures multiple dimensions of dyspnoea, regardless of underlying medical conditions.
Involving a user and a professional translator may be appropriate when an instrument is translated and adapted to another culture.
Norwegian health care personnel find the systematic follow-up of care pathways and the collaboration with the primary health service to be poorer than other organizational areas.
PEWS promotes a systematic approach to monitoring and better communication in paediatric departments, but there is a need to follow up and improve guidelines and quality-assurance activities.
More knowledge of the symptoms of delirium in this vulnerable patient group may lead to a better neurological outcome and prevent unnecessary testing, shorten hospital stays and lower mortality.