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SUMMARY Nursing homes (NH) were designed as a measure to appropriately reduce hospital care use, following an exponential growth of the hospital sector in the golden sixties. Correspondingly, a reform of the existing homes for the valid elderly proved necessary following a steady increase in the population of very elderly residents. For these patients, often requiring skilled care, the NH was established as an intermediary solution between ...

Purpose:Post-mortem microbiology (PMM) is an important tool in forensic pathology, helping todetermine the cause and manner of death, especially in difficult scenarios such assudden unexpected death (SD). Currently, there is a lack of standardization of PMMsampling throughout Europe. We present recommendations elaborated by a panel ofEuropean experts aimed to standardize microbiological sampling in the most frequentforensic and clinical ...

INTRODUCTION: The first wave of COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted almost all areas of the health care services to some extent throughout the world. Although the negative impact of COVID-19 on patients with autoimmune diseases has also been recognized, available data in this regard are limited. In the current study of the European Autoimmunity Standardisation Initiative (EASI) we aimed to provide reliable data on the extent of the impact of ...

Post-mortem microbiology (PMM) is an important tool in forensic pathology, assisting to determine the cause and manner of death. However, there is a lack of standardisation of PMM sampling. In order to get a better insight into the methods used, the available technical options and developmental needs, ESCMID Study Group for Forensic and Postmortem Microbiology (ESGFOR) members designed a survey aimed at pathologists regarding common practices of ...

Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumours in adults. They cover a broad range of lesions with distinct differences in malignancy. Glioblastoma are the most aggressive and the most frequent of gliomas. With the current standard of care consisting of surgery and combined radiochemotherapy, the average life expectancy for patients with glioblastoma is 14 months. As such, there is an obvious need for more effective therapies. Among several ...

In the context of population ageing, age prevalent conditions such as major neurocognitive disorders are becoming a public health concern. To add injury to insult, treatments which cure, or reverse dementia are as yet unavailable. Therefore, knowledge and insights about relatively new health conditions such as cognitive frailty (CF) which predispose older adults to the risk of adverse health outcomes including incident ...

Background: Lupus anticoagulant (LAC) testing includes a screening, mixing and confirmation step. Although recently published guidelines on LAC testing are a useful step towards standardization, a lack of consensus remains whether to express mixing tests in clotting time (CT) or index of circulating anticoagulant (ICA). The influence of anticoagulant therapy, e.g. vitamin K antagonists (VKA) or direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) on both methods ...

In the context of population ageing, age prevalent conditions such as major neurocognitive disorders are becoming a public health concern. To add injury to insult, treatments which cure, or reverse dementia are as yet unavailable. Therefore, knowledge and insights about relatively new health conditions such as cognitive frailty (CF) which predispose older adults to the risk of adverse health outcomes including incident dementia are urgently ...

The chapter offers analyses of preconditions for autonomy in low-skilled jobs. Focusing on three sectors: waste, cleaning and elderly care, the authors draw attention to the respective roles of trust, standardisation, contracts and agreements, and management strategies for workers’ autonomy. The analyses show that although low skills, low levels of customer contact and high levels of standardisation often predict low levels of autonomy, trust, ...