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Patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes
(BioMed Central, 2017-06-20)Background: Patient safety culture concerns leader and staff interaction, attitudes, routines, awareness and practices that impinge on the risk of patient-adverse events. Due to their complex multiple diseases, nursing ...Journal article -
Emergence of a Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis stG62647-lineage associated with severe clinical manifestations
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-08-08)Increasing incidence rates of invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) infections have been reported worldwide, but the evolutionary mechanisms underlying this development remain elusive. Through ...Journal article -
Association between pregravid physical activity and family history of stroke and risk of stillbirth: Population-based cohort study
(BMJ, 2017-08-11)Objectives: To evaluate whether family history of disease and pregravid lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors are associated with subsequent stillbirth delivery. Design: Prepregnancy cohort study. Setting: Cohort ...Journal article -
REM sleep behavior disorder is not associated with a more rapid cognitive decline in mild dementia
(Frontiers, 2017-08-07)Objectives: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with cognitive dysfunctions and is a risk factor for development of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. However, it is unknown whether RBD is associated with ...Journal article -
Costs and expected gain in lifetime health from intensive care versus general ward care of 30,712 individual patients: A distribution-weighted cost-effectiveness analysis
(BioMed Central, 2017-08-21)Background: Clinicians, hospital managers, policy makers, and researchers are concerned about high costs, increased demand, and variation in priorities in the intensive care unit (ICU). The objectives of this modelling ...Journal article -
Timing of menarche in Norwegian girls: Associations with body mass index, waist circumference and skinfold thickness
(BioMed Central, 2017-06-06)Background: Research studies show conflicting results regarding the association between menarche and body weight. The purpose of the present study was to investigate if anthropometric indicators of body composition, body ...Journal article -
Novel transcriptional signatures for sputum-independent diagnostics of tuberculosis in children
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-07-19)Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is challenging to diagnose, confirmed by growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at best in 40% of cases. The WHO has assigned high priority to the development of non-sputum diagnostic tools. We ...Journal article -
Mental Health in School-Aged Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol and Other Substances
(Sage, 2017)Prenatal exposure to substances can possibly influence a child’s neurodevelopment and may impact on subsequent mental health. We investigated the mental health status of school-aged children referred to a pediatric hospital ...Journal article -
Adverse events and in-hospital mortality: An analysis of all deaths in a Norwegian health trust during 2011
(BioMed Central, 2017-07-06)Background: The estimated number of in-hospitals deaths due to adverse events is often different when using data from deceased patients compared with that of a population experiencing adverse events. Methods: The study ...Journal article -
Arc interacts with the integral endoplasmic reticulum protein, calnexin
(Frontiers, 2017-09-20)Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein, Arc, is a major regulator of long-term synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Here we reveal a novel interaction partner of Arc, a resident endoplasmic reticulum ...Journal article -
Vitamin-D status and neurodevelopment and growth in young north Indian children: a secondary data analysis
(BioMed Central, 2017-09-18)Background: Vitamin-D deficiency has been linked with impaired development in animal studies; however, the evidence from human studies is scanty. Evidence as to whether vitamin-D deficiency during early childhood affects ...Journal article -
Factors influencing on-scene time in a rural Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service: A retrospective observational study
(BioMed Central, 2017-09-21)Background: Critically ill patients need to be immediately identified, properly managed, and rapidly transported to definitive care. Extensive prehospital times may increase mortality in selected patient groups. The on-scene ...Journal article -
Hospital volume and the risk of revision in Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in the Nordic countries -an observational study of 14,496 cases
(BioMed Central, 2017-09-07)Background High procedure volume and dedication to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has been suggested to improve revision rates. This study aimed to quantify the annual hospital volume effect on revision risk in ...Journal article -
Proximity to vector breeding site and risk of Plasmodium vivax infection: a prospective cohort study in rural Ethiopia
(BioMed Central, 2017-09-19)Background: Despite falling incidence and mortality since the turn of the century, malaria remains an important global health challenge. In the future fight against malaria, greater emphasis will have to be placed on ...Journal article -
Echoes of old HIV paradigms: Reassessing the problem of engaging men in HIV testing and treatment through women's perspectives
(BioMed Central, 2017-10-05)Background: With the introduction of 2016 World Health Organization guidelines recommending universal antiretroviral therapy (ART), there has been increased recognition of the lack of men engaging in HIV testing and ...Journal article -
Associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autoimmune diseases are modified by sex: a population-based cross-sectional study
(Springer, 2018-05)Several studies have demonstrated associations between neuropsychiatric disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the immune system, including autoimmune diseases. Since ADHD and many autoimmune ...Journal article -
Prolonged intestinal transit and diarrhea in patients with an activating GUCY2C mutation
(PLOS, 2017)Introduction: Increased intestinal hydration by activation of the epithelial enzyme linked receptor guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) is a pharmacological principle for treating constipation. Activating mutations in the GUCY2C ...Journal article -
“Brain MR spectroscopy in autism spectrum disorder—the GABA excitatory/inhibitory imbalance theory revisited”
(Frontiers, 2015-06-22)Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) from voxels placed in the left anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) was measured from 14 boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and 24 gender and age-matched typically developing (TD) ...Journal article -
Does sarcopenia predict change in mobility after hip fracture? A multicenter observational study with one-year follow-up
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-05)Background: Patients with hip fracture frequently have sarcopenia and are at great risk of loss of mobility. We have investigated if sarcopenia predicts change in mobility after hip fracture. Methods: This is a prospective, ...Journal article -
Establishing reliable MR spectroscopy techniques for measuring GABA and Glutathione in the human brain
(The University of Bergen, 2018-05-03)Background: Proton MR spectroscopy (MRS) is a well-established method for measuring the relative concentration of a wide range of metabolites in the human brain noninvasively. Lately, more advanced spectroscopic techniques, ...Doctoral thesis
