• Complications and discomfort after research bronchoscopy in the MicroCOPD study 

      Leiten, Elise Orvedal; Eagan, Tomas Mikal; Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Nordeide, Eli; Husebø, Gunnar; Knudsen, Kristel Svalland; Lehmann, Sverre; Svanes, Øistein; Bakke, Per S.; Nielsen, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: Data on discomfort and complications from research bronchoscopy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma is limited. We present complications and discomfort occurring within a week after ...
    • Factors associated with coronary heart disease in COPD patients and controls 

      Svendsen, Christina D.; Kuiper, Karel Kier-Jan; Ostridge, Kristoffer; Larsen, Terje Hjalmar; Nielsen, Rune; Hodneland, Vidar; Nordeide, Eli; Bakke, Per S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-27)
      Background: COPD and coronary heart disease (CHD) frequently co-occur, yet which COPD phenotypes are most prone to CHD is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to see whether COPD patients did have a true higher ...
    • Laboratory contamination in airway microbiome studies 

      Drengenes, Christine; Wiker, Harald G; Kalananthan, Tharmini; Nordeide, Eli; Eagan, Tomas Mikal; Nielsen, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-14)
      Background The low bacterial load in samples acquired from the lungs, have made studies on the airway microbiome vulnerable to contamination from bacterial DNA introduced during sampling and laboratory processing. We have ...
    • Motivation and response rates in bronchoscopy studies 

      Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Eagan, Tomas Mikal; Leiten, Elise Orvedal; Nordeide, Eli; Bakke, Per S.; Lehmann, Sverre; Nielsen, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-02)
      Background Bronchoscopy is frequently used to sample the lower airways in lung microbiome studies. Despite being a safe procedure, it is associated with discomfort that may result in reservations regarding participation ...
    • Protected sampling is preferable in bronchoscopic studies of the airway microbiome 

      Grønseth, Rune; Drengenes, Christine; Wiker, Harald G; Tangedal, Solveig; Xue, Yaxin; Husebø, Gunnar; Svanes, Øistein; Lehmann, Sverre; Aardal, Marit Elisabeth; Hoang, Tuyen; Kalananthan, Tharmini; Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Leiten, Elise Orvedal; Aanerud, Marianne; Nordeide, Eli; Haaland, Ingvild; Jonassen, Inge; Bakke, Per S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The aim was to evaluate susceptibility of oropharyngeal contamination with various bronchoscopic sampling techniques. 67 patients with obstructive lung disease and 58 control subjects underwent bronchoscopy with ...