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Kartlegging av holdninger til og bruk av urtemedisin i svangerskapet - En intervjuundersøkelse blant 142 barselkvinner ved Haukeland Universitetssjukehus
(Master thesis, 2009-09-18)Bakgrunn: Mange kvinner opplever en eller flere plager under graviditet. Få konvensjonelle legemidler er godkjente til bruk i svangerskapet, og flere vestlige studier rapporterer at en stor andel av gravide kvinner bruker ... -
Kartlegging av potensielt uhensiktsmessig legemiddelbruk hos eldre i Nordfjord ved bruk av STOPP-kriteriene
(Master thesis, 2014-05-20)Background: The biggest challenge facing health care in medication management and - treatment of the elderly is the combination of many diseases and use of many drugs. The patient safety campaign "In safe hands" is carried ... -
Kjernereseptorar og endokrinforstyrrande stoff: Ligandaktiveringsstudiar av human Pregnan X Reseptor (hPXR) og human Østrogen Reseptor alfa (hERalfa) med luciferase transfeksjonsassay
(Master thesis, 2008-05-28)Samandrag Pregnan X Reseptor (PXR) er ein kjernereseptor som ved aktivering kan indusere transkripsjon av CYP3A4 enzym. Desse enzyma er involvert i metabolisme av mange sambindingar som til dømes legemiddel. PXR vert ... -
Kosthold og fysisk aktivitet, har det en påvirkning på overvekt og fedme hos barn og unge? - En analyse av innsamlede data, og et systematisk litteratur søk
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased during the last decades in many countries, and current prevalence data are alarming and give reason for serious health concerns in the future. However, our ... -
Krill oil attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in rats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12-29)Background: In the western world, heart failure (HF) is one of the most important causes of cardiovascular mortality. Supplement with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has been shown to improve cardiac function in HF ... -
Krill oil reduces plasma triacylglycerol level and improves related lipoprotein particle concentration, fatty acid composition and redox status in healthy young adults - a pilot study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-15)Background: Lipid abnormalities, enhanced inflammation and oxidative stress seem to represent a vicious circle in atherogenesis, and therapeutic options directed against these processes seems like a reasonable approach in ... -
Kvalitet av generika
(Master thesis, 2014-05-20)Bakgrunn: Forskning har vist at det er betydelig skepsis i befolkningen til generiske legemidler, selv om disse per definisjon er bioekvivalente. Dette har også blitt vist i flere bioekvivalensstudier. Det rapporteres ... -
The kynurenine pathway in cognition, dementia, and aging
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-16)Background: Experimental studies implicate the kynurenine pathway in cognitive function, dementia, aging, and longevity. Comparatively, clinical studies are few and most lack comprehensive targeted metabolomic profiling ... -
Kynurenines, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, and Cognitive Prognosis in Patients with Mild Dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Introduction: Circulating tryptophan (Trp) and its downstream metabolites, the kynurenines, are potentially neuroactive. Consequently, they could be associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive prognosis in ... -
Laboratory contamination in airway microbiome studies
(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 ... -
Laparoskopisk gastrisk bypassoperasjon versus livsstilsbehandling av unge med sykelig overvekt
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)BAKGRUNN Kunnskapsgrunnlaget om effekten av og komplikasjoner ved vektreduserende kirurgi hos ungdom er mangelfullt. Hovedformålet med 4XL-studien er å avklare om laparoskopisk Roux-en-Y gastrisk bypassoperasjon (LGBP) ... -
A large community outbreak of waterborne giardiasis- delayed detection in a non-endemic urban area
(BMC Public Health 6(141), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-05-25)Background: Giardia is not endemic in Norway, and more than 90% of reported cases acquire the infection abroad. In late October 2004, an increase in laboratory confirmed cases of giardiasis was reported in the city of ... -
Large-scale genomics unveil polygenic architecture of human cortical surface area
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-20)Little is known about how genetic variation contributes to neuroanatomical variability, and whether particular genomic regions comprising genes or evolutionarily conserved elements are enriched for effects that influence ... -
Laryngeal response patterns during mechanically assisted cough in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-06-21)Background: Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are treated with mechanical cough assist devices using the technique of mechanical insufflationexsufflation (MI-E) in order to improve cough and enhance clearance ... -
Laryngeal tube use in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by paramedics in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12-18)Background: Although there are numerous supraglottic airway alternatives to endotracheal intubation, it remains unclear which airway technique is optimal for use in prehospital cardiac arrests. We evaluated the use of the ... -
Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-03)Surgery is the cornerstone in primary endometrial cancer treatment, and with curative intent it constitutes total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. In addition, lymphadenectomy is performed in selected ... -
Latencies longer than 3.5 ms after vagus nerve stimulation does not exclude a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-28)Background: It has recently been reported that a signal latency shorter than 3.5 ms after electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve signify a nonrecurrent course of the inferior laryngeal nerve. We present a patient with ... -
Latitude, Birth Date, and Allergy
(PLoS Medicine 2(10): e294, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2005-10-04)Background: The space and time distribution of risk factors for allergic diseases may provide insights into disease mechanisms. Allergy is believed to vary by month of birth, but multinational studies taking into account ... -
Left ventricular dysfunction after two hours of polarizing or depolarizing cardioplegic arrest in a porcine model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: This experimental study compares myocardial function after prolonged arrest by St. Thomas’ Hospital polarizing cardioplegic solution (esmolol, adenosine, Mg2+) with depolarizing (hyperkalaemic) St. Thomas’ ... -
Left ventricular hypertrophy contributes to Myocardial Ischemia in Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (the MicroCAD study)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: The underlying mechanisms causing myocardial ischemia in non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) are still unclear. We explored whether left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was associated with myocardial ...