• Geographical variation in orthopedic procedures in Norway: Cross-sectional population-based study 

  Holsen, Maria; Hovind, Veronica; Bedane, Haji Kedir; Osvoll, Knut Ivar; Gjertsen, Jan-Erik; Furnes, Ove Nord; Walsh, Mary E.; Ingebrigtsen, Tor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background: Standardized surgery rates for common orthopedic procedures vary across geographical areas in Norway. We explored whether area-level factors related to demand and supply in publicly funded healthcare are ...

• Plasma unmetabolized folic acid in pregnancy and risk of autistic traits and language impairment in antiseizure medication-exposed children of women with epilepsy 

  Husebye, Elisabeth Synnøve Nilsen; Wendel, Annabel Willemijn Karine; Gilhus, Nils Erik; Riedel, Bettina Maria Ingeborg; Bjørk, Marte-Helene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background: Fetal exposure to unmetabolized folic acid (UMFA) during pregnancy may be associated with adverse neurodevelopment. Antiseizure medication (ASM) may interact with folate metabolism. Women with epilepsy using ...

• Assessment of Small Bowel Motility and SMA Blood Flow Studied with Transabdominal Ultrasound 

  Nylund, Kim; Gjengsto, Andreas Jessen; Volkmann, Hilde Løland Von; Gilja, Odd Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Purpose: Gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) is a noninvasive imaging technique that may be used to study physiological changes in the small bowel. The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of measuring blood ...

• Physician participation in quality improvement work- interest and opportunity: a cross-sectional survey 

  Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter; Rosta, Judith; Baathe, Fredrik; Søfteland, Eirik; Lexberg, Åse; Røise, Olav; Isaksson Rø, Karin Elisabet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-25)

  Background: Lack of physician involvement in quality improvement threatens the success and sustainability of quality improvement measures. It is therefore important to assess physicians´ interests and opportunities to be ...

• MRI adipose tissue segmentation and quantification in R (RAdipoSeg) 

  Haugen, Christine; Lysne, Vegard; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Tjora, Erling; Gudbrandsen, Oddrun Anita; Sagen, Jørn Vegard; Dankel, Simon N; Mellgren, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-08)

  Background: Excess adipose tissue is associated with increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk, but the volume of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue poses different metabolic risks. MRI with fat suppression can be ...

• Assessing the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of an Orally Dosed Enzymatically Liberated Fish Oil in a House Dust Model of Allergic Asthma 

  Currie, Crawford; Framroze, Bomi; Singh, Dave; Lea, Simon; Bjerknes, Christian; Hermansen, Erland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-14)

  Eosinophils are a major driver of inflammation in a number of human diseases, including asthma. Biologic therapies targeting IL-5 have enabled better control of severe eosinophilic asthma, but no such advances have been ...

• Hypersementose og endodontiske implikasjoner 

  Zakariyya, Gunel; Fristad, Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Hypersementose er forbundet med lokale og systemiske faktorer, men etiologien er ikke godt kartlagt. Vanskeligheter med å bedømme røntgenologisk tykkelse på sementlaget ved hypersementose, vil direkte kunne påvirke beslutning ...

• Impact of rapid molecular testing on diagnosis, treatment and management of community-acquired pneumonia in Norway: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (CAPNOR) 

  Serigstad, Sondre; Ritz, Christian; Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel; Markussen, Dagfinn Lunde; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Kommedal, Øyvind; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Heggelund, Lars; Clark, Tristan W.; van Werkhoven, Cornelis H.; Knoop, Siri Tandberg; Ulvestad, Elling; Grewal, Harleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes a large burden of disease. Due to difficulties in obtaining representative respiratory samples and insensitive standard microbiological methods, the microbiological ...

• Health-related quality of life in patients with advanced melanoma treated with ipilimumab: prognostic implications and changes during treatment 

  Aamdal, Elin; Skovlund, Eva; Jacobsen, Kari Dolven; Straume, Oddbjørn; Kersten, Christian; Herlofsen, Oluf; Karlsen, Jarle; Hussain, Israr; Amundsen, Anita; Dalhaug, Astrid; Nyakas, Marta Sølvi; Hagene, Kirsten Thorin; Holmsen, Kjersti; Aamdal, Steinar; Kaasa, Stein; Guren, Tormod Kyrre; Kyte, Jon A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background: We have previously reported that the safety and efficacy of ipilimumab in real-world patients with metastatic melanoma were comparable to clinical trials. Few studies have explored health-related quality of ...

• Dietary selenomethionine reduce mercury tissue levels and modulate methylmercury induced proteomic and transcriptomic alterations in hippocampi of adolescent BALB/c mice 

  Mellingen, Ragnhild Marie; Myrmel, Lene Secher; Rasinger, Josef; Lie, Kai Kristoffer; Bernhard, Annette; Madsen, Lise; Nøstbakken, Ole Jakob (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-13)

  Methylmercury (MeHg) is a well-known environmental contaminant, particularly harmful to the developing brain. The main human dietary exposure to MeHg occurs through seafood consumption. However, seafood also contains several ...

• Gut microbiota and fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with food allergies: A systematic review 

  Jensen, Caroline; Antonsen, Marie Fagervik; Lied, Gülen Arslan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-26)

  The prevalence of food allergies (FAs) has increased considerably in recent decades, with the only available treatment being the avoidance of the specific food items causing the allergy. FAs may have a major impact on ...

• The survival gap between young and older patients after surgical resection for colorectal cancer remains largely based on early mortality: A EURECCA comparison of four European countries. 

  Bahadoer, Renu R.; Bastiaannet, Esther; Peeters, Koen C.M.J.; van Eycken, Elizabeth; Verbeeck, Julie; Guren, Marianne; Kørner, Hartwig; Martling, Anna; Johansson, Robert; van de Velde, Cornelis J.H.; Dekker, Jan Willem T. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background: A decade ago, it was demonstrated that the difference in survival between older patients and younger patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) was mainly due to mortality in the first postoperative year. Over the ...

• Implementing a new emergency medical triage tool in one health region in Norway: some lessons learned 

  Brevik, Heidi Synnøve; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Hernes, Merete Eide; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Brattebø, Guttorm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background: Acutely sick or injured patients depend on ambulance and emergency department personnel performing an accurate initial assessment and prioritisation (triage) to effectively identify patients in need of immediate ...

• Target Values and Daytime Variation of Bone Turnover Markers in Monitoring Osteoporosis Treatment After Fractures 

  Borgen, Tove Tveitan; Solberg, Lene Bergendal; Lauritzen, Trine; Apalset, Ellen Margrete; Bjørnerem, Åshild Marit; Eriksen, Erik Fink (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The serum bone turnover markers (BTM) procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP) and C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX) are recommended for monitoring adherence and response of antiresorptive ...

• Oral health-related quality of life in 4-16-year-olds with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis 

  Gil, Elisabeth Grut; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid; Halbig, Josefine Mareile; Jönsson, Birgitta; Lie, Stein Atle; Rygg, Marite; Fischer, Johannes Maria; Rosén, Annika; Bletsa, Athanasia; Luukko, Keijo; Shi, Xie-Qi; Frid, Paula Hanna Therese; Cetrelli, Lena Elisabet; Tylleskär, Karin; Rosendahl, Karen; Åstrøm, Anne-Kristine N (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-06)

  Background: Few studies have investigated oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in young individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Aims were to investigate whether OHRQoL differs between children and ...

• Cohort profile: the Norwegian Registry of Persons Assessed for Cognitive Symptoms (NorCog) - a national research and quality registry with a biomaterial collection 

  Medbøen, Ingrid Tøndel; Persson, Karin Ester Torun; Nåvik, Marit; Totland, Torunn Holm; Bergh, Sverre; Treviño, Cathrine Selnes; Ulstein, Ingun; Engedal, Knut; Knapskog, Anne Brita; Brækhus, Anne; Øksengård, Anne Rita; Horndalsveen, Peter Otto; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Lyngroth, Anne Liv; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Skrettingland, Dagny B; Naik, Mala; Soares, Jelena Zugic; Johnsen, Bente; Selbæk, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Purpose: The Norwegian Registry of Persons Assessed for Cognitive Symptoms (NorCog) was established to harmonise and improve the quality of diagnostic practice across clinics assessing persons with cognitive symptoms in ...

• Relationship between White Matter Lesions and Gray Matter Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis 

  Lie, Ingrid Anne; Weeda, Merlin M.; Mattiesing, Rozemarijn M.; Mol, Marijke A.E.; Pouwels, Petra J.W.; Barkhof, Frederik; Torkildsen, Øivind; Bø, Lars; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Vrenken, Hugo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Background and Objectives: There is currently no consensus about the extent of gray matter (GM) atrophy that can be attributed to secondary changes after white matter (WM) lesions or the temporal and spatial relationships ...

• Early surfactant and non-invasive ventilation versus intubation and surfactant: a propensity score-matched national study 

  Reigstad, Hallvard; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Rønnestad, Arild Erland; Klingenberg, Claus Andreas; Stensvold, Hans Jørgen; Markestad, Trond Jacob (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Objective: To compare outcome after less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) and primary endotracheal intubation (non-LISA) in infants born before gestational age (GA) 28 weeks. Setting: All neonatal intensive ...

• Predictors of long-term symptom burden and quality of life in patients hospitalised with chest pain: a prospective observational study 

  Saeed, Nasir; Norekvål, Tone Merete; Steiro, Ole-Thomas; Tjora, Hilde Lunde; Langørgen, Jørund; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Skadberg, Øyvind; Bonarjee, Vernon V S; Mjelva, Øistein; Omland, Torbjørn; Vikenes, Kjell; Aakre, Kristin Moberg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Objective: To describe the magnitude and predictors of symptom burden (SB) and quality of life (QoL) 3 months after hospital admission for acute chest pain. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Single ...

• Young ischaemic stroke incidence and demographic characteristics - The Norwegian stroke in the young study - A three-generation research program 

  Nawaz, Beenish; Eide, Geir Egil; Fromm, Annette; Øygarden, Halvor; Sand, Kristin Modalsli; Thomassen, Lars; Næss, Halvor; Waje-Andreassen, Ulrike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Introduction: Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS) is a three-generation research program of young ischaemic stroke. In this study, we assessed ischaemic stroke incidence, education and work status among young ...

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