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Lower antibiotic prescription rates in hospitalized COVID-19 patients than influenza patients, a prospective study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background COVID-19 patients are extensively treated with antibiotics despite few bacterial complications. We aimed to study antibiotic use in hospitalized COVID-19 patients compared to influenza patients in two consecutive ... -
Lower circulating neuron-specific enolase concentrations in adults and adolescents with severe mental illness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Both neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental abnormalities have been suggested to be part of the etiopathology of severe mental illness (SMI). Neuron-specific enolase (NSE), mainly located in the neuronal ... -
Lower conversion rate with robotic assisted rectal resections compared with conventional laparoscopy; a national cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Conversion from laparoscopic to open access colorectal surgery is associated with a poorer postoperative outcome. The aim of this study was to assess conversion rates and outcomes after standard laparoscopic ... -
Lower education and immigrant background are associated with lower participation in a diabetes education program - Insights from adult patients in the Outcomes & Multi-morbidity In Type 2 diabetes cohort (OMIT)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives Diabetes educational programmes should be offered to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We assessed the proportion of diabetes educational program participation among adults with T2DM, and its ... -
Lower extremity neuromuscular deficits associated with obstetric fistula
(Master thesis, 2011)SUMMARY Background: Obstetric fistula affects thousands of women every year, one of the dreadful consequences of surviving an obstructed labour. A majority of these are left untreated, abandoned by their husband and family ... -
Lower risk of smoking-related cancer in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia compared with controls: a prospective matched cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-17)According to guidelines, individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) shall receive lifestyle intervention and intensive lipid-lowering treatment from early in life to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Our ... -
Lower secondary school students’ scientific literacy and their proficiency in identifying and appraising health claims in news media: a secondary analysis using large-scale survey data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-18)Objectives: Scientific literacy is assumed necessary for appraising the reliability of health claims. Using a national science achievement test, we explored whether students located at the lower quartile on the latent trait ... -
Lowering of tumor interstitial fluid pressure reduces tumor cell proliferation in a xenograft tumor model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-02)High tumor interstitial fluid pressure (TIFP) is a characteristic of most solid tumors. TIFP may hamper adequate uptake of macromolecular therapeutics in tumor tissue. In addition, TIFP generates mechanical forces affecting ... -
LPS quantification of oral samples from the RHINESSA study population
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)The human immune system defends the body against threats through a complex network of organs, cells, and proteins. It has two subsystems: the innate immune system provides immediate defense, while the adaptive immune system ... -
LRFN5 locus structure is associated with autism and influenced by the sex of the individual and locus conversions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)LRFN5 is a regulator of synaptic development and the only gene in a 5.4 Mb mammalian-specific conserved topologically associating domain (TAD); the LRFN5 locus. An association between locus structural changes and developmental ... -
LTP mechanisms in the dentate gyrus in vivo: BDNF signaling, translation control, and gene function
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The lucky ones get cured: Health care seeking among women with pelvic organ prolapse in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-26)Background: The majority of women suffering from maternal morbidities live in resource-constrained settings with diverse barriers preventing access to quality biomedical health care services. This study aims to highlight ... -
Lung cancer on Haugalandet, Norway. A long term follow-up study
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-06-06)Background: Little was known on long term survival, the use of hospital days, symptoms both initially and terminally, and the quality of lung cancer care for the population of the patients with lung cancer in Haugalandet, ... -
Lung function and bronchial hyperreactivity from 11 to 18 years in children with bronchiolitis in infancy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Various trajectories for lung function and bronchial hyper‐reactivity (BHR) from early childhood to adulthood are described, including puberty as a period with excessive lung growth. Bronchiolitis in infancy ... -
Lung function at term in extremely preterm-born infants: A regional prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objectives: To compare lung function of extremely preterm (EP)-born infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) with that of healthy term-born infants, and to determine which perinatal characteristics were ... -
Lung function reduction and chronic respiratory symptoms among workers in the cement industry: A Follow up study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-08)Background: There are only a few follow-up studies of respiratory function among cement workers. The main aims of this study were to measure total dust exposure, to examine chronic respiratory symptoms and changes in lung ... -
Lung hyperinflation and functional exercise capacity in patients with COPD - a three-year longitudinal study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12-06)Background: Lung hyperinflation contributes to dyspnea, morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The inspiratory-to-total lung capacity (IC/TLC) ratio is a measure of lung hyperinflation and ... -
Lung sequelae after premature birth : A population based, controlled, long-term cohort study
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Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis; a systematic literature review and a Scandinavian cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) presenting with encephalitis is rare and scarcely described. Objectives To describe the available literature on LNB encephalitis and to characterize this patient group through a ...