Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Title
Now showing items 1017-1036 of 9420
-
Can air pollution affect tear film stability? a cross-sectional study in the aftermath of an explosion accident
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-14)Background After an explosion and fire in two tanks containing contaminated oil and sulphur products in a Norwegian industrial harbour in 2007, the surrounding area was polluted. This caused an intense smell, lasting until ... -
Can an integrated intervention package including peer support increase the proportion of health facility births? A cluster randomised controlled trial in Northern Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective: To assess the effect of an integrated intervention package compared with routine government health services on the frequency of health facility births. Setting: Three subcounties of Lira district in Northern ... -
Can bone apposition predict the retention force of a femoral stem? An experimental weight-bearing hip-implant model in goats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-28)Background: The increasing incidence of prosthesis revision surgery in the Western world has led to an increased focus on the capacity for stem removal. We previously reported on a femoral stem implanted in goats with an ... -
Can clinical ethics committees be legitimate actors in bedside rationing?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-19)Background Rationing and allocation decisions at the clinical level – bedside rationing – entail complex dilemmas that clinicians and managers often find difficult to handle. There is a lack of mechanisms and aids for ... -
Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?
(Journal article, 2011)Background: Nursing homes face challenges in the coming years due to the increased number of elderly. Quality will be under pressure, expectations of the services will rise, and clinical complexity will grow. New strategies ... -
Can Geographically Targeted Vaccinations Be Ethically Justified? The Case of Norway During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article discusses the fairness of geographically targeted vaccinations (GTVs). During the initial period of local and global vaccine scarcity, health authorities had to enact priority-setting strategies for mass ... -
Can insomnia in pregnancy predict postpartum depression? A longitudinal, population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-14)Background: Insomnia and depression are strongly interrelated. This study aimed to describe changes in sleep across childbirth, and to evaluate whether insomnia in pregnancy is a predictor of postpartum depression. Methods: ... -
Can medical algorithms be fair? Three ethical quandaries and one dilemma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: To demonstrate what it takes to reconcile the idea of fairness in medical algorithms and machine learning (ML) with the broader discourse of fairness and health equality in health research. Method: The ... -
Can routine information from electronic patient records predict a future diagnosis of alcohol use disorder?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Objective: To explore whether information regarding potentially alcohol-related health incidents recorded in electronic patient records might aid in earlier identification of alcohol use disorders. Design: We extracted ... -
Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents? A realist informed study in rural Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Community-based sexual reproductive interventions are key in attaining universal health coverage for all by 2030, yet adolescents in many countries still lack health services that are responsive to their ... -
Can spirometric norms be set using pre- or post- bronchodilator test results in older people?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11-16)Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is defined by post-bronchodilator spirometry. Data on “normal values” come predominantly from pre-bronchodilator spirometry. The effects of this on diagnosis are ... -
Can subjective well-being and body concern in adolescence predict prescribed medication in adulthood? Findings from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study and the Norwegian Prescription Database
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aim: To examine whether subjective well-being (SW) and body concern among adolescents aged 15–19 years has an impact on adult health, measured by medications dispensed on average 18 years later. Methods: Data collected in ... -
Can systematic implementation support improve programme fdelity by improving care providers’ perceptions of implementation factors? A cluster randomized trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Investigations of implementation factors (e.g., collegial support and sense of coherence) are recommended to better understand and address inadequate implementation outcomes. Little is known about the relationship ... -
Can the cardiovascular family history reported by our patients be trusted? The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01)Background and purpose: Family history (FH) is used as a marker for inherited risk. Using FH for this purpose requires the FH to reflect true disease in the family. The aim was to analyse the concordance between young and ... -
Can The Use of Electronic Journal Systems Replace Human Intervention By The Medicine Reconciliation Process?
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Can the use of electronic journal systems replace human intervention by the medicine reconciliation process? By André Luong Keywords: Medicine/medication reconciliation, electronic journal systems/records, pharmacist ... -
Can timely vector control interventions triggered by atypical environmental conditions prevent malaria epidemics? A case-study from Wajir County, Kenya
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-03)Background: Atypical environmental conditions with drought followed by heavy rainfall and flooding in arid areas in sub- Saharan Africa can lead to explosive epidemics of malaria, which might be prevented through timely ... -
Can traditional risk factors explain the higher risk of cardiovascular disease in South Asians compared to Europeans in Norway and New Zealand? Two cohort studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Objectives: The objective was to prospectively examine potential differences in the risk of first cardiovascular disease (CVD) events between South Asians and Europeans living in Norway and New Zealand, and to investigate ... -
Can We Optimize Antibiotic Use in Norwegian Neonates? A Prospective Comparison Between a University Hospital and a District Hospital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Worldwide, a large proportion of neonates are prescribed antibiotics without having infections leading to increased antimicrobial resistance, disturbance of the evolving microbiota, and increasing the risk of ... -
Can we rely on simulated patients' satisfaction with their consultation for assessing medical students' communication skills? A cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-18)Background. In medical education, teaching methods offering intensive practice without high utilization of faculty resources are needed. We investigated whether simulated patients’ (SPs’) satisfaction with a consultation ... -
Cancer and stroke: commonly encountered by clinicians, but little evidence to guide clinical approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The association between stroke and cancer is well-established. Because of an aging population and longer survival rates, the frequency of synchronous stroke and cancer will become even more common. Different pathophysiologic ...