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Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006-2011
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-12-26)Background: Though financial and policy level efforts are made to expand antiretroviral treatment (ART) service free of cost, survival outcome of ART program has not been systematically evaluated in Nepal. This study ... -
Survival rates and causes of revision in cemented primary total knee replacement. A report from the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register 1994–2009
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05)We evaluated the rates of survival and cause of revision of seven different brands of cemented primary total knee replacement (TKR) in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register during the years 1994 to 2009. Revision for any ... -
Survival signalling and apoptosis resistance in glioblastomas: opportunities for targeted therapeutics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-01)Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumour in adults and one of the most aggressive cancers in man. Despite technological advances in surgical management, combined regimens of radiotherapy with ... -
Survival, hospitalisation and surgery in children born with Pierre Robin sequence: a European population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To evaluate survival, hospitalisations and surgical procedures for children born with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) across Europe. Design: Multicentre population-based cohort study. Setting: Data on 463 live ... -
Susceptibility to chronic mucus hypersecretion, a genome wide association study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-08)Background: Chronic mucus hypersecretion (CMH) is associated with an increased frequency of respiratory infections, excess lung function decline, and increased hospitalisation and mortality rates in the general population. ... -
Susceptibility to hormone-mediated cancer is reflected by different tick rates of the epithelial and general epigenetic clock
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background A variety of epigenetic clocks utilizing DNA methylation changes have been developed; these clocks are either tissue-independent or designed to predict chronological age based on blood or saliva samples. Whether ... -
Sustainability of healthcare improvement: what can we learn from learning theory?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-03)Background Changes that improve the quality of health care should be sustained. Falling back to old, unsatisfactory ways of working is a waste of resources and can in the worst case increase resistance to later initiatives ... -
Swabbing for respiratory viral infections in older patients: a comparison of rayon and nylon flocked swabs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The purpose of this study was to compare the sampling efficacy of rayon swabs and nylon flocked swabs, and of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal specimens for the detection of respiratory viruses in elderly patients. Samples ... -
The Swedish Snus and the Sudanese Toombak: are they different?
(Journal article, 1998-11)In Sweden, snuff (locally known as snus), was introduced since the year 1637. Presently, Sweden has the highest per capita consumption and sale figures of snuff in the world, and the habit is becoming increasingly popular. ... -
Switch from stress response to homeobox transcription factors in Adipose tissue after profound fat loss
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-09)Background In obesity, impaired adipose tissue function may promote secondary disease through ectopic lipid accumulation and excess release of adipokines, resulting in systemic low-grade inflammation, insulin resistance ... -
Switch in FOXA1 status associates with endometrial cancer progression
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-21)Background: The transcription factor Forkhead box A1 (FOXA1) is suggested to be important in hormone dependent cancers, although with little data for endometrial cancer. We investigated expression levels of FOXA1 in primary ... -
Sykefraværsarbeid i praksis - erfaringer og synspunkt fra langtidssykmeldte og ledere. Fokusgruppeintervju av sykmeldte og ledere
(Master thesis, 2009-06-10)Background: Challenges related to an increase in sick leave has led to a new focus on the workplace as the main setting for both prevention and rehabilitation of people on sick leave. Purpose: The aim of our study was to ... -
Sykepleiens tradisjonelle kjerneverdier - erfares de fortsatt som gjeldende for dagens nyutdannede sykepleiere? En kvalitativ studie omkring nyutdannede sykepleieres erfaringer med tradisjonelle kjerneverdier i sykepleien
(Master thesis, 2017-06-22)Introduction: Traditional core values have been and still are guidelines in nursing practice. The changes and development of society and health-services, lack of access to nurses, economy, efficiency and increasing intake ... -
Sykepleieres beskrivelse av egne arbeidsbetingelser og vurdering av kvalitet og pasientsikkerhet ved Oslo Universitetssykehus. Resultater fra spørreundersøkelsen ”Personell og Pasientsikkerhet” (PePSi)
(Master thesis, 2013-01)Background: Nurse practice environments have well-documented associations with quality of nursing care. Several studies have shown association between high quality to shorter length of stay and lower mortality rates. ... -
Sykepleieres erfaringer med utskrivelse av eldre pasienter til kommunehelsetjenesten og pasientenes medvirkning i denne prosessen - En studie etter iverksettelsen av samhandlingsreformen
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)This thesis has two sections. First there is an introduction, which includes background, method, theory and a discussion. The discussion is meant to highlight the context of the findings from this study. In the second part ... -
Sykepleieres opplevelse av læringsprosessen i organisasjonen etter meldte uheldige hendelser – en intervjustudie
(Master thesis, 2010-06-09)Background: Good quality in health care includes giving services that reduces the risk of harm to a minimum. Learning and organizational learning from reported adverse events is essential in reducing future adverse events. ... -
Symptom burden and immune dynamics 6 to 18 months following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection -a case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The burden and duration of persistent symptoms after nonsevere coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains uncertain. This study aimed to assess postinfection symptom trajectories in home-isolated COVID-19 cases ... -
Symptomatic and asymptomatic secondary transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum following two related outbreaks in schoolchildren
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06)Two related outbreaks (in 2009 and 2012) of cryptosporidiosis in Norwegian schoolchildren during a stay at a remote holiday farm provided us with a natural experiment to investigate possible secondary transmission of ... -
Symptomer etter inntak av karbohydrater. En sammenligning av laktulose og glukose hos pasienter med selvrapportert matoverfølsomhet
(Master thesis, 2009-09-16)Bakgrunn: Unormale reaksjoner på inntak av mat rapporteres hos opptil 25 % av befolkningen, men kun et fåtall av disse har ekte matvareallergi. IBS (irritabel tarm) er en kronisk og plagsom, men i seg selv ufarlig lidelse, ...