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    • What is the role of imaging at primary diagnostic work-up in uterine cervical cancer? 

      Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Lura, Njål; Blaakær, Jan; Fischerova, Daniela; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-29)
      Purpose of Review For uterine cervical cancer, the recently revised International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system (2018) incorporates imaging and pathology assessments in its staging. In this ...

    • "What lies beneath it all?" - an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines 

      Carlsen, Benedicte; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-10-22)
      Background: General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. ...

    • What Might Be Required for Inspections to Be Considered Fair? Comment on “What Lies Behind Successful Regulation? A Qualitative Evaluation of Pilot Implementation of Kenya’s Health Facility Inspection Reforms” 

      Husabø, Gunnar; Hovlid, Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Tama et al offer us an interesting analysis of a piloted regulatory reform that introduced a Joint Health Inspections (JHIs) system in three Kenyan counties. The study highlights key factors facilitating or hindering the ...

    • What MRI-based tumor size measurement is best for predicting long-term survival in uterine cervical cancer? 

      Lura, Njål Gjærde; Wagner-Larsen, Kari Strøno; Forsse, David Erik; Trovik, Jone; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Bertelsen, Bjørn; Salvesen, Øyvind; Woie, Kathrine; Krakstad, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-17)
      Background: Tumor size assessment by MRI is central for staging uterine cervical cancer. However, the optimal role of MRI-derived tumor measurements for prognostication is still unclear. Material and methods: This ...

    • What should be known prior to performing EUS? 

      Dietrich, Christoph F.; Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio; Braden, Barbara; Burmeister, Sean; Carrara, Silvia; Cui, Xinwu; Di Leo, Milena; Dong, Yi; Fusaroli, Pietro; Gilja, Odd Helge; Healey, Andrew J.; Hocke, Michael; Hollerbach, Stephan; Garcia, Julio Iglesias; Ignee, André; Jürgensen, Christian; Kahaleh, Michel; Kitano, Masayuki; Kunda, Rastislav; Larghi, Alberto; Möller, Kathleen; Napoleon, Bertrand; Oppong, Kofi W.; Petrone, Maria Chiara; Saftoiu, Adrian; Puri, Rajesh; Sahai, Anand V.; Santo, Erwin; Sharma, Malay; Soweid, Assaad; Sun, Siyu; Teoh, Anthony Yuen Bun; Vilmann, Peter; Jenssen, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-14)
      Direct referral of patients for EUS – instead of preprocedural consultation with the endosonographer – has become standard practice (like for other endoscopic procedures) as it is time- and cost-effective. To ensure ...

    • What’s in the pipeline? Drugs in development for autism spectrum disorder 

      Sung, Min; Chin, Chee Hon; Lim, Choon Guan; Hwee Sen Liew, Alvin; Lim, Chau Sian; Kashala, Espérance; Weng, Shih-Jen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-20)
      Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with both core symptoms and associated symptoms (eg, irritability, aggression, and comorbidities) that affect both the individual and the family/systems ...

    • When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia 

      Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This article takes the public reaction to the discovery of an aborted foetus in a rural Zambian community as the empirical starting point for exploring the everyday politics of reproduction. It builds on eleven months of ...

    • The when and how of the gynaecological examination: a survey among Norwegian general practitioners 

      Hjørleifsson, Stefan; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Meland, Eivind; Rørtveit, Guri; Hannestad, Yngvild Skåtun; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction: Little is known about the indications general practitioners (GPs) perceive as relevant for performing gynaecological examinations (GEs), how GPs master the GE and associated procedures, and how they handle ...

    • When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework 

      Jull, Janet E.G.; Whitehead, Margaret; Petticrew, Mark; Kristjansson, Elizabeth; Gough, David; Petkovic, Jennifer; Volmink, Jimmy; Weijer, Charles; Taljaard, Monica; Edwards, Sarah Jane L.; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence; Cookson, Richard; McGowan, Jessie L.; Lyddiatt, Anne; Boyer, Yvonne; Cuervo, Luis Gabriel; Armstrong, Rebecca; White, Howard; Yoganathan, Manosila; Pantoja, Tomás; Shea, Beverley J.; Pottie, Kevin; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Baird, Sarah; Robberstad, Bjarne; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Asada, Yukiko; Wells, George A.; Tugwell, Peter; Welch, Vivian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-25)
      Background Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health ...

    • When the law makes doors slightly open: ethical dilemmas among abortion service providers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

      McLean, Emily; Desalegn, Dawit Nima; Blystad, Astrid; Miljeteig, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-05)
      Background: In 2005, Ethiopia changed its abortion law to curb its high maternal mortality. This has led to a considerable reduction in deaths from unsafe abortions. Abortion is now legal if the woman’s pregnancy is a ...

    • Where Are the Newly Diagnosed HIV Positives in Kenya? Time to Consider Geo-Spatially Guided Targeting at a Finer Scale to Reach the “First 90” 

      Waruru, Anthony Kabui; Wamicwe, Joyce; Mwangi, Jonathan; Achia, Thomas N. O.; Zielinski-Gutierrez, Emily; Ng'ang'a, Lucy; Miruka, Fredrick; Yegon, Peter; Kimanga, Davies; Tobias, James L.; Young, Peter W.; De Cock, Kevin M.; Tylleskär, Thorkild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: The UNAIDS 90-90-90 Fast-Track targets provide a framework for assessing coverage of HIV testing services (HTS) and awareness of HIV status – the “first 90.” In Kenya, the bulk of HIV testing targets are aligned ...

    • Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD) 

      Angeles, Renira Corinne; Berge, Line Iden; Gedde, Marie H.; Kjerstad, Egil; Vislapuu, Maarja; Puaschitz, Nathalie; Husebø, Bettina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Nearly 19 million people across OECD countries are living with dementia, and millions of family caregivers are affected by the disease. The costs of informal care are estimated to represent 40–75% of the total ...

    • White Matter Hyperintensities and the Course of Depressive Symptoms in Elderly People with Mild Dementia 

      Sønnesyn, Hogne; Oppedal, Ketil; Greve, Ole Jacob; Fritze, Friederike; Auestad, Bjørn Henrik; Nore, Sabine; Beyer, Mona K.; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      Objectives: To explore the relationship between white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and the prevalence and course of depressive symptoms in mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Lewy body dementia. Design: This is a prospective ...

    • White matter microstructural differences between hallucinating and non-hallucinating schizophrenia spectrum patients 

      Beresniewicz, Justyna; Craven, Alexander R.; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Løberg, Else-Marie; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Johnsen, Erik; Gruner, Eli Renate (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The relation between auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) and white matter has been studied, but results are still inconsistent. This inconsistency may be related to having only a single time-point of AVH assessment in ...

    • Who benefits from increased service utilisation? Examining the distributional effects of payment for performance in Tanzania 

      Binyaruka, Peter John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Torsvik, Gaute; Borghi, Josephine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01-29)
      Background: Payment for performance (P4P) strategies, which provide financial incentives to health workers and/or facilities for reaching pre-defined performance targets, can improve healthcare utilisation and quality. P4P ...

    • WHO expert consultation on new and emeging evidence on the use of antiretroviral drugs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV 

      Tylleskär, Thorkild (Research report, 2008)

    • Who gets the ventilator? A multicentre survey of intensivists' opinions of triage during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Fjølner, Jesper; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Jung, Christian; de Lange, Dylan W.; Szczeklik, Wojciech; Leaver, Susannah; Guidet, Bertrand; Sviri, Sigal; Van Heerden, Peter Vernon; Beil, Michael; Hartog, Christiane S.; Flaatten, Hans Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shortage of intensive care resources. Intensivists' opinion of triage and ventilator allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic is not well described. Methods This was a ...

    • Who Has Mycobacterial Disease? A Cross Sectional Study in Agropastoral Communities in Tanzania 

      Kilale, Andrew Martin; Ngadaya, Esther; Muhumuza, Julius; Kagaruki, Gibson Benard; Lema, Yakobo Leonard; Ngowi, Bernard James; Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-23)
      Objective: To determine and describe clinical symptoms, demographic characteristics and environmental exposures as determinants of pulmonary mycobacterial diseases among patients examined for tuberculosis in agropastoral ...

    • WHO multicentre study for the development of growth standards from fetal life to childhood: the fetal component 

      Merialdi, Mario; Widmer, Mariana; Gülmezoglu, Ahmet Metin; Abdel-Aleem, Hany; Bega, George; Benachi, Alexandra; Carroli, Guillermo; Cecatti, Jose Guilherme; Diemert, Anke; Gonzalez, Rogelio; Hecher, Kurt; Jensen, Lisa N.; Johnsen, Synnøve Lian; Kiserud, Torvid; Kriplani, Alka; Lumbiganon, Pisake; Tabor, Ann; Talegawkar, Sameera A.; Tshefu, Antoinette; Wojdyla, Daniel; Platt, Lawrence (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-02)
      Background: In 2006 WHO presented the infant and child growth charts suggested for universal application. However, major determinants for perinatal outcomes and postnatal growth are laid down during antenatal development. ...

    • Who takes the medicine? Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Southern Ethiopia 

      Teshome, Wondu; Belayneh, Mihretu; Moges, Mathewos; Endriyas, Misganu; Mekonnen, Emebet; Ayele, Sinafiksh; Misganaw, Tebeje; Shiferaw, Mekonnen; Chinnakali, Palanivel; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Kumar, Ajay M.V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-29)
      Background: Treatment adherence is critical for the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. There is limited representative information on ART drug adherence and its associated factors from ...