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Å dele uvissa og ansvaret. Ein kvalitativ studie av livets grunnvilkår i medisinsk praksis
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-08-13)Existential challenges affect both patients and doctors in clinical practice. The aims of this study have been to explore how patients and doctors experience and cope with existential aspects of being struck by and treating ... -
Å komme til seg selv – i bevegelse, sansning og forståelse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)I dette essayet fortolkes Trygve Braatøys tanker om nervøse og psykosomatiske lidelser i lys av Løgstrups sansefilosofi. Braatøy beskrev muskulære belastninger som vevd sammen med følelsesmessige belastninger, og bevissthet ... -
Å leve med cellegiftindusert perifer polynevropati: En kvalitativ studie av kreftoverleveres erfaringer
(Master thesis, 2020-06-19)Bakgrunn: Et økende antall kreftoverlevere gjør at mange lever med seneffekter kreftbehandlingen har medført. Cellegiftindusert perifer polynevropati er en seneffekt som kan påvirke livskvaliteten hos de som rammes. Hensikt: ... -
Å leve med risiko for arvelig bryst- og eggstokktreft
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)Background: Medical genetic has expanding rapidly development the last couple of decades. Today's technology enables us to perform genetic testing for numerous hereditary diseases, among others hereditary breast- and ovarian ... -
"Å leve med visshet om Huntingtons sykdom" : En kvalitativ studie om erfaringer med å ha testet positivt på presymptomatisk test for Huntingtons sykdom
(Master thesis, 2010-05-16)Huntington's disease is a severe, dominantly inherited disease in which there is no curative treatment for. A person at risk can take a pre-symptomatic test that provides a safe answer if the person has inherited the ... -
Å utsette gleden; en kvalitativ studie om gravide kvinners erfaringer med å gjennomgå invasiv fosterdiagnostikk
(Master thesis, 2018-06-22)In Norway prenatal diagnostics is offered to pregnant women 38 years of age or older at expected term. Prenatal diagnostics is also offered if a pregnant woman has experienced developmental defects in a fetus or child in ... -
Å vende tilbake til Islam : Islamisering, kjønn og identitet i en fransk kontekst
(IMER Norway/Bergen publications / International Migration and Ethnic Relations 21/99, Working paper, 1999) -
Å være ung med cerebral parese - erfaringer med og tanker om fysisk aktivitet og deltagelse. En kvalitativ fokusgruppestudie
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Objective: Adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) often need lifelong habilitation and continuous physical treatment. Developing abilities through training of motor function may enhance their physical skills and increase ... -
B cell specificity and pattern in primary Sjögren’s syndrome - Studies in humans and a murine model
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-04-30)Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by focal inflammation of exocrine glands, particularly salivary and lacrimal glands. Here, mononuclear cells, including B cells, infiltrate the glands, ... -
B vitamin and iron status during infancy
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-01-30)Adequate nutrition during infancy is essential to ensure normal growth and development. Since 2001, World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life, which puts great ... -
B vitamin treatments modify the risk of myocardial infarction associated with a MTHFD1 polymorphism in patients with stable angina pectoris
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06)Background: Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (MTHFD1) catalyzes three sequential reactions that metabolize derivatives of tetrahydrofolate (THF) in folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism. Impaired MTHFD1 flux has ... -
The B-lymphocyte chemokine CXCL13 in the cerebrospinal fluid of children with Lyme neuroborreliosis: associations with clinical and laboratory variables
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: The B-lymphocyte chemokine CXCL13 is increasingly considered as a useful early phase diagnostic marker of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). However, the large variation in level of CXCL13 in the cerebrospinal fluid ... -
B-type natriuretic peptide and high sensitive C-reactive protein predict 2-year all cause mortality in chest pain patients: a prospective observational study from Salta, Argentina
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-09-29)Background: Several mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of the Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). We have addressed whether B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in admission ... -
B-type natriuretic peptide expression and cardioprotection is regulated by Akt dependent signaling at early reperfusion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)Exogenously administered B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been shown to offer cardioprotection through activation of particulate guanylyl cyclase (pGC), protein kinase G (PKG) and KATP channel opening. The current study ... -
Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-11-07)Background: To establish the magnitude of bacteraemia in severely malnourished children, and describe the types of bacteria and antimicrobial sensitivity by HIV status. Method: Isolates were recovered from 76 blood specimens. ... -
Bacteria and fungi in acute cholecystitis. A prospective study comparing next generation sequencing to culture
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objectives: Guidelines for antibiotic treatment of acute cholecystitis are based on studies using culture techniques for microbial identification. Microbial culture has well described limitations and more comprehensive ... -
The bacterial aetiology of pleural empyema. A descriptive and comparative metagenomic study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08)Objectives: The view of pleural empyema as a complication of bacterial pneumonia is changing because many patients lack evidence of underlying pneumonia. To further our understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms, we ... -
Bacterial Findings in Infected Hip Joint Replacements in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: A Study of 318 Revisions for Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)High rates of Staphylococcus aureus are reported in prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients are considered to have a high risk of infection with bacteria of potentially oral or dental ... -
The Bacterial Preparation OK432 Induces IL-12p70 Secretion in Human Dendritic Cells in a TLR3 Dependent Manner
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-02-21)Dendritic cells (DC) used in therapeutic cancer immunotherapy have to be able to stimulate T cells resulting in an immune response that can efficiently target the cancer cells. One of the critical hurdles has been the lack ... -
The badness of death and priorities in health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04-14)Background The state of the world is one with scarce medical resources where longevity is not equally distributed. Given such facts, setting priorities in health entails making difficult yet unavoidable decisions about ...