• Clinical information predicting severe obstructive sleep apnea: A cross-sectional study of patients waiting for sleep diagnostics 

      Jonassen, Trygve Müller; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Saxvig, Ingvild W.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Lehmann, Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent with serious health consequences. Demand for diagnostic studies is high, in many countries exceeding capacity. Purpose The objective of this cross-sectional ...
    • Comparison of nutritional risk screening with NRS2002 and the GLIM diagnostic criteria for malnutrition in hospitalized patients 

      Trollebø, Marte Almenning; Skeie, Eli; Revheim, Ingrid; Stangeland, Helene; Erstein, Mari-Anne Heggelien; Grønning, Martin Kristoffer; Tangvik, Randi Julie; Morken, Mette Helvik; Nygård, Ottar Kjell; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Rosendahl-Riise, Hanne; Dierkes, Jutta (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Nutritional risk screening, to identify patients at risk of malnutrition, is the first step in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in hospitalized patients, and should be followed by a thorough nutritional assessment ...
    • CT-defined emphysema in COPD patients and risk for change in desaturation status in 6-min walk test 

      Wåtevik, Marie; Frisk, Bente; Real, Francisco Gomez; Hardie, Jon Andrew; Bakke, Per; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Johannessen, Ane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Emphysema and exercise induced desaturation (EID) are both related to poorer COPD prognosis. More knowledge of associations between emphysema and desaturation is needed for more efficient disease management. ...
    • Factors associated with coronary heart disease in COPD patients and controls 

      Svendsen, Christina D.; Kuiper, Karel Kier-Jan; Ostridge, Kristoffer; Larsen, Terje Hjalmar; Nielsen, Rune; Hodneland, Vidar; Nordeide, Eli; Bakke, Per S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-27)
      Background: COPD and coronary heart disease (CHD) frequently co-occur, yet which COPD phenotypes are most prone to CHD is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to see whether COPD patients did have a true higher ...
    • Impaired Lung Function in Extremely Preterm-Born Adults in Their Fourth Decade of Life 

      Bårdsen, Tonje; Røksund, Ola Drange; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Benestad, Merete Røineland; Clemm, Hege Synnøve Havstad; Halvorsen, Thomas; Vollsæter, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    • A longitudinal study of the pulmonary mycobiome in subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Wiker, Harald Gotten; Leiten, Elise Orvedal; Husebø, Gunnar Reksten; Knudsen, Kristel Svalland; Tangedal, Solveig; Sanseverino, Walter; Paytuví-Gallart, Andreu; Nielsen, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-12)
      Background: Few studies have examined the stability of the pulmonary mycobiome. We report longitudinal changes in the oral and pulmonary mycobiome of participants with and without COPD in a large-scale bronchoscopy study ...
    • The lower airways microbiome and antimicrobial peptides in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis differ from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Knudsen, Kristel Svalland; Lehmann, Sverre; Nielsen, Rune; Tangedal, Solveig; Haaland, Ingvild; Hiemstra, Pieter S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The lower airways microbiome and host immune response in chronic pulmonary diseases are incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate possible microbiome characteristics and key antimicrobial peptides and ...
    • The lower airways microbiota and antimicrobial peptides indicate dysbiosis in sarcoidosis 

      Knudsen, Kristel Svalland; Lehmann, Sverre; Nielsen, Rune; Tangedal, Solveig; Paytuví-Gallart, Andreu; Sanseverino, Walter; Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Hiemstra, Pieter S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-19)
      Background: The role of the pulmonary microbiome in sarcoidosis is unknown. The objectives of this study were the following: (1) examine whether the pulmonary fungal and bacterial microbiota differed in patients with ...
    • Pleural Empyema Caused by Streptococcus intermedius and Fusobacterium nucleatum: A Distinct Entity of Pleural Infections 

      Dyrhovden, Ruben; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Fløtten, Øystein; Siljan, William Ward; Leegaard, Truls Michael; Bø, Bjørnar; Fardal, Hilde; Grøvan, Fredrik; Kildahl-Andersen, Arne; Larssen, Kjersti Wik; Tilseth, Rune; Hjetland, Reidar; Løes, Sigbjørn Suk; Lindemark, Frode; Tellevik, Marit Gjerde; Breistein, Rebecca Irene; Kommedal, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Many community-acquired pleural infections are caused by facultative and anaerobic bacteria from the human oral microbiota. The epidemiology, clinical characteristics, pathogenesis, and etiology of such ...
    • The pulmonary mycobiome—A study of subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Martinsen, Einar Marius Hjellestad; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind; Leiten, Elise Orvedal; Haaland, Ingvild; Husebø, Gunnar Reksten; Knudsen, Kristel Svalland; Drengenes, Christine; Sanseverino, Walter; Paytuví-Gallart, Andreu; Nielsen, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-07)
      Background: The fungal part of the pulmonary microbiome (mycobiome) is understudied. We report the composition of the oral and pulmonary mycobiome in participants with COPD compared to controls in a large-scale single-centre ...
    • Repeated bronchoscopy in health and obstructive lung disease: is the airway microbiome stable? 

      Nielsen, Rune; Xue, Yaxin; Jonassen, Inge; Haaland, Ingvild; Kommedal, Øyvind; Wiker, Harald Gotten; Drengenes, Christine; Bakke, Per S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal Lind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objective Little is known concerning the stability of the lower airway microbiome. We have compared the microbiota identified by repeated bronchoscopy in healthy subjects and patients with ostructive lung diseaseases ...