Blar i Faculty of Medicine på tidsskrift "Acta Paediatrica"
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Accurate and fast neonatal heart rate assessment with a smartphone‐based application – a manikin study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03-31)Aim: This study determined the accuracy and speed of the NeoTapLifeSupport (NeoTapLS), a free smartphone application that aims to assess a neonate's heart rate. Methods: We asked 30 participants with a variety of backgrounds ... -
Blood eosinophils during bronchiolitis: Associations with atopy, asthma and lung function in young adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Aim: To study if blood eosinophils during bronchiolitis were associated with atopy, asthma and lung function in young adults and if these associations differed between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and ... -
Cardiometabolic risk factors differ among adolescents with obesity in three European countries - a cross sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)Aim: We aimed to compare modifiable cardiometabolic risk factors among treatment‐seeking adolescents with obesity in Italy, Germany and Norway. Methods: This retrospective, registry‐based, cross‐sectional cohort study ... -
Children had increased risks of impaired motor and visual-motor skills after prenatal exposure to opioid maintenance therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim: Preschool children prenatally exposed to opioid maintenance therapy (OMT) have an increased risk of neurodevelopmental impairments. We aimed to investigate long-term motor and visual-motor integration outcome in ... -
Children had smaller brain volumes and cortical surface areas after prenatal opioid maintenance therapy exposure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim: The studies have shown that infants with prenatal OMT exposure had smaller brain volumes than non-exposed controls, but long-term outcome data are lacking. We examined 5-13-year-old OMT-exposed children with brain MRI ... -
Complex care pathways for children with multiple referrals demonstrated in a retrospective population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim To identify children with complex medical needs by examining their patterns of hospital care. Methods We conducted a retrospective population‐based study on 18 577 patients aged 6‐12 years from the Haukeland ... -
Difficult birth is the main contributor to birth‐related fracture and accidents to other neonatal fractures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim Specific birth-related fractures have been studied; underestimates might be a problem. We aimed to assess all fractures diagnosed as birth-related as well as other neonatal fractures. Methods A population-based ... -
Examining perinatal subdural haematoma as an aetiology of extra-axial hygroma and chronic subdural haematoma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aim: Benign external hydrocephalus (BEH), hygroma and chronic subdural haematoma are extra‐axial fluid collections in infants. MRI studies have shown that almost half of all new‐borns have perinatal subdural blood, generally ... -
A Family-Oriented Intervention Programme to Curtail Obesity From Five Years of Age Had No Effect Over No Intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aim: To examine the effect of a family‐oriented multidisciplinary intervention programme to curtail weight increase in young children with obesity. Methods: Children who weighed more than one kilogram above the 97th ... -
Genetics and pathophysiology of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) represents a life-threatening hyperinflammatory syndrome. Familial studies have established autosomal and X-linked recessive causes of HLH, highlighting a pivotal role for lymphocyte ... -
Government-led initiative increased the effective use of Kangaroo Mother Care in a region of North India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aim To learn how to achieve high-quality, effective coverage of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), defined as 8 hours or more of skin-to-skin contact per day and exclusive breastfeeding in district Sonipat in North India, and ... -
Half of all hospitalised children treated with antibiotics for pneumonia did not fulfil radiological, microbiological or laboratory criteria
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aim Evaluating the management of paediatric pneumonia is important. We aimed to estimate the proportion of children receiving antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) that were likely to have a bacterial ... -
Half of children with recurrent or chronic wet cough before three years of age were symptom-free by age seven
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim We aimed to study the natural course of recurrent episodic and chronic wet cough in preschool children, the proportion and age of resolution, and risk factors for persistent symptoms. Methods Parents of children ... -
Health-related quality of life in two birth cohorts of extremely preterm born adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim Investigate potential long-term cohort influences on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults born extremely preterm (EP) during the 1980–90s, in view of advancements in neonatal care within that timeframe. ... -
High prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6-year-old children in Finnmark County, North Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-07)Aim: The aim was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6-year-old children in Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway. Methods: This is a survey of 1774 children born during 1999 and 2000 from ... -
Monitoring children and adolescents with severe obesity: body mass index (BMI), BMI z‐score or percentage above the International Obesity Task Force overweight cut‐off?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aim: Body mass index (BMI) metrics are widely used as a proxy for adiposity in children with severe obesity. The BMI expressed as the percentage of a cut‐off percentile for overweight or obesity has been proposed as a ... -
No significant associations between breastfeeding practices and overweight in 8-year-old children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Aim: The aim was to examine if breastfeeding practices were associated with body mass index (BMI) and risk of overweight or obesity in third grade (8 years) of elementary school. Methods: In a regional cohort, we related ... -
Norwegian children and adolescents in blended families are at risk of larger one-year BMI increments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aim: To study how sociodemographic factors and family structure associate with baseline BMI z‐scores (BMIz) and BMIz change in 767 Norwegian children aged 6‐15 years. Methods: Baseline BMIz and 1‐year BMIz increments in ... -
Norwegian paediatric habilitation centres judge their own competence on cerebral visual impairment as limited
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Aim: Cerebral visual impairment (CVI), a frequently occurring functional impairment in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, leads to communicative, social and academic challenges. In Norway, children with ... -
Placental histology predicted adverse outcomes in extremely premature neonates in Norway-population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aim We evaluated the role of placental pathology in predicting adverse outcomes for neonates born extremely preterm (EPT) before 28 weeks of gestation. Methods This was a prospective observational study of 123 extremely ...