Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Document Types "Doctoral thesis"
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The 2009 influenza pandemic in primary care. Clinical manifestations, attitudes and utilisation of services
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-25)Background: Primary care plays a major role in the response to a pandemic. The objectives of this thesis were to investigate the outbreak of the 2009 influenza pandemic from a primary care perspective with focus on clinical ... -
25-year results after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the use of a patellar tendon autograft
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-17)Background: Only a few studies of ACL reconstruction with >20 years of follow-up exists. It is still a pause in the literature concerning the patient’s further sports participation and long-term subjective and objective ... -
A 3-D post-mortem model provides rationale for complications in gastrointestinal surgery : a post-mortem corrosion-cast model
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3D dynamic culture of mesenchymal stem cells under fluid flow : Implications for bone regeneration
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-10-06)Skjebnen og veksten til mesenkymale stamceller (MSC) kan påvirkes av biologiske stimuli. I benvev regnes skjærspenning fra væske forårsaket av interstitiell væskestrøm som den primære mekaniske stimulien på celleplan, som ... -
3D-printed Synthetic Polymer Templates for Bone Tissue Engineering : Bulk Modifications and Osteoconduction Assessment
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-21)Syntetiske polymerbiomaterialer er enkle å bearbeide, biologisk inerte og brukes derfor i en rekke biomedisinske applikasjoner. Forskning har i lang tid fokusert på å øke biologiske aktivitet til slike materialers, og å ... -
Ability of a lean-seafood diet to modulate lipid and glucose metabolism in healthy humans – a randomized controlled trial with a crossover design
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-01-08)Background: A Westernised lifestyle, which involves a high-energy diet and reduced physical activity, is indisputably linked to the pandemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 ... -
Abrogation of Anthracycline and Ischemia-Reperfusion Induced Injury by Cell Signaling Modulators
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-10-18)Chemotherapy has a long history in cancer treatment, and the anthracycline used in Paper I and II are among the most effective anti-cancer drugs developed. Unfortunately, the use of anthracyclines is dose-restricted due ... -
Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in Uganda: Investigating the role of Primary Health Care and Traditional Healers
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-12-03)Introduction: Up to 20% of children and adolescents globally suffer from a debilitating mental illness and up to 50% of adult mental illness begins in adolescence. Early detection and management of Child and Adolescent ... -
Acute cerebral infarcts in multiple arterial territories : The Bergen NORSTROKE study
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-09-18)Introduction The majority of acute cerebral infarcts results from an occlusion of one single cerebral artery followed by loss of blood supply to the respective arterial territory. However, several independent arterial ... -
Acute hospital admissions - a registry-based study of general practitioners’ and out-of-hours doctors’ roles as gatekeepers in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-02-03)For pasienter med akutte medisinske tilstander er det viktig å ha tilgang til nødvendige helsetjenester. I mange lands helsetjeneste må pasientene vurderes av en primærleger før innleggelse i sykehus, og dermed fungerer ... -
Acute hospital admissions from nursing homes. Rates and characteristics; unwarranted variation and effects of interventions to reduce them
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-02-28)Background: The geriatric nursing home population is vulnerable to acute incidences in their health condition, due to longevity, multiple chronic illnesses and a low level of physical and mental function. Aims: The overall ... -
Acute ischemic stroke. Factors that predict outcome
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Addressing alcohol in general practice
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-14)Alcohol use is integrated in many cultural settings, and the positive functions of alcohol as experienced by users are numerous. The Norwegian community has undergone major changes in the past two decades, with an increase ... -
Addressing implementation uncertainty in postdischarge malaria chemoprevention : Determinants of adherence, cost-effectiveness, and the value of further research in Malawi and other malaria-endemic African countries
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-11-08)Bakgrunn: Malaria fortsetter å være en ledende årsak til dødsfall og dødelighet for barn som bor i malaria-endemiske områder i Afrika sør for Sahara. Verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO) anbefaler chemoprevention av malaria for ... -
Addressing the threat of AMR in Norway: optimising antibiotic prescribing and microbiology testing in hospitals
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-06-14)Increasing antimicrobial resistance rates are recognised as a global public health threat and many efforts are being undertaken to curb this development. One important measure is to optimise the use of antibiotics and ... -
Adult life challenges in survivors of young age cancer. A Norwegian national cohort study focusing on reproduction, economic independence and violent deaths
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-09)Background: Cancer in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood now carries a survival rate of above 80%. This leads to an increasing proportion of young age cancer survivors in the adult population. These survivors are ... -
Advance Care Planning and the staff perspective: The development, implementation, and investigation of a complex intervention in the nursing home :
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-05-07)Abstract Background Nursing home patients represent a heterogeneous, complex, and clinically challenging population. A crucial concern is that most of the patients lack the capacity to provide informed consent, as approximately ... -
Advanced imaging biomarkers in endometrial cancer
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-12-11)Background: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in highdeveloped regions of the world, and the incidence has been increasing over the last half century, largely driven by a concurrent increase in ... -
Adverse neonatal outcomes in migrant women in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-09-11)Background: With increasing international migration, more knowledge is needed regarding migrant women’s pregnancies and births. Migrant families represent great diversity and investigating the risk of adverse neonatal ... -
Agitation and use of restraint in nursing home residents with dementia. Prevalence, correlates and the effects of care staff training
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-01-22)Background: Dementia is one of the most prevalent syndromes in the elderly population, and over half of people with dementia live in long-term care homes. 80% of residents in nursing homes have dementia, the majority with ...