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Kampanjen Gjør kloke valg – støtte til allmennleger for å unngå å rekvirere unødvendige billedundersøkelser
(Master thesis, 2020-11-15)Background: Overuse of radiological procedures has become a significant problem. Choosing wisely is a campaign based on scientific evidence which has developed recommendations on avoiding unnecessary examinations and ... -
“Erkjenne for å kunne endre” - pasienters erfaringer med endringsprosesser i fysioterapibehandling for langvarige muskelskjelettplager
(Master thesis, 2020)Background and aims: Persistent musculoskeletal pain is associated with complex causations, and a multifaceted treatment intervention based on a biopsychosocial understanding, is recommended. The objective of this study ... -
Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-05)Objectives: We examined the utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care (ANC), defined as 4 or more antenatal visits, at least one tetanus toxoid (TT) injection and consumption of iron folic acid (IFA) for ... -
Flåttbårne infeksjoner og selvrapporterte helseplager; en helseundersøkelse i Søgne kommune, Sør-Norge
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-01-22)Background: Data on human exposure to tick-borne infections in Norway are scarce, and it is heavily debated whether tick-borne infections can cause chronic subjective health complaints. The main aims of this study were to ... -
Key decision makers and actors in selected newborn care practices: A community-based survey in northern Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-16)Knowledge of key decision makers and actors in newborn care is necessary to ensure that health interventions are targeted at the right people. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Lira district, Northern Uganda. ... -
Seasonal and pandemic influenza during pregnancy and risk of fetal death: A Norwegian registry‑based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Previous studies of fetal death with maternal influenza have been inconsistent. We explored the effect of maternal influenza-like illness (ILI) in pregnancy on the risk of fetal death, distinguishing between diagnoses ... -
Facet arthropathy evaluation: CT or MRI?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective To assess the reliability of lumbar facet arthropathy evaluation with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with and without lumbar disc prosthesis and to estimate the reliability ... -
Parvovirus B19 DNAemia in pregnant women in relation to perinatal death: A nested case‐control study within a large population‐based pregnancy cohort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction: Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is the infectious cause of exanthema infectiosum. In Europe around 40% of pregnant women are susceptible to infection. Having small children at home is the main risk factor for contracting ... -
“The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-04)Background: Infections account for a quarter of all newborn deaths and the umbilical cord has been identified as a major route of newborn infections. Objective: To explore the meanings and practices related to the umbilical ... -
Reliability of marginal bone level measurements on digital panoramic and digital intraoral radiographs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of bitewing and panoramic radiographs in marginal bone level measurements in terms of inter- and intra-observer agreement. Methods Fifty paired bitewing ... -
Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: Consensus statement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Two randomised trials assessing the effectiveness of decompressive craniectomy (DC) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) were published in recent years: DECRA in 2011 and RESCUEicp in 2016. As the results ... -
The effects of a whey protein and guar gum-containing preload on gastric emptying, glycaemia, small intestinal absorption and blood pressure in healthy older subjects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-05)A whey protein/guar gum preload reduces postprandial glycaemia in type 2 diabetes through slowing gastric emptying. However, gastric emptying has previously been assessed using a stable isotope breath test technique, which ... -
Metabolomics identifies placental dysfunction and confirms Flt-1 (FMS-like tyrosine kinase receptor 1) biomarker specificity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Clinical end-stage parameters define the pregnancy disorders preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction while classification of the underlying placental dysfunction is missing and urgently needed. Flt-1 (FMS-like tyrosine ... -
Teater som danning i helseprofesjonene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Healthcare workers who watch a theatre play about dementia, gain experiential knowledge about living with dementia. In this essay we discuss the nature of this knowledge in light of the concept of bildung. This discussion ... -
Tryptophan catabolites as metabolic markers of vitamin B-6 status evaluated in cohorts of healthy adults and cardiovascular patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Vitamin B-6 status is routinely measured as pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) in plasma. Low concentrations of PLP are associated with rheumatic, cardiovascular, and neoplastic diseases. We have previously shown ... -
Unravelling the prospective associations between mixed anxiety-depression and insomnia during the course of cognitive behavioral therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective Previous studies have suggested that there is a reciprocal relationship between anxiety/depression and insomnia. However, little is known about the prospective relationships between these constructs across the ... -
Ischemic heart failure as a complication of incident acute myocardial infarction: Timing and time trends: A national analysis including 78,814 Danish patients during 2000–2009
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Aim: Heart failure is a serious complication of acute myocardial infarction leading to poor prognosis. We aimed at exploring time trends of heart failure and their impact on mortality among patients with an incident acute ... -
Diagnosis and management of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in low-resource settings, a study from Zanzibar, Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-01-11)Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global public health concern. Of the 7 million incident TB cases recognized by the World Health Organization in 2018, 15% were extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases. Diagnosing EPTB ... -
Mortality following first-time hospitalization with acute myocardial infarction in Norway, 2001-2014: Time trends, underlying causes and place of death
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)Background Trends on cause-specific mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are poorly described and no studies have analyzed where do AMI patients die. We analyzed trends in 28-day and one-year mortality ... -
Vitamin B6 catabolism and lung cancer risk: Results from the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03)Background Increased vitamin B6 catabolism related to inflammation, as measured by the PAr index (the ratio of 4-pyridoxic acid over the sum of pyridoxal and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate), has been positively associated with ...