• Are severely injured trauma victims in Norway offered advanced pre-hospital care? National, retrospective, observational cohort 

      Wisborg, Torben; Ellensen, Eirin Nybø; Svege, Ida Charlott; Dehli, Trond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08)
      Background: Studies of severely injured patients suggest that advanced pre‐hospital care and/or rapid transportation provides a survival benefit. This benefit depends on the disposition of resources to patients with the ...
    • A calibration study of SAPS II with Norwegian intensive care registry data 

      Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Lindemark, Frode; Flaatten, Hans; Kvåle, Reidar; Johansson, Kjell Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-12)
      Background Mortality prediction is important in intensive care. The Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II is a tool for predicting such mortality. However, the original SAPS II is poorly calibrated to current intensive ...
    • A first-level customization study of SAPS II with Norwegian Intensive Care and Pandemic Registry (NIPaR) data 

      Bruserud, Øyvind; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Kvåle, Reidar; Buanes, Eirik Alnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Severity scores and mortality prediction models (MPMs) are important tools for benchmarking and stratification in the intensive care unit (ICU) and need to be regularly updated using data from a local and ...
    • Frailty and survival in elderly intensive care patients in Norway 

      Andersen, Finn Husøy; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Klepstad, Pål; Flaatten, Hans (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Today, 10%-15% of Norwegian intensive care patients are ≥80 years. This proportion will increase significantly over the next 20 years, but it is unlikely that resources for intensive care increase correspondingly. ...
    • Stroke identification by criteria based dispatch - a register based study 

      Ellensen, Eirin Nybø; Næss, Halvor; Wisborg, Torben; Hunskaar, Steinar; Zakariassen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01)
      Background: Rapid and precise dispatch of resources is a key element in pre‐hospital emergency medicine. Emergency medical communication centres (EMCCs) dispatch resources based on protocols and guidelines, balancing the ...