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Superpulsed low-level laser therapy protects skeletal muscle of mdx mice against damage, inflammation and morphological changes delaying dystrophy progression
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-05)Aim: To evaluate the effects of preventive treatment with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on progression of dystrophy in mdx mice. Methods: Ten animals were randomly divided into 2 experimental groups treated with superpulsed ... -
Supervisors' Strategies to Facilitate Work Functioning among Employees with Musculoskeletal Complaints: A Focus Group Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Aim. To explore what strategies the supervisors found beneficial to prevent or reduce sickness absence among employees with musculoskeletal complaints. Methods. Five focus groups were conducted and 26 supervisors from ... -
Supplemental folic acid in pregnancy and childhood cancer risk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background: We investigated the association between supplemental folic acid in pregnancy and childhood cancer in a nationwide study of 687 406 live births in Norway, 1999–2010, and 799 children diagnosed later with cancer. ... -
Supplemental folic acid in pregnancy and maternal cancer risk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12)Background: There is evidence that increased intake of folate protects against the development of several types of cancer. Some studies have, however, raised concern about the safety of folate in relation to cancer risk. ... -
Support needs of parents of children with burns : A qualitative study of parents’ experiences and need for support in relation to their child’s burn injury during hospitalisation and after discharge
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-07)Bakgrunn: En brannskade hos barn påvirker hele familien, spesielt rammes foreldrene som har en avgjørende rolle i å ta vare på sitt barn. Foreldres behov for støtte gjennom brannskadeforløpet har likevel hittil fått lite ... -
Supporting neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings : Innovations and new strategies
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-05-12)Background: Lack of oxygen at birth, birth asphyxia, accounts annually for around 700 000 deaths. Heart rate is important in evaluating a neonate and effective positive pressure ventilation (PPV) may prevent neonatal deaths. ... -
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004-10-11)Background: Antimicrobial resistance is particularly harmful to infectious disease management in low-income countries since expensive second-line drugs are not readily available. The objective of this study was to implement ... -
Surveillance of multiple congenital anomalies; searching for new associations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Many human teratogens are associated with a spectrum of congenital anomalies rather than a single defect, and therefore the identification of congenital anomalies occurring together more frequently than expected may improve ... -
The surveillance of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Norway, February 2020 – May 2022 : Systems comparisons, risk factors and clinical course
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-26)Bakgrunn: I Norge ble tre ulike system for overvåking av pasienter innlagt i sykehus med COVID-19 opprettet for å overvåke alvorligheten av pandemien. Ett var en aggregert, manuell innrapportering om belegg ved sykehusene, ... -
Survey of ENT services in sub-Saharan Africa: Little progress between 2009 and 2015
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: A 2009 survey of ENT, audiology, and speech therapy services and training opportunities in 18 Sub-Saharan African countries reported that the availability of services was extremely poor, the distribution of ... -
A survey of Ethiopian physicians’ experiences of bedside rationing: extensive resource scarcity, tough decisions and adverse consequences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-14)Background Resource scarcity in health care is a universal challenge. In high-income settings, bedside rationing is commonly discussed and debated as a means to addressing scarcity. However, little is known about physicians’ ... -
A survey of occupational health in The Royal Norwegian Navy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008)Objective. The aim of this article is to describe possible risk factors in the work environment that can affect the health of staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN). The article presents the main results from a subproject ... -
Survey-based Women Empowerment Index for Afghanistan (SWEI-A): An Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This study aimed to develop a country-specific index to measure women empowerment among married women aged 15–49 years in Afghanistan. The data from the 2015 Afghanistan demographic health survey (ADHS) was used to develop ... -
Survival analysis of COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia: A hospital-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background COVID-19 is a global public health problem causing high mortality worldwide. This study aimed to assess time to death and predictors of mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the Arsi zone treatment ... -
Survival of children with rare structural congenital anomalies: a multi-registry cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Congenital anomalies are the leading cause of perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality in developed countries. Large long-term follow-up studies investigating survival beyond the first year of life in children ... -
Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006-2011
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-12-26)Background: Though financial and policy level efforts are made to expand antiretroviral treatment (ART) service free of cost, survival outcome of ART program has not been systematically evaluated in Nepal. This study ... -
Survival, hospitalisation and surgery in children born with Pierre Robin sequence: a European population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To evaluate survival, hospitalisations and surgical procedures for children born with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) across Europe. Design: Multicentre population-based cohort study. Setting: Data on 463 live ... -
Sustainability of healthcare improvement: what can we learn from learning theory?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-03)Background Changes that improve the quality of health care should be sustained. Falling back to old, unsatisfactory ways of working is a waste of resources and can in the worst case increase resistance to later initiatives ... -
Swabbing for respiratory viral infections in older patients: a comparison of rayon and nylon flocked swabs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)The purpose of this study was to compare the sampling efficacy of rayon swabs and nylon flocked swabs, and of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal specimens for the detection of respiratory viruses in elderly patients. Samples ... -
The Swedish Snus and the Sudanese Toombak: are they different?
(Journal article, 1998-11)In Sweden, snuff (locally known as snus), was introduced since the year 1637. Presently, Sweden has the highest per capita consumption and sale figures of snuff in the world, and the habit is becoming increasingly popular. ...