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Heart failure describing the underlying cause of death – a misconception, lack of information on the true underlying causes or both?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aim: The underlying cause of death represents the most important information on death certificates. Often, conditions that cannot represent a true underlying cause of death are listed as such. This phenomenon affects the ... -
Heart failure in Norway, 2000-2014: analyzing incident, total and readmission rates using data from the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aims: To examine trends in heart failure (HF) hospitalization rates and risk of readmissions following an incident HF hospitalization. Methods and results: During 2000–2014, we identified in the Cardiovascular Disease ... -
Heart failure in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Insights from the cardiovascular disease in Norway project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have been associated with heart failure (HF). It is unknown whether concurrent pregnancy complications (small-for-gestational-age or preterm delivery) or recurrent HDP modify ... -
Heavy metals in children's blood from the rural region of Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study and spatial analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Exposure to heavy metals can affect cell differentiation, neurocognitive development, and growth during early life, even in low doses. Little is known about heavy metal exposure and its relationship with nutrition outcomes ... -
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which ... -
Helbredsscreening i almen praksis. Et kvalitativt studie om menneskers tanker og erfaringer
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-09-24)Despite the lack of evidence of the actual effects of general health screenings, it is still being discussed whether the screenings should be a public offer. There is a lack of scientific investigations concerning the ... -
Helicobacter pylori and faecal calprotectin in apparently healthy and HIV-infected Ugandan children
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-02-03)Abstract Gastrointestinal dysfunction, often presenting as diarrhoea, is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among children in low-income countries. It is estimated that 56% of child deaths were attributable ... -
Helicobacter pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-16)Background Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common causes of bacterial infection in human beings. Studies have showed a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among people in low-income countries and colonization ... -
Helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) activity after increased distance to out-of-hours services: an observational study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-20)Background Organizational changes in out-of-hour (OOH) services may have unintended consequences for other prehospital services. Reports indicate an increased use of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) after ... -
Helicopter emergency medical services response times in Norway: Do they matter?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-27)Objective. The main objective of the Norwegian air ambulance service is to provide advanced emergency medicine to critically ill or severely injured patients. The government has defined a time frame of 45 minutes as the ... -
Helminth infections among rural schoolchildren in Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional multilevel and zero-inflated regression model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Although the prevalence of helminths infection among schoolchildren is known, there has been little progress in the application of count model for modelling the risk factors of helminths egg. Only a few studies applied ... -
Helping mothers survive bleeding after birth: retention of knowledge, skills, and confidence nine months after obstetric simulation-based training
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-25)Background: It is important to know the decay of knowledge, skills, and confidence over time to provide evidence-based guidance on timing of follow-up training. Studies addressing retention of simulation-based education ... -
Helsepersonells erfaringer med ivaretakelse av pasienter med orienterings- og hukommelsesvansker innlagt på somatisk sykehus - En kvalitativ studie
(Master thesis, 2020-12-18)Bakgrunn: Personer med orienterings- og hukommelsesvansker har større risiko for delirium, opplever oftere fall, og har høyere dødelighet enn andre grupper innlagt på sykehus. Hensikt: Å utforske hvordan helsepersonell ... -
Helserelatert livskvalitet etter utskrivelse fra sykehus med opioidbehandling for akutte smerter
(Master thesis, 2020-10-03)Hensikt: Studiens hensikt var å undersøke pasienters helserelaterte livskvalitet fire uker etter utskrivelse fra sykehus med opioidbehandling for akutt ikke-malign smerte. Forskjeller mellom de som brukte og de som ikke ... -
Herbal medicine use among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lusaka Province, Zambia: A cross-sectional, multicentre study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose: The study of herbal medicine (HM) use which is related to maternal health, a public health priority in many sub-Saharan African countries including Zambia, has been limited. Accordingly, we aimed ... -
Herbal Medicine Use During Pregnancy: A Review of the Literature With a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-09)Herbal medicine use has grown considerably worldwide among pregnant women, and is particularly widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. However, herbal medicines used across sub-Saharan Africa are associated with important research ... -
A hierarchical frailty model applied to two-generation melanoma data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)We present a hierarchical frailty model based on distributions derived from non-negative Lévy processes. The model may be applied to data with several levels of dependence, such as family data or other general clusters, ... -
High attrition among HIV-infected patients with advanced disease treated in an intermediary referral center in Maputo, Mozambique
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-08)Background: In Mozambique, antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up has been successfully implemented. However, attrition in care remains a major programmatic challenge. In 2009, an intermediary-level HIV referral center was ... -
High birth weight and perinatal mortality among siblings. A register based study in Norway, 1967-2011
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-28)Background: Perinatal mortality according to birth weight has an inverse J-pattern. Our aim was to estimate the influence of familial factors on this pattern, applying a cohort sibling design. We focused on excess mortality ...