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High flow nasal cannula in children: A literature review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-12)High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is a relatively new non-invasive ventilation therapy that seems to be well tolerated in children. Recently a marked increase in the use of HFNC has been seen both in paediatric and adult care ... -
High incidence and prevalence of MS in Møre and Romsdal County, Norway, 1950–2018
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To determine prevalence and longitudinal trends in incidence of MS in Møre and Romsdal County, Western Norway, from 1950 to 2018. Methods Retrospective longitudinal population-based observational study. All ... -
High mortality due to cutaneous melanoma in norway: A study of prognostic factors in a nationwide cancer registry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-09)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine why Norway has the highest rate of mortality due to cutaneous melanoma (CM) in Europe. The Norwegian Malignant Melanoma Registry (NMMR) enables the study of clinical and ... -
High Norwegian prostate cancer mortality: evidence of over-reporting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of misattribution of prostate cancer deaths in Norway based on the county of Vestfold in the years 2009–2014. Materials and methods: The study included 328 patients ... -
High prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6-year-old children in Finnmark County, North Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-07)Aim: The aim was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6-year-old children in Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway. Methods: This is a survey of 1774 children born during 1999 and 2000 from ... -
A high proportion of dietary casein attenuates the obesogenic effect of high-fat diets in C57BL/6J mice
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)The obesity epidemic is on the rise, and currently represents the largest global health threat. Westernization and advances in food production have led to a contemporary diet comprised of 49 % energy from carbohydrates, ... -
High rates of central obesity and sarcopenia in CKD irrespective of renal replacement therapy - An observational cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-11)Background: Poor nutritional status of patients with renal disease has been associated with worsening of renal function and poor health outcomes. Simply measuring weight and height for calculation of the body mass index ... -
High Throughput Screening of Additives Using Factorial Design to Promote Survival of Stored Cultured Epithelial Sheets
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-18)There is a need to optimize storage conditions to preserve cell characteristics during transport of cultured cell sheets from specialized culture units to distant hospitals. In this study, we aimed to explore a method to ... -
High-dose chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone in esophageal cancer: a retrospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06-01)Background We aimed to assess whether high-dose preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) improves outcome in esophageal cancer patients compared to surgery alone and to define possible prognostic factors for overall survival. ... -
High-Dose Folic Acid Use during Pregnancy and Cancer Risk in Mothers and Children With Focus on Maternal Epilepsy
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-05-23)Norsk sammendrag: Bakgrunn: Gravide kvinner som tar antianfallsmedikasjon (ASM) anbefales høyere daglige doser av folsyre (>1 mg) enn den generelle befolkningen (0.4–0.8 mg) for å beskytte fosteret. Folsyre, den syntetiske ... -
High-fat diet impact on intestinal cholesterol conversion by the microbiota and serum cholesterol levels
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Cholesterol-to-coprostanol conversion by the intestinal microbiota has been suggested to reduce intestinal and serum cholesterol availability, but the relationship between intestinal cholesterol conversion and the gut ... -
High-Throughput Mutation Profiling of Primary and Metastatic Endometrial Cancers Identifies KRAS, FGFR2 and PIK3CA to Be Frequently Mutated
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12-27)Background: Despite being the most common pelvic gynecologic malignancy in industrialized countries, no targeted therapies are available for patients with metastatic endometrial carcinoma. In order to improve treatment, ... -
A higher proportion of ermin-immunopositive oligodendrocytes in areas of remyelination
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Incomplete remyelination is frequent in multiple sclerosis (MS)-lesions, but there is no established marker for recent remyelination. We investigated the role of the oligodendrocyte/myelin protein ermin in de- and remyelination ... -
Higher revision risk for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in low-volume hospitals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background and purpose — Some studies have found high complication rates and others have found low complication rates after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). We evaluated whether hospital procedure volume influences ... -
Higher than expected and significantly increasing incidence of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. A population based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: To register all cases of urothelial cancer and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in Norway during 1999–2018 to obtain the contemporary incidence of UTUC and UTUC incidence relative to other urothelial cancers and RCC. ... -
Hip dysplasia in young adults
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-11-08)According to data held by the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, approximately 1% of all newborns in Norway are diagnosed annually with hip instability at birth. Abduction treatment (Frejka pillow) for 6-12 weeks is the ... -
Hip fracture in patients with cognitive impairment : Epidemiology and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. Data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-22)Norway has one of the highest incidences of hip fractures in the world. Every year around 9000 persons are operated for a hip fracture. The mean age of the patients is over 80 years and this injury is often accompanied by ... -
Hip fracture treatment in Norway - deviation from evidence-based treatment guidelines: data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register, 2014 to 2018
(Journal article, 2020)Aims The aim of this study was to describe variation in hip fracture treatment in Norway expressed as adherence to international and national evidence-based treatment guidelines, to study factors influencing deviation ... -
Histologic chorioamnionitis in extremely preterm births, microbiological findings and infant outcome
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Histologic chorioamnionitis (HCA) is most often caused by ascending bacterial infection originating from the cervicovaginal tract. Objectives: To investigate whether HCA with a fetal inflammatory response ... -
Histopathological Growth Pattern in Colorectal Liver Metastasis and The Tumor Immune Microenvironment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Almost half of all patients with colorectal cancer present with or eventually develop metastasis, most frequently in the liver. Understanding the histopathological growth patterns and tumor immune microenvironment of ...