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Wearing-off at the end of natalizumab dosing interval and risk of MS disease activity: A prospective 1-year follow-up study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Natalizumab effectively prevents disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by binding α4 integrin and inhibiting leukocyte migration to the central nervous system. We recently reported an association between ... -
Wearing-off at the end of natalizumab dosing intervals is associated with low receptor occupancy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02)Objective: We aimed to investigate whether wearing-off symptoms at the end of the natalizumab dosing interval were associated with clinical and demographic patient characteristics or natalizumab receptor occupancy (RO) on ... -
Web-based vestibular rehabilitation in persistent postural-perceptual dizziness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: The aims of the study were to investigate the feasibility and preliminary outcome of a Norwegian web-based self-help application for vestibular rehabilitation (VR) among patients with high symptom burden of ... -
Weight changes and mobility in the early phase after hip fracture in community-dwelling older persons
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose Hip fractures in older persons are associated with reduced mobility and loss of independence. Few studies address the nutritional status and mobility in the early phase after hip fracture. The objective of the ... -
What do bereaved relatives of cancer patients dying in hospital want to tell us? Analysis of free-text comments from the International Care of the Dying Evaluation (i-CODE) survey: a mixed methods approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose We conducted an international survey of bereaved relatives of cancer patients dying in hospitals in seven countries, with the aim to assess and improve the quality of care. The survey used the i-CODE (International ... -
What Do We Mean by "Stone Free," and How Accurate Are Urologists in Predicting Stone-Free Status Following Ureteroscopy?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background and Purpose: No consensus exists on how stone-free rates (SFRs) should be reported after stone treatment. The aim of this study was to assess how accurate urologists predict their patients being stone free after ... -
What Is the Best Predictor of Mortality in Perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease? A Population-Based, Multivariable Regression Analysis Including Three Clinical Scoring Systems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-08)Background Mortality rates in perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) have remained unchanged. The aim of this study was to compare known clinical factors and three scoring systems (American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Boey ... -
What is the role of imaging at primary diagnostic work-up in uterine cervical cancer?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-29)Purpose of Review For uterine cervical cancer, the recently revised International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system (2018) incorporates imaging and pathology assessments in its staging. In this ... -
What MRI-based tumor size measurement is best for predicting long-term survival in uterine cervical cancer?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-17)Background: Tumor size assessment by MRI is central for staging uterine cervical cancer. However, the optimal role of MRI-derived tumor measurements for prognostication is still unclear. Material and methods: This ... -
What should be known prior to performing EUS?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-14)Direct referral of patients for EUS – instead of preprocedural consultation with the endosonographer – has become standard practice (like for other endoscopic procedures) as it is time- and cost-effective. To ensure ... -
White matter microstructural differences between hallucinating and non-hallucinating schizophrenia spectrum patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The relation between auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) and white matter has been studied, but results are still inconsistent. This inconsistency may be related to having only a single time-point of AVH assessment in ... -
Who gets the ventilator? A multicentre survey of intensivists' opinions of triage during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shortage of intensive care resources. Intensivists' opinion of triage and ventilator allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic is not well described. Methods This was a ... -
Whole blood in prehospital damage control resuscitation : -Safety, feasibility, and logistics
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-14)Bakgrunn De siste tiårene har det vært et paradigmeskifte i behandlingen av blødningsjokk. Skadebegrensende resuscitering har som hensikt å understøtte hemostatisk evne hos pasienten og reversere og dempe konsekvensene ... -
Whole-Volume Tumor MRI Radiomics for Prognostic Modeling in Endometrial Cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background In endometrial cancer (EC), preoperative pelvic MRI is recommended for local staging, while final tumor stage and grade are established by surgery and pathology. MRI‐based radiomic tumor profiling may aid in ... -
Why do some countries approve a cancer drug and others don’t?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06)The term drug reimbursement describes the policy system that determines whether or not a drug is entitled to reimbursement within the healthcare system. Countries make different decisions regarding which cancer treatments ... -
Why the Norwegian 2021 guideline for basic life support are different
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Wireless motility capsule compared with scintigraphy in the assessment of diabetic gastroparesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-30)Background: Gastroparesis is a potentially severe late complication of diabetes mellitus. Today, delayed gastric emptying (GE) is mandatory for establishing the diagnosis. In this study, we compared wireless motility capsule ... -
Womens' opinions on antenatal care in developing countries: results of a study in Cuba, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Argentina
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2003-05-20)Background: The results of a qualitative study carried out in four developing countries (Cuba, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Argentina) are presented. The study was conducted in the context of a randomised controlled trial ... -
Worse patient-reported outcome after lateral approach than after anterior and posterolateral approach in primary hip arthroplasty
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background — The surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty (THA) is often based on surgeon preference and local traditions. The anterior muscle-sparing approach has recently gained popularity in Europe. We tested the ... -
A year of contemplation: looking back and moving forward
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