Browsing Department of Clinical Medicine by Title
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End-of-life care: Patients’ preferences and relatives’ experiences : with focus on communication and advance care planning
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-10)Background and aim: Advance care planning (ACP) is a communication process for mapping patients’ priorities for end-of-life care. Preparing for an introduction of ACP in Norwegian hospitals, we wanted to explore patients’ ... -
Endeavouring interplay: a grounded theory study of how nurse educators’ work with simulation-based learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Simulation-based learning is frequently used as a teaching and learning strategy in nursing and other health professions educations, and educators have a key role as facilitators. This facilitator role provides ... -
Endocrine cells in the ileum of patients with irritable bowel syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-03-07)AIM: To study the ileal endocrine cell types in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. METHODS: Ninety-eight patients with IBS (77 females and 21 males; mean age 35 years, range 18-66 years) were included, of which 35 ... -
Endocrine cells in the oxyntic mucosa of the stomach in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05)AIM: To study the different endocrine cell types in the oxyntic mucosa of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS: Seventy-six patients with IBS were included in the study (62 females and 14 males; mean age ... -
Endometrial carcinoma; can biomarkers aid in the prediction of aggressive disease? A study with focus on preoperative tumour markers
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-05-04)Background: Although endometrial cancer in general has a good prognosis, 15-20% recurs. Surgery is the main treatment with lymph node sampling increasingly advocated as compulsory for adequate staging. In metastatic disease, ... -
Endometrial Pipelle Biopsy Computer-Aided Diagnosis: A Feasibility Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Endometrial biopsies are important in the diagnostic workup of women who present with abnormal uterine bleeding or hereditary risk of endometrial cancer. In general, approximately 10% of all endometrial biopsies demonstrate ... -
Endorectal ultrasonography, strain elastography and MRI differentiation of rectal adenomas and adenocarcinomas.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02)Aim Strain elastography is a method for recording tissue hardness. Strain in different areas may be compared using strain ratio (SR). The aims of this study were to validate a previously proposed SR cut-off value of 1.25 ... -
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in Norway: Patterns of activity and undesired events
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-03-21)Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the gold standard for the treatment of common bile duct stones (CBDS) and palliative decompression of malignant strictures. However, concerns remain ... -
Endothelial cells in emerging viral infections
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-24)There are several reasons to consider the role of endothelial cells in COVID-19 and other emerging viral infections. First, severe cases of COVID-19 show a common breakdown of central vascular functions. Second, SARS-CoV-2 ... -
Energy drink consumption and sleep parameters in college and university students: a national cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives: To investigate the frequency of energy drink (ED) consumption, and the association between ED consumption and selected sleep characteristics and parameters in Norwegian college and university students. We also ... -
Energy imbalance and lung damage in cystic fibrosis
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Enhanced liver fibrosis test predicts transplant-free survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis, a multi-centre study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10)Background & Aims: Biomarkers reflecting disease activity and prognosis in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) have not been firmly established. Enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF) test was previously reported to predict outcome ... -
Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery (ERAS) in Elderly Patients Is Feasible and Achieves Similar Results as in Younger Patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Aim: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal approach that aims to optimize perioperative treatment. Whether elderly patients receiving colorectal surgery can adhere to and benefit from an ERAS approach is ... -
Enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery – a randomized study of optimized perioperative treatment with an emphasis on patient counselling
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-10-17)Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a perioperative multimodal approach with purpose to reduce surgical stress response and organ dysfunction, and thus to decrease the perioperative morbidity and length ... -
Enhancement of cranial nerves in Lyme neuroborreliosis: incidence and correlation with clinical symptoms and prognosis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Purpose Symptoms of cranial neuritis are a common presentation of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). Imaging studies are scarce and report contradictory low prevalence of enhancement compared to clinical studies of cranial ... -
The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06)The Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium is a collaborative network of researchers working together on a range of large-scale studies that integrate data from 70 institutions worldwide. ... -
Environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis. Results from animal and human studies on diet, vitamin D and Epstein-Barr virus
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-01-19)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an immune mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The aetiology is unknown, but environmental factors as well as multiple separate genetic loci contribute to the disease susceptibility. ... -
Epidemiological and clinical aspects in diagnosis and treatment of renal cell carcinoma
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Epidemiological and microbiological aspects of aggressive periodontitis in Sudan
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Epidemiological aspects of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries. A population-based study in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-03-16)Aims: Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) are serious complications of vaginal childbirth and may result in severe consequences such as dyspareunia, anal- and urinary incontinence. In Norway and other Scandinavian ...