• Adding stress biomarkers to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin for rapid non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction rule-out protocols 

      Restan, Ingar Ziad; Sanchez, Ana Yufera; Steiro, Ole-Thomas; Lopez-Ayala, Pedro; Tjora, Hilde Lunde; Langørgen, Jørund; Omland, Torbjørn; Boeddinghaus, Jasper; Nestelberger, Thomas; Koechlin, Luca; Collinson, Paul; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Vikenes, Kjell; Strand, Heidi; Skadberg, Øyvind; Mjelva, Øistein; Larsen, Alf Inge; Vernon, Bonarjee; Mueller, Christian; Aakre, Kristin Moberg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aims This study tested the hypothesis that combining stress-induced biomarkers (copeptin or glucose) with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) increases diagnostic accuracy for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction ...
    • Addition of eGFR and age improves the prognostic absolute renal risk-model in 1,134 norwegian patients with IgA nephropathy 

      Knoop, Thomas; Vågane, Ann Merethe; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Svarstad, Einar; Magnusdottir, Bergrun Tinna; Leh, Sabine Maria; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Bjørneklett, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05)
      Background: Predicting outcome in individual patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is difficult but important. For this purpose, the absolute renal risk (ARR) model has been developed in a French cohort to calculate the ...
    • Adherence, Competence, and Alliance as Predictors of Long-term Outcomes of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders 

      Bjaastad, Jon Fauskanger; Gjestad, Rolf; Fjermestad, Krister Westlye; Öst, Lars Gøran; Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt; Kodal, Arne; Heiervang, Einar Røshol; Wergeland, Gro Janne Henningsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The present study investigated therapist adherence, therapist competence, and patient-therapist alliance as predictors of long-term outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders in youth. Potential ...
    • Adjacent Disc Degeneration After Lumbar Total Disc Replacement or Non-operative Treatment: A Randomized Study With Eight-year Follow-up 

      Furunes, Håvard; Hellum, Christian; Espeland, Ansgar; Brox, Jens Ivar; Småstuen, Milada C; Berg, Linda; Storheim, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12)
      Study Design. A randomized controlled multicenter trial with 8-year follow-up. Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term development of adjacent disc degeneration (ADD) after lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) ...
    • Administration Methods of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Burn Wounds 

      Jenssen, Astrid Bjørke; Mohamed-Ahmed, Samih Salah Eldin Mahgoub; Kankuri, Esko; Brekke, Ragnvald Ljones; Guttormsen, Anne Berit; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Elnour; Almeland, Stian Kreken (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Cellular therapies for burn wound healing, including the administration of mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (MSCs), have shown promising results. This review aims to provide an overview of the current administration methods ...
    • Admission C – reactive protein after acute ischemic stroke is associated with stroke severity and mortality: The 'Bergen stroke study' 

      Idicula, Titto T.; Brøgger, Jan C.; Næss, Halvor; Waje-Andreassen, Ulrike; Thomassen, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-04-28)
      Background: There is growing evidence that inflammation plays an important role in atherogenesis. Previous studies show that C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker, is associated with stroke outcomes and future ...
    • Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with asthma 

      Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Halmøy, Anne; Eagan, Tomas Mikal; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Haavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-08-07)
      Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized as a common disorder not only in children, but also in the adult population. Similarly, asthma also has a substantial prevalence among ...
    • Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with migraine headaches 

      Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Halmøy, Anne; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Haavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-03-11)
      Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized as a common disorder both in child and adult psychiatry. Adult patients with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 572) and community controls (n = 675) responded to ...
    • Adult pancreatic hemangioma in pregnancy – concerns and considerations of a rare case 

      Søreide, Jon Arne; Greve, Ole Jakob; Gudlaugsson, Einar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-30)
      Background: Pancreatic tumors in pregnancy are rare but clinically challenging. Careful diagnostic workup, including appropriate imaging examinations, should be performed to evaluate surgery indications and timing . In the ...
    • Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy study 

      Dramsdahl, Margaretha; Ersland, Lars; Plessen, Kerstin von; Haavik, Jan; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Specht, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-23)
      Background: Impaired cognitive control in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be related to a prefrontal cortical glutamatergic deficit. We assessed the glutamate level in the left and the ...
    • Advance care planning in life-threatening pulmonary disease: a focus group study 

      Hjorth, Nina Elisabeth; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg; Schaufel, Margrethe Aase (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Advance care planning (ACP) is a communication process for mapping a patient's wishes and priorities for end-of-life care. In preparation for the introduction of ACP in Norway, we wanted to explore the views of Norwegian ...
    • Advanced imaging biomarkers in endometrial cancer 

      Ytre-Hauge, Sigmund (Doctoral thesis, 2019-12-11)
      Background: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in highdeveloped regions of the world, and the incidence has been increasing over the last half century, largely driven by a concurrent increase in ...
    • Advances and challenges in the treatment of myasthenia gravis 

      Schneider-Gold, Christiane; Gilhus, Nils Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease with fluctuating muscle weakness and fatigability. Standard immunomodulatory treatment may fail to achieve sufficient improvement with minimal symptom expression or ...
    • Advances in Ureteroscopy: New technologies and current innovations in the era of Tailored Endourological Stone Treatment (TEST) 

      Juliebø-Jones, Patrick; Keller, Etienne Xavier; Haugland, Julie Nøss; Æsøy, Mathias S.; Beisland, Christian; Somani, Bhaskar K; Ulvik, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Ureteroscopy has undergone many advances in recent decades. As a result, it is able to treat an increasing range of patient groups including special populations such as pregnancy, anomalous kidneys and extremes of age. ...
    • Advancing nutrition science to meet evolving global health needs 

      Neufeld, Lynnette M.; Ho, Emily; Obeid, Rima; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Green, Marina; Huber, Luke G.; Stout, Michelle; Griffiths, James C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Populations in crisis! A global overview of health challenges and policy efforts within the scope of current nutrition issues, from persistent forms of undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiency, to diet-related ...
    • Adverse events and in-hospital mortality: An analysis of all deaths in a Norwegian health trust during 2011 

      Flaatten, Hans; Brattebø, Guttorm; Alme, Bjørn Arild; Berge, Kjersti; Rosland, Jan Henrik; Viste, Asgaut; Bertelsen, Bjørn; Harthug, Stig; Aardal, Sidsel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-06)
      Background: The estimated number of in-hospitals deaths due to adverse events is often different when using data from deceased patients compared with that of a population experiencing adverse events. Methods: The study was ...
    • Adverse events with fatal outcome associated with alemtuzumab treatment in multiple sclerosis 

      Holmøy, Trygve; Fevang, Børre; Olsen, David Benee; Spigset, Olav; Bø, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-12)
      Objective: Sporadic fatal adverse events have been reported during treatment of multiple sclerosis with alemtuzumab. To provide a systematic overview, we searched the centralized European Medicines Agency database of ...
    • Aetiological risk factors are associated with distinct imaging findings in patients with chronic pancreatitis: A study of 959 cases from the Scandinavian Baltic Pancreatic Club (SBPC) imaging database 

      Engjom, Trond; Nordaas, Ingrid Kvåle; Tjora, Erling; Dimcevski, Georg Gjorgji; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Olesen, Søren Schou; Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr; Zviniene, Kristina; Barauskas, Giedrus; Riis Jespersen, Hans Søe; Jensen, Nanna; Borch, Anders; Nøjgaard, Camilla; Novovic, Srdan; Kardasheva, Svetlana S.; Okhlobystin, Alexey; Hauge, Truls; Waage, Anne; Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objectives The relation between aetiology and structural changes of the pancreas in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) is not fully understood. Earlier studies are limited by focusing on selected factors in studies ...
    • Affect Recognition in Muscular Response Signals 

      Boeker, Matthias; Jakobsen, Petter; Riegler, Michael; Stabell, Lena Antonsen; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Halvorsen, Pål; Hammer, Hugo Lewi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      This study investigated the potential of recognising arousal in motor activity collected by wrist-worn accelerometers. We hypothesise that emotional arousal emerges from the generalised central nervous system which embeds ...
    • AGAP2-AS1 as a prognostic biomarker in low-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients with progressing disease 

      Strauss, Philipp; Marti, Hans-Peter; Furriol, Jessica; Nakken, Sigrid; Vidar, Beisvåg; Eikrem, Øystein Solberg; Beisland, Christian; Flatberg, Arnar; Bostad, Leif; Scherer, Andreas; Eleni, Skandalou (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common subtype of renal cancer and one of the most common cancers. While survival for localized ccRCC is good, the survival of metastatic disease is not, and ...