Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - D1 (KI DS): Recent submissions

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    • Mild traumatic brain injury : clinical course and prognostic factors for postconcussional disorder 

      Lundin, Anders (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2006-12-29)
      Background: Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is frequent and sometimes leads to persistent disability. It remains a matter of controversy as to what impact the different main determinants - brain injury factors ...

    • Analysis of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury 

      Werhagen, Lars (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2008-01-18)
      Longstanding neuropathic pain is a challenge in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation. Once established it is difficult to treat successfully. Neuropathic pain has a negative influence on quality of life and on the outcome ...

    • Smoking and pregnancy : with special reference to preterm birth and the feto-placental unit 

      Kyrklund-Blomberg, Nina (Karolinska Institutet, Danderyds Sjukhus / Karolinska Institutet at Danderyds Hospital, 2006-01-06)
      Objective: To study maternal smoking in pregnancy in relation to preterm birth, placental abruption and perinatal mortality in pregnancies with placental abruption, and to pulse wave characteristics in fetal aorta. Methods: ...

    • Aspects on chronic stress and glucose metabolism in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and in women with localized provoked vulvodynia 

      Ehrström, Sophia (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2007-04-06)
      Objective: To evaluate the degree of stress in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) and in women with localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) (former vulvar vestibulitis syndrome) compared with controls. To ...

    • Leukocyte dysfunction and inflammatory markers in patients with chronic kidney disease and patients on dialysis 

      Olsson, Jenny (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2010-05-14)
      Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and patients on dialysis are at risk for serious infectious complications. This is partly due to leukocyte dysfunction, which is a consequence of both uremic retention solutes and ...

    • Shoulder instability : a clinical and MRI-based analysis 

      Salomonsson, Björn (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2009-05-15)
      Shoulder instability is a common but complex and challenging area of shoulder pathology, and new diagnostic methods and treatments are continuously developed. We conducted this study to evaluate the clinical outcome of ...

    • Focal spasticity therapy : effects on motor function, health related quality of life, and central nervous system plasticity 

      Bergfeldt, Ulla (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2009-05-21)
      The overall aim of the thesis was to obtain knowledge about the effects of a comprehensive spasticity management from several perspectives. To achieve this goal, we investigated the effects on motor functions, health-related ...

    • Aspects on prognosis of cancers of the oesophagus and gastric cardia 

      Sundelöf, Martin (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2006-11-10)
      Oesophageal cancer is an aggressive form of cancer with a poor prognosis. The two main histological types are squamous-cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. In the Western world the incidence rate of adenocarcinoma of the ...

    • Quality of care and quality of life in coronary artery disease 

      Kiessling, Anna (Karolinska Institutet, Danderyds Sjukhus / Karolinska Institutet at Danderyds Hospital, 2005-02-09)
      The aim was to study the efficacy in primary care of Case method learning (CML) in secondary prevention of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). A further aim was to explore the structure of health related quality ...

    • Combined oral contraceptives : impact on the vulvar vestibular mucosa and pain mechanisms 

      Johannesson, Ulrika (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2007-08-24)
      Objective: The main aim of this thesis was to study the impact of combined oral contraceptives (COC) on the vulvar vestibular mucosa and pain mechanisms; in healthy women and in women with provoked vestibulodynia (former ...

    • An analysis of parents experiences and the caregivers role following the birth of a stillborn child 

      Säflund, Karin (Karolinska Institutet, Danderyds Sjukhus / Karolinska Institutet at Danderyds Hospital, 2003-11-21)
      The objective of this thesis was to describe and analyse parents experiences of hospital care and to describe caregivers role and attitudes to the management of stillbirth. To accomplish the overall aim, three studies ...

    • Eating situations among women and men post-stroke 

      Medin, Jörgen (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2010-09-03)
      Background: Eating occurs as a frequent activity in everyday life and one common consequence after stroke is the negative impact on the ability to eat. Aim: The overall aim of this study was to explore eating difficulties ...

    • Hysterectomy on benign indications and pelvic floor dysfunction : clinical and epidemiological aspects 

      Forsgren, Catharina (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2010-01-29)
      The objectives of this thesis were to investigate the annual rates for hysterectomy on benign indications, to evaluate the effects of hysterectomy on bowel function, to identify risk factors for vaginal vault prolapse, ...

    • Co-operation in vocational rehabilitation : methods in multiprofessional cross-sector group meetings and effects on employment 

      Jakobsson, Björn (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2008-08-21)
      The overall aim of the thesis was to acquire an increased knowledge of co-operation between different rehabilitation actors in the provision of vocational rehabilitation (VR). One aim was to investigate the differences ...

    • Anal incontinence and obstetric sphincter tears 

      Nordenstam, Johan (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2010-10-15)
      PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of anal incontinence (AI) in primiparous women five years after their first delivery; to investigate if an 8-12 hour time delay of primary repair affects AI at 1-year follow-up; to study ...

    • Morbidity and mortality after bariatric surgery in Sweden 

      Marsk, Richard (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2009-10-02)
      Overweight and obesity has increased in Sweden and in the rest of the world during the last decades, probably due to a more sedentary lifestyle and changes in diets. Body mass index (BMI) is a commonly used index of ...

    • Aspects of ERAS-care pathways within colo-rectal surgery 

      Gustafsson, Ulf (Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2010-08-27)
      Almost half of all in-patients in Sweden are treated with surgery. Fast postoperative recovery is important not only for each patient undergoing surgery but also from a health economical perspective. Within traditional ...