Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology: Recent submissions

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    • Mode of delivery, epigenetic modulation and immune cell formation at birth 

      Schlinzig, Titus (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-05-07)
      Background: Birth by Cesarean section (CS) has been associated with a greater risk for immune disorders like allergy, asthma, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, and cancer later in life. Although ...

    • Cardiovascular function in 6-year-old children born extremely preterm 

      Mohlkert, Lilly-Ann (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-05-04)
      In western countries, approximately 6 to 12 per cent of all pregnancies end preterm, i.e., before 37 weeks of gestation. After the introduction of antenatal corticosteroids, surfactant therapy and neonatal intensive care, ...

    • Field studies in simulation-based team training 

      Escher, Cecilia (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-05-03)
      Simulation technology enables students and staff to learn and practice teamwork skills without risk to patients. Simulation was introduced in Swedish healthcare less than 30 years ago but other industries e.g. aviation had ...

    • Optimized growth and reduced morbidity in preterm infants : focus on nutrition and saturation targets 

      Klevebro, Susanna (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-04-20)
      Preterm birth alters the conditions during an important period of growth and organ maturation. Extremely preterm infants have a high risk of developing morbidity. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and bronchopulmonary ...

    • Perioperative glucose control 

      Blixt, Christina (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-04-04)
      Trauma or surgery elicit a physiological stress response, which among others induces insulin resistance. It could be described as a state where the biological response to a given dose of insulin is reduced, and is associated ...

    • Perinatal regenerative medicine : development of autologous constructs for soft tissue defects 

      Ekblad, Åsa (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-03-26)
      Disrupted organogenesis leads to permanent malformations that may require surgical correction. Affected new-borns without spare tissue for the primary closure are dependent of other solutions. Because of the perinatal ...

    • Automated analysis of fetal cardiac function : a new approach based on tissue Doppler imaging 

      Herling, Lotta (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2018-03-08)
      The heart is a central organ in fetal adaptation to various hemodynamic insults and it is possible that subtle changes caused by complications such as hypoxia and anemia could manifest themselves early as altered fetal ...

    • Antenatal corticosteroid exposure : studies on neonatal and long term outcome 

      Norberg, Hanna (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-10-23)
      Background: Preterm delivery affects six to twelve per cent of all pregnant women each year. Treatment with antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) has contributed greatly to improve outcome after preterm birth. It is administered ...

    • The female voice in vocally demanding professions : field studies using portable voice accumulators 

      Szabo Portela, Annika (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-09-29)
      Objectives: Methods to register voice use outside the voice clinic, at work, are important for assessment of work-related voice disorders. Such methods must be reliable and valid and at the same time practical and easy to ...

    • Longitudinal study of the impact on hearing from aging, genetic background and environmental exposures in male twins 

      Bogo, Renata (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-09-28)
      Background: Hearing loss is a process that normally develops over many years, and the ability to hear high–frequency sounds is often reduced first. Age, repeated exposure to loud noise and other risk factors, diseases, ...

    • Aspects on interventions in complicated gallstone disease 

      Noel, Rozh (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-09-15)
      Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstone disease. In 10-15% of these patients, common bile duct stones (CBDS) are encountered. These are managed commonly by endoscopic ...

    • Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Central America and Sri Lanka : renal morphology and clinical characteristics 

      Wijkström, Julia (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-09-07)
      Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem. The most common etiologies of CKD are diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and glomerulonephritis, but over the last several decades a high prevalence of CKD ...

    • Hormonal effect on the inner ear : two endocrine syndromes 

      Bonnard, Åsa (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-09-07)
      Hearing loss is a major problem in our society with more than 5 % of the population world-wide suffering from disabling hearing loss according to the WHO. There are many endocrine syndromes associated with hearing loss. ...

    • Aspects on the role of prophylactic procedures to influence post-ERCP complication rates 

      Olsson, Greger (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-08-17)
      Background: When the technique to use ERCP was introduced almost fifty years ago, the morbidity in treatment of hepato-biliary diseases decreased due to the introduction of this miniinvasive modality, reducing the need for ...

    • Orbital blow out fracture : to operate or not to operate – that is the question 

      Alinasab, Babak (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-06-02)
      When the eye socket is exposed to severe blunt trauma the pressure in the socket increases. As a protection mechanism to prevent the eye from disruption, the thin bony walls surrounding the eye fracture. Such a fracture ...

    • Evidence based care of the very preterm infant : studies on thermal care and breastfeeding in Europe 

      Wilson, Emilija (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-05-26)
      Very preterm birth occurs in approximately 1.5% of all births in Europe. Advances in neonatal intensive care has contributed to a decline in mortality and morbidity, nevertheless very preterm birth (birth before 32 weeks ...

    • Hemorrhagic and thromboembolic complications following cholecystectomy 

      Strömberg, Jonas (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-05-24)
      Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease is one of the most common procedures in the Western world. The overall complication rate is 10%. Whereas most complications are easily managed, bile duct injuries may have ...

    • ACL injury and surgery : aspects on function, muscular morphometry and effusion 

      Lindström, Maria (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-05-19)
      Background: ACL injury and reconstructive surgery, globally and in Sweden, has an established orthopedic treatment course. Reconstruction usually is performed on indication of knee instability after attempting an intensive ...

    • Cruciate ligament injury : crunching the numbers 

      Nordenvall, Richard (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-04-28)
      Cruciate Ligament (CL) injury is a serious injury that occurs primarily during activities like soccer, handball, floorball, alpine skiing, etc. Patients are generally young and the injury often results in early discontinuation ...

    • On lumbar disc herniation : aspects of outcome after surgical treatment 

      Elkan, Peter (Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2017-04-28)
      Knowledge about sciatica has grown immensely since the days of Hippocrates. Even so one must be impressed with the anatomical insights of those ancient times. Today we are able to describe at a molecular level how the ...